Friends in Russia

Friends in Russia

St Petersburg

Dr Rev Sergei Makov		Olga Rumyantseva

Sergei has become a genuine good friend of the charity and he has been with us, lending help along the way, since 1995. He has become a valued member of the team and has made himself available to help whenever he can. He has done a lot for us behind the scenes while we are in the UK, and without question most of our trips would be impossibly difficult without his help.		We first met Olga back in 1997 when she was only sixteen. She was working at the hospital and volunteered to sing for us at our leaving party. Well she has been doing the same every year since, along with offering her help with translation, painting and a host of other odd jobs.It seems that where the charity is concerned, nothing is too much trouble for her.

Jane Holligdale		Nikita Beliaev

Jane joined at the last minute last year. She was thrown in at the deep end as we were short of translaters and was dragged around the limits of St Petersburg in vans, cars and taxis at all hours helping us to assemble materials in time for the arrival of the volunteers. She also translates letters for us back in the UK.		Nikita made himself available to help with the assembly of materials on our last trip. He speaks excellent English and not only helps with translation but also found time to collect our advance party from the airport saving us the taxi fare. Nikita is the cousin of Katya, the young deaf girl we supplied with a hearing aid last year.