RUSSIALAND OF OPPORTUNITY

Russia / Belarus

• Social mobility

• Freedom of expressionat personal level

• Foreign adoptions

• Foreign humanitarian aid

• Hosting/respite programs

• Active embassy

• Social stagnation

• Fear of retribution

• No foreign adoptions

• Humanitarian aid difficult

• No hosting/respite programs

• Skeleton Embassy Staff

Current Developments

• Two leaders• Great uncertainty – future unknown• National debt erased• Political involvement fruitless• Widening income gap• Rising nationalism• Increased totalitarianism – removal of opposition

• NGO constraints

Awareness / Differences

• Relationships, not programs

• Expectation of success

• Power broker vs servant leader

• Idiots smile

• Tallest blade is cut first

• Perseverance wins

Russian NGO Constraints

• No foreign board members

• Visa restrictions

• Illegal aliens

• Frequent regulation changes

• Threat of consistent (or arbitrary) application of law

Success Factors

• Cultural awareness & other differences

• Knowledge of current developments

• On site affiliate

• Funds transfer mechanism

Stoneworks International

• Mission

– To share the gospel of Jesus Christ

– To disciple believers

– To aid needy groups of people

Stoneworks Programs

• Short term teams in camps & orphanages

• Workers in transition homes

• Humanitarian Aid (including medical care)

• New Family foster care

• Work in orphanages (teaching ESL)

• Supporting Russian affiliate

Affiliate Structure

• Formed as “Cultural Educational Exchange and Charity Organization”

Affiliate Structure

• Formed as “Cultural Educational Exchange and Charity Organization”

• Broad range of Goals and Purposes

Charter Goals & Purposes• To help strengthen peace, friendship and goodwill among nations,

through cultural exchange with Russian citizens;

• To help orphans and children who have no home or family;

• To help strengthen the authority and role of the family in the society;

• To help protect motherhood, childhood and fatherhood;

• To help in areas of education, science, culture, art, enlightenment, and the spiritual development of a person;

• To help in the area of prevention and health protection of citizens and also promoting a healthy way of life, improving the moral and sociological conditions of the citizens;

Charter Goals & Purposes (cont.)

• To help the activity in area of physical culture and mass sports;

• To carry out cultural upbringing among citizens and their children, including patriotic upbringing;

• To establish human values, to develop and form the character of a child, to develop imagination and creativity of children;

• To carry out sporting, health and other charity programs among citizens including in social hotels and shelters, orphanages, sanatoriums, houses of rest, and children’s youth camps;

• To help provide social support and protection of citizens;

• To help drug addicts and alcoholics;

• To help to distribute literature of a humanitarian nature;

• To provide humanitarian aid and programs for socially insecure classes of population

Affiliate Structure

• Formed as “Cultural Educational Exchange and Charity Organization”

• Broad range of Goals and Purposes

• Board of Directors 4 Russian, 4 American

Affiliate Structure• Formed as “Cultural Educational

Exchange and Charity Organization”

• Broad range of Goals and Purposes

• Board of Directors 4 Russian, 4 American

• Goal to foster eventual independence

Affiliation Agreement

• Two page document – 2 languages

• Identity of the parties

• Purpose of agreement

• Responsibilities of MIR

• Responsibilities of Stoneworks

• Term, termination, legal addresses

Funds Flow

Donor

Stoneworks

MIR - Wire transfer- Debit card- Courier

Identify Recipient

Letter of Request(recipient to MIR)

Approval & Disbursement- Purchase & delivery by MIR- Purchase by MIR, delivery to recipient- Advance to recipient

Receipts and Photos

Hosting / Respite• U.S. NGO and MIR Agree on services to be

performed, number of children

• MIR executes agreement with local Municipal Board

• MIR generates list of children

• MIR rep. and NGO rep. interview/select children

Hosting / Respite (cont)• MIR prepares travel documents

• Chaperones/interpreters selected

• MIR arranges travel to/from airport

• NGO is responsible for children in U.S.

• MIR expenses and fees go through Stoneworks

Contact Information

• Stoneworks International – www.stoneworksint.org

Exec. Dir. – Michael Cantrell mcantrell@stoneworksint.org

Chairman – David Hulley dhulley@stoneworksint.org 413-586-7733

• MIR – (Russian Affiliate) – www.mir-russia.com

Executive Director – Maria Oshkina m_oshkina@mir-russia.com 011-7-812-230-4441

• New Horizons for Children (hosting) – www.newhorizonsforchildren.org

Executive Director – Le Ann Dakake dakake@mindspring.com 678-574-4677

• Coalition for Children at Risk (CCR) - www.comission.org

Director – Karmen Friesen 717 431-5977