On  December 13 we took a trip to the town of Pereslavl Zalesskiy together with Couch Surfers, where we visited   a special school and painted a wall there.

In spite of early start at 8 am, there were many of us (15 people).

We were welcomed by a wonderful staff and friendly children. There are over 100 pupils at this school and about 30 of them are orphans. At first children were very shy and only watched us painting, but then they joined us. 

This trip became possible thanks to the generosity of White and Case company, which provided us with 20000 rubles, also because of volunteers of our studio and Couch Surfers, who managed to get up so early in the morning. Thank you, Boris Baranov for organizing the trip.

Irina Pushkariova, volunteer: “I couldn’t but cry when a child hugged me pleading not to go away. We hugged each other and cried together. Maria’s Children visited special boarding school #7 in Pereslavl Zalesskiy and took me with them. A dull grey wall was turned into a magic landscape”.