JULY-AUGUST 2020

Hello everybody!
With us, helping others is easy! Even in difficult times.
We support the families in Russia and the families of children who came to Europe for treatment.
In the last months, we have managed to help:
– to pay off the housing debt of the family of Ilya Sorokin, 19 y.o., Vladimir Region, Russia, consequences of traumatic brain injury;
– to support financially Kochnov family from Rostov region, Russia, where all three children are sick: Luka, 6 years old, bronchopulmonary diplegia, Vanya, 8 years old, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, optic nerve atrophy, Damir, 13 years old, asthma;
– to pay off a part of travel expenses for treatment of archpriest Vyacheslav Perevezentsev, cancer;
– to pay off a part of a rehabilitation course in Crimea to Yaroslav Andreev, Kaluga, Russia, 9 y.o., cerebral palsy.

And this is not only about financial assistance, but also about showing care – often this help is no less important than the financial one. Thank you for being with us!

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Düsseldorf, 18-7-2020

On Saturday 18-7-2020 in Dusseldorf our volunteers took part in the weekend fair. All funds collected are to purchase an orthopedic bicycle for our care-receiver Andryusha.
7-year-old Andryusha has cerebral palsy, and he needs an orthopedic bike for the development of the hip-joints and thigh muscles. The family lives very modestly, Andryusha is the youngest of 4 children. The parents cannot afford such a bike on their own. HELP GOOD TO HAPPEN!

Munich, 5-7-2020

Our volunteer Irina has picked up the family B. at Munich airport to drive them to Vogtareuth
clinics. The familiy has come for a planned surgery.

The Orthodox Volunteer Day, 4-7-2020

Dear friends,
The Orthodox Volunteer Day, which was established in Russian Orthodox Diocese of Berlin and Germany to be celebrated every year on the first Saturday in July, will take place this year on July 4th. It was planned to be in Hamburg. Yet it is not possible in current circumstances, and the event will be held online. Presumably, the online meetings take most of the day, from 9:00 till 16:00. Everybody who wants to participate in a super-motivating and unique event of the international scale, to wants help us and our care-receivers – you are welcome to join! The preliminary program (in Russian) is HERE.

To participate in the Day events, a registration is required: please do this HERE.

MAY-JUNE 2020

Дорогие друзья,

Dear friends,

In the last weeks, a lot of beautiful and joyful events have been happening. And it is important for us to notice this. The manifestations of mercy, wisdom and unity come all around us and, in the most decisive moments, remind us what means to be a human in these unprecedented times.

Over the whole planet, people are helping their neighbors, buy and prepare food for those in need. The volunteers and organizations feed free of charge the doctors fighting the pandemic at the forefront, bring groceries and free lunches to families who need help.
In some countries, the military hostilities are stopped to insure the food delivery to the poor. In some countries, the migrants and refugees are granted a residence permit, including access to free medical care and social benefits …
The volunteers of Diaconia, like all people, act as the changed conditions imply and accept the challenges of the time. Below are excerpts from the reports of the coordinators over the past months:

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