Help 15 Russian kids with hearing loss communicate

Tomorrow, 13th March, is Global Giving’s first donation matching day of 2013.  30% will be added to donations made through www.globalgiving.org/projects/deaf-children/ from 9am EDT (1pm GMT) while funds last (please note offer is through globalgiving.org not globalgiving.co.uk). We are also delighted to...

Fedya first came to our club in September 2012 with his mum.  This was a difficult time for her as tried to come to terms with Fedya's hearing impairment.  In January they started to come to the club regularly and since then they have both changed.  Fedya is very curious about the world around him, and his...

Three weeks ago Vova came to our club with his mum. Vova is two and a half years old. It was first discovered just over a month ago that he has a hearing impairment.  Up until that point, no one had wondered why this little boy hadn’t started talking at his age.  The speech therapist suggested to the parents...

Summer has finished and we will be glad to see our parents and children again at our Club! Our club opens its doors in September. Much has changed in the lives of our families.  Many children have already grown up and in September Tema, Angelina, Seraphima and Polina will start mainstream, not special,...

Today is Global Giving bonus day! This means that if you donate to help children with hearing loss in Russia via Global Giving US, the kind people at Global Giving will add 40%*. This is a fantastic opportunity to help us reach our target to help 15 Russian babies and toddlers with hearing loss to communicate.  Your...

Toddlers love running and posting things into boxes.  Now you can see how this simple game is used by the club for children with hearing impairment in St Petersburg.  All the children have some sensation of hearing whether enhanced by a hearing aid or sent direct to their brain via a...

Philip is a wonder! He is such a positive little boy with amazing eyes! He is attentive, looks at his surroundings with great interest and successfully masters them.  He started coming to the club with his mum, Natalia, and his brother, Makar, when he was very little, only a few months old.  In January we...

Our Deaf Club in St Petersburg is preparing for a visit from Father Frost and the Snow Maiden at their New Year party.  As they see in 2012, they have plenty to look forward to.  The Deaf Club itself is moving back from temporary accommodation in the suburbs to the Early Intervention Institute in the centre...

At 8 months our daughter, Seraphima or Sima for short, was diagnosed with impaired hearing.  The doctors gave her a hearing aid and said that it was too early to do anything more.  Our child was small, and it was too early tostart therapy.  Maybe the sounds that she heard with her hearing aid would be...