OUR CHILDREN NEED EDUCATION


EVERY CHILD IS UNIQUE AND IS CREATED BY GOD FOR A PLACE AND PURPOSE IN LIFE. OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL THE CHILDREN WHOM WE MEET IN OUR PROJECT WORK IS (a) TO RESPECT EACH CHILD AS AN INDIVIDUAL (b) TO DO AL THINGS POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ASPECTS OF THE CHILD ULTIMATELY TO IMPLEMENT THE CHARTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN. SO THAT EACH FEELS HIMSELF / HERSELF LOVED AND RESPECTED
WE ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL AND, THROUGH THE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN HEARTENED BY THE APPLICATION TO
STUDY AND THE PERSEVERANCE OF THESE PUPILS. SOME EXAMPLES
e.g. FLORIN, AN ORPHAN FROM THE AGE OF THREE BUT, ONCE HE
GOT TO KNOW US, HE SHOWED MUCH GRATITUDE FOR ANY HELP WE COULD GIVE. HE APPLIED HIMSELF TO STUDY AND IS NOW IN
THIRD YEAR IN UNIVERSITY. ANOTHER ORPHAN IS JAN, WHO OBTAINED A DEGREE, IS VERY GOOD AT LANGUAGES AND IS NOW IN SPAIN TEACHING ENGLISH!

TWO ORPHAN BROTHERS, ALSO SPONSORED BY OUR PROJECT HAVE “BLOSSOMED”! ONE, HAVING OBTAINED A DIPLOMA AS A WAITER IS CURRENTLY ON HIS EIGHTH CRUISE AROUND THE WORLD IN A LINER SERVING AS A WAITER. DURING A “BREAK” THIS YEAR HE RETURNED TO BUCHAREST TO BUY HIMSELF AN APARTMENT. HIS BROTHER HAS A GOOD JOB IN IRELAND WITH KERRY-FOODS AND HE TOO RETURNED TO BUCHAREST TO BUY LAND WHERE HE HOPES TO BUILD A HOUSE.

ADRIAN, WHO HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL FOR MANY YEARS MADE GREAT ADVANCES IN STUDY AFTER WE PROVIDED HIM WITH A COMPUTER.

SEVERAL PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES TRANSFORMED THROUGH THE COMPUTERS WE PROVIDED. IN FACT ONE GIRL IS HOLDING A VERY GOOD OFFICE JOB SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPUTER. WE HAVE MANY CHILDREN FROM LARGE FAMILIES MOTIVATED TO GO TO SCHOOL IN MOST CASES THIS IS THE RESULT OF GETTING THEM A DECENT HOUSE AND TAKING THEM FROM DESTITUTION.
SEVERAL TEEN-AGE BOYS FROM AN ORPHANAGE PERSEVERED IN STUDY AT A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. APART FROM ENCOURAGING THEM TO STUDY WE GAVE THEM A GOOD HEALTH-START BY MAKING A CONTRACT WITH A RESTAURANTEUR TO PROVIDE THEM EACH WITH A DAILY MEAL.
ONE OF OUR HAPPIEST EXPERIENCES IS THE HOME WE HAVE SET UP FOR FIVE LITTLE ABANDONED CHILDREN “NAZARETH”. HERE
WE HAVE “FATHER” AND “MOTHER” A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO REALLY CARE FOR THESE LITTLE ONES. ALL ARE UNDER NINE YEARS OF AGE. THREE ATTEND SCHOOL AND GO TO NURSERY SCHOOL. ONE, WHO HAS A TALENT FOR SINGING IS TAKEN TO THE CHILDREN'S PALACE FOR WEEKLY LESSONS.

THEN THERE IS DANUT, FIVE YEARS OF AGE AN ABANDONED CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL. WE HAVE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE CAME AS A BABY. HE NEEDED SEVERAL OPERATIONS e.g. TO HAVE FEET STRAIGHTENED, THEN TO HAVE ARTIFICIAL JOINTS (HIP) PUT WHERE THERE WERE NONE. ALL THE TIME WE REALISED DANUT WAS AN INTELLIGENT CHILD SO WE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DOCTOR, HAD HIM TAKEN DAILY TO A NURSERY SCHOOL NEARBY. ONLY AFTER A FEW MONTHS THERE ALL WERE AMAZED AT THE PROGRESS IN HIS EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR. THEN THE MIRACLE HAPPENED! A VERY KIND AND LOVELY DOCTOR AND HER PARENTS HAVE TAKEN DAN INTO THEIR FAMILY HOME WHERE WE
SAW THAT HE IS DEARLY LOVED AND CARED FOR. WE ARE SO
HAPPY TO SEE THIS ABANDONED CHILD HAVING A GREAT CHANCE IN LIFE.

RALUCA'S STORY IS ONE OF A STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATION. SHE, HAVING DIFFICULT FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES, WAS BROUGHT UP AND EDUCATED IN A MONASTERY SCHOOL. BUT FOR HERSELF AND FOR US IT WAS VERY CLEAR SHE CAN AND SHE COULD ACHIEVE HER AMBITION TO BE A SOCIAL WORKER (UNIVERSITY LEVEL). WE SPONSORED HER TO GO INTO UNIVERSITY AND WE HAD THE SATISFACTION OF SEEING HER, AFTER EXAMS, BEING PLACED IN THE TOP CLASSES OF THE UNIVERSITY. WHAT A BIG JOY FOR US AND, WHAT A BIG JOY AND RELIEF FOR THIS GIRL WITH SO MANY FAMILY PROBLEMS.

SEPTEMBER IS THE MONTH WHEN CHILDREN START THE
SCHOOL AND PARENTS RUN FROM ONE SHOP TO ANOTHER TO BUY WHAT IS NEEDED FOR SCHOOL. IT IS A MONTH OF HOPES AND DREAMS FOR CHILDREN, PARENTS AND TEACHERS BUT IT IS ALSO A MONTH OF BIG FRUSTRATION AND SADNESS FOR PARENTS WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE COST OF NECESSARY BOOKS, CLOTHES, ETC. THERE ARE MANY IN THIS CATEGORY! WE FELT WE MUST DO SOMETHING TO LIGHTEN THE BURDEN AND WE DID JUST THAT. WE STARTED TO BUY JOTTERS, PENS, PENCILS, SCHOOL BAGS AND CLOTHES FOR CHILDREN IN NEED AROUND US.
SEEING THE JOY, GRATITUDE AND LOOK OF RELIEF OF ALL MADE THIS EFFORT SO WORTHWHILE. ONE PLACE WHERE BOOKS ARE A “TONIC” IS THE ONCOLOGY WARD. THERE, IT IS A JOY TO SEE HOW EAGERLY THESE PATIENTS FROM 2 YEARS TO 18 YEARS LOOK FORWARD TO OUR VISITS BRINGING THEM COLOURFUL AND EDUCATIONAL BOOKS ALL IN ROMANIAN LANGUAGE AND BOUGHT LOCALLY. EVERY BOOK, EVERY PIECE OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, EVERY PEN AND EVERY JOTTER CAN PROVIDE DROPS OF KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTER TRAINING.


IF OUR CHILDREN GET THE EDUCATIONAL HELP AT THE RIGHT MOMENT AND IN THE RIGHT PLACE THEIR LIVES CAN BE SAVED EVEN IF THEY BEGAN IN VERY BAD CIRCUMSTANCES.