Hungry to learn......ready to rest!

I was amazed to learn how some youngsters had made heroic efforts to be included in the project:

Marian, 13 years old, walked 30 kilometres with his mother to get here.
Gabi, 10 years old, alone, travelled for 4 hours by bus, leaving home at 5 am in order to meet the deadline of a 9.30 start.
Ana, 31, a "semi-resident" at House Sfintul Lazar, had in April expressed to Monique her wish of participating in the project.
Hearing that one of the conditions was to be a "permanent" resident at Concordia, she has remained off the street since then. She is now among the lucky ones and seems to be a different person altogether since the project started two weeks ago.

The value of punctuality appears another lesson learnt as no-one malingers after a break. Whereas at the beginning aches and pains were used to take time out, now there is only heart-rending disappointment if a genuine injury occurs. I am amazed how keen the very small children are, coping very well with the rigours of the 6 hour training and how much energy they have left at the end of the day!
well deserved rest for the prince

Let's not forget the heroic efforts behind the scenes. Monique , Alexandra and Ada are working tirelessly to organise that 114 children and youngsters are fed, watered, washed, transported, have clean clothes and so much more besides. The unbelievable amount of organisation means they -and many more around them, like Mircea, Virgil, Marian and our countless volunteers- work 24/7. Unbelievable.





Alexandra and Son Ltd





Viv