Father’s House first introduced me to Lera, a little girl who quickly found a place in my heart. Later, they took me one step further into her story—to Happy Home, where children with disabilities are surrounded by the care, therapy, and belonging they need to...
Ruslana grew up without the warmth of a family. She was raised in a state orphanage for children with disabilities, born with the effects of alcohol exposure and a learning disability. From the beginning, life was not gentle with her. The world she knew as a...
One year ago, Svetlana arrived at Father’s House in Kyiv carrying the weight of more loss than any mother should have to bear. She was a widow, a mother of six, evacuated from war-torn Kramatorsk with four of her younger children. After the death of her...
Some stories are carried in a father’s eyes before they are ever spoken. That is what I felt when I met Andriy and his son, Kirill, at Father’s House in Kyiv. There was something deeply humble about Andriy. He was not trying to explain away the pain...
Christina arrived at Father’s House with two little lives beside her. Anton was only four years old. Marcel was just three months old. They were still at the very beginning of life, still meant to be surrounded by safety, tenderness, warmth, and peace. But Christina knew too...
Grigoriy and Rita are a beautiful example of the families that sacrificially move into Fathers House with their own children, blend in several children who have been traumatized by abuse and abandonment, caring for them as their own as they experience rehabilitation and adoption. ...
I can now add dog passport photographer to my resume! in Ukraine and around the world, Fathers House in Kiev is known as a place of compassion where any person (or animal) in need can find refuge. During my recent trip to Ukraine, I learned that Bruce...
