The group who came out for a one week visit from November 12th to 19th were:

Jan Baxter.  Co-ordinator of the Newark and Retford Group. Only joined the charity at the beginning of this year but has done a great job raising lots of funds and co-ordinating a visit of young children and mothers this Summer.

Sue Williams. Joint Co-ordinator of Aberystwyth Group. Has been involved with the group for about 8 years, whilst they have hosted young teenagers and this year, their first group of 18 year olds.

Jasmine Killim. Organiser of Manchester medical students CCP group. Has been to the sanatorium as a volunteer four times and has co-ordinated the participation of many other students from Manchester.

Mai Chatham. A member of our Littleborough Group, now West Pennine, since the launch of the charity, Mai has been checking our host families for the group since the beginning and has just become Co-ordinator

Marion Stoddard. Joined the Merseyside group last year and soon became its most active fund raiser. Marion has just taken over as Co-ordinator of the group.

Pat Marsh, Manager of Woodlands Respite Care Centre in South Manchester, spent a week in Gomel from November 5th to 12th. This  was Pat’s third visit to Belarus and several members of the Mayflower staff have been to UK and spent time at Woodlands.

In the early part of the week Pat visited Mayflower families, potential families, plus Klimovka and the Search Club, (young adults in wheelchairs who meet at Klimovka every Sunday)  and had many discussion with Natasha and staff.

I arrived on Wednesday bringing a hoist (which was not easy and caused great consternation at Minsk Airport. They had no idea what it was, even when an interpreter tried to explain it to them. Eventually they asked if I had any alcohol and when I assured them not, they waved me through without looking at my luggage at all).


Marion at the Home for Abandoned Babies

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