We Are In A New Home

In our April 2006 edition of Breakthrough we shared the tragedy that struck the orphanage in Chorbog, Tajikistan.

We are delighted to say that in the autumn of 2006 the dedication of the new orphanage in the suburbs of Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital city, took place. The workers, but most of all the children, were so happy about their new home. SGA is pleased that their gifts have been able to help the children of Chorbog enjoy a new place to live.

It was January 2006, when a terrible fire destroyed the orphanage in Chorbog. The surviving children spent seven months in temporary facilities in a hospital. The conditions there were not the best, but at least they gave the children a chance to live on. Thanks to the spontaneous support of many churches and helpers, our partners Bibel Mission, were able to send several containers with desperately needed humanitarian aid for the children.

A boy in the Chorbog orphanage, Tajikistan

For years the church of Dushanbe has been involved in caring for the orphans. Today, eight nurses, a housekeeper, a teacher, a laundress and a driver from the church are involved in daily care of the children.

They express their thanks for the help and support of many people from all over the world, so that they could be given a new home. There was a shell of a building standing in the suburb of Dushanbe, that was started in the Soviet times. This unfinished building was completed and the interior work was finished.