Well, I am back from Romania! It was a valuable and educational experience and this is not some appeal for notoriety or fame but a declaration of humility and shame!. We have it all! The kids in Romania who are deaf or blind are dumped in institutions with nothing and I mean nothing! The things I have always accepted or taken for granted now grate on me and make me want to do more for them.
I gave out soft toys to teenage kids who have never had anything given to them in their little lives before and their faces lit up. They love me to bits just because I took a secondhand toy for them to hold.....what kind of world do we live in?? These children..sorry some of them... have never seen or held a toothbrush and many of the adults have bad teeth with no possibility of dental treatment. Some don't know what a facecloth or towel is!!! What a horror to me that was. I am almost lost for words.
Please...if you feel you have a heart for such children, then get involved with a group or do something yourself...YOU will find it rewarding..I PROMISE that. Best wishes...in sheer humility....Mike.