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  SPONSOR A CHILD:
Our program is to educate the children from kindergarten to college levels for donation of $20.00 or more a month. If you like to donate to sponsor a child, you will be able to correspond with your student via e-mail, letters and a picture will be sent to you.		  
   
 
 
  HELP THE ELDERLY:
We also have a program to help the elderly who live in nursing homes at poverty level. Any type of donation is welcome.

Letters and pictures from the elderly will be given to the sponsors. 		 
   
 
 
  HELP NEEDY FAMILIES:
Our third program is to help needy families who have no income, jobs and live in conditions which are below poverty level.		  
   
 
 


HELP SICK CHILDREN:
Our last program is to help treat the extremely ill children in Crimea. There is a wide case of children getting sick from cancer to other various diseases due to poor nutrition and living in homes with lack of heat or sanitary conditions.


 

 
 

  
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WHAT IS DOST?
DOST is a not for profit organization which has tax exempt status under 501(C)(3). The organization has been in existence since 1998 and has striven to help children, elderly and the needy in Crimea. As a charitable organization, we also help and donate to the American Red Cross, Unicef and to St. Judes Cancer research.

DOST was started in mind to help the people of Crimea who were oppressed under the former Communist regime to return to their ancestor homeland. Crimea has a rich history spanning over centuries until World War II. The Crimean history during World War II was almost vanquished as the Soviets and their ideology of Communism spread. The Crimean people were against the ideology of Communism and Stalin who as the head of the Communist party. Stalin ordered the KGB, which were agents of the Communist party to deport the Crimean people. Men, women and children were deported from their homeland to distant areas in former U.S.S.R, mainly Uzbekistan, in cattle cars with no food, medicine, or clothes. The majority of the people were the elderly and young children which died in the cattle cars en route to Uzbekistan and various other regions in the former U.S.S.R. Living in uncertainty, the Crimean people never forgot their homeland. Under former President Gorbachev government and his policy of Perestroika granted the Crimean people to return to their homeland almost 45 years after being forcibly deported by the Communist regime.

The Crimean people returning to their homeland has not been easy. The reason being is that majority of Crimean people returning to their homeland left their jobs, their homes .Without jobs, no homes, , lack of medicine and food, the people in Crimea have not given up hope to once again live with dignity in the land of their ancestors

That is why DOST was formed to challenge the hardships of the Crimean people and help in any way possible.

Our main goals of DOST:
1.   Sponsor a Child in Education
2.   Donations to Schools
3.   Support the Elderly
4.   Supporting Poor Families
5.   Helping the Sick Children and Adults

Lastly, every year we have an Annual Gala Fundraising Event. All proceeds go to our projects based on sponsor preferences. This is usually when new sponsors are enlisted as well as collect funds towards the various projects without any commitments. We hope that you will join us and show us your support so that we can continue our commitment to help people in need. Click her for more details about our Fundraiser.

Click her for more details about our Fundraiser.

Chairwomen & CEO
Telephone: 718 340-8333
Husniye Kiziltug

Officers
Dilek Mergin: Treasury Officer
Maviye Celebi: Executive Committee on Social Affairs
Hatice Quido: Executive Committee
Nurhan Celebi: Executive Committee
Lale Kiziltug: Diplomatic Outreach Coordinator