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A group shot of staff and babies: The staff
is so busy with laundry, preparing food, cleaning, bathing kids
and feeding that they rarely have time to sit and play. This
was a fun gathering of the morning shift. They are wonderful,
capable and committed women who truly care about these children.
Holding Relu and Joan
Stella holding Joan: When there's time, dressing
the kids up is fun! Hats are handmade and given by volunteers.
This is a cute one - and is even color coordinated with Joan's
sleeper!
Holding Octavian and Margaret with Relu
Millica is the pre-school teacher who normally
works with Toddler's for four hours each afternoon. She is lending
a hand with the feeding. It's a job keeping the bottles in each
child's mouth. You have to watch - or another mobile child might
capture the bottle. Competition starts early in life!
Ramona with the children: Ramona is a paid Global
Volunteers team leader and she is actively involved with clinic
teams. She loves the children and is so good with them. She
manages tasks, handles donations and inventory of volunteer
contributions, translates in perfect English, and, when she
speaks, just look how these children listen! She's a jewel!
Vale and Gellina with Vioral
Vale and Vioral
Vale with Sorin
Ramona with Maestra, and Alyssa with Marianne
and Andrea.
Ramona feeding babies: Every few days I would
buy yogurt and bananas as a treat - and we would all feed them.
Look at the little guy in the middle of those Ramona is feeding.
He just loves it! Much better tasting than potato, carrot, apple
and chicken stock mixture - although that's what has these kids
flourishing.
Saying Goodbye: This was my last hour - eyes
glistening from tears. Not the best shot of all the staff but
it will do. Dan (the male "thorn among roses" is a nurse and
was also my daily driver. We managed to communicate, each with
limited Romanian (me) and English (Dan).
The Diaper Room. You can't see it... but the
pile of clean diapers is 5 feet high and all are folded by hand.
No disposable diapers here!
Kitchen Cabinet: These are the utensils. Mix
and match. The cabinet is collapsing due to age and use. It
needs replacing. So does a lot of the kitchen equipment.
This is the kitchen work area where baby food
for 35 kids is prepared. And you complain about your kitchen
workspace!
Stoves: This is where all the food is prepared
from scratch. Something is always "cooking". Big bags of raw
potatoes, carrots and applies start the day. It's spotless!
A propane gas tank (barbecue grill size) fuels the stoves.
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