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ProjectsSponsorship Programme
Building Programme
Care Programme
The Brighter Future Programme
The Leavers ProgrammeOur Leavers programme provides the skills and supports that children leaving institutions so desperately need... Sibling Programme
Irish Carers
LSC (Life Skills Center)
Basketball Project
Art Project
Medical Centre
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Each child in Hortolova has an Irish sponsor family and this has made huge difference to the children’s well–being. The continual influx of sponsorship funds continues to impact the children directly and the quality of their lives...
Nearly all of the buildings in Hortolova have been rebuilt, or where necessary, completely refurbished. Hortolova was once a very dark and depressing place but after years of work and financial investment, it has been transformed into a home that offers a variety of opportunities to the children growing up there...
Through improved care practices and a reduction in the staff/child ratio huge progress has been made and Hortolova is certainly a much more harmonious place than it was 5 years ago. Today the children are aware of their rights and benefits and thrive in the knowledge that systems are in place purely for their benefit...
The Brighter Future Programme was set up in Hortolova in February 2001 in response to developing needs. In the past children have been thrown from the relative security of their institutional confines into an unknown world...
This programme ensures that siblings taken into State Care go into emergency care together and remain there until multi-orphanage placements become available and they are transferred to the orphanage as a unit...
The Irish carers on the ground continue to make a vital difference in the lives of the children on a daily basis. For the first time the children have someone they feel they can trust with their feelings and problems...
This new facility opened in Hortolova in December 2001 and has added many new dimensions to the children’s life in the orphanage. Since the LSC opened its doors the children have been introduced to learning as an explorative and enjoyable experience...
In August 2002 Jerome Westbrooks and Ed Randolph from Dart Killester travelled to Russia for the second time to host, what has become an annual Basketball Camp. Last year the week’s events took place in Hortolova alone but this year Jerome and Ed spread their magic amongst the three TRWL orphanages...
Introducing the children to the world of art and ‘make believe’ has always been an important part of TRWL’s work in Hortolova...
Since 1998 TRWL have been attending the medical needs of the children in Hortolova and have in that time rebuilt the Medical Block, transforming it into a state of the art centre...