Needs

• Many of the children with cerebral palsy need leg braces, crutches (the hand brace type), and wheel chairs
• A medical cabinet that locks.
• Medication (insulin), needles, and syringes for diebetic people.
• Syringes of various sizes for other injections.
• Blood pressure medication
• Non-sterile rubber gloves.
• Cotton/ gauze/ band-aids/ tape/ Ace bandages
• Street kids need lice medicine/ shampoo/ soap/ medicated soap
• The doctors here need hand lotions, and so do the kids
• Vitamins of all kinds
• Cough medicines of all kinds, liquid and capsules
• Deodorant/tooth brushes/toothpaste
• Hot chocolate for when the street kids come to the office - Lots!
• Coffee
• Several plastic drums/barrels
• Pop corn and a video (Just kidding!!!)
• Slippers/ shoes
• Dental needs (even some dentures)
• Pots and pans, etc., for setting up 3 different kitchens
• Soaps for clothing
• Newest drug book that shows all the pills in the world
• Doctor's examination light, examining table, stool, cabinet with examining instruments, etc.
• Cot or bed for medical room
• Otoscope, with throw-away ear pieces
• 220 v 8" or 10" sterilizer
• Blood pressure kit with automatic reader (not the old squeeze-ball type)
• File boxes
• Nasal spray

Socks

Many orphanages in Romania and Moldova will not have heat this winter....and little food.

The Gradinari orphanage (226 handicapped children) said their heating bill is $10,000 per month (they have several huge buildings). So, they will be without heat. Their food bill is $6000 per month.....minimum. The French Embassy gave them $12,000, so they have enough food to last till the middle of November. Then the government promised they would start helping. They are very worried that they won't. There are orphanages in worse condition than theirs.

Recently, the European Community gave 26 million and America gave 10-15 million (I'm not exactly sure how much) to help Romania with this crisis. Corruption is more rampant than ever. Much of what actually makes it to the orphanages is stolen by the directors and staff. It is best for us to buy the food and give it directly to the children (something like bananas, cheese or cookies). It takes more time, but we know for certain it gets to the children.

If you understand these nations you would understand that the neighbors, like Ukraine have the same stories. And we could change the name of the nation to Ukraine and would be telling you a true story from here also. We intent to visit this work and also to help them "get socked". Ukranine's kids can use "socks" too.

A fellow from Tirgoviste, who has been working with orphanages for 10 years, has a Bible class in his home on Saturday afternoons. About 20 children from a nearby ghetto come. He said they are in worse condition than the orphans. They have no water, no heat, no electricity, and no gas in their apartment blocks. Their parents are unemployed and any money they get is spend on alcohol. These children have thin, worn-out canvas shoes and no socks....so their feet are very cold.

He said that If they could just have a pair of socks, they would be more comfortable. Can you imagine trying to sleep in these freezing apartments and orphanages with no socks on?

If you would like to send a BOX OF SOCKS to help needy children like these and in the orphanages....it would help them keep a little warmer. "Inasmuch as you have given some socks to help warm the feet of these little ones.....you have done it unto me."

You can send through the Post Office to:

CARMEL BROWN
402 OAK STREET
DEQUINCY, LA 70633
USA

who has a small group of people gathering things to send a winter container to the Ukraine. If your gifts of "socks" (and warm winter clothing) would fill two containers, one will go to Romania also.

Things are on the move here!

International Aid is getting a container of meds ready to send. We need money to pay to get it here. This is a second container; #1 is in port and we need finances to get it out here in Kiev right now. A third container is being packed in Louisania (food for the street kids and warm clothing, and leukemia and cerebral palsy meds); we need the money to have it sent.

These 3 containers need to be out by the last of Nov from the States, because if not, we have Christmas here on January 7, and nothing will move here till February. Please help us. We can't say no to the street and needy kids!

We have lots of new responsibilities that must be taken care of before the snow comes. It was down to 19 last night and we hope to have some kind of a home for some street kids before this next week is done (in Sevestovol).

We have a meeting place (in Kiev) for the cerebral palsy kids to get their meds, and we need to fix a toilet and a few things before we really can let them in.

We have a church building with half a roof, and need $1000 to get the other half done. They will go this winter with a bad heating system and no indoor toilet or water, but they need the roof so it doesn't cave in on them.

Thanks for what you can do.

#1 She needs a faithful worker to work with her on the container

#2 She also needs people to get, and sort, good, clean, warm clothing to send, with no tears or buttons gone. the clothes have to be clean; there is now a law that says that the clothes have to be in hot water so many minutes before they are packed. (A truckload of things was just delivered from Alabama)

#3 We need the money to buy food for the street children

#4 We need medicine for the sick kids that doesn't cost an arm and a leg

#5 We need money to buy a container, send it, and get papers for it

Please help if you can - her address is