helping children in orphanages since 1992

2002: A fund drive in St Hyacinth's Church in Chicago in June and generous private donations allow the organization to spend over $10,000 on purchasing materials for Polish orphanages and one in Tbilisi, Georgia. Please see our Project Summary for 2002. DHEE adds a Ukranian orphanage to our website. The organization continues fundraising and visits to orphanages this year.

2001: DHEE  prepares brochures and other materials to distribute in the ethnic neighborhoods of Chicago and at the Polish parade on May 5th 2001. From these collected funds we hope to continue our action of purchasing necessary household equipment for the Children's Homes in Poland.

In this year DHEE is expanding its focus to include help in securing psychological and vocational services for some orphanages in Poland. Also this year DHEE has registered its second location in North Port, Florida. We develop working relationship with other organizations. Also, we create a visible presence on the internet.

2000: DHEE begins to expand its mission to other Eastern European countries. We contact Embassies to collect information on orphanages in other Eastern European nations. In June 2000 the organization organizes a small but effective rummage sale to raise funds for orphanages. In August 2000 one member of DHEE visits a group of orphanages in Poland to establish contacts and gather information. In October 2000 the founder of the organization visits Poland and establishes contacts with 26 Children's Homes and visits 10 of them personally. In all DHEE donates $5,500.00 to these 26 homes in the form of household equipment such as refrigerators, washers, dishwashers etc. (one item per home)

1999: DHEE promotes an action to encourage individuals to send presents to the children for the Holidays. The campaign is successful and various groups and individuals establish contact with orphanages personally or via telephone. This action continues today as Polish Americans call DHEE to 
get addresses and telephone numbers to orphanages all 
over Poland.

1998: With the help of Alderman of the 30th Ward Michael Wojcik, DHEE sends out announcement letters asking for donations to the Polish/American and American owned businesses in Chicago. In June 1998 we refocus our direction from providing exclusively material help to starting awareness campaigns.   

1997: DHEE joins in the effort to collect funds for the flood victims in Poland especially for the orphanages affected by this natural disaster. Due to effective fund raising in the Polish community we send various items including medicines to orphanages devastated by the floods.

1994-1996: DHEE continues to send packages with clothing and foods to orphanages in Poland. There is constant media attention with each fundraising drive in the form of newspaper and radio articles and appeals. We establish closer contacts with a small group of orphanages in the Warsaw area and in the city of Koszalin through visitations. Our organization receives some positive media coverage in Poland and acknowledgement letters form the Chancellery of the 
President of Poland and the Ministry.

 
Cover of "We" Polish magazine printed in winter 1992
to celebrate the start of DHEE's work.