While our girls moved to safety in Poland and are now enrolled in the Polish village school, we still keep the doors of the Maple Leaf House open to families or individuals fleeing from areas under attack by Russian. We provide food and shelter to internally displaced children and families. As the crisis continues, NASHI is committed to upkeeping our Maple Leaf House and also our adopted home in Poland.

NASHI, as a gift to our girls, wanted to give them a special treat for their courage in the evacuation to and acceptance of their having to stay In Poland. We launched a “Sea Campaign” to send them to a sea resort camp to Croatia. It was a long day’s drive but they were so excited they could not sleep for days. Your generosity in donations was overwhelming. As you see in some of the pictures they were absolutely ecstatic and had such a marvelous time. Nastya, one of our girls, thanked the NASHI donors for this adventure of a lifetime and for continuing to look after all their needs. What more can be said! Thank You.

NASHI believes education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. This is one of the major goals of NASHI – to educate our girls. In the words of Nelson Mandela, ” Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. The girls are attending the small village school in Poland but they are also taking long distance courses from their village in Ukraine.

When you see these smiling faces it is hard to imagine just how much they have been through. Life before the Maple Leaf House was stressful and bleak. Thanks to our incredible donors, like yourself, these girls are now on to healing and dreaming of a future. While the girls attend school in the village, there are so many activities in the home. WELCOME into their HOME!

Greetings to all our NASHI family who are supporting us. We are thousands of kilometers from you but you are always in our hearts. Today, we are also hundreds of kilometers from our home in Ukraine. We made a difficult decision to leave our home, the Maple Leaf House, because of the war. We feared for the safety of our girls. In the first days of the crisis, they were afraid to go to sleep and were not eating. They have already experienced enough trauma in their short lives and we made a decision to go to Poland. Within a week they were enrolled in the village school meanwhile the girls are also taking long distance classes from their school in Ukraine. They are being kept busy, remain healthy, but eager to return to their home in Ukraine.

The year started with the usual energy and the positive, encouraging reports from our girls in Ukraine. They are all healthy and doing well in school growing to be responsible young ladies. NASHI was so prepared for our annual spring fundraiser – Perogy Paradise. Then we got the news – Covid 19! Our fundraiser would not be a reality. We could have felt overwhelmed but we did not panic. The best we did was to focus on our mission and deal with the current situation.