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# 11510 A   Grace UMC  Project description

In 2002 Grace UMC founded the United Methodist Children's center Spring to support children from at-risk families in Saint- Petersburg, Northern Russia.
We work with children who live in Primorsky district, a very poor and underdeveloped sector of Saint- Petersburg built 25 years ago. Primorsky has the sad record of having the highest crime rate in the city. This is also the area that has the largest child and youth population (over 75000). As a result of the lack of social work and public school in the area, there is a widespread problem of alcoholism, drug addition and organized gangs. There are only 2 churches for a half of the million population.
What are the goals of the ministry?
- To help free children from the bondage of poverty, violence and spiritual vacuum;
- To provide specific spiritual and material help to children and teenagers from big families, single-parent families, families where parents or children are handicapped, poor families, orphans, whose parents have died or are in prison, families where parents drink or use drugs;
- To provide children and their families for social and spiritual growth, as well as raise up workers for spreading the ministry;
The specific program activities that help accomplish these objectives.
- The center  has a daily capacity of 40 children and teenagers aged 4 to 16. In general the program includes over 160 children annually.
We serve them with hot meals and provide numerous free activities such as: cooking, art, crafts, games, needlework, music, dance, theatre, sports, tutoring in English, Russian, math and physics, etc;
- Visiting children at home, in hospitals and schools, representing and protecting children in court and at the police;
- Organizing camps for children during the school holidays, including summer camp for 3 weeks;
Center staff are volunteers, people of different ages and professions who help children, mostly Grace UMC members.

What are the greatest needs now?

-hot daily meals for 40 children from at-risk families, it requires $450 monthly.

-craft, music, education activities, sport facilities, it requires $250 monthly.

-medical care for children (dentist, vitamins, massage doctor), it requires $250 monthly.

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT United Methodist Children's center Spring? go to its web-site: www.springcenter.org
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