Project Report
| Oct 6, 2022
Autumn Report 2022
By Clinton White | Project Leader
Shade for Children continues to serve in Western Ukraine despite the war with Russia now in it's 7th month. Shade for Children received a generous donation from GlobalGiving early in the war but otherwise the platform has been of limited use. It seems like genocide, illegal referendums and annexations in soveriegn countries, indescriminate bombing of civilians as well as torture, is not longer in the news cycle.
Shade for Children continues to visit orphaned children on a weekly basis as well as provide advocacy and resources to help families stay together, the reunify broken families, and advocate for adoption and foster care. Shade for Children founders had a court date the day after the war started and completed an in-country adoption one month later.
War makes orphans so we will stay in Ukraine as long as we can stay and try to make a difference in the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children.
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Jun 16, 2022
Summer 2022 Report
By Clinton White | Project Leader
The General Fund campaign has been stagnant since late 2021 but that doesn't mean Shade for Children has been idle. With the onset of Ukraine's war with Russian, Shade for Children has raised approximately $75,000 primarily through a new giving portal associated with Adelfi Bank in the USA which significantly minimizes fees. Since February 24, 2022, Shade for Children has spent aproximately $50,000 across several areas of need including: IDP/Refugee Shelter, Food, and Support, Supporting Ukrainians armed forces (especially units with fathers/sons from our area), supporting struggling families, continuing to visit orphaned and vulnerable children, and providing funds for delivering vital supplies to those in "hotspots" in Central and Eastern Ukraine and provide extractions- bringing people from East to West.
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Feb 16, 2022
Late Winter 2022 Report
By Clinton White | Director
As winter winds down with just a few more weeks until the official beginning of Spring (March 1 in Ukraine), there's not much to report about this fund. We had a generous end-of-the-year giving season that put us in a good financial position going into this new year. So far this year, quarantines have been less severe than this time last year and we have been able to travel and visit orphaned children and struggling families which means we've increased our expenses compared to last year.
We've been thinking and strategizing a lot about the possible ramifications of a Russian invasion of parts of Ukraine. More accurately, I should say, a further invasion, because in reality Russia invaded in 2014 and has occupied about 7% of Ukraine's landmass since then. If there is further aggression then we expect the plight of orphaned and vulnerable children to increase significantly. There will be a huge influx of internally displaced people from Eastern Ukraine and we'll see more children arriving in the State orphanages and more families facing economic hardships. The need for the work we do will increase substantially. That's one of the reasons for which this fund exists. We are grateful to those of you who have contributed.
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