So here I am in Ukraine staying at a camp where orphan and village children can come and enjoy life. Most of these kids’ parents are alcoholics-as with a lot of the country. Once the children graduate from the orphanages (in between 14 and 17ish) they are sent to trade schools to learn a trade, but that is when a lot of orphans get into trouble. We have been working on the Sasha House and helping cook when they have retreats.
The Sasha Project is a home that were building for graduated orphans or children in the surrounding villages that don’t otherwise have a good home life and this one can be provided for them. There was a little boy named Sasha, one of five children, his parents are alcoholics, and his dad was drunk and angry so he put him on the hot stove. Sasha immediately grabbed the stove so he not only burnt his backside but his hands also. His dad got a couple days in jail and a stern talking to.
This other guy I met, also Sasha, was an orphan who had graduated and stole an elderly woman’s cell phone and was put in prison for four years. Doesn’t seem fair..
the gang on the playground..
