Recent News

2009 Was a Year of Growth
We were able to finish the third unit at Dyetski Dom. There are now 28 children living in these three Christian homes. And, this is a building built by the Soviet Union as a kindergarten. Children were to begin their Communist-Atheist indoctrination here!

A second transitional living home was added in October. There are now seven teens in these two homes who are too old for the state institutions but not ready for life on their own. All seven are still in school.

We continue to work with hospitals in Simferopol and Sevastopol. In addition to providing basics (food, medicine and diapers), we were able to make some physical improvements in both locations.

For the second year in a row, we received donations from over 170 individuals and organizations.

If you would like more information on Mulberry’s ministries, please contact us at

Mulberry International
PO Box 43623
Louisville, KY 40253.

U.S. Staff

Charles McKibben, Director

Charles joined the Mulberry Team in 2006. He brings over 35 years of corporate experience to lead the Mulberry team into it's next phase of ministry.

Natasha Reimer, Development Associate

Natasha grew up in Ukraine. She joined Mulberry in 2004 and now lives with her husband in Louisville.

Ukraine Staff

Konstantin Stadnichenko, Ukrainian National Director

Dyetski Dom Staff

Anatoly Porodko
Taisa Tkachenko
Vitaliy Kolomiec
Stanislav Komarov
Valentina Komarova
Nina Sokolovskay
Valentina Rudenko

Project Sasha Staff

Luba Duy
Igor Novachackiy
Galina Osipova
Fatime Abdiromanova
Denis Lonski

Project Compassion Staff

Hussein Amanov
Olga Sharec

Ministry Staff

Valentina Stadnichenko
Victoria Kuchevskaya