As a result of the conference on the ‘Resilience’ project, WCF released a film. This allows WCF to effectively spread the word about the ’We Can Do It!’ and ’Children’s Voice’ pilot projects throughout the Russian Federation.

May 22nd: Play materials were kindly donated by ‘Toysberry’. These will be of great help in supplying the rehabilitation areas in participating children’s shelters.

May 22 - A meeting of specialists involved in the "We Can Do It!' project for children aged 7-11 years The meeting was chaired by members of WCF and representatives from the Pedagogical Organization 'Cooperation'. Also present at the meeting were teachers and psychologists, as well as some foster-parents who had taken some part in the development of the program the 2007-2008 academic year.

May 21 - The 'We Can Do It!' program was presented to a meeting of directors of Moscow orphanages and children's institutions. The new program was developed by WCF in conjunction with some of the leading Pedagogical Universities in the Russian Federation, and garnered an impressive amount of interest and approval from those present. In 2009 the program will be developed further and implemented in a eight trial centers in Moscow's Central Region. We are awaiting approval to begin work in a further two trial-centers from late August.

WCF program staff met representatives from the Moscow dept. of Social Welfare to present achievements in the third year of the Rehabilitation Project.