On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:49:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



John H. wrote in
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These first two sites give some information about our local program.
Typing
'Children of Chernobyl Program' into Google will provide all kinds of
info.
(Read the first update in the above site to get a feel for the problems
the
program is facing.)

http://www.historicchristchurch.org/.../Children.aspx



A friend of mine and his wife who have a boat in Scituate are involved in
this program. This summer, they sponsored two pre-teen girls from Russia
who are undergoing radiation sickness treatment at the Children's Hospital
in Boston. They have two pre-teen daughters of their own and the four girls
got along famously, even though the girls from Russia spoke virtually no
English and my friend's kids spoke no Russian. It was fun watching them
communicate none the less, and they started picking up a few words and
phrases in each other's language.

Nice program. Hard to believe that the Russian government allowed people to
continue to live in a radiation contaminated area.

Eisboch


The Belarussian government promised to repay the farmers and villagers who
moved from the area close to Chernoby. Many of them moved to other parts of
Belarus, but then found that the government would give them no money. So,
they moved back and began farming the same lands again.

This year the rift between the two governments caused our local program to
have a rough time getting the kids here. I wonder if the program up there
had the same kinds of problems.

This update gives a good idea of the problems the program faces:

http://www.ccalex.org/OutreachAndMis...rusMay0208.pdf

If you'd like to help out a little, offer to take the two girls shopping
for a winter coat. When we picked up our boys, everything they brought fit
into a small back pack. They'll go home with 77lbs of clothes and medicines
and healthy teeth. Our dentist is kind enough to fill cavities, pull teeth,
and even did a root canal for one of our boys.

Vic Smith wrote:


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ndLosha181.jpg

and,

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ndLosha184.jpg

They'll never forget that day.

--Vic

Neither will JohnH. I believe people who volunteer to help others get
just as much from the experience as those they help.

You can tell from those monster smiles, they had a ball. I would guess
JohnH has a monster smile on his face too.

John H. wrote:


It's a great vacation for the kids, and a pain in the butt for us. But when
they leave, we'll have tears running down our face as we say goodbye. It's
remarkable how strong an attachment can be formed in only a few weeks. They
soon seem like part of the family. One of these boys lives with his
grandmother. His mother's in jail for stealing, his father is not to be
found, and his grandfather is dead. The other lives in a two-roomer with
three siblings, a mother, and a father who's an alcoholic. Alcoholism is
the favorite illness over there, it seems. Every boy that's stayed with us,
and had a father at home, had an alcoholic for a father. Damn shame.

We'll probably have them back next year, but don't tell my wife I said
that!

I have always thought if people knew how much they get back
from
volunteering, there would never be a shortage of volunteers.

Thanks for sharing the photos, hopefully you have encouraged
a few others to look into doing something similar.

On Jul 25, 9:16*pm, John H. wrote:
...had the ultimate treat today - a boat ride on the Potomac. We put in at
the Pohick Bay launch ramp and cruised up to the Lincoln Memorial so they
could see the sights from water. They had a super time, and so did we.
(Except for forgetting the camera!) They fly back to Belarus on Tuesday,
but we're already thinking of having them back again next year.

One day we drove by the local fire station, and saw a couple of the firemen
sitting outside. We stopped, explained who the boys were, and asked if they
could look at a fire truck. Well, the two firemen (one of whom was female)
were just falling all over themselves to show the boys a nice time. I was
wondering if they were going to take them for a ride with sirens and all!

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ndLosha181.jpg

and,

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ndLosha184.jpg

Man, they are grinning from ear to ear!

John H. wrote in
:

http://tinyurl.com/5hvyum

The first child we had will be graduating high school this year and
then attending the University of St. Petersburg in Russia. Very bright
kid. After his first visit he went home and began taking English five
days a week in school. He also talked his parents into paying the
English teacher to come to his house one night a week for tutoring. He
absolutely loved this country.



The young people in the whole region are becoming unisolated by lots of new
TV stations in the region. There is MAD TV:
http://mfile.akamai.com/45346/live/reflector:59936.asx
which is just as American and British as MTV....and FREE on the net!

There are many others. My little Linux tablet has over 600 stations across
the planet from broadband. About 20 are Russian.

The rapper crappers are on Mad TV as I type this...(c;

John H. wrote in
:

We had one boy from Belarus who could say a few things in English. He
was from Minsk, his parents had money, he was on a dance team that
traveled internationally, and he'd picked up a lot of English in his
travels. But he was the only kid I've seen in the program who could
speak any English. They do, however, all know how to say 'no' and
'Coca Cola' upon arrival!



In the Middle East, all the Moslem kids know how to say Chevy and PEPSI,
not Coke. There are no Fords or Coca-Cola which are JEWISH companies. One
of my neighbors in Tehran was an Iranian lawyer of some stature. He had a
Ford station wagon about 15 years old and was so proud of it because it was
such a rare car, sold to him by some Americans when they left for home.
Parts to fix it were awfully hard to get. Every place you go, they serve
Pepsi in Iran or the Arab countries like Bahrain. Israel, of course, is
just the opposite.

English was taught in Iranian schools. Kids entering high schools were
taking courses in chemistry, physics, liberal arts Americans would be
teaching in the 2nd year of college! It was amazing to see the high
standards and hard work Iranian kids were doing to stay in school. Failure
was not tolerated. Those unable to cope or too lazy were moved out of the
schools to apprenticeships in industry or used as laborers. Unlike
America, the Shah didn't waste his energy on those who refused to take
advantage of the excellent education the Shah provided. The poorest
Iranian was afforded the best education, just like the lawyers' kids,
unlike here. Shahanshah used education, unsuccessfully obviously now, to
thwart the religious brainwashing of the Mullahs trying to drag the kids
back into the stone age to become their slaves. How awful.

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:49:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

John H. wrote in
:

These first two sites give some information about our local program.
Typing
'Children of Chernobyl Program' into Google will provide all kinds of
info.
(Read the first update in the above site to get a feel for the problems
the
program is facing.)

http://www.historicchristchurch.org/.../Children.aspx


A friend of mine and his wife who have a boat in Scituate are involved in
this program. This summer, they sponsored two pre-teen girls from Russia
who are undergoing radiation sickness treatment at the Children's Hospital
in Boston. They have two pre-teen daughters of their own and the four girls
got along famously, even though the girls from Russia spoke virtually no
English and my friend's kids spoke no Russian. It was fun watching them
communicate none the less, and they started picking up a few words and
phrases in each other's language.

Nice program. Hard to believe that the Russian government allowed people to
continue to live in a radiation contaminated area.

Eisboch


The Belarussian government promised to repay the farmers and villagers who
moved from the area close to Chernoby. Many of them moved to other parts of
Belarus, but then found that the government would give them no money. So,
they moved back and began farming the same lands again.

This year the rift between the two governments caused our local program to
have a rough time getting the kids here. I wonder if the program up there
had the same kinds of problems.

This update gives a good idea of the problems the program faces:

http://www.ccalex.org/OutreachAndMis...rusMay0208.pdf

If you'd like to help out a little, offer to take the two girls shopping
for a winter coat. When we picked up our boys, everything they brought fit
into a small back pack. They'll go home with 77lbs of clothes and medicines
and healthy teeth. Our dentist is kind enough to fill cavities, pull teeth,
and even did a root canal for one of our boys.


These kids need to be adopted, not taken for a vacation.

"hk" wrote in message
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These kids need to be adopted, not taken for a vacation.


My understanding is that they *have* families. They are here in the States
to get radiation sickness treatment.
At least that was the case with the friend I mentioned involved in the
program.

He and his wife were the kid's sponsors while they were here. They stayed
at their home and enjoyed participating in his family's activities in
between the treatments in Boston.

Eisboch

hk wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:49:43 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

John H. wrote in
:

These first two sites give some information about our local program.
Typing
'Children of Chernobyl Program' into Google will provide all kinds
of info.
(Read the first update in the above site to get a feel for the
problems the
program is facing.)

http://www.historicchristchurch.org/.../Children.aspx


A friend of mine and his wife who have a boat in Scituate are
involved in this program. This summer, they sponsored two pre-teen
girls from Russia who are undergoing radiation sickness treatment at
the Children's Hospital in Boston. They have two pre-teen daughters
of their own and the four girls got along famously, even though the
girls from Russia spoke virtually no English and my friend's kids
spoke no Russian. It was fun watching them communicate none the
less, and they started picking up a few words and phrases in each
other's language.

Nice program. Hard to believe that the Russian government allowed
people to continue to live in a radiation contaminated area.

Eisboch

The Belarussian government promised to repay the farmers and villagers
who
moved from the area close to Chernoby. Many of them moved to other
parts of
Belarus, but then found that the government would give them no money. So,
they moved back and began farming the same lands again.
This year the rift between the two governments caused our local
program to
have a rough time getting the kids here. I wonder if the program up there
had the same kinds of problems.

This update gives a good idea of the problems the program faces:

http://www.ccalex.org/OutreachAndMis...rusMay0208.pdf

If you'd like to help out a little, offer to take the two girls shopping
for a winter coat. When we picked up our boys, everything they brought
fit
into a small back pack. They'll go home with 77lbs of clothes and
medicines
and healthy teeth. Our dentist is kind enough to fill cavities, pull
teeth,
and even did a root canal for one of our boys.


These kids need to be adopted, not taken for a vacation.


I wonder what their families would think about that.

On Jul 26, 1:36*pm, hk wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:49:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

John H. wrote in
m:

These first two sites give some information about our local program.
Typing
'Children of Chernobyl Program' into Google will provide all kinds of
info.
(Read the first update in the above site to get a feel for the problems
the
program is facing.)

http://www.historicchristchurch.org/.../Children.aspx

A friend of mine and his wife who have a boat in Scituate are involved in
this program. *This summer, they sponsored two pre-teen girls from Russia
who are undergoing radiation sickness treatment at the Children's Hospital
in Boston. *They have two pre-teen daughters of their own and the four girls
got along famously, even though the girls from Russia spoke virtually no
English and my friend's kids spoke no Russian. * It was fun watching them
communicate none the less, and they started picking up a few words and
phrases in each other's language.

Nice program. *Hard to believe that the Russian government allowed people to
continue to live in a radiation contaminated area.

Eisboch

The Belarussian government promised to repay the farmers and villagers who
moved from the area close to Chernoby. Many of them moved to other parts of
Belarus, but then found that the government would give them no money. So,
they moved back and began farming the same lands again.

This year the rift between the two governments caused our local program to
have a rough time getting the kids here. I wonder if the program up there
had the same kinds of problems.

This update gives a good idea of the problems the program faces:

http://www.ccalex.org/OutreachAndMis...rusMay0208.pdf

If you'd like to help out a little, offer to take the two girls shopping
for a winter coat. When we picked up our boys, everything they brought fit
into a small back pack. They'll go home with 77lbs of clothes and medicines
and healthy teeth. Our dentist is kind enough to fill cavities, pull teeth,
and even did a root canal for one of our boys.

These kids need to be adopted, not taken for a vacation.- Hide quoted text -

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You idiot! In your knee jerk reaction, you failed miserably to get
your facts before posting. And you consider you try to tell everyone
you're an ex-newsman? You must have been awful at it.