Russian Orphan Rescue
Russian Orphan Rescue, Inc. (ROR) is a non profit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is for public and charitable purposes only and meets the IRS requirements of a 501 (c) (3) corporation. 100% of all donations received by ROR are used solely and exclusively for the various projects ROR is currently involved in. ZERO donations are used for administration, overhead, salaries or travel.
The specific purpose of ROR is to provide educational and life-skills training programs and assistance to orphaned children in Russia in order to maintain and improve their physical and social well-being. ROR also provides for the philanthropic needs of those persons who desire to donate to such causes.
There are nine directors including a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Their backgrounds include the judiciary, pastoral, business leaders and computer support. All directors donate their time, and most are among the major contributors to date. One hundred percent of donated money goes directly for the benefit of the orphans.
ROR representatives are available to speak at your church and service groups. A website is in the development stages. A periodic email newsletter is published reporting on the status/progress of the existing projects; a selected “child of the month” and other information related to the needs of these special children.
There are several projects currently in progress that ROR supports:
1) An apartment in Ryazan, Russia supervised by a housemother which provides food and shelter for three teenage orphan girls. They are given training in basic life skills, such as cooking, housekeeping, personal hygiene and instruction in Christian living.
2) An apartment is also being planned in Chernovtsy, Ukraine to do the same.
3) An older house located a short distance from the orphanage in Supozhoke, Russia was purchased by ROR and is being remodeled and upgraded to accommodate a Christian couple who will live there full time and work directly with the children from the orphanage. They will build relationships with the orphans, acting as adult role models. They will assist ROR in qualifying children for transition from the orphanage to the apartment in Ryazan upon graduation.
4) Financial aid is being provided for medical needs of one of the girls, named Valya, in the Ryazan apartment. Valya is a teenage girl who suffered a compound fracture of her right leg which was also contaminated with dirt and consequently infected her bone marrow. ROR has paid for top specialists in the Russian medical system to perform complicated surgery in an attempt to avoid amputation. At the present time the bones are not healing properly requiring further medical attention.
5) ROR is in the planning stages for a traveling group of orphans that have graduated from the orphanage in Supozhoke. These boys and girls would use Christian rap, break dancing and personal testimonies as an outreach to children still in the orphanages.
The above is a representation of projects in process. Other special needs will be addressed by the board of directors as they arise. Closing reports will be given as the projects become complete. All of these activities will directly further the corporation’s purpose of providing education and life skills programs for orphans in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Your contributions will improve their physical and social well being with the assurance that 100% of the money donated goes directly to the orphans.
