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June 2005 (planned) a group of Beslan children will come to Montréal

June 6, 2005 to June 16, 2005 Hope for Beslan exhibition opens in Montréal. More information will be posted on our web site soon.

May 4 - 23, 2005 Group of eight children (aged 7 to 16) and 2 chaperons from Beslan visited Canada on May 4 - 23, 2005. All children from the group had lost a parent and/or family member in Beslan tragedy. The majority was hostages themselves. Many were injured and went through lengthy medical treatments in hospitals in Moscow and Vladikavkaz.

The trip was organized by Russian Canadian Association of Alberta (the major contributor and coordinator), Montreal humanitarian organization Russky Dom, Canadian volunteer group Hope for Beslan, Russian Children and Family Club of Toronto and Canadian Ossetian Association Alania. Our guests: Amina Alikova (10), Madina Alikova (7), Alena Daurova (13), Kristina Shahurina (16), Atzamaz Bodoev (15), Batraz Berezov (15), Edik Bollotaev (15), Volodya Dryukov (12) and their chaperones Vadim Gabeev and Viktoria Kazarova.

The program of the visit included beautiful trips in Alberta, discovery of Banff National Park, sightseeing in Montreal and Toronto, breathtaking views of Niagara Falls, roller coasters in Marineland and Canada Wonderland theme parks, and most important - meeting new friends.

We would like to thank everyone involved in organizing this trip. Special thanks to Marina Bazos (Edmonton), Lidia Porotnikova and Galina Sivileva (Montreal), Ruslan Koutchiev, Serguey Totrov, Rita Sambegova and Kolesnikov family (Toronto).

Please see selected photos in our gallery.

May 15, 2005
Our orphans list is expanded. Please check it out.

May 2005 (planned) a group of Beslan children will come to Edmonton

April 25, 2005
Testimonials from Helena Walsh-Kiely (Ireland) about meeting and connecting with people from Beslan during their visit to Ireland are added to our Testimonals page

April 16, 2005
Hope for Beslan opens the Hope for Beslan Art Show in downtown Toronto art gallery NOVEKS. The show is opened on April 16, 2005. You are invited.

April 12, 2005
More photos are now available about the visit of children from Beslan to Canada. Please visit the album covering the trip.

March 20, 2005
New section of our web site called Messages allows you to get closer to kids from Beslan and hear their messages to the world.

March 15, 2005
Ordering system is up and running at our Gallery. You can now order high quality high-resolution posters from the Works from Beslan and Vladikavkaz and Memories and Hopes of Soslan Dzgoev albums. Click on the question mark icon to learn more about ordering posters. More pictures will be available for ordering in future.

February 23, 2005
Kids left, memories and friendship stays. Take a look at our photo gallery outlining the visit of children from Beslan to Toronto.

February 22, 2005
The Gallery at our site now has pictures presented at the Hope for Beslan Art Show. This is the first batch of pictures. We plan to add more pictures in future.

• Featured album of pictures by Soslan Dzgoev. Soslan is a survivor of the siege. He has been rescued by a special unit soldier during the firing.
• Works from Beslan and Vladikavkaz - drawing of young Ossetian artists presented at the Hope for Beslan Art Show.

February 19, 2005
Hope for Beslan group presents the Hope for Beslan Art Show. The show opened on February 19, 2005 at the Roksolana Art School in Richmond Hill. The art of children from Beslan and Vladikavkaz are shown.

February 2005
A group of children from Beslan school #1 is visiting Canada from February 9 to February 23.

December 2004.
Web site is opened - www.beslanhope.org

November 2004.
Hope for Beslan group has been created by volunteers in Canada in order to raise awareness of the Beslan tragedy and to help people in Beslan.

September 2004.
Terrorists captured more than 1300 hostages (most of them children) at the local school #1 in the small Ossetian town of Beslan, Russia. Fifty three hours without water and food ended by bomb explosions and a firefight leaving more than 300 civilians dead. This tragic event has been tracked in many countries shocking by its cruelty. Many humanitarian organizations and individuals were starting to help families in Beslan to cope with their tragedy.

•  To learn more about the siege click What Happened button.
•  To learn more about North Ossetia click North Ossetia button