Helen says: " yet between visits I have noticed tremendous improvement"
in Ukraine...
I'm glad to hear that (I was there in 1996) - but there are still a lot
of problems and the majority of people, especially those living in the
countryside are still living in poverty. Our organization makes regular
trips to the Ukraine and Lithuania with clothes and food etc mostly to
orphanages - people are so spoilt nowadays and change clothes all the
time so it's not hard to fill the bus! But it's very expensive to take a
bus on the ferry from Sweden and down to the Ukraine, so we have a
little second-hand shop to raise some cash. Every little bit helps! Some
info and photos on: http://www.algonet.se/~ufi/index.htm