March 1, 2017 in SunErgos NEWS
SunErgos works with an HIV/AIDS baby orphanage. Many of the children coming into the baby orphanage have been abandoned at hospitals, police stations, or left to die in dark alleys or dumpsters. These children are not only born with HIV, but have often inherited their mother’s drug and/or alcohol addiction.
February 9, 2017 in SunErgos NEWS
A social orphan is a child that has at least one living parent, but has either been abandoned by this parent, has runaway from home because they can no longer live in such an environment, or they have been removed from their home because the government deems it an unsafe living environment. Unlike some countries where the numbers of children orphaned remains high because of war and disease, many children in Russia are abandoned because of social issues that corrupt families.
January 24, 2017 in SunErgos NEWS
Before the Soviet Union, before Lenin, before Stalin, Yeltsin, and Putin, the prophetic Russian author Dostoevsky, through his intellectual character Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov, asked a question that still plagues Russia today. Ivan asked, “Listen: if everyone must suffer, in order to buy eternal harmony with their suffering, pray tell me what have children got to do with it? It’s quite incomprehensible why they should have to suffer, and why they should buy harmony with their suffering.”
January 8, 2017 in SunErgosMarch
The question should not be – “Why me? The question should be – “Why not me?”
May 25, 2016 in SunErgosMarch
A Christ like example will be exemplified through the teams, as they share stories, do colorful crafts and fun games with the kids and teens.
March 9, 2016 in SunErgosMarch
Clothe a Child! Children are shivering in severe cold. Without appropriate clothing and shoes, children are at risk of illness and infection. With your help, we can deliver urgently needed
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June 29, 2013 in SunErgos NEWS
Last week, we discussed the recent adoption ban imposed on Americans by the Russian Duma. This week, we will follow-up by discussing the consequence of the ban, particularly on the
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March 5, 2013 in SunErgos NEWS
There are over 1 million orphans in Russia. Many of them are social orphans, meaning at least one or both parents are still alive. This leaves the children feeling depressed
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February 27, 2013 in SunErgos NEWS
Sad to hear several of our orphanages in Saint Petersburg close its doors to Americans. The staff is “cautious”, since the adoption ban in January. Two of our interns have
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