Dreams of Children
international
Summer camps
During this summer our team held a number of JUMP camps in the following cities: Morshyn, Poltava, Irpin, Kyiv, as well as sports festivals in Kyiv region. We were able to serve about 540 kids through our programs and influence them positively even through the war, we wanted to be able give the kids a little bit of their childhood back.
We also continue to have weekly meetings for refugee kids in Morshyn city (western part of Ukraine), and it has been a blessing to see that these meetings have been beneficial and the kids look forward to them.
Humanitarian aid
Our organization also is assisting in humanitarian including providing food, hygiene products, and medicine.
With everyone's support, we were able to buy a minivan which has allowed us to be able to serve so many more people. We collected and delivered humanitarian aid to both east and west parts of Ukraine, and were able to organize transportation for kids to participate in our programs.
We traveled to the cities that are active war zones and constant shelling is taking place, one of them being
Kramatorsk, 3 trips were made there and we were able to provide aid to over 70 people and 30 of them being children.
Winter is coming…
As we prepare for winter, we are fundraising not only to continue the work we are doing but also to prepare for the cold months ahead we need firewood, coal, warm clothes and other neccesary supplies to get through it.
If you have a desire to support these Ukrainian children financially and otherwise, please feel free to donate through:
- this secure website - we are 501(c)(3) charity
- https://gofund.me/2649fe27
- larger donations: 703-438-1133 or doci.ukr@gmail.com
Our 2021 Programs
Foster care - school #22
for kids with disabilities and mental development issues
We held bi-weekly for children 7 to 13 years old (50-60 children per week)
- Thematic meetings
- Master classes
- Christmas events and gifts
- Sports festivals/quests
- Movie nights
- Clothing and school supplies
Soccer for foster care
and disadvantaged children
- Weekly trainings in indoor and outdoor facilities, 20-30 children
- Inventory
- Uniforms and shoes
- Other clothing and food boxes
Summer Camps
these are prime opportunities for us to establish personal connections with children, orphanages, blind and foster care children
- Overnight camp for disadvantages children, Lviv region - 5 days, 53 children
- Day camps in various regions of Ukraine, 6 camps, 100 children
- Day camp for blind children, Kiev region - 25 children
Community events
for blind children
- Clothing, hygiene, food boxes for orphans and blind children
- Entertainment evenings
- Weekly English classes for teens
2021 Gallery
Engage
Donate
We are happy to announce that we are recognized by IRS as a Public Charity under section 501(c)(3). All donations you make are tax deductible!
Although we are not actively soliciting donations, we will be happy for any help with cash or other donations.
IRS ID: 85-3390075
Participate
We are forming a group of volunteers, any language speaking, with passion for the ministry. As in 2021, we hope to have JUMP summer camps and where you can participate as team leaders, assistants, care givers. We just ask you to cover your own airline tickets, per diem, and other expenses, and we'll pick up the rest.
Our Team
Dima & Nastya
directors
Our family has served children in Ukraine from 2014, including; orphans, refugees, low-income, and blind children. We created a team of volunteers, that have made it possible to accomplish our projects that provide children with love, attention, and help.
Leah
volunteer
I have travelled to Ukraine for four years now and ever since the first trip I had developed a heart for orphans, refugees, and those who suffer from poverty. I felt an urge to fight and provide for those who weren't able to for themselves and to love them greatly. I believe that change is done by just starting with one child, if you can't save a million kids then just save one.
Arslan
secretary
As a former social worker at a child protection services I know how much emotional suffering many children go through. I had no doubt that I need to extend my professional skills to help these children.
Ivy
treasurer
In 2016, I went to a refugee camp in Ukraine as a volunteer and absolutely loved that experience. Not only did I learn to appreciate the life I live in the United States and made a lot of wonderful friends, I also decided that I needed to help orphans and children in poverty.
Nariman
founder
When I first interacted with abandoned children in an orphanage, the hurt and conditions they lived in moved my heart – I needed a moment. On that day I told myself, “I have to do something about it” and since the 90s, my close friends and I dedicated our lives to this cause and to dreams of these children.
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Since late 1990s founders of Dreams of Children International were passionate about orphans and children in poverty. They saw first hand that no government, not even their parents were interested in investing in their future or in their dreams.
Just like any other kids, these children in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other post-Soviet countries are dreaming of becoming pilots, firefighters, doctors, loving moms and hero-dads.
And we are dedicated to help them so their dreams become true.
For over 20 years, our team members and friends have been providing for orphanages and disadvantaged kids in Ukraine and Kazakhstan with food, school supplies, clothing, volunteering in summer camps, education, English language classes, and sports clubs.
In 2020, we decided to get officially registered as a non-profit organization.