Summer highlights • New vidoes available this autumn • A holiday they will never forget!
Thank you, Gus • Aid to Belarus • New life for Ira • The Mayflower Centre • Calendars and cards

Twenty six groups hosted children this Summer and all have stories to tell about activities enjoyed, friendships made and children sent back to Belarus stronger and healthier. Two of the younsters in the Solihull group, Inna (pictured right with her friend Natasha) and Konstantin, had both lost an eye due to cancer.
Surgeons at Birmingham Children’s Hospital felt that much could be done to improve the appearance of their prosthetic eyes, so they came back in September for a further assessment and we hope to bring them both for an operation next Summer.
Several of our groups host teenagers in remission from cancer. Endon and Stoke hosted a group of eighteen 16 - 18 year olds for the sixth time and felt that this was the best group they have ever had. The teenagers live in families for the first fortnight and then spend two weeks at the beautiful Cicely Haughton School at Wetley Rocks.The boys and girls fielded two teams in the ‘It’s a Knockout’ fund rasing event the group held in August, and the boys were over the moon when they won the cup! Katya tackles one of the games.
Some groups prefer to host young children with their mums. Youlia’s mum is unable to care for her, so she came to Evesham and Crewe with a nurse from the Children’s Cancer Hospital. We plan to explore the possibility this Autumn of arranging a foster family in Minsk for Youlia (below), so that she does not have to live in an orphanage.

Youlia

Inna and Natasha

Katya tackles one of the games