Success stories

Andrey is always happy when the children of the Fund are visiting the agricultural Fund of the “Way Home ”.  He like to take care of the fruit trees and vegetable plantations here and, of course, to collect the harvest. Looking at him one cannot imagine that six months ago this active child could not communicate to anyone and even wanted to escape from the Fund.  Andrey is from a difficult family. For many reasons his mother could not pay attention to his son and had to bring him to... Read More

In the summer of 2009 the patrol of Odessa Charity Foundation “Way Home” found a woman and a child living on the open air, in the park of the city. The social workers of the Fund advised a woman to bring the 9-year-old Anton to the shelter of the Fund, where he would be able to receive all the necessary social and educational services.  While being at the Center of the Fund, we found out that the woman came of Odessa from far away in order to make living here,... Read More

Veronica was born in a large family with two sisters and a brother – in Kherson city. They all lived with their mother in an old rented house without hot water and a gas. While the father was out of the city for the earnings – the children were basically by themselves – the mother did not care well of them all, was drinking a lot. The children stopped going to school, spending most of the time on the streets, begging for money. Soon the owners of the house decided... Read More

The team of the “Social Patrol” of the Odessa Charity Foundation “Way Home” is daily driving all over the city to provide help for the street children of Odessa and Odessa region. There are the special “points” – places, where the street children used to live or gather: empty or old buildings, garages, parks and beaches during the summer. “Social Patrol” becomes the first step towards the better life for many street children and teenagers of Odessa. After they get to know the Patrol, they are being involved into the... Read More