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DID YOU KNOW....

• Kybele has recruited more than 220 volunteers to participate in medical training programs in 11 countries.  These professionals have come from over 70 different institutions worldwide with the vast majority traveling multiple times to volunteer their time and medical expertise.

• Nearly 50% of these volunteers have come from North Carolina hospitals.

• The work Kybele has done for the past 5 years in Accra, Ghana has significantly reduced both infant and maternal mortality in a leading regional hospital.

• Kybele's work has been published dozens of times in national/international medical journals, books, and publications.

• Our programs are making a TRUE DIFFERENCE in the lives of women and children in our program countries.  National medical protocols are being changed.  Lives are being saved.  Women are experiencing a more compassionate, safe, and successful childbirth experience.

Here is what you can do to support this effort....

If you are in the Winston-Salem/Greensboro/Raleigh/Durham area: 

Register for this event by August 10th.  We guarantee a great time. 

$60 for Adults  |  $35 for Medical Residents/Students  |  $20 for Children 12 & under

Click to learn more or to register.

If you are not in the local area - PLEASE consider making a donation on behalf of this event or become a member or monthly donor. 

Join us for AFG's Trip to Georgia October 2-15, 2014

Dear Friends,

We are very excited about this trip, which was specially arranged for AFG by Ia Tabagari of Living Roots, who is a local expert with years of experience sharing a passion for Georgian culture, wines and cuisine     

Travel with AFG's Executive Directors in Georgia this fall to see a beautiful country firsthand and visit our innovative projects, eat delicious food and taste the finest Georgian wines. We have arranged a tour from October 2 - 15, 2014. Please join us!

For more information click on the link below for a PDF brochure of the trip:

http://www.afgeorgia.org/wp-content/uploads/AFG-Tour-02-15-Oct-2014.pdf

Email Marusya Chavchavadze at marusya@afgeorgia.org to reserve your seat on the trip.

The Itinerary

Oct. 02 Thursday: Depart from USA

Oct. 03 Friday: Arrive in Tbilisi. Full day in Tbilisi

Oct. 04 Saturday: Tbilisi to Sighnaghi

Oct. 05 Sunday: Sighnaghi to Telavi

Oct. 06 Monday: Kakheti area

Oct. 07 Tuesday: Kakheti to Tbilisi

Oct. 08 Wednesday: Tbilisi - Mtskheta - Nikozi - Kutaisi

Oct. 09 Thursday: Kutaisi to Svaneti region

Oct. 10 Friday: Svaneti area

Oct. 11 Saturday: Svaneti area

Oct. 12 Sunday: Svaneti to Tbilisi

Oct. 13 Monday: Tbilisi to Kazbegi

Oct. 14 Tuesday: Kazbegi to Tbilisi

Oct. 15 Wednesday: Departure from Tbilisi

Please consider a gift today to support AFG's successful, life changing projects.

Thank you so much for your generous support of AFG projects that are giving hope to traumatized people facing great difficulty.

Sincerely,

Marusya Chavchavadze and Lena Kiladze

www.afgeorgia.org

News From Georgia: Three Success Stories And A Gift For You!

Dear Friends,

With your support, AFG has been helping Georgians in need for 20 years! Since our founding in 1994, AFG projects in Georgia have provided food, medicine, shelter, education, health care and most of all, Hope, where its needed desperately. We look forward to continuing this help, fostering grass roots projects that provide direct assistance.

Three Success Stories:

Alona, David and Elizbar received care and housing through the Dzegvi Orphanage & Bediani Village Homes project which serves abandoned street children with nowhere else to go. Today they are blossoming professionals getting

ready to contribute to their community's future! Their pictures and stories are below. We are so happy to share this good news and in honor of International Children's Day, on June 1st in Georgia and June 8th in America, we are having a week long celebration.

First Shelter Dzegvi Orphanage in early 1990s

Homes for street children as they grew and became educated were purchased in the village of Bediani

 

Please join us in celebrating our week of honoring International Children's Day ( ICD) by sending a tax deductible donation to AFG. The first donor to send $100 or more by June 8 will receive a bottle of fine Georgian wine as a gift!

Our Thanks to Mamuka Tsereteli and GeorgianWineHouse.com for donating this beautiful, well-balanced choice from the Kakheti region.

 

 

Pictured below is Alona. She lived at Dzegvi Orphanage with her three siblings, one of whom was a twin. She studied painting at the Fine Arts Institute and currently works as an Art and Music teacher at Bediani Public School.

 

Below is David. In the first photo he is newly arrived at Dzegvi. In the second he has moved to Bediani and in the third, he is studying dentistry at the Mukhadze Medical Institute ( pictured with his friend Elizbar). He is now working as a Dental Technician for Procelain Prosthetics at the Eka-Dent Clinic.

 

Third is Elizbar. On the left you can see his love for animals in Dzegvi. In the middle, he is in Bediani with his dog and his sister. On the right, he is pictured while studying at the Mukhadze Medical Institute. He also studied at the Georgian Agrarian University. He worked at Zooplaza veterinary clinic and currently runs a family farm with his wife in Kakheti.

Since 1995, AFG has helped Mother Mariam and her lay volunteers raise 120 street children outside of Tbilisi in Dzegvi Orphanage and in Bediani Village. Over the years, 25 of these 120 have been assisted by AFG with scholarship funds and living stipends to continue their post secondary education.

Please consider a gift today to support this successful, life changing project.

For more information and background on this project please visit:

http://www.afgeorgia.org/dzegvi-orphanagebediani-village/

Thank you so much for your generous support of AFG projects that are giving hope to traumatized people facing great difficulty.

Sincerely,

Marusya Chavchavadze and Lena Kiladze

www.afgeorgia.org

Thank you for your donation!

We can't do it without you!

Thank you to everyone who donated.

Our Waiting Child and Special Needs Grant Fund is filling up and it has everything to do with you!   We also received numerous donations for our other programs and cannot wait to put them to good use!

Special thanks to: Jason Bramblett, Viviane Martini, Norman and Lisa Garcia, Tonya Mershon, Sheila Johnson, Nancy Crews, Susan Derderian, Edward Kevorkian, Kristin Dadey, Sandra Buscarino, Kelly Huff, Christine Walters, Allan and Paulette Feeser, and last, but most definitely not least, Steve and Kelly Madden.

 

You can help out all year...

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Last Chance to Help in 2013!

Time is running out...    

There is not much time left to make your donation count in 2013.  Any donation received by December 31, is tax-deductible and 100% of your donation is applied to the Hopscotch Waiting Child and Special Needs Grant Fund. 

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Meet a success story... "From barely surviving to thriving!"

 

A diagnosis of spina bifida hasn't kept this active little girl down.  She's been a fighter from the word "go". Thanks in part to donations from people like you, she joined her family 2011.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every little bit helps!

Waiting Child & Special Needs Program

Hopscotch is dedicated to finding permanent and loving homes for children with special needs from Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ghana, and Morocco.

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The Waiting Child & Special Needs Grant Fund allows Hopscotch to financially aid families pursuing the adoption of children with special needs.

We can't do it without your support!

 

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Take the time to change a child's life forever

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The clock is ticking...     

As the holidays draw closer, remember, it only takes a moment to change a waiting child's life forever.  Make a donation to the Waiting Child & Special Needs Grant fund and help us reach our goal of $5,000 by the end of the year.  

 

Waiting Child & Special Needs Program

Hopscotch is dedicated to finding permanent and loving homes for children with special needs from Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ghana, and Morocco.

Learn More...

 

 

 

 

ACT NOW!

The Waiting Child & Special Needs Grant Fund allows Hopscotch to financially aid families pursuing the adoption of children with special needs.

Time is running out!  Make a $10 donation between now and December 17 and you will be entered to win a new iPad Mini.  Select the $10 iPad Mini Raffle button before making your donation. 

 

 

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What Does a New i-Pad Mini & A Waiting Child Have In Common? YOU!

                 

They're Counting On You!

Not every story begins with "When you were a baby..."

Your donation is the just the beginning of a waiting child's story.

They're counting on you!

 

Visit our waiting child page today!

Help Save Babies in Ghana Today!

We need your help to raise $5,000 urgently. Please review the video link https://vimeo.com/77017036 password: babies

Currently, 30% of admissions to the NICU at Ridge Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana are dying!. For 2012, there were 411 newborn deaths! Currently, oxygen by nasal cannula is the only respiratory support available. Cannulas are often shared among babies, increasing infection risks, and the oxygen supply is frequently depleted. The high level of neonatal loss is devastating to parents and demoralizing to staff. Many of the deaths could be prevented with a few simple changes. We need to raise funds for some renovations to the physical space and then we will introduce technology that is widely utilized in the US to improve outcomes. A little can go a long way to give these babies a chance to live. We are committed to improving these outcomes.

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Hopscotch Adoptions, Inc. relies on your donations for:

   Grants for Special Need Adoption

   Medically Fragile Child  Support

   Tuition & School Supplies

   Safe Residential Care

   Surgery & Therapeutic Equipment

   Waiting Child Advocacy