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We are very sorry to be losing two young women who have done a wonderful
job working for us in the last few years. But delighted at the good news
which is taking them to new destinations.
Natasha has worked for us in Minsk for the last three years. She organises
all our visits to the capital; interpreted for these visits and training
sessions; has worked as an interpreter in Britain many times with children
and with groups on educational visits; has helped enormously with ‘our’
children when they have stayed at the Rehabilitation Centre in Minsk;
and is a regular visitor to the British Embassy to organise the visas
for children from Gomel Region.
Natasha has won a scholarship to go to Washington for Post Graduate studies
in Public Administration. There was a great deal of competition and it
was a brilliant achievement on her part. She may be in America for two
years, but hopefully she will come back and work for us again in the future.
Lilia began working in our Gomel office in 2001. She has worked closely
with Liena to organise the children for the Summer Visits, support the
training programmes we regularly hold in Gomel and interpret for all sorts
of groups. But her most important role has been to organise the convoys.
She is in regular touch with our Aid Co-ordinator, Mike Allison, preparing
all the paperwork for the aid deliveries. She contacts all the hospitals,
schools and family associations we deliver to, discussing their needs
with them, and she accompanies the convoy team as they deliver all over
Gomel Region. "Lilia has been absolutely fantastic!" says Mike
" I don’t know what we will do without her.".
Lilia is coming to live in England in the Autumn and will be getting married
to Ivan Woolley, who she first met when he drove on one of our convoys.
Congratulations to both of them!
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