While in Kazakhstan, we located this office space for our Kazakhstan helpers.
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The plan is that this will be a place for children who have aged out of the orphanage:
(1) to come to for help and advice
(2) to maintain contact with their sponsors
(3) to use the internet for their studies
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For the "Life Skills Program" that we hope to implement; it seems that it is going to be best to start with the children who have left the orphanage. Talking to them, and helping them, will give us a better idea of how we can best help them and other children that will soon be leaving the orphanages.
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When sponsored children leave the orphanage, we've found that it is difficult to maintain contact with them. Often, their sponsors still wish to help them, and the children also would like to maintain that contact. For sponsored children who have left the orphanage and are attending trade schools, colleges, or the university in or near the Petropavlovsk area, they will be able to come here to use the computer to e-mail their sponsors, or to pick up packages from their sponsors. When they come here it will be possible for our helpers to get an update for the sponsor. Even the children that are further out, sometimes are able to come to Petropavlovsk to visit.
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Two laptops have already been donated and will be available for the children to use to maintain correspondence with their sponsors or to use for their studies. We hope that more people will donate laptops! (They can be new or used laptops! We have someone who can refurbish old laptops or use old laptop parts to refurbish other laptops.)
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We are starting out small and hoping that this project will grow, so we can help more children! It has really been on our hearts to find a way to help the older children that leave the orphanage. We are very excited about all of the potential and possibilities! The office space could also be used for Life Skills classes, or tutoring for them.
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When will this office open? Soon we hope! We are waiting to hear and will post an update and new photos when we receive that information.
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We would like to thank Paradise Empowers, Inc. for providing the funds to implement this program! PEI's goal is: "Empowering Children For a Better Future." We are thankful that they are helping do this for the orphans of Kazakhstan!
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If you would like to join us in this endeavor, please consider making a donation using the PayPal button, or send a check to the address on the left side. Be sure to designate the purpose of the donation. Or consider donating a new or used laptop! Please contact us at antares.foundation@yahoo.com for further information.
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