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MY PROJECT ON
The Outcome
Television cameras captured images of shaven – headed, emaciated children
tied to rusting cots, or banging their heads against peeling, crumbling walls. Dressed in
filthy rags, Romanians unwanted children stared out at the world with huge eyes in pale,
gaunt faces.
Frank and Diana Curcio founders of Hearts for Romania said: -- We started
Hearts for Romania to restore love and care for these forgotten children and instil hope in
them, for their future. Diane also goes on to say;--The first orphanage I visited was the
Orphanage in the Capital of Romania, as we entered all I heard was complete silence, and
I remember thinking “Where are all the children?” “Shouldn’t I be hearing babies crying or
children playing or laughing?” I walked into one of the nurseries where ten children lying in
metal cribs, not one made a sound, they never even raised their heads, just stared into
space without any expression of hope for being alive. They lie in their cribs day and night,
alone with very little care; they do not receive proper nutrition and no vitamins. They layed
in their own urine, most of them covered with rashes. Several children’s eyes had crossed
from lack of human touch and stimulation. I wanted to reach out and hold them, but what
could one person do? So I stood there………as they laid. I broke down and cried. I will
never forget the pain and suffering I saw in those children’s eyes. The older children were
not potty trained suffering from chronic diarrhoea due to malnutrition and illness. They did
not wear pants and sleep 4 to a cot or on the floor, sharing soiled blankets, wet with urine
and lice infected, they did not have disinfectant, soap they did not have hot
water…………….They were the forgotten children and are wasting away in ‘prison like’
institutions, all alone in the world with no- one to help them, guide them or love them…….
My project by Shirley Mansel 3
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Ales Home
The Alesd Home was started in 1997 by the Hungarian Reformed church, 25 children now
call this orphanage home.
Bethesda Home
This was founded by Reverend Irma Molnar and her husband who once dreamt of a
refuge for the lost children in the Carpathian Mountains
Casa Tabita
The Casa Tabita is a small Christian orphanage located in the city of Bosca in Western
Romania.
Cernatul de Sus
The Cernatul de Sus orphanage is located near the city of Brasov in south – eastern
Romania. The construction of the orphanage building was founded by the European
Union.
Progress
Romania will always have its orphanages, but slowly things are improving and
becoming more humanitarian thanks to the many foreign and UK charities that just want to
give these forgotten children a better standard of life…
Jesus said “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for
the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these”