HELPFUL HEARTS

Helpful Hearts is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing basic necessities to orphans and underprivileged children in Siberia, Russia.

If you think Siberia, you probably think cold and ice, salt mines, frozen mountains, howling wolves, Siberian tigers and exile. It takes up nearly three quarters of Russia or one third of the entire northern hemisphere with much of it uninhabitable. Today, the camps are gone, the scientists don't live outside of Irkutsk in top secrecy. Irkutsk is thousands of miles away from Moscow and St. Petersburg, and seemingly forgotten, especially in the Russian orphanages.

Siberia has been occupied by differing groups of nomads such as the Yenets, the Nenets, the Huns, and Mongols. Temperatures of -40 degrees are common here.

The economy & food supply is affected by short, very cold conditions & growing seasons, even in summer months to the north. There is very little industry or manufacturing to provide decent living wages.

Conditions in Russian Orphanages

There are over half a million orphans in Russia, with more being left in hospitals, on the streets or on doorsteps continually. Abandoning children is distressing but commonplace in Siberia. Some are left because of disabilities, parents who cannot afford to help or support them. Some are children of alcoholics or prostitutes. In fact, a large percentage of orphans grow up and are turned out of orphanages at a certain age and will live on the streets and begin a life of prostitution themselves. Few go on to universities, but for now, they need boots.

How can you help?

• Adopt some of the children possibly
• Help this organization with shoes or warm boots or funding
• Volunteer time to write letters and make contacts
• Go to Russia and see for yourself when we plan a trip
• Get involved somehow

Making a difference, one child at a time.

With caring co-sponsors, the possibilities are endless!

Helpful Hearts is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers with a heart for helping others, to provide basic needs for children in orphanages in Russia, beginning in the Irkutsk-Siberia region.

Vision Statement

To improve the quality of life of those we serve.

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