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Summer Newsletter 2012
“Celebrating the importance of families”
– Our latest Newsletter is now out – click here to read our Summer 2012 Newsletter and find out about the most recent news from us and our projects.
Mind The Gap Youth Exchange at Kitezh
THIRTY young people between 15-25 years old met at Orion Community in Russia in Spring 2012, to create a theatrical performance together! They came from England, Moscow and Kitezh Children’s Community in Russia. Together they created the story, the songs, the music, and after only one week they performed their show to an audience in Moscow!
Summer Newsletter 2011
“Empowering young people to meet the challenges of the future.”
– Our Summer 2011 Newsletter is now out! Click here to read the latest news from us and our projects.
A Year in Kitezh
Andrew Aikman, father of a grown up son and daughter, master carpenter and English teacher, is now into his 6th year in Kitezh. With no Russian and no previous experience of Russia, this intrepid traveller shares some of his experience of his first year with us:
How Ecologia Began – Liza Recalls
In 1995 Ecologia Trust was registered as a Scottish charity. For the previous eight years Liza Hollingshead, the founder and current director, had been organising adult citizen diplomacy tours, youth exchanges and students’ ecology education field work in Russia.
Orion Appeal 2010
Orion 2010 Appeal – protect our children and our goats! At the end of August 2010 we experienced two nights of terror at Orion. Some strangers came at night, and shot down three goats of our small herd.
Thornlie Choir to Georgia
In October 2010, 5 excited children from Thornlie Primary School in Lanarkshire set off on a journey to Georgia – to perform at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire and visit their friend Datuna at the Temi Community, a young Georgian boy who they have been fundraising for to enable him to have a life-saving operation.
Youth Exchange Between Findhorn and Kitezh Youth
After more than a year of preparation and enthusiastic fundraising, the Findhorn–Kitezh Youth Exchange has happened. In July 2009 twelve excited members of the Findhorn Youth Project arrived in Russia followed by a reciprocal visit to Findhorn by twelve young Russians in October, to undertake a life-changing journey in friendship and cultural understanding.
Kitezh Book in English is launched in Britain April 2009
Dimitry Morozov made two professional presentations to separate audiences in London at the beginning of April to introduce the English version of his book ‘Kitezh: a community approach to raising children in Russia’ followed by two presentations in Scotland, at Findhorn and at the Scotland Russia Institute in Edinburgh.
