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Adopt an Orphanage Orphan Grain Train’s “Adopt an Orphanage" program currently has 35 orphanages under full sponsorship in Russia, four in Kyrgyzstan, two in Estonia and one each in Latvia and Lithuania. Hundreds more are awaiting help. Many of these orphanages are in remote rural areas where poverty is the norm and adult unemployment is as high as 80%. Combined with chronic alcoholism, these conditions have a tremendous impact on families.
Conditions in the orphanages are often extremely harsh. The temperature was -20° Fahrenheit when the above photo of a Severskya, Russia orphanage was taken. Many children have only one or two sets of clothing. Medicine and other necessities are often in short supply or unavailable. With the "Adopt an Orphanage" program, Orphan Grain Train provides support at a cost of $280 a month for each orphanage. Funds are wired to Orphan Grain Train partners on location who purchase and deliver medicine, medical supplies, hygienic supplies, vitamins and clothing directly to the orphanages. No funds are given directly to the institutions, only supplies. This ensures that the help actually reaches those who need it. Current sponsors include: congregations, groups, businesses, families, couples and individuals. Some have given funds beyond the $280.00 monthly sponsorship, to provide Christmas gifts and for other special needs. Several sponsors have given gifts specifically for the purchase of Bibles for the children. If you would like to learn more about "Adopt an Orphanage" opportunities, please call (402) 371-7393, or email email@ogt.org.
Pastor John Reehl (back row, center) and his wife, June (back row, far right) have found numerous Eastern Europe orphanages in need of help. Here they are having their picture taken with the winners of a traditional Russian dance competition at Severskya orphanage. Support for hospitals Orphan Grain Train also supplies three hospitals in the St. Petersburg, Russia region with medical equipment and supplies. One hospital is for the very poor and elderly "street people" who cannot afford health care. The other two are burn units for moderate to severe burn victims, many of whom are children.
Prisons helped, too Large numbers of women and children endure extremely harsh conditions in the prison systems of Eastern Europe while awaiting and carrying out their sentences. So far, Orphan Grain Train has provided much-needed medical supplies and equipment to several of these prisons. In one St. Petersburg "Boy's Isolator," over 300 teenage boys, some as young as 14, have to wait up to two years before they are finally sentenced. It is the largest prison holding teenagers in Europe. The Sablino Women's Prison in St. Petersburg holds nearly 1,000 women, many of whom have babies. Orphan Grain Train helps maintain a dental clinic at the prison in addition to providing medical supplies. Without the clinic there would be no dental care available.
For more information concerning Orphan Grain Train's hospital and prison sponsorship programs, please call (402) 371-7393 or email email@ogt.org. |
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