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Connect with your beneficiary |
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In addition to adopting a babushka or dedushka, you may like to connect with them through letters or even visits.
Sending letters
Sending additional monetary gifts, presents and parcels
Visiting your babushka or dedushka
Sending letters
Exchanging letters with your sponsored babushka or dedushka can build a wonderful relationship that will be rewarding to you both. Our sponsors learn about their beneficiary’s life, hometown, hobbies, the climate, customs and history of their country, and the elderly in Kyrgyz Republic love to hear about their sponsors’ lives.
You may even like to include pictures of yourself so your beneficiary will really get to know you.
Babushka Adoption staff are happy to translate letters between sponsor and beneficiary. Both your original letter and the translation are given to your beneficiary. Whilst we cannot guarantee a reply to every letter or gift, some beneficiaries do reply, correspond frequently with sponsors and some of them don’t. Sadly some of our beneficiaries are not able to read or write, as they did not receive any education or their health condition does not permit them to do so.
The quickest and easiest way to write to your beneficiary is by email to our office e-mail address. Alternatively you can post a letter. Please include your sponsor number in all correspondence. Our staff will translate and deliver your emails and letters for you. Letters in Russian can be sent directly to your beneficiary. Where the beneficiary has reading problems a member of our team will arrange for a reader and if requested may prepare a letter to you on her/his behalf.
Sending additional monetary gifts, presents and parcels
You can also send additional monetary gifts or other presents for special occasions, to address specific needs or simply as an act of love. These gifts are another effective way for you to show your care and commitment to your beneficiary.
Please do not send cash in the post as it is not safe. If you wish to send additional monetary gifts please inform us by email about the amount and transfer the monies to one of our bank accounts. Please indicate that your donation is an additional monetary gift so we apply your donation correctly and do not forget to mention your personal sponsor number. Your monetary gift will be given to your babushka or dedushka during the regular two-monthly money distribution and we will send you a photograph of your beneficiary receiving the cash.
Parcels can be sent to our office, and we will deliver your present to your beneficiary and send you a photo of her/him receiving it. Please include your sponsor number on the parcel.
Important advice:
We kindly ask you not to send fragile products as they may be broken in transit. We suggest that you send something general, like clothing, scarves, socks or gloves which would be very welcome in our freezing winters.
Visiting your babushka or dedushka
Meeting your adopted babushka or dedushka can be an once-in-a-lifetime experience and an opportunity to see with your own eyes how much your sponsorship is helping your beneficiary. Some of our sponsors have visited their beneficiaries and have wonderful memories to share with you.
Your babushka or dedushka would be delighted to have you visit. Our staff members will be very happy to make arrangements directly related to your visit, including interpretation assistance and transportation from our office to your beneficiary’s home. Apart from visiting your beneficiary, you (and other people who are interested in the activities of Babushka Adoption Foundation) are welcome to meet with the Babushka Adoption Foundation staff and discover the beautiful country of Kyrgyzstan.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you are interested in visiting your beneficiary, or if you have any questions about such a prospect.
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