SERVING IN A TIME OF NEED
Kyiv • 2015
Association Emmanuel carries out its Activities with the financial support of partners from Ukraine, Russia, the United States and other countries.
STEVE WEBER The days of 2014 were complicated. For us here at CBN-Emmanuel, they were not easy. The suffering and loss were beyond anything we could imagine. But our Savior knows for “Even the Son of man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 In serving others, we have joined hands with you and lesened the suffering of some. Thank you so much for being a friend of God and then a friend with us. Let’s change the world where we can with what we’ve been given! Together we can always do more! In Christ, Steve Weber
Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon. Isaiah 58:10 Living Translation
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Association Emmanuel has carried out its work in the CIS countries for 24 years with offices located in Russia and Ukraine. The objective of the organization is to provide charitable assistance to the needy, and to create and distribute spiritual and educational programs on television and the Internet. Year Founded: 1991 Leaders: President -Steve Weber, Vice President- Vitaly Stebenev, Director- Alexander Glazunov, General Producer- Oleg Korotchenko, Director of Social Projects- Galina Kucher CBN-Emmanuel is the affiliate of The Christian Broadcasting Network and Orphan’s Promise Mission: To join with other believers in preaching the Gospel through media outlets and helping the poor and needy through charitable activities
The Christian Broadcasting Network is one of the largest TV broadcasting companies in the world broadcasting in 140 countries in 41 languages. The Headquarters are located in Virginia (USA). Pat Robertson founded CBN in 1961. Orphan’s Promise is a CBN project founded by Terry Meeuwsen, co-host of the 700 Club. The vision for this ministry came after Terry’s adoption of three girls from Ukraine. The mission of Orphan’s Promise is to provide help and hope to orphaned and vulnerable children around the world.
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OUR ACTIVITIES Helping the poor and providing disaster relief
Introducing the Bible to children through CBN’s Superbook cartoon
Producing video content to spread Christian values and to promote a healthy lifestyle
Protecting the rights of orphans and vulnerable children
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Counseling people with mental health problems and addictions
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Supporting Christian organizations and churches through educational projects and partnerships
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EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN UKRAINE’S CONFLICT ZONE
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With the outbreak of war in eastern Ukraine, the relief work of CBN Emmanuel was redirected to offering emergency assistance to internally displaced people, families with children and orphans.
Highlights in 2014: • Provided assistance in evacuation and resettlement of more than 3,000 people from the conflict zones • Organized twice a week food deliveries to the frontlines in Ukraine’s east (beginning in Sept). Assistances included the distribution of 17,000 food parcels, 5,600 personal hygiene kits, medicine for 670 people, 320 heaters, 130 stoves, beds, mattresses, bedding, clothing, and 2,700 pairs of shoes • Provided financial assistance for community centers to settle internally displaced people in Kiev, Slavyansk, Berdyansk, Zaporozhe, Kurakhovo, Donetsk, Zhitomir, and Chernigov. In these locations, people can receive hot food, clothing and medicine • 500 preschool children were provided with personal hygiene products, diapers, and baby food • 2,300 students were provided with school supplies
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To learn more about helping those suffering in Ukraine’s conflict zone visit our site: Helpua.org
URBAN PROJECTS IN UKRAINE’S CONFLICT ZONE
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People in affected cities are forced to cook food on fires outside, because electricity and water supply systems were destroyed during the fighting. Finding clean water has been a challenge for these communities. To help, we have begun drilling water wells with CBN’s disaster relief fund and the local administration. Highlights in 2014: • Two wells provided in Slavyansk • Partial restoration of the city water supply in the village of Krasnogorovka (population of 8,000) • Production line of frame houses for families affected by the attacks was created in Slavyansk
In addition, CBN Emmanuel has restored eight houses that had been destroyed. The house of the Suhoparovy family from Slavyansk was rebuilt from the ground up.
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SUPERBOOK WORK WITH CHILDREN
Superbook is CBN’s exciting new animated series designed for the whole family. This is a new 3D animated version of CBN’s classic cartoon series. The goal of Superbook is to acquaint children with the Bible.
Highlights in 2014: • Premieres of Superbook took place in Kyiv and in more than 250 cities in Ukraine, Russia and Eastern Europe. The audience exceeded 28,000 • Superbook was broadcast on 23 TV stations in Russia, and Ukraine to a viewing audience of 65 million • A network of 190 Superbook Clubs in the CIS was created -135 in Ukraine, 50 in Russia, and 5 in surrounding countries • A special premiere of the Superbook Christmas episode was held in 6 different cinemas around the country • premiere show in Russia at the Moscow International House of Music
superkniga.tv — interactive website for children superknigaclub.tv — contains resources for working with children superbookshop.co — products of “Superbook” available for all
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CONCERT DEPARTMENT WORK WITH CHILDREN
The Concert Department of Association Emmanuel has ministered to children and adults for nearly 20 years. Since 1996, the staff has conducted performances in more than 500 cities in Ukraine, Russia, Germany and the United States, mainly in orphanages, cultural centers and churches. Highlights in 2014: • 38 performances with a combined audience of 8,270 people • A new show, Superbook Holiday with the Superbook character “Gizmo” was produced • The team traveled throughout Europe with the Christmas Musical- The Old Shoemaker. Performances were held in Warsaw, Dresden, Prague and other cities. Children from refugee families from the east of Ukraine participated in the play
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
SEED PROJECT (SOMETHING TO EAT EVERY DAY) The SEED project was developed to help the Roma in western Ukraine provide food for their families through farming, raising livestock and poultry, and beginning small businesses. The main goal of CBN Emmanuel is the integration of Roma communities into society by teaching adults to work their land and to provide their children with an education through our ‘School of Life’ training centers.
Highlights in 2014: • The SEED project involved 246 families (raising 1,109 children) in 17 different settlements of the Transcarpathian region. These families cultivated 26 hectares of land and gathered a harvest of 151 tons • 7 small farms were created, as well as a farm raising 20 pigs • A small cinder block factory was created. The cinder blocks will be sold as well as used to construct homes for the Roma people. The factory is also providing jobs for Roma men
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
‘SCHOOL OF LIFE’ TRAINING CENTERS The School of Life is a network of training centers that was developed by Orphan’s Promise. The goal of the centers is to be a place for orphans and vulnerable youth to become full-fledged members of society, acquire profession skills, and most importantly — learn about Jesus. Currently there are 17 Training Centers in five countries — nine in Ukraine, four in Armenia, two in Georgia, one in Kyrgyzstan and one in Russia. Highlights in 2014: • 3 new training centers began — one in Ukraine and two in Georgia • 3,000 youth regularly attend classes and another 10,000 are reached through outreaches of the training centers • 2 boys in one of the Roma communities received their high school diploma. These were the first Roma children to have received a diploma from a public school since 1947 • A new school was built for the Roma children in the community of Seredne • A transition home was completed for graduating orphans in Vinnitsa and a building was purchased for the training center in Ternopil
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CHARITABLE MEDICAL OUTREACHES
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CBN Emmanuel has been running charitable medical outreaches for over 11 years. Volunteer doctors provide free medical assistance for patients in poor regions of Ukraine. In 2014, the medical mission conducted nine medical outreaches throughout the country, through which 2,756 patients (295 children) were served. Through the outreach, 361 people were diagnosed with illnesses for the first time.
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THE GIFT OF ADOPTION COMMUNITY SERVICE
This project was founded in 2004 to address the problems of orphans and children deprived of parental care. Today in Ukraine there are about 30,000 children available for adoption. The Gift of Adoption aims to bring awareness to the needs of orphans, promote adoption, and provide training for adoptive and foster families. Highlights in 2014: • Hosted a conference for foster and adoptive families- Strengthening Families -which was attended by 85 adoptive couples • 50 teachers were trained to work with children who have experienced emotional trauma • A summer camp for 50 orphans was held
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SPIRITUAL HELP
THE GOOD WORD PRAYER COUNSELING CENTER The Good Word Prayer Counseling Center is the emergency prayer and psychological counseling with spiritual support initiated in 2002. The first ones who called the center were those watching the programs created or dubbed by CBN Emmanuel (The 700 Club, The House of Living Stories, and Superbook Club). Today the call center provides prayer for Russian and Ukrainian speakers anywhere in the world 24/7 free of charge. Highlights in 2014: • Over 40,000 phone counseling sessions • Calls received from 60 countries with up to 400 in-bound calls a day • Many testimonies of healing from diseases, restoration of relationships, and lives saved • 50 volunteers trained and equipped at the Center
Contacts: Russia: 0800 200 99 88 Ukraine: 0800 50 77 50 Israel: +1801 22 33 77 USA +1 855 57 57 700
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TV PROGRAMS
TELEVISION PRODUCTION AND BROADCASTING CBN Emmanuel is the largest producer of Christian video content in Ukraine and the CIS. Our studio creates, adapts and distributes programs in Ukraine and abroad. Highlights in 2014: • 328 programs were adapted into the Ukrainian, Russian, English, Armenian and Uzbek languages • 5 episodes of the program 180 Degrees were produced, 14 episodes of the Power of Prayer, 3 episodes of the series Righteous Among the Nations as well as dozens of stories and interviews • Christian World News aired weekly • Launched a new program The Power of Prayer • CBN Emmanuel programs were broadcast on 50 television stations in Ukraine, 10 in Russia and one in Estonia, Belarus, Finland, Armenia and the United States • Produced a two-hour Easter concert, which was broadcast on “Maxi-TV”, TBN, CNL, LIFE-TV, IMPACT, ANGEL-TV and other stations • The program 180 Degrees received two prestigious awards: “Triumph” and “Zaporozhe Cinematic” • Began re-equipping the television studio in Kyiv and equipping the studio in the Moscow office
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More of our programs at www.video.emmanuil.tv
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PARTNERSHIPS IN MISSION
DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS IN MISSION The goal is to develop church leaders and Christian organizations to effectively minister in a changing world. To achieve this goal we have developed and tested seminars, trainings and programs, as well as established leadership, missionary and pastoral schools, which are actively working. Highlights in 2014: • Held missionary schools in Russia, Moldova and Kazakhstan • Dozens of workshops hosted for ministers and leaders of home groups • Participation and coordination of the Global Leadership Summit in Ukraine
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VIDEO.EMMANUIL.TV INTERNET PROJECTS
Video.emmanuil.tv is the online library of high-quality Christian Video Production from Association Emmanuel and partner organizations. In particular, attention is paid to content for children, and the hearing impaired. Highlights in 2014: • Launch of a mobile application for iOS and Android for video.emmanuil.tv • Simplifying online donations through the new system donate.emmanuil.tv • Creation of links to videos in Armenian, Georgian, Kazakh, Latvian and Uzbek languages
POISKBOGA.COM Today, people are increasingly looking to Google to find the answers to questions they may feel uncomfortable discussing with friends and family. Each month, 50 million users use the Google search engine to enter the word “God”. Every day, 5 million searchers want to know more about spirituality, and some even look to Google for how to die. Through the site poiskboga.com, counselors help visitors find answers to their questions, and give encouragement to those who are in difficult life situations. In 2014, 150,243 people visited the site. Of those 717 of them turned to counselors, and received answers to their questions and free mailings of brochures and books.
ANTIPORNO.TV This site offers anonymous online counseling for people with sexual additions or victims of the sex industry. The project has grown into a large-scale movement named the Territory of Responsibility. • 8 new stories were added to the site • Created an animation about the dangers of pornography • Equipped more than 200 counselors and family counselors
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MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2014:
• Association Emmanuel for the second year in a row was awarded the National Award Teletriumph • Steve Weber, the president of Association Emmanuel, participated in the founding of the Alliance Ukraine For the Family was founded • Participation in the Day of Prayer for the Orphans at St. Michael’s Square. This year for the first time the President of Ukraine visited the event • Participation in the charity concert Unbelievable Stories of Change with performances by the world-renowned a-cappella sextet Mansound • A tour of ‘Gizmo’ through the cities of Kyiv, Odessa, Kherson, Nikolayev, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Lviv • Christmas tour of The Old Shoemaker in western Ukraine and Eastern Europe. The performance featured children from families that are internally displaced because of the conflict in east Ukraine • Production of the television Easter concert By the High Price • Hosting the adoption conference- Strengthening Families • The Global Leadership Summit organized in Kyiv and Lviv. The summit was a gathering of church leaders and prominent Ukrainian intellectuals • A series of workshops with Jim Anderson on the subject of culture and sexuality • Completed the second phase of the charity campaign Warm a Child- which raises funds to buy shoes for children in need in Roma villages
DVD/BOOKS: Prepared four DVDs with 13 episodes of the first season of the new animated series Superbook Dubbed and produced the Russian version of the Orphan’s Promise DVD, Foster and Adoption RX
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Adapted Jim Anderson’s seminars on sexuality and culture into the Russian language
Published the Russian version of Bill Hybels book Simplify
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