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Let the special child into your world!

Date: 22.07.2017

On July 22, 2017, the dreams of the princesses from the Pugachivka orphanage were embodied by the employees of the United World Cultures Foundation and volunteers of detdom.info, as they have organized an interesting excursion to the capital. We express our sincere gratitude to "McDonald's" for delicious Happy-meals with surprises and balloons, Public Organization "Native Nivki" for a walk along the Dnipro on the ship, and the Holy Protection Convent for a warm welcome, excursion and a delicious lunch!

The pupils of the Pugachivka orphanage (for girls who are ill with oligophrenia in the stage of imbecility, Down's disease, for children deprived of parental care, orphans) filled our thoughts, feelings and all corners of the heart, while bringing chaos, happiness, joy and laughter. During each visit to the girls, we hear their requests for an excursion to Kyiv. They dream of traveling and want to discover something new, to experience new emotions.

On July 22, 2017, the dreams of the princesses were embodied by the employees of the "United World Cultures Foundation" and volunteers of detdom.info, as they have organized an interesting excursion to the capital.

Children were happy to prepare for the trip, and even happier to get on the bus. 50-60 kilometers before the destination traditional questions for educators who accompany started to appear: "Have we not arrived yet? Are we going to eat delicious potatoes in the restaurant? Are we going to meet Oksana, Luda, Tanya, Olenka? Who else will be there? When do we arrive? And the ship, is it big enough for all of us?... and when?... and where...??? " And so all the way they've been asking questions...

All pupils in the Pugachivka orphanage are called children, although the age gap between them is 31 years. The smallest ones are 4 years old , the senior ones - 35 years. The employees of the orphanage perform real miracles with daily painstaking work, children start talking at the age of 22.

"We do not consider children with the syndrome "special". For us, all the children are special, each kid is unique," says senior nurse Lyudmila Oleynikova and notes: "Our pupils are primarily children. And their words "Mommy, I love you..." bring moral satisfaction and is the best motivation to work. And no matter how difficult the work with them is, but their words inspire. "

And finally, the meeting... Someone asks questions, someone talks about herself, someone just silently tries to touch and hug, everyone has joy on their faces and grateful eyes that are full of sincere love.

We had a very tasty breakfast at the McDonald's restaurant, balloons and delicious Happy-meals with surprises - a toy inside - pleased our princesses. Sincere smiles never left the faces of visitors. Together with the girls, the accompanying tutors and nannies of the boarding school were also refreshed, and a delicious, fragrant coffee with goodies for volunteers became a real surprise from the employees of McDonald's (Borichev descent, 10A, Kyiv, on Poshtova Square). Thank you McDonald's for pleasant surprises, smiles of our princesses! Your team is a friendly family, which becomes a cozy favorite place for us with each visit! We wish you creative success, inspiration and new achievements!

Aboard the Hoverla motor ship, on the 11th dock of the River Station, Vladimir Kravets from the NGO Native Nivki was already looking forward to us. Thank you, Vladimir, for an exciting water trip along the Dnipro, where our pupils for the first time enjoyed the beauty of the Dnipro's coast of Kyiv and breathed the freshness of the river.

Having set foot on the deck of the ship, the river took us and carried it along its stream. The organizers prepared bright balloons and sweet gifts for every young traveler.

"It is very nice to see the happy smiles of children, the good mood of teachers and nannies. I wanted this day to be a real holiday, full of positive emotions. I think we succeeded. The girls were on the board of the ship for the first time, saw the Dnipro, told about all their secrets and shared impressions with the public children's Internet TV and radio "Veselka TV". The atmosphere of the crew gave this day even more emotions, smiles and joy,  the shooting brought everyone together and made friends. Gradually, children were attracted to pronouncing certain words in verse, and the microphone stimulated more confident girls to read poetry aloud several times," commented Lyudmila Lysenko, the organizer of the event, the head of programs and projects of the UWCF.

The journey continued and the children got into the fairy-tale world of the Landscape alley, where, walking, they moved from one sculpture to another. Here, even adults for a moment remembered the feeling of childhood.

After walking, children visited the Holy Protection Convent, where parishioners were greeted very warmly. Mother Natalia conducted a tour through the territory of the monastery, told about local shrines, all visitors bowed to the shrines of the monastery. The colorful flowerbeds abounded around, the bushes and decorative trees rustled with the wind blowing. All this, like fresh milk and delicious aromatic pastries cooked for dinner, was saturated with a special world of spiritual harmony. We forgot about everyday life and began to conduct an internal dialogue with God and saints, whose deeds were reflected in the unique in its beauty murals of the temple.

Praying at the shrines and thanking God for the journey, a little tired, but illuminated by the grace of traveling, the pupils finally went to the refectory. The nuns treated everyone to a tasty dinner and wished for health and God's help on the road.

"Let the All-Merciful Lord strengthen you spiritually and help the organizers carry out new interesting trips for children in the future," wished Mother Natalia.

Having visited this holy place once, there is a desire to return here again and again, to learn more about the life of the monastery.

Praying, pupils and accompanying people in spiritual fulfillment and joy went home.

"It is important for such trips to prepare the society for the fact that these children have the right to live in our society and be happy, like us. We are obliged to let them into our world and also to enter theirs," noted Oksana Zolotukhina, the curator of detdom.info.

"The arrival of our wards is always one of the brightest events in the Fund. And, of course, it's a great pleasure to describe their journey and the discoveries of each child, so unique, open to the whole world. There are a lot of myths on special children, a warning, because the society does not understand their characteristics. Our foundation actively works with children who have various health problems, so we dispel the myths about them. Such children learn to hear themselves and others, because we live in ordinary things, and these children, they are over it all ", - summed up the director of the UWCF Olena Kobets.

Only when we begin to understand and stop being afraid, only then we will be able to create a happy life for special children. Step by step we prepare society for the fact that special children from orphanages have the right to live fully in our society.

All participants of the tour came home with a lot of positive emotions and impressions and express sincere gratitude to everyone who took part in the excursion.