Being born and raised here in Eastern Europe I have known the hard reality and economic deprivation of Romania orphans for more than twenty years. I decided to start this Foundation after I first visited a local Romanian orphanage in 1998. I remember the dirty bedrooms with no curtains on the windows, and sad children waiting for the dinner bell to ring. No smile on their faces, no joy in their life. I felt a tiny hand grasping my leg and when I looked down I saw a little boy with his big green eyes wide open saying: “Will you be my mommy, please! I promise I’ll be a very good child.” Any further words need not be said.
Without a doubt, the single greatest cause of the high orphan rate across Eastern Europe today is financial hardship. Far deeper than any financial woes you are used to in the West, the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, and the entire economic structure upon which it was built, has left large segments of East Europe’s population totally destitute.
It is from this segment of society’s most poor, where starvation, poor health and no proper housing are common, that most orphans come from.
Cara Bella currently raises funds for continuing its unique project, House of Angels, aimed at repatriating economically deprived children who have been abandoned in hospitals due to their family’s financial hardship back with their loving families.
Despite an outpouring of worldwide humanitarian efforts to salvage the situation, there are few Romanian-based government and private programs directed at improving the plight of these lost children. Foreign programs, funded with charitable dollars and operating against incredible odds, are losing steam. The childrens’ plight still draws a trickle of foreigners trying to help.
We do accept and seek any and all charitable donations so that we may expand from our humble beginnings and help more of Romania’s forgotten children to reduce their suffering as much as we possibly can. Volunteers are always welcome too!
At all times our children always come first. Their health their happiness and every aspect of their well being. When we have done both of all these successfully, then we know we have done the Lord’s work and our mission, for a brief moment, is complete.
Tags: Carabella Foundation, child charity, children, Donations, Gaesti Romania, House of Angels, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Projects, orphanages, orphans, Simona Stewart, Volunteer, Volunteers
hey,not only do we share the same name but we both have a passion for helping others especially children.Keep up the good work