This is the message FOCC founder and director Olwyn Keogh MBE wishes to get across to supporters of the charity as the new year takes hold.
Despite being threatened by the government's introduction of biometric visas, the charity - which brings hundreds of children from Belarus to Britain each year for life enhancing, recuperative care - is hoping measures will soon be in place to lessen the impact.
The British Government agreed in December to pilot a scheme whereby a temporary British Embassy sub-office will be set up in the Mogilev region of Belarus - from where FOCC is based - thus avoiding the eight-hour return trip to the capital Minsk - which would have to be made in person by each child.
The logistics and cost to FOCC of transporting and accompanying the children - who come from some of the most deprived backgrounds imaginable - to Minsk is proving a huge concern for FOCC and other Chernobyl charities.
The visas require lengthy forms to be filled out, photographs and finger printing and are compulsory for all children over the age of six entering Britain from Belarus and have to be renewed every six months at the embassy in Minsk. It is also proposed to bring in eye-scanning at a later date.
"As yet no details of this sub-office have been issued and we keep our fingers crossed that this will indeed go ahead," says Olwyn, adding that despite the new visa requirements they still managed to bring over 80 children for the Christmas period.
Biometric visas mean 2008 is going to be a mammoth challenge for FOCC and besides all the extra work involved - much more fund-raising will be required.
"Running the charity has never been easy and we are continually faced with difficult problems, though usually from the Belarussian side," says Olwyn, adding that she has been shocked by the lack of understanding and co-operation from the British Government.
"However, it is important for people to know that the work of the charity locally, in Clitheroe, Chipping and Blackburn will continue and plans are very much in hand for the coming visits in 2008, as they are in all FOCC groups around the country.
FOCC's determination once again shone through with the Christmas visits - so looked forward to by both children and host families alike - and all the children were accompanied by train to Minsk for their visas.
But as Olwyn has said before, in Minsk, parents and carers of the children had to stand in the street for hours in the freezing cold whilst the children waited inside in a room unable to cope with large numbers. There were no toilet facilities and no warm drinks available for anyone.
"It is difficult to believe that our own government can treat visitors to our country so badly," says an angry Olwyn, who wonders how British embassies in other countries are going to cope with the new visa regulations.
In May, she says 50 children will come to stay with host families in Chipping and Blackburn, and in June the Clitheroe group will return.
She hopes the pilot scheme will be operational by then, as they now have 32 satellite groups around the country - a number of them in the Lancashire area - as well as the Isle of Man and Scotland.
Olwyn concludes: "Far too much work and dedication has been put into the charity by so many over the years, it is important for people to know that we will all continue the valuable support and care given to the needy children and their families in Belarus."
For further information, please visit the website at www.focc.org.uk or telephone Olwyn on 01995 61305 if you wish to know more or host one of the children.