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This is me
In a nutshell:
23 Years old.
Accountant.
Half Romanian
Half Irish
100% Feisty
Manchester originally
Now Newport.
Own house.
Shared with:
Sian my sis, 20.
My nan.
Cousin Mariana, 21.
Audi A6.
3 puppies.
1 kitten.
NO MSN ... !!!
Wedgewood collection.
Yellow wellies.
Thai Food.
80s music.
Manchester United.
I wanna:
Save the world.
Say bye to G. Bush.
Get a helicopter license.
Fly in space.
Reach a million friends.
Play cards in an empty house in Paris.
Drive a car at 200mph.


A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME
"CARLY....WHY DO YOU BOTHER DOING
ALL THIS STUFF FOR KIDS CAUSES
WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN YOU MAKE ON YOUR
OWN ?" ........AND I TELL THEM THIS
LITTLE STORY....... An old man was wondering along a beach
and on this beach were 1000s and 1000s
of starfish washed up on the sand.....
He was throwing them back in one by one.
A little girl walked up to him and said
"Hey Mr...what are you doing ?
You can't save all these starfish...
How can you make things any different
for all of them ?"....
The old man asked the little girl to
pick up one of the starfish,
and she did. Then the old man told
her to throw it into the sea again.
Which she did. Then the old man
crouched down by the little girl
and he said:
WELL YOU MADE A
DIFFERENCE TO THAT ONE"
People tell me all the orphans and street
kids in Romania are the fault of the
Romanians and they had the children so
now they should take care of them. I will
now do my best to explain this simply
is not true...
Romania has had a harrowing time of it
for hundreds of years - culminating in
the rule of Nicolai Ceausescu - the
Communist dictator...... This is a pic of that evil no good man !!!
He had a vision of making Romania this
huge industrial nation that could become
the wealthiest & most powerful in Europe
To do this he needed a massive work force.
So women in Romania were banned from using
any contraception until they had a minimum
of 5 children........
As with all forms of communism the idea
was good in theory. However - the country
was very poor and still is - and people
just did not have the resources to care
for these children they were forced to
have. No help was offered to people to
raise all these children they were
having. So the inevitable happened.
Could any of you ever just throw in the
towel and give up - hand your child over
to someone you dont know because it is
beyond your means to take care of your
baby ... It really is the last resort for
anyone isn't it ?
Imagine if these were your babies (below)
and you had to give them away because you
were made to be poor by your leaders !
But thats what happened to about 120,000
children while this evil man ruled over
them ... !!!! Eventually people had
enough and he was overthrown in 1989 in
the Xmas Revolution and duly executed on
Xmas Day of the same year.
The communists then retreated and left
Romania taking with them everything of any
worth. Here is some typical accomodation
for the gypsy people in the north.
Throughout the early 90s the children from
this regime were cared for in state run
orphanages with very little money or
resources to do the job anywhere near a
satisfactory standard. Row upon row upon
row of cots - with 2 and sometimes 3 kids
in each one. Tied down to stop them
climbing out. They were tied for so long
some of them that they became disabled and
unable to walk ever again.....Here are
some shots inside an orphanage .... !!!!
So why is there still such a problem over
there ? Quite simply because the country
is now in a never ending vicious circle.
And they need help to get out of this
downward spiral.
Everyone has the right to have children no
matter where you live. It's a desire we
all have I guess. So in Romania the desire
is the same as anywhere else. They still
have children and I know they plan it
properly so they can work and provide for
their new family.
With such a shaky economy and with the
people that were in power over there
corruption was rife and peoples jobs could
disappear at the drop of a hat with no
warning leaving them right in the mire
with a family to support.
So once again they reach desperation point
and find they can no longer provide for
their kids and again - as before - they
hand them over to the state.
And so the cycle continues on and on.
It's easy to say - "Well let the EU throw
millions of Euros at them and its all
sorted out - because the problems are far
deeper than that......I agree the money is
needed for the children and to make the
orphanages a nice place for them with good
staff to work there. But people need
houses and food, training to enable them
to become worth something to the work
force - education needs to be stepped up
to reach ALL CHILDREN not just the wealthy
ones.
Here is a child in a good school but the
sign next to him crops up at schools all
over Romania far too often ... !!!!
For me this is the biggest disaster in
Europe right now. Many agree with me.
I'm sure the Iraq war could be classed as
a big problem but that's self inflicted.
There was no need to go and do what we did
over there - but Romania is a disaster
happening right now to these guys and its
not their fault.
We need to extend a hand of friendship
right the way across to these guys and
tell them we will help - we will do what
we can whenever we can to give them a life
similar to what we are accustomed to.
They dont want handouts and freebies, they
just need a little help to get back up on
their feet and with time they will work
hard and make something of themselves and
their great nation. They are very, very
proud people and I think they deserve a
chance.
We have the ability and resources to help
them. So that's why I am here - to spread
the word & get some help for these little
children.
Here's a map to show what a lovely country
it is - and big too ... !!!!
But if we just turn our backs on them and
ignore their problems it will go on & on &
many more 1000s of children will die or
end up living on the streets and down the
sewers as they are right now. As I write
this they are down there in amongst all
that filth and squalour.
It's not right not right at all...!!
I've been to a few orphanages and state
run homes in Bucharest and Brasov and
guess what the most strking thing is when
you walk into one of these places ? You
will be amazed - despite the fact the
places are full to overflowing with
children - you will never hear a child
crying ... !!! Go to any childrens ward
in the UK or America and you hear a few
kids crying - a few screaming and a good
few fighting and squabbling amongst them
selves. But in those orphanages it is oh
so quiet.
These poor little people have given up
crying because they know that no one will
come along and comfort them - all they
want is to be held for a second - to feel
someone loves them and cares for them. To
feel the arms of a grown up wrap round
them & make them feel safe & happy again.
When I pick them up and cuddle them they
cry - its almost as if it is a flood of
tears of joy - a release of all the hurt
and unhappiness inside them......then you
put them down again and they go silent
till the next time someone shows them some
love - maybe in 2 or 3 months time if they
are lucky... !!
THIS IS NO EXISTENCE FOR ANY CHILD, TO BE
UNLOVED AND UNWANTED - SAT IN A COT ALL
DAY WITH NO ONE TO TALK TO THEM AND NO ONE
TO PLAY WITH - NOT THAT THEY HAVE ANY TOYS
ANYWAY - IT'S JUST A TERRIBLE EXISTENCE &
A TRAGEDY BOTH FOR THEM & THOSE OVER THERE
RIGHT NOW TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO
HELP OUT - MANY FROM AMERICA & THE UK ARE
THERE - & THEY WORK TIRELESSLY & FOR HOURS
AND HOURS ON END FOR NO PAY WHATSOEVER.
THESE PEOPLE ARE GIANTS AMONGST US AND
DESERVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR WHAT THEY
DO - AND WITH THEIR EFFORT AND MAYBE THE
EFFORTS OF YOU PEOPLE READING THIS - THOSE
KIDS WILL LEARN TO CRY AGAIN, PLAY AGAIN,
LIVE AGAIN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO SMILE
WITH HAPPINESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR
LITTLE LIVES.
IS THIS TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR ?
I DONT THINK IT IS - SO PLEASE DONT POINT
THE FINGER OF BLAME AT OTHERS ANY MORE AND
PASS THE BUCK - LETS JUST GET OUR ARSES IN
GEAR AND HELP THEM SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.
IF NOT FOR THE GROWN UPS AT LEAST LETS DO
IT FOR THOSE POOR LITTLE CHILDREN ... !!
Lets try and make all of their children's
hospital wards look like this lovely ward
in a kids hospital in Bucharest - we got
the ball rolling now but we need to people
to keep it rolling and to make it roll
faster .... !!!!
If you go check out my blog entitled
"Cleaford Christian Trust" it shows how
you can help. Even the smallest amount
of help is greatly appreciated. If
everyone in this country alone sent
something worth just 50p ($1) that would
amount to £30,000,000 ... !!!!!!!! Go
read the blog now please.
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