The director, and some of the children, at the Zamglai orphanage which is home to around 120 girls between the ages of 4 and 24, many of whom have special needs.

One of our volunteers meets one of the kids at Zamglai.

As you can see in this childrens' dormitory, conditions are as clean and cheerful as the dedicated staff can make them, but resources are stretched to the limit - every bedroom in this orphanage is just as crowded.

As well as delivering aid and investing in redevelopment projects, we spend our time away working directly with our friends at target institutions. In this photo one of our volunteers is running a party and teaching children to make hobby-horses.

Sometimes there is nothing the staff alone can do to improve things; this picture shows the toilet facility at the Berezna orphange, as we found them in 2002. There was no budget to make improvements or even to empty the waste pit.

We showed the Berezna school to Bob Chase from Bear Essential Aid, who was so moved he secured support to replace these with modern plumbed toilets; we were thrilled to help with this project. The picture shows Bob at the first stage of the project.

Some of the children of Berezna, in their woodwork classroom which we are re-equipping with tools.

A traditional greeting from the members of the "Sunflower Club" at the Kolichivka school - the club aims to help the children to improve their community and learn more about the rest of the world.

Painting a mural at the "Aratta centre for children & youth" in Chernihiv. The centre runs a huge variety of services to help children, families, and the local community, including English lessons and "bring-and-buy" sales.

The completed mural, depicting a carousel from the beach at Brighton. The Ukrainian volunteers have since continued the theme beautifully around the walls of the entire room!

Young people of the "Anomaly" theatre group, rehearsing for a visual performance they tour around schools and universities which explores the dangers of alcohol, drug use, and HIV.

The Land Rover we bought in 2003, seen with some of the children at the Perlina kindergarten in Chernihiv. The purchase was possible thanks to the first "Canvas" art raffle. You can find out more about this new art fundraising concept on our "partners" page.

On a convoy, the journey is an adventure in itself, before we even arrive. Here is a typically loaded lorry on the Kiev ring road.

A convoyer tries out for a position as a local officer! Being part of a convoy can be an immensely rewarding experience and we do encourage you to get involved. Our "wish list" explains some of the ways in which you can do this.