Romanian Ties
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Children getting ready for the trip from the orphanage to the hospital for vision screening
Vision of Hope Project: 1992
Street Children Project: 1995-96
Luminita
(LU-min-EETZ-a) lives in an institution for "unsalvagable" children
in
Nicorest work project: 1992
Doctors performing eye surgery
Vision of Hope Project: 1992
Bogdan (BOG-don) was considered "unsalvagable" because of Down's Syndrome
He died of starvation and neglect in 1992.
Cleaning
up a park in
Street Children Project: 1995-96
In
early September 2004, terrorists took hundreds of children and their parents
hostage in an elementary school in
Over 300 people died there, about half of them small children. In October of 2004, volunteers took over 2000 bears to place on the graves of the dead, to comfort the survivors, and to ease the pain of the families. This message of love conquering fear is the most powerful way to rid the world of terror.