St Gregory’s Foundation supports projects across Eastern Europe, and in particular in St Petersburg, Moscow and Karelia in North West Russia, in Călărași and Chișinău in Moldova and in Tbilisi in Georgia. However, our work often has a wider impact as our partners pass their skills and expertise onto others. By using the power of the internet, we can speed up this process across this vast region.
250 000 families still live in communal flats in St Petersburg. These flats are often overcrowded. 2% of children in the St Petersburg region have a disability. We are helping improve community services to help them reach their potential. 1 086 Children still live in orphanages in St Petersburg. We are helping improve standards of…
Karelia is a region to the north of St Petersburg in Russia. It covers 172,400 km2 and has a staggering 60,000 lakes. Background Since 1991 St Gregory’s Foundation has worked in Kondopoga and surrounding villages to create employment, feed the hungry, and provide positive activities for local children. Our partners in this have been…
Georgia is a small country in the Caucasus mountains with a unique, ancient culture and language. It has a population of around 3.7 million with just over a million of those living in the capital, Tbilisi. Background St Gregory’s Foundation has worked with a Tbilisi charity, Mkurnali, since 2008 to help homeless children and teenagers. Mkurnali…
£4215 is the average annual income in Moldova.1 Only 26% of Moldovans accept the inclusion of people with special needs in their community.1 More than100,000 Ukrainian refugees are sheltering in Moldova Background Moldova is a small country between its big neighbours, Romania and Ukraine. It’s population is just 2.6 million. It is estimated that between…
Background Moscow is a city of twelve and a half million people, the second largest city in Europe. It is also famously one of the richest. So the obvious question is: why St Gregory’s is supporting a project there? We are targeting our support to the most vulnerable of an already excluded group: the…
Our charity shop has unique gifts handcrafted in Georgia and Russia, exclusive card designs, jewellery, books, toiletries and more. Each purchase helps vulnerable children and families in Eastern Europe.
