OUR TEAM
Ed Dickson
Overseas Director
Ed and his family have been serving orphan children, seniors, refugees and local churches in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and the Middle East since 1996.
Ed was born in Canada, raised on a tomato farm, and received a Masters Degree in Agricultural Economics. One day, visiting orphan children in Ukraine, his life goals were changed. He has been serving children since that day.
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Alex is the pastor at church in Ukraine and is our connection to the former Mennonite colonies here.
Alex Makaiov
Program Director, Ukraine
Anya Zaichko
Program Director, Ukraine
Anya manages our child sponsorship program and coordinates assistance for orphanages and families in need.
Anya coordinates our programs assisting special needs children and adults in Dnipro.
Anya Kozub
Program Director, Ukraine
Anya Boyarskaya
Program Director, Ukraine
Anya manages our mission teams and is also responsible for communications.
Irina has been working with Loads of Love for 15 years. Now she works with adults with disabilities in a neuropsychiatric boarding school. She founded and runs the Krasnovka Camp Project.
Irina Kryzhanovskaya
Program Director, Ukraine
Loads of Love has partnered with Hanna to provide humanitarian assistance to Iraqi refugees in Jordan.
Hanna Massad
Program Director, Middle East
Lena Taran
Program Director, Ukraine
Lena coordinates summer Bible camps and also runs the McJoyful Christmas program! Her team works in the orphanages.
Olya Slobodanyuk
Program Director, Ukraine
Olya has been working with Loads of Love in Ukraine for over 20 years at the orphanage for children with special needs.
Tanya Belashova
Program Director, Ukraine
Tanya founded and manages our programs in the public schools of Ukraine.
Tanya Brusnik
Program Director, Ukraine
Tanya assists with our efforts to help families with special needs children.
Zhenya and Bogdana live in Poltava and coordinate outreach to orphanages and youth.
Zhenya and Bogdana Sidoruk
Program Directors, Ukraine
Vitaliy Kolonii
Program Director, Ukraine
Vitaliy is developing our summer camp for special needs children, Sasha's Dream.
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Lena is the pastor of a church in Ukraine and provides training courses for children in public schools and vulnerable families.
Lena Giniatulina
Regional Director, Ukraine
Sergey and Anya Bajenov
have been serving with Loads of Love for over 20 years. They are helping orphan children in Kyrgyzstan.
Sergey and Anya Bajenov
Regional Directors, Kyrgyzstan
Project manager, translator, team assistance.
Alfiya been working with Loads of Love for over 15 years. She is helping seniors and the homeless in Uzbekistan.
Alfiya Muchamedzhanova
Regional Director, Uzbekistan
Tanya Bashinskaya
Regional Director, Ukraine
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS
Dima Zaichko
Medical Director, Ukraine
Lidia Lepehina
Treasurer, Ukraine
Dima has been serving with us for 13 years. He is responsible for our operations and other medical projects and he does it with joy.
Lidia pastors a church in Ukraine and handles all our accounting and reporting processes.
Yury Soroka
General Assistant, Ukraine
Often referred to as 'the jack of all trades', Yury is a superstar who helps make all our lives just a bit more fun.
