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Throughout 2008, ISOH/IMPACT partnered with friends like you to offer critical medical rehabilitation and hope to 12 children and adults.

Aziza is one of the special children who received life-saving medical attention through the Children’s LightHouse. Born in Tajikistan with a perforated anus, Aziza was given a death sentence. There were simply no options for treatment in her home country, and famine made it impossible to give her the special nutrition she would need to stay alive.

ISOH/IMPACT answered by helping Aziza and her grandmother to receive emergency visas to come to the U.S. Here, doctors graciously agreed to treat Aziza at no cost. Today, this precious baby is alive, healthy, and growing stronger each day. Thank you for partnering with us to provide hope and life to this special family. View the 2008 audit.

ISOH/IMPACT is pleased to announce the first birth at The Children’s LightHouse!  Daniel Denis Ulianov was born to Albina and Denis Ulianov at 4:09 a.m. on February 17, 2009 at Mercy Children’s Hospital, making him the first baby to be born through The Children’s LightHouse, an ISOH/IMPACT ministry. Daniel weighed 6.9 lbs. and was 20 inches long at birth. Daniel’s parents, Albina and Denis, are the directors of Mayak (The LightHouse) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, a close ministry partner of ISOH/IMPACT.

Albina underwent successful heart surgery through The Children’s LightHouse ministry in May 2004, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, OH. She then returned to Tajikistan where she met her husband Denis.  Together, they founded the community-based organization Mayak,  which is dedicated to providing relief and development to impoverished families throughout Tajikistan.

Due to health complications, Albina’s pregnancy was designated as high risk, and Tajikistan does not offer the necessary medical services to tend to the family’s needs. To ensure a safe delivery, the couple was brought to The Children’s LightHouse for the birth of their son.

While he was waiting for the birth of his son, Denis traveled back to Tajikistan with a team from ISOH/IMPACT. He led the emergency delivery of food for famine-stricken families in villages near the Afghan border. 

ISOH/IMPACT recently shipped more than 2 million meals to hungry families in Tajikistan and is preparing more shipments for emergency delivery. The Department of State Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) has said that the ongoing drought conditions combined with extreme weather in Tajikistan last year “truly caused suffering among Tajikistan’s most vulnerable populations.” The DOS predicts that this year could be even worse. 

As soon as mother and baby are given a clean bill of health from Mercy Children’s Hospital, the entire family will return to Tajikistan and help launch ISOH/IMPACT’s new child sponsorship ministry, aimed at reducing the suffering of Tajik families while providing education and hope for the new generation.

Please join us in celebrating Daniel’s birth and giving thanks for a safe and healthy delivery.

ISOH/IMPACT is inviting individuals, businesses, churches, and local organizations to celebrate Daniel’s birth by supporting the valuable, life-changing ministry of Mayak and the Ulianov family. Donations for Mayak can be made online at www.isohimpact.org, by calling 419.878.8548, or sent to our main office on 25182 W. River Road, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551.

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We are giving thanks for baby Aziza’s arrival at the Children’s LightHouse.

She and her grandmother will be staying with us while she prepares for lifesaving surgery.

We recently told you about the hunger crisis in Tajikistan and how Aziza was at great risk for dying from malnutrition. She was at especially high risk due to a birth defect with her colon.

She needs to have a surgery not available in Tajikistan to repair the defect and save her life.

We are so grateful that the Lord answered our prayers for Aziza. He brought her to us sooner than we had hoped and she is on the fast track toward surgery and full recovery.

Please join us in continuing to pray for Aziza’s health and adaptation to a new environment.

During the harshness of winter, many children in Tajikistan are still at high risk of starvation and malnutrition. But you can help. Spread the word and encourage others to give and pray.

Children’s LightHouse of Perrysburg held its annual International Tea and holiday event last Sunday.

More than 125 families attended the fund-raiser at the organization on 25182 West River Road in Perrysburg. The event featured an international tea buffet with a smorgasbord of breads, petit sandwiches, tarts and pastries.

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