Аба Рафи

26 января не стало замечательного человека. И, как это обычно бывает, когда уходят праведники, место, которое они занимали в нашем мире, долго ещё остаётся пустым, осиротевшим.

Сегодня воспитанники Московского детского пансиона (многие из них не имеют родителей) вспоминают Рафаэля Хахиашвили, не просто директора, но и самого верного и близкого друга, ставшего для большинства детей вторым отцом.

Our Home

Наш дом

We are building a home for orphaned children.

Already for the fourth year the Jewish orphans from all over the country who entered our Boarding-school huddle together in a small two-level apartment in the very center of the city without even its own courtyard. They are forced to live, study and rest in very small rooms, six-eight children in each. Such conditions don't satisfy the elementary requirements of keeping in a children institution. Now, our children finally have hope.

Why can't we accept even more children?

It is not within our rules to refuse Jewish children who have landed in trouble. To the best of our abilities and capabilities, we help all orphans of whom we become aware. However, for now we cannot purposefully search out new children. The fact is that our home is located in a rented two-level apartment with an area of 250 square meters. It is already very tight for the children who are here. We cannot refuse to provide help to unfortunate children, and therefore the number of pupils at the home is constantly growing. It is becoming more and more difficult to accommodate the children at the apartment. Even now the children are forced to live six to eight children to a room in small rooms packed with bunk beds. Several children even sleep in cots in a common room. The current premises also keenly feel the lack of such necessary accommodations for a modern children's institution as computer and academic schoolrooms, a medical office, a laundry, a gym etc. Located in the very center of the city, in one of the most polluted areas of the capital, the Center does not even have its own courtyard. Therefore, the children are forced to spend most of their free time after school in their rooms or in the small common room.

How can you help

We will be happy for any help. Since expenses to maintain the Center are great and include many different items, you have the opportunity to choose the most acceptable option for yourself. In any case, you will receive detailed information on how your money was spent, and you will always be able to see with your own eyes the results of your help. Your good deed will not remain unnoticed. In the new building, we plan to place a plaque with the names of the people who donated funds for such a noble goal as helping orphaned Jewish children. We want the children themselves, and the Center's guests, to know the names of those thanks to whom Jewish orphans received a new, spacious home equipped with everything they need.

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