Sisters in the District Relief Society tied some children's quilts one afternoon and 5 more were anonymously donated to us. So we found a children's shelter for abandoned and/or abused kids and let each of the kids choose the quilt they wanted.
For their protection, we can't show you the children, but we can report that they were very excited to have a beautiful quilt of their very own to keep.
Left to right: Ana Maria Doru, District Relief Society Presidency; Sora Wahlquist, senior missionary who headed up the quilting project and also knitted wool caps for all the kids; Gianina, the director of the shelter; and Vicky - the happy facilitator.
Last fall, Nicoleta Oancea, the Director of Social Services in Braila (centre)), along with a member of the city council over Roma (gypsy) people (left), and Tena, our translator gave us a tour of an after-school centre for poor, orphaned and otherwise disadvantaged Roma children.
We were charmed by the bright-eyed children and impressed with their dedicated teachers who help them keep up with their school work, so they will stay in school.
Besides tutoring, these children receive food, clothing and counselling support.
On our tour we found a nice, new, bright and clean facility.
But we also found where we could be of help.
Before the children returned to school after Christmas, we brought them 3 computers. One of Braila's IT specialists, one of the teachers, and Tena help us get everything installed and ready to surprise the kids.
From the looks of things...
they are a hit with both the kids and their instructors...
opening a whole new range of possibilities for these children.
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