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Barclays bounces back into profit: Pruning of bad debt provisions and good performance by BZW help to achieve a pounds 335m first-half outcome
Friday 06 August 1993
The bank slashed its massive provisions for bad debts, prompting a turnaround from a pounds 293m loss in the previous half-year and pounds 51m profit a year ago. The result also hinged on a robust performance by BZW, the investment bank, and increased operating profits, especially in the UK.
But the outlook was clouded by an unexpected pounds 285m loss on US businesses from which Barclays may pull out. It also revealed a pounds 47m loss in Europe due to increased bad debt provisions, especially in France. In the UK the bank shed 3,700 jobs at a cost of pounds 127m during the six months, in line with previously announced targets.
Barclays' executives, who have taken the heat from disgruntled shareholders and the media over the past year, were cautious but distinctly more upbeat than in March as they announced the figures.
Andrew Buxton, chief executive and chairman, said: 'I am pleased that we have returned to profitability. The 16 per cent increase in operating profit indicates that the actions we have taken in our business are providing positive benefits for our shareholders.'
The bank has overhauled risk management techniques and launched initiatives to cut costs and improve service in the UK bank.
After halving its final dividend at the end of last year the bank gave an interim dividend of 6.5p compared with 9.15p in the same period of 1992. The capital position strengthened.
Mr Buxton admitted: 'In the past we tried to do too much in too many areas.' Now the bank was prepared to get out of businesses that do not meet its goal of 15 per cent post-tax return on equity.
Bad debt provisions declined to an overall pounds 879m from heavy hits in the second half of last year on bad property and other corporate loans totalling pounds 1.3bn. They were down 5 per cent from pounds 938m a year ago.
BZW nearly doubled its pre-tax profits from last year to pounds 234m after leading a number of new bond and equity issues and taking advantage of volatility in financial markets. Dealing profits, before costs were subtracted, rose to pounds 384m from pounds 307m in the prior six months.
Banking profits before tax rebounded to pounds 407m during the six months in contrast to a pounds 297m loss in the previous six months and pounds 98m profit a year ago.
The domestic bank bounced back with a pounds 287m profit after losses of pounds 326m and pounds 118m, helped by the bank successfully maintaining domestic interest margins.
Barclays shares, which have advanced recently amid anticipation of a profits recovery, rose 8p in early trading yesterday. But the share price closed 4p lower after profit-taking at 498p.
Peter Toeman, banking analyst with Hoare Govett, said: 'I was quite encouraged by the results, and the domestic bad debts came down faster than we anticipated. I expect the shares to increase again.'
Mr Buxton warned that the factors hurting the bank's results since 1991 had not abated, and said provisions and loan losses on non-accruing loans would remain high in the second half of this year.
UK specific bad debts charges were pounds 657m after pounds 1.1bn in the preceding six months and pounds 825m a year ago. But new general provisions for potential problem debts leapt to pounds 801m from pounds 690m in the previous six months.
Individual domestic provisions above pounds 5m fell against large corporate customers in property, construction, retail and service sectors - previously Barclays' downfall. Smaller provisions remained high, however.
In Europe pounds 81m of provisions was taken, almost entirely against French property and corporate lending. US provisions rose 41 per cent to pounds 120m.
A review of Barclays' US business started last summer resulted in the bank identifying assets - including the BarclaysAmerica mortgage servicing business, non-performing and bad loans and commercial property loans - as 'unlikely to be in the long-term interest of the group'.
A general provision of pounds 108m was made against them and they are now managed by BZW in a separate unit.
Their fate has still to be decided, but the bank suggested that some were likely to be run down.
(Photograph omitted)
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Personally, I think the sexual tension is present, if you are into the couple's character or circumstance tropes that the manga pulls (e.g. Step-sibling love, aggressive male and submissive female). With that in mind, here are my personal favourites that make m ...
Manga like....
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I have some webtoon suggestions:
Abide in the Wind
(this one's more stalkerish creepy guy, but interesting). They take a while to get there though, but it's worth the wait
I know you don't want a tag search suggestio ...
Obsessive Male Lead
(9 posts, 1346 views) Posted: 58d 15h, 42m ago by
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I know, it's a "shounen" webtoon, but
Abide in the Wind
has what you're looking for
(a smexy dragon~). You have good taste my friend
romantic manga with a twist ending
(14 posts, 1513 views) Posted: 98d 16h, 52m ago by
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Quote from Illegal Goddess
Or a psychic predicted that the main character will kill their lover and they ended the relationship out of fear, but the ending revealed that the psychic himself is in love with the main character and did it to break them up.
Sorry, I don' ...
Romance with a kind, sweet, "evil" character
(22 posts, 2281 views) Posted: 105d 12h, 32m ago by
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Err, the oneshot I'm going to mention does not 100% meet your requirements, but has an evil, and a controversial "romance" about
(mouse over to view)
It's called
Shoku no Hana
. The main guy is a very nice guy, but no ...
Stockholm/Lima Syndrome or just Possesive
(9 posts, 942 views) Posted: 113d 11h, 56m ago by
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How about a webtoon
Abide in the Wind
? It's a spoiler though (happens later at unscanlated parts) XD, and he doesn't exactly capture her, but more like keep her away from everybody attitude. Ooh, how about
Flowers of Evil
, again spoiler, but comple ...
Pining for a girl...
(4 posts, 472 views) Posted: 170d 19h, 33m ago by
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@floorhugger and Aremon: Thanks, it's definitely what I'm looking for, this stuff. Just remember it doesn't have to be very dramatic type, it can be subtle, in fact it's a big plus it it has a male lead; at least you have plenty of screen time. Ple ...
Pining for a girl...
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I am looking for a male lead that is in in love with a girl, but is (very much) agonizing about it. It can be lustful (psst, yes, this!), unrequited love, yandere guy or watever, but I wanna see that guy's face contort with pain due to her being "tempting" (he ...
romance manga in which...
(14 posts, 1177 views) Posted: 180d 10h, 48m ago by
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Another oneshot, but adorable in my opinion:
7-gatsu no Mahoutsukai
. And another, funny and adorable oneshot~
Rensou Mode
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My Boyfriend Is a Vampire
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Idk, sorry if it isn't it.
At first I was thin ...
manga ends with unrequited love
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Koi Koinegau
, a metaphorical one-shot where the guy has unrequited love. ...
high schooll firts year boy falls in love with his sempai (girl)
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Err, I used tags that might? help you:
Shoujo, Older female Younger male & Library
Perhaps one of those might be it?
Glasses Boy
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Hmm so you want a shy megane huh? How about these:
Ayakashi Hisen
Megane no Incubus-kun
Megane ni Koishite
This I only recommend as the first story has a funny female lead with her love for meganes XD
3D Kanojo
has a nerdy otaku guy x a pop ...
Female lead with a sad past?
(17 posts, 1781 views) Posted: 216d 18h, 28m ago by
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Well, not exactly a distant past, but the main girl in
Kodomo no Omocha
has indeed went though a lot. She is funny and an awesome character in my opinion too, just saying
I will add more if I find others, since I have read some with female leads having a sad past. ...
Female-Oriented Ero-Manga
(23 posts, 7895 views) Posted: 257d 11h, 34m ago by
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I recommend
Ero x Roma
. It might fit your requirements. I also come across
Koisuru Nikudorei-chan
, but unfortunately it's dropped. ...
Learning Japanese history
(7 posts, 456 views) Posted: 275d 14h, 6m ago by
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Hey, I have a completely different request to the usual this time. I want to read any manga that teaches you a little about ancient Japanese history or Chinese. Here are some specifications:
+ Big plus if there is romance
+ I prefer shoujo-ish drawings if possible
+ I wa ...
Looking for Wild Boy + Sweet Girl
(3 posts, 394 views) Posted: 283d 21h, 7m ago by
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Kodomo no Omocha
? He does try a little to harm her before she wins her over- with her silliness. He is possessive as you requested too, although they're kids, but still
Not exactly what you are looking for, but he doesn't harm her, just has this " ...
Any Desi Otakus out there?
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Hmm, it is indeed interesting to see people here that from "desi" (idk), never really thought how much anime and manga scene expanded all the way there lol. I just noticed that a couple of you guys use the word "uni" for university; I thought o ...
What should you really be doing now instead of MU?
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Studying in general XD ...
Why animes are so addictive?
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Hmm, personally I don't watch animes very much, but rather, I'm addicted to manga. as to why? well, it's a habit thing to check MU for updates and therefore read what's available. It's as you say as well, killing time, or procrastinatin ...
Cried at a Game??
(34 posts, 1597 views) Posted: 300d 16h, 7m ago by
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One of the very few games I played: Persona 3 Portable lol made me cry in the end lol. If otome games count then I would say Dandelion Wishes Bought to You as well tugged my heartstrings due to the protag, she has problems that are so realistically touching an ...
Female lead takes the lead
(6 posts, 606 views) Posted: 319d 3h, 2m ago by
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Thank you for all your replies so far, and oh, I just updated my request to have NO female tsunderes. I read some of the above mentioned, but I will check out:
Koharu no Hibi
Seigi no Mikata
Midori no Hibi and
Romance Papa
Please, keep the reccs coming, even ...
Female lead takes the lead
(6 posts, 606 views) Posted: 319d 11h, 29m ago by
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Hi,after reading plenty of shoujos and this manga
Kainushi wa Akuma
in particular, I have started to get bored of the male "dominating", where the female lead is all blushy and the dude, is, well, he likes the Mc, but is way too cool for my taste. For my re ...
Looking for two shoujos~
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Err, I have no idea why I thought of this, but
Tokyo Mew Mew
"might" be what you are looking for. I don't recall a garden place, but it might. They collect souls or something like that. The Mc is literally a cat-human person. She does fall in love with s ...
Female lead with short hair
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Umm, how about Saya from
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Recommended for ages 14+ LE CIRQUE INVISIBLE, LONDON Southbank Centre, London 4 – 23 August 09 Jean-Baptiste Thierrée and Victoria Chaplin Experience the enchanting and exquisite theatrical spectacle of Le Cirque Invisible this summer. With an infectious sense of fun and whimsical grace, Jean-Baptiste Thierrée and Victoria Chaplin mesmerise adults and children alike with sublime illusions and fantastical transformations. For three weeks only, the surreal and magical world of Le Cirque Invisible comes to Queen Elizabeth Hall – fall under the spell. Booking details: Under 16s go half price. Call 0871 663 2500 or book online at www.southbankcentre.co.uk RAOUL BY JAMES THIÉRRÉE, LONDON Barbican, London 13 – 24 October 09 James Thiérrée creates a world of endless invention. One of Europe's most extraordinarily versatile artists, Thiérrée uses his impish talent to transform everyday objects into magical dream-like spectacles that captivate, charm and inspire. Tickets £10-£35 www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=9474%20 THE BRISTOL DO st th 21 – 27 September, Portland Square, St Paul's, Bristol A wildly exciting selection of some of the most exciting and innovative art, circus, games and performance in the great outdoors. Circus performance includes beautiful Chinese Pole by Tanya Scully, a premier of a new sway pole piece called Café Sway, stilt-walking myth making from FIPA, the return of Carnyville (see below ffi), and The Sugar Beast Circus the following week (see below ffi). www.thebristoldo.com CIRKUS CIRKOR PRESENT INSIDE OUT, LONDON Peacock Theatre 14– 31 October 2009 7.30pm, Saturday 2.30pm Cirkus Cirkor's latest show, Inside Out is a celebration of circus – its technical skilfulness, enduring magic and refreshing outlook on life. Inspired by the mysteries of the human body, a cast of eight multiskilled performers balance on knife edges and challenge gravity as they tell the story of two very different characters, whose worlds are quite literally twisted upside down when they come into contact with a circus company of bizarre, magical oddballs. Booking Details: http://www.sadlerswells.com/show/Cirkus-Cirkor Call the Ticket Office on 0844 412 4300. LOVE INDEED, BRIGHTON BandBazi A playful and erotically charged encounter with power and deadly desire. John Binnie's startling new aerial drama exploring Antony and Cleopatra, Richard Burton and Liz Taylor - Ages 12+. Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Mon 28 Sep, 8pm. Tickets: £10 (£6) 01273 709709 www.brightondome.org WATCH THIS SPACE – THE NATIONAL THEATRE, LONDON st th 1 July – 27 September Watch This Space 2009 is packed with circus performance, a brief run-down of it is below but see the website at www.nationaltheatre.org.uk to download the programme for the full knowledge. Week nine: Catalan Variétés - Circus talent from Catalan comes in the form of Mumusic Circus, Los Gingers, Los2play and Cie La Industrial Theatere Week ten: Legendary tightrope from Les Colportuers CIRCUS AT SHAMBALA FESTIVAL, NORTHAMPTON th Shambala Festival is celebrating it's 10 year with a weekend of brilliant acts, bands, cabaret and very special surprises. The Kamikaze Kabaret tent returns with an hour of cabaret each night. Highlights include German Wheel excellence with 'Dust' from Acrojou, passionate Chinese Pole from Cirk Extempore, tightwire with live guitar from Alana Jones and elegant aerial performance by Ilona Jantti. The Social Club venue welcomes Paka with his excellent show 'Forget me Not', slackwire by Kwabana Lindsay and Gwendoline Scott, Skate Naked and Ian Cognito combining forces, and a nightly cabaret of varied circus talent. THE SUGAR BEAST CIRCUS – A DOUBLE BILL, LONDON AND BRISTOL The Milkwood Rodeo is a performance installation inspired by Holy men and Hollywood. Drawing from the diary entries and personal experience of the performers who have worked under the Indian big tops, memories and archived footage mix to create a portal where the bright lights of Broadway lead to the deserts of Rajasthan. The Sugar Beast Circus is inspired by the ethnological menagerie shows of the 1800's, and the influence of Charles Darwin's work upon entertainment. This is a show about the survival of the fittest in a contemporary climate, where performers are part animal, part skilled athlete and part gaudy showman. Wed 16 – Sat 19 Sep 8pm, Jackson's Lane Theatre - 269a Archway Road London N6 5AA £14.50 (£12.50) www.jacksonslane.org.uk Box Office 020 8341 4421 Thurs 1 – Sat 3 October, 8pm, 80 minutes with interval, Bristol Old Vic - King Street, Bristol, BS1 4ED £8.50 www.bristololdvic.org.uk Tickets from Bristol Old Vic - 0117 987 7877 www.thebristoldo.com OUT THERE FESTIVAL, GREAT YARMOUTH Sat 19 & Sun 20 September 2009 A new International Festival of arts and 'culture' in the broadest sense of the word. Out There showcases emerging talent, professional/community collaboration, fun and inspiring work and opportunities for the public to 'have a go' at something new. www.outtherefestival.com Circus Acts include: Didier and Co. Altitude, 3 Points De Suspension, Cirque Baroque and The Insect Circus CIRCUS OF HORRORS Last Days in the Asylum The Globe Theatre, Blackpool Pleasure Beach rd st Fri Oct 23 to Sat Oct 31 Performances each day at 5pm & 8pm. (except Oct 23rd, 8pm only). Box Office 0871 2229090. Book online pleasurebeachresort.com Vampire VIP Ringside cabaret table & chairs £22 (only 20 seats available per show) Front View £18. Side View £15.Concessions £3 off. It is advisable to book in advance, the Vampire VIP seats will sell out at most performances as will the shows on the 31st Oct, Halloween. Beware! THE DAY OF THE DEAD is coming to a venue near you DEAD soon. November – January National Tour, Following on from the huge success of The Asylum, The Circus of Horrors will undergo a major revamp with a rocking & shocking brand new show 'The Day of the Dead'. (Día de los Muerto - A Mexican X' Travaganza). Set in Mexico during the early 1900's, the cast of chaosmongers transport the body of their doyen Dr Haze to a remote area of Mexico. Unbeknown to them they settled in a former burial ground of Aztec Warriors. There they join in the local inhabitants 'Day of the Dead' rituals to try & revive their esteemed leader. All of course with disastrous consequences! Amid a backdrop of an Aztec Temple, Witch-doctors, Voodoo Acrobats, Pickled People, Bendy Bodies, Demon Dwarfs, and flying Vampires erupting, chained from a tank of precious bodily fluids, all to perform their amazing Blood Curdling stunts. Once revived, The Undead Ringmaster Doktor Haze will guide you through a hell of a tale with the help of the live devil driven rock n' roll of the The Interceptors From Hell and a huge uncontrollable cast of Toltecion Beauties, Curvaceous Creatures, Aztec Warriors, Posada's Skeletons, Voluptuous Vampires and some of the worlds greatest, grotesque, most daring and bizarre Circus acts. See www.myspace.com/drhaze_circusofhorrors for full tour listing. THE ACADEMY OF CIRCUS ARTS GRADUATION SHOW 2009, LONDON Friday October 2nd, from 2pm until 4pm, in the Big Top of Zippos Circus on Hampstead Heath. This two-hour gala performance will be devised and presented entirely by this year's circus students, at the end of their five-month training course. Tickets are free on application by email to email@example.com. Please include your name and the number of tickets required, and these will be sent out during September. VENUE: Zippos Circus, The Lower Fairground Site, East Heath Road, Hampstead, London NW3 1NT TRAVEL: Bus: 24, 46, 168, 268, C11. Tube: Hampstead (5 mins). Rail: Hampstead Heath. BRITISH JUGGLING CONVENTION 2009, NORWICH th rd 19 - 23 August, 2009 Hewett School, Cecil Road, Norwich, NR1 2PL, United Kingdom The British Juggling Convention is a yearly gathering of all kinds of circus performers, from hobbyists to professional performers, from jugglers to balloon modellers and unicyclists. Some people come hoping to learn new skills or polish old ones. Many people come to chill out in a juggly atmosphere, drink beer and enjoy the various shows and entertainment. It's up to you! Tickets: 5-Day Adult - £80, 5 Day Child - £40 1-Day (Wed, Thurs, Fri) Adult - £25, 1-Day (Wed, Thurs, Fri) Child - £10 Saturday (Includes OPEN Show) Adult - £20, Saturday (Includes OPEN Show) Child - £10 OPEN Show Only - Seated £15, Standing £5 - British Juggling Convention 2009, CELEBRATE! GREAT YARMOUTH The Historic Hippodrome Great Yarmouth, continues it's record breaking run at East Anglia's mini Albert Hall, with th Celebrate, Peter Jay's 30 anniversary all-new Summer Spectacular – East Anglia's top family attraction for 2009, th which continues until 6 September with shows everyday 2.30pm and 7.30pm (no 2.30 show on Friday's,) which means that this years ground breaking show has less than 3 weeks to run. Celebrate stars one of the worlds greatest circus acts, direct from Brazil, the daredevil Springboard Artistes The Romeiro Family, the amazing South American Juggler Roberto Karlos, sensational Synchronised Swimmers, Vibrant Dancers, Ryan Sharp's mind blowing Magic Illusions from South Africa. Tenderelle – the amazing contortionist from Mongolia. – The return of British Heart-throb Robert Foxhall, the man who can fly, and the breathtaking 100,000 gallon Water Spectacle – A unique family show in a unique setting, one of only three in the world! With hilarious comedy from new stars, comedian Johnny Mac and host Jack Jay. There's a fully licensed bar, fresh popcorn and the unique atmosphere of the Big Top in a fabulous 1903 landmark theatre, Britain's last surviving total circus building, as recently seen on BBC's TV flag ship Question Time. Prices Adults £16, £15, £14, £12.50. Children under 14 £10 in all seats. OAP's £12 in all seats. To book ring 01493 844172 or Book online at www.hippodromecircus.co.uk. There's also a family ticket discount of £5 off for two adults and two children. CARNYVILLE, BRISTOL The Invisible Circus Proudly Presents Carny Ville - All the Fun of the Unfair th th Friday 25 - Sunday 27 September, The Old Fire Station, The Island, Silver Street BS1 2PY, 8pm till late It's a one way ticket to Pandemonia… Ride with us to the end of the line as the Invisible Circus present the last Carny Ville at The Island. All the fun of the unfair funfair, our grand finale will include more death defying aerial feats, the impossible, the improbable and lashings of the downright ridiculous. Come and play. Expect the unexpected and dress for the night of your lifetime!!! The spectacle inhabits every aspect and environ of the site with interactive installations and performances ongoing throughout the evening from dizzying high wire walkers across the gaping yard space to twisted sideshows, huge Fire spectacles and flame breathing lamp posts alongside an army of deranged walkabout characters who inhabit this bizarre other world. The last run of the show in May saw over 1000 visitors a night attending with many having travelled from around the country to be a part of the furore which unbelievably takes place in the austere confines of the old Bridewell Island ex police, fire and law courts complex in Bristol city centre. £15, £12 (limited early bird), £8pm concession – plus booking fee th Tickets available from 0117 9299008, www.bristolticketshop.co.uk, Thursday 24 – special sneak preview night £5 www.invisiblecircus.co.uk, Dress for the experience of a lifetime! EDINBURGH FESTIVAL The annual performance packed month of showcasing comes around again, CDA have picked out circus shows from the programme – if you have more to add please tell us and we'll include them in the August newsletter. th st The Gigalees Crazy Circus Show 5 – 31 August(not Tuesdays) 11pm £7/ £6 UK premiere - Australia's top comedy show for kids! Don't miss the Gigalees' side-splitting comedy, awesome acrobatics, juggling, slapstick and toe-tapping music which makes a non-stop and hilarious physical comedy show for kids all ages! venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot, www.gigalees.com.au Malaje - The Flamenco Circus th th th 5 – 30 August (excluding 17 ) 12pm £11.00/ £9.00 Family of 4 = £8.75 UK premiere From clowning and acrobatics to the purest flamenco, with moments of poetry and stunning contemporary circus skills, this whirlwind of drama, dance, music and laughter 'blows up conventions and rewrites the rules' (El Periodico). www.albadulake.com Venue: New Town Theatre group: related link: www.albadulake.com The Moscow State Circus th st 13 – 31 August (not Wednesdays) 2 shows a day, tickets £27 - £7 (see www.edfringe.com for exact times and ticket prices) Returns to the UK with this once in a lifetime opportunity, to see this award-winning show 'Leganda'. Bringing with it a huge cast of Russia's greatest and most flexible circus performers. Venue: Meadows Theatre Big Tops Moscow State Circus www.moscowstatecircus.com th st th The Grind Show 5 – 31 August (excluding 17 ) 6.05pm – tickets £9.50 - £6.50 World premiere - An unborn child is thrown into a surreal circus sideshow. A visceral American allegory where the innocence of our beginnings and the disillusionment of our fears collide. What act would you perform for eternity? venue: C, www.thegrindshow.com th st Tom Tom Crew 6 – 31 August (not Tuesdays) 7pm, tickets £10.50 - £16.50 Direct from Broadway and London, 'Tom Tom Crew' returns with its super charged collision of extreme circus, heart pumping music, incredible beatboxing and stunning drumming displays. 'There can't be many more exciting spectacles than this' (Herald). venue: Udderbelly's Pasture th th th Noir - Airealism - 5 – 16 August (not 6 ) Tickets - £5 - £8.50 A dramatic thriller, paying homage to 40s cinema, 'Noir' fuses physical theatre and aerial circus to tell the story of a detective, a blonde and vengeful gangsters… Prepare to be spellbound! '... unfeigned avant-gardism' (Time Out). Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot th th Tales of the Apocalypse – Airealism - 5 – 16 August 11.30 – tickets £5 - £10 An explosive gravity-defying array of aerial circus acts exploring untold doom and destruction ahead: entropic visions, ghostly entities, imploding stars, radioactive dust… You have been warned! 'A truly transporting experience' - Time Out London Critics' Choice. Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot th th Zemblanity – Le Navet Bete - 6 – 29 August – 9pm Tickets - £7/ £5 World premiere - Following their debut last year - ***** (ThreeWeeks) - the clowns return with a cacophony of scurrilous buffoonery, acrobatic antics, original music, fun and frolics. Prepare to be propelled into the realm of absurdity and rambunctious comedy! Venue: Bedlam Theatre group: Le Navet Bete www.lenavetbete.com th st th th th Circa - 6 – 31 August (not 10 , 17 and 24 ) 4.30pm - £5 - £16 UK premiere - Thrilling and moving. Tightly connected acrobatic sequences, intricate scenes and hauntingly beautiful moments. Physical poetry and extraordinary circus skills combine, bathed in layers of sound, light and projection. C!rca has received standing ovations around the world. Venue: Assembly @ Assembly Hall RAW – Fidget Feet Aerial Dance th th th th 14 – 27 August (not 17 or 24 ) 9pm, 2pm weekend matinee Tickets - £12/ £10 European premiere - Breathtaking, gravity defying aerial and risqué pole-dancing, circus-dance spectacular. In RAW's hot, sexy clubland, the DJ slips into a shamanic counterpart infecting the hedonistic clubbers. Are we in a fun-loving club or a social prison? www.dancebase.co.uk Children must be accompanied by an adult not suitable for under 10yrs. Venue: Dance Base @ Out of the Blue Drill Hall, www.fidgetfeet.com Lighter Than Air – Circo Ridiculoso and Pleasance th th th th 5 – 30 August, (not 17 or 24 ) 11.30 Tickets £5 - £9 Enter the strange bizarre universe of a wild balloon tamer where surreal stupid things happen. Combining circus and comedy, clown Danny Schlesinger creates an utterly joyous experience loaded with surprises and laughs. Warning! Loud balloon pops! www.circoridiculoso.com Warning - Balloon Pops! Venue: Pleasance Courtyard th rd Acres of Circus Skills – Albert & Friends Instant Circus 16 – 23 August 1pm – Free 14 years of circus fun and games with surprise guests and inventive audience participation in the storytelling. Anything can happen and usually does! Fabulous family lunchtime entertainment in almost all weathers. Circus at its best! Venue: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Off Inverleith House Lawn This event is free and not ticketed. Admission is on a first come first served basis and is subject to availability. th rd Circus for Success – Albert & Friends Instant Circus 16 – 23 August 10.30 £35/ £30 (?) Master some great circus skills with London's leading youth circus training team. Static trapeze, walking globe, tightrope, unicycle, stilt-walking together with lots of fun and games on the ground! Refreshments and lunch are provided too! Venue: Bonaly Outdoor Centre, www.albertandfriendsinstantcircus.co.uk FIRATÀRREGA, NR BARCELONA th th 10 – 13 September Following their call for proposals in February, FiraTàrrega will take place next month. The artistic programme of FiraTàrrega is an eclectic, singular and very selective offer of spectacles, which includes the different stage disciplines, with special emphasis on street arts and visual spectacles. The Official Programme includes spectacles that are vehicles for getting to know tendencies and creators from other countries. Priority is given to spectacles that are previously unseen in Spain and that have not been programmed in the main European performing arts festivals. To download the programme and all other information about the festival www.firatarrega.cat CIRCA, AUCH – FRANCE 23rd – 31st October Contemporary circus is bursting with activity, constantly changing and trying out fresh ideas. nd This spirit of innovation and artistic quality will epitomize the 22 Festival Circa, Circa 2009 will host a total of 15 circus companies and 20 shows, including : - 13 creations for 2009, - 2 creations from 2008, - 3 shows performed by schools selected at a regional level by the French Federation of Circus Schools, - a 'Nouvelles Pistes' show (including acts from future professionals), - and a carte blanche given to students from the 20th class of the French National Centre of Circus Art (CNAC). Circa 2009 will also present : - CIRCLE, productions performed by schools from the European Federation of Professional Circus Schools (FEDEC) - as well as acts from 3rd year occupational integration students from Lido, the centre of circus arts in Toulouse. With the participation from circus schools, the organisation of several debates and the presentation of circus art creation projects, co-organised with HorsLesMurs, the French national centre of circus arts resources, this year Circa will again be the meeting point for today's circus training techniques and for many artistic and professional encounters (in 2008, more than 200 professionals were present at the Festival, including thirty from foreign countries). In different locations scattered throughout Auch, you can find : an open stage, 7 big tops, 3 auditoriums, workshops, exhibitions and concerts… All you need to be fully immersed in the contemporary world of circus art and to discover its many sides ! The detailed programme and practical information about the festival (accommodation, transport, eating out, reservation forms, schedules and professional meetings, etc.) is published online on our website www.circuits- circa.com Auch is one hour's drive from Toulouse, with its international airport, and one hour's drive from Agen; Agen and Toulouse are both directly accessible from Paris on the TGV. TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS HULA HOOP WORKSHOP, BRIGHTON With The Circus Project Sat 14 Nov 1-3pm £10 Learn how to control, spin and do amazing tricks with the hula hoop. With Emily Ball www.thecircusproject.co.uk CLOWN AND SONG WORKSHOP, NR BARCELONA This workshop will incorporate singing as an expressive resource for clowning, discovering the expressive potential of the musicality of voices in devising clown scenes, and working both as a group and individually on pieces which are both sung and choreographed. You will work on the voice singing "normally" and "in clown", singing childhood songs, duets, trios, quartets, and will compose a group clown number with a song sung and choreographed by all. No previous experience of clown/singing is required. This workshop will be held north of Barcelona and taught by Pepe Jiménez. 21st and 22nd of September (6 hours per day) Fee: 200€ (course + food + board) For more information please visit: www.escoladeclown.eu/english/intensive%20workshops.html THE TRANSFORM PROGRAMME AT GREENTOP CIRCUS, SHEFFIELD Sept 7, 8, 9, 10, 11- Clowning with Gerry Flanagan For more information on workshops and booking visit: www.greentop.org GERMAN WHEEL WORKSHOPS: AUGUST 09 With Jessica Hummel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS1tOdlklN4 Under professional guidance the workshop will explore a variety of acrobatic moves that are performed on the rolling wheel, giving the artist the opportunity to get an introduction to this amazing equipment in a safe environment. Additional sessions can be organised on request. For more info email email@example.com CLOWNING & PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP, SHEFFIELD With Gerry Flanagan of Shifting Sands September 7th to 11th (5 days), 10am – 4pm £200 / £175 A week of workshops aimed at all professional disciplines - aerialists, acrobats, jugglers, dancers, actors, directors, designers, and writers. Find - or rediscover - your pleasure and confidence in performing. Take risks. Be challenged. Have FUN! The Clown negotiates the world by playing with it. Playfulness becomes a guiding principle for the clown. The style of play adopted is varied. It can be funny, tragic or nasty. Above all else the play is extremely personal and optimistic, even in the direst circumstances. The study of clown is a marvellous tool for performers of all persuasions. It allows them to confront the fear of performing because it demands an intimate relationship with the audience. For full information and to book onto this workshop, email email@example.com or call 0114 244 8828. LEAD ON, GLOUCESTER Tuesday 22 September 2009 Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1Q Are you a disabled or deaf person working in the arts, heritage or creative sectors? Does leadership inspire you or raise questions? Do you want to meet like-minded creative people from the UK and abroad? The Cultural Leadership Programme in collaboration with Moya Harris and Sarah Scott invite you to Lead On - a unique event with a leadership theme, international dimension and disability perspective. With international disabled artist's such as Kath Duncan and Christine Bruno taking part (see Leadership Lounge info below), we can guarantee you'll experience good company, informative conversations and great food within the beautiful and accessible Cheltenham Town Hall, surrounded by landscaped gardens. For more information about the event, the venue, booking and access, please contact; email@example.com Closing date for bookings is Monday 17 August 2009. Other CLP Opportunities: CLP Leadership Lounge: International Artists in Conversation is one of a number of seminar's taking place at the Decibel Performing Arts Showcase, 15 – 19 September in Manchester. Featuring a discussion between Australian multimedia artist Kath Duncan and New York based actor, director and singer Christine Bruno. Visit www.decibelpas.com for more information. CLP Sync is an online development programme for disabled creative and cultural leaders. Find out more at http://www.culturalleadership.org.uk EDINBURGH AERIAL AND ACROBALANCE CONVENTION 2009 FRI 11-SUN 13 SEPTEMBER 2009 ST LEONARD'S LAND, HOLYROOD ROAD, CENTRAL EDINBURGH www.eaac.info This year's Edinburgh Aerial and Acrobatics Convention will be the most extensive yet and registration is now open! Early bird and club/group booking discounts available... The UK's largest aerial and acrobatics convention. Over 100 workshops, many taught by visiting world-class performers and instructors, and will include arts never seen before in Scotland! The EAAC show - annual showcase of Scottish and internationaL talent with spectacular acts and previously unseen performances - 50% off if you sign up for workshops! Standard price £75 with an Early Bird price of £65 (register before the end of August) and £55 if you register 5 or more from the same club or group. Individual booking available for beginner classes - bring a friend to try something new! Only 100 places available - book now to secure your place and get your discount! Go to www.eaac.info WORKSHOPS... Workshops will run from beginner to professional level and will include static trapeze, aerial hoop, corde lisse, silks, acrobalance and tumbling. There will even be the opportunity to try Spanish web, Chinese Pole, slack wire, wall running, bungee and harness! The schedule is currently being finalised and will soon be available on the EAAC website for advance booking. SHOW If you book a workshop place you get a 50% discount on the show price so you pay just £5. If you have people who want to book for just the show we will be releasing tickets for £10 soon! TO ALL TEACHERS... We are looking for some additional skilled teachers to cover some of the workshops – contact us if you (or anyone else you know) would like to share your skills and knowledge at the UK's largest event of its kind – free entry available! Please email a brief resume to firstname.lastname@example.com. SPREAD THE WORD... We are mailing out to all of our contacts but please spread the word to encourage early booking. Anyone from complete beginner to experienced professional is welcome to come and further their skills, network and have fun! ABOUT This year's EAAC aims to further promote aerial and acrobatic arts in Scotland and includes a focus on teaching standards and safe practice and is brought to you by Charmaine and Mark from Aerial Edge plus a dynamic team committed to making it the best one yet. We hope to see as many of you as possible there! UPCOMING EUROPEAN JUGGLING CONVENTIONS th th Austria - 27 - 30 August, 2009 11th Kremser Jongliertreffen, Ausportplatz & Sporthalle Krems, 3500 Krems a. d. Donau, Lower Austria, Austria th th France - 28 - 30 August, 2009 Tartajongle-les Bains, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne ( 61 ) , France st rd Germany - 21 - 23 August, 2009 Munch-Con, die 5. Göttinger Jonglierconvention, Hochschulsportzentrum Göttingen, Germany th th 11 - 13 September, 2009 1. Cottbuser Jonglierconvention, Cottbus, Germany th th Netherlands - 28 - 30 August, 2009 Herfst Jongleerweekend 2009 (autumn juggling weekend), University of Enschede, Netherlands th th United Kingdom - 15 - 16 August, 2009 Crawley Circus Festival, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley., United Kingdom th rd 19 - 23 August, 2009 British Juggling Convention 2009, Hewett School, Cecil Road, Norwich, NR1 2PL, United Kingdom Thanks to www.jugglingdb.com for these listings – a great online resource centre for juggling and other circus arts. OPPORTUNITIES DANCE UMBRELLA: MALE PERFORMERS WANTED Dance Umbrella is looking for male dancers, rock climbers, parkour and circus artists with strong partnering and performance skills to perform in bodies in urban spaces, by Austrian artist Willi Dorner. This is a free outdoor event taking place in London during Dance Umbrella in October 09. Audition is by invitation and will be held on Wednesday 26 August from 10am – 1pm. Participation is on a voluntary basis, however a daily allowance for travel and food will be provided. Full details can be found at www.danceumbrella.co.uk If you have any questions about the project please contact Clare Farrow, Programme Manager, Dance Umbrella on 020 8741 4040 or email firstname.lastname@example.com Log on to You-tube "bodies in urban spaces Willi Dorner" for video footage. SEARCH FOR CREATIVE TALENT – DELHI 2010 Search is on for creative talent to shape the Delhi 2010 - Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Flag Handover Ceremony Glasgow 2014, the Organising Committee for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow has launched a search to find the best creative talent to deliver a breathtaking vision of both city and nation at the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in Delhi. On Thursday 14th October 2010 hundreds of millions of television viewers around the world, will be treated to an introduction to Glasgow and Scotland through a feast of creativity and talent as the city formally receives the Commonwealth Games flag from India. Glasgow 2014 today launched the search for the Creative Lead who will propose the concept, which will inspire those watching events in Delhi in 2010. The Creative Lead will have knowledge and experience of delivering arts, cultural and creative programmes in the UK and internationally. The entire copyright of the creative concept will be assigned to Glasgow 2014 Ltd. Tenders are invited from individuals, companies and consortia from creative, cultural, arts, production, programming, advertising and events backgrounds. For full details on the tendering process and deadlines for completion, visit www.glasgow.bravosolution.co.uk Expressions of interest must be received by 16 July. Invitations to tender will be sent to selected suppliers on 27 July. A supplier day surgery will be held on 3 August, before tender submissions close on 26 August. Proposal presentations will be made on 2 September before the winning tender is announced. CIRCUSPRINCESS 2009 The worldwide search for CircusPrincess 2009 is on! The CircusPrincess, a fairytale come true, is no ordinary circus. It's the ultimate celebration of female grace, beauty and talent. And now, for the first time in history, they're inviting the global Internet audience to join them in the nomination, voting and selection process. They're searching for the most entertaining, completely original female circus act or performance. You can perform by yourself or with a group, on land or in the air - whether you're an acrobat, comedian, dancer, singer or an entirely new type of performer. Apply now on their website for the chance to be one of 14 finalists. The winner will receive a prize, the title of CircusPrincess 2009, a three-month contract with Circus Scott, a distinctive, irreplaceable Kosta Boda trophy and the prestige of being recognised as the best female circus performer in the world. Buy your tickets today to reserve your seats for one of five amazing evenings. To browse through the history of past performances, view the contributions, book tickets or to apply, simply visit www.cirkusprinsessan2009.se SUBMISSIONS TO THE MONTHLY CDA NEWSLETTER: If you would like to send in information to be included in the next CDA newsletter please send info by the 3rd of each month to: Emma Taylor: firstname.lastname@example.com Please send your news in straightforward text only (we can't include photos in the newsletter as yet)


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When Nicolae Ceausescu was deposed in 1989, the world learnt of the barbaric conditions in Romania's orphanages. Scandalously, very little has changed - until now. Virginia Ironside reports
Thursday 09 September 2004
"Romanian orphans?" said the taxi driver as he drove me back from the airport, where I'd arrived back from Bucharest. "But I thought that was all over
years ago."
"Romanian orphans?" said the taxi driver as he drove me back from the airport, where I'd arrived back from Bucharest. "But I thought that was all over years ago."
I'd thought it was all over years ago, too. I thought something had been done about those infamous orphanages, where children were kept tied in cots, screaming for attention or, worse, rocking and biting themselves in order to get some kind of stimulation. But I was wrong.
It says something about the power of the European Union that Romania, which has been told that it won't be accepted as a member until it cleans up its human-rights record - particularly in regard to children - is finally paying attention to the situation in its 100 or so orphanages. By 2007, government officials have promised, all its orphanages, which now house about 35,000 pitiful children, will be closed down.
The problem is: how will they do this? There's the cynical political way - to give the orphanages a lick of paint, insert a few hardboard partitions to divide them into sections, stick signs on the doors bearing twee names alongside Winnie the Pooh transfers, and pretend that all orphans are now looked after in small family homes - in other words, to change nothing. The other way is the one followed by the charity Hope and Homes for Children, which has already succeeded in closing down five orphanages, and is closing four more this year.
Mark Cook and his wife Caroline started Hope and Homes for Children 10 years ago. Mark was the commander of Britain's United Nations contingent in Croatia when the war there started. One day he discovered a ruined orphanage, with 65 orphans who had hidden in the cellar for three weeks. Resolving to rebuild it, he resigned from the Army to complete the task, using local labour and resources.
On his return to England, Mark read Michael Nicholson's book, Natasha's Story, which told how the ITN reporter rescued a girl from an orphanage in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He decided to go back with Caroline to see how the other orphans Natasha had left behind were faring. What they found horrified them.
"It was a terrible place," he says. "There were 40 babies in cots in one stiflingly hot room, covered in sores, desperate for attention. In another part there were older children, behaving like pack animals." The Cooks managed to rebuild this orphanage, smuggling 300,000 Deutschmarks over the mountains and into the country strapped to Mark's body. They went on to Albania, where they built a new orphanage.
Later, one night in their Wiltshire home, Caroline was peeling carrots in the kitchen when the phone rang. "Do you build homes for orphans of war?" asked a voice. "Er... yes," she said. It was a man from Sierra Leone. Hope and Homes now works in 14 countries. Over the past 10 years it has built itself into a £4m-a-year charity and rehoused more than 8,000 children orphaned by war, disease or poverty, all over the world.
When Hope and Homes for Children first went into Romania, in 1996, the Cooks could hardly believe what they saw. "In one orphanage, the lucky ones were about 60 babies, stuffed into a metal pen under an awning on a concrete patch, all in grey vests with numbers on them," Mark says. The unlucky ones were kept indoors; another 60 children aged between a few days and three years lived at the top of a hospital, all in cots. They never went outside.
Mark and Caroline immediately bought six houses, modernised and painted them, created gardens, provided beds, chairs, tables and toys, trained staff to care for the children and installed 10 orphans in each house - and so was born a new idea. Rather than simply rebuild an orphanage, why not get these children into smaller units with outdoor areas, with the aim eventually of getting them fostered or, ideally, back with the families that had abandoned them? "After all," Mark says, "when you ask abandoned children what they would like, they don't answer, 'I want to go into a lovely orphanage.' They say, 'I want to have a family of my own.'"
Abandoning children had become common in Romania, partly because parents were often too poor to look after an extra child, and partly because of the large Roma population - Roma children have big families and don't have access to medical help or education. But it was the former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu who exacerbated the problem. Eager to populate Romania with some kind of master race, in 1980 he instituted "baby police" and compulsory gynaecological examinations to ensure that women were not trying to avoid their patriotic duty, which was to have as many children as possible. Unmarried people and married couples without children were penalised by higher taxes. Abortion was banned, there were no social services, and orphanages became places where unwanted or handicapped children where simply dumped.
These institutions became such big business to the staff running them that the directors went out touting for children, promising families money in return for their kids. Some were bribed to bear children especially for the orphanages. Ioan Ardelean, the local Russian Orthodox priest at Hoteni, says: "I know that in one small village near here, as many as 50 perfectly normal children were taken to be put in an institution." Ardelean has adopted four children from one orphanage to bring up in his own family.
At that time, orphans were highly lucrative. They could be sold abroad for $40,000 to $50,000 each, particularly to the United States, which did not sign the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Of course, some children went to kindly couples, but there were no checks on who got them, and teenage girls were in huge demand, probably for prostitution. Others were sold as slaves and, staggeringly, for spare organ parts.
When I visited one of the Romanian orphanages - the Institute for Children with Severe Special Needs, in Oradea - I was not prepared for what I found. We arrived in what seemed like a perfectly normal part of town, a busy suburban street near a football stadium. Homely women in bright headscarves were shopping, a cat jumped from its place in the sun, and children played in the street. Workmen were mixing cement in a garden, and there was a quiet air of pleasantness. But, entering the grim concrete building where the orphans were housed, everything changed.
First, we were shown the babies. Well, they appeared to be babies, but it soon became clear that several of these wretched children were far older than they looked. One particularly tragic creature, who looked like a tiny refugee from Belsen with a strange space-creature face and huge, desperate eyes, kept pleading to be picked up. She was 15 years old. Others tried feebly to stand in their cots and cried, stretching out their arms and seizing passers-by, desperate for any kind of attention.
To say I was reduced to tears doesn't begin to cover the emotions I felt. Like everyone else, I was overcome with a mixture of horror, pity, revulsion, hopelessness, fury and deep, deep sadness.
In the section for older children, we saw children with their hands strapped together and their arms tied to the bars of cots, some with their heads locked in huge helmets to stop them self-harming. They rolled around as much as their fetters would allow, groaning and rocking - anything to relieve their excoriating boredom, loneliness and misery. They will be left like this for days on end. Many have never seen the sunlight. Dante's seventh circle of hell could not be worse than this.
These children receive little treatment, except occasional sedation. Many of them, tragically, started off as perfectly normal children but have become disabled simply through sensory deprivation, lack of movement and exercise and a complete lack of affection or love, or even human contact of any kind. Many otherwise healthy five-year-olds cannot feed themselves, speak or walk - because they never leave their cots.
In some of these orphanages, there may be only one member of staff to feed and change more than 70 children. Ceilings have caved in, there are no plug sockets, live wires stick out from the walls, there are no light bulbs and no heating, and rats infest the rooms near the toilets. In the Girdani institution, an orphanage only recently closed by Hope and Homes, there was very little drinking water, even when the temperature rose to 35C. "What was the best thing about leaving the orphanage?" one orphan was asked when she was rehoused. "Water," she said. "And what else?" "Water." "Anything else?" "Water."
In the notorious Camin Spital orphanage in Sighet, it was so cold in winter that the children couldn't put their feet on the icy floor-tiles - they had no shoes - and had to sit on chairs, hunched up, hands inside T-shirts, rocking their shaven heads wretchedly, with nothing else to do. When they were occasionally let out to play, they had no idea what to do; they spent their time crying, rocking, hitting or biting themselves until they bled - or hitting each other. They ate like animals, ripped off all their clothes and destroyed everything they could see.
Care professionals from Europe who are quite used to children with special needs in their own countries are shocked by the state of children in Romania. For those who are handicapped, incarceration and the lack of treatment have made them far, far worse than they need be. Because of their severe conditions, rocking and self-harming is common. The children have no idea of trust, no imagination and no moral sense. They indulge often in obsessive masturbation, aggression or tantrums. "Take away normal interaction with adults," says Mark, "and they simply can't develop, either emotionally or physically. They have no choices at all. They are told when to sleep, when to eat, what to wear. Freedom can be an overwhelming discovery."
What makes things so difficult for Hope and Homes is that when it tries to close these orphanages and place the children into families or small family homes, its workers are often met with fierce resistance. The directors and staff of the institutions, worried about their jobs, bitterly oppose any change, saying that the children will be worse off, and that nothing can be done. "They say that children are like vegetables, not worth helping," says Stefan Darabus, Hope and Homes' director for Romania. "And it's true; you see some of these children and you feel there's nothing you can do. And yet, after six months living in a small family home, their lives are totally transformed."
There are now 50 such homes in Romania started by Hope and Homes. The staff ratio is about one adult to four children. They have their own toys and clothes, and they're given mirrors (which were forbidden in the orphanages) to give them an idea of who they are, helping to boost their sense of self-respect. These are children who, without intervention, would have stayed in the orphanages until they were 18 and then been placed in a gruesome old people's home to die.
Certainly, it is extraordinarily moving seeing children such as Mitrut, blind and confined to a cot for 17 years but now, at 18, able to walk for the first time in his life. Then there is Lia, who arrived in her family home very aggressive and addicted to chewing cigarette ends, with a permanently furious expression. Now she beams, she's stopped chewing and she shows almost no aggressive behaviour. Monica was tied up for many years, doubled over with her feet behind her head and arms across her chest. She's stopped self-harming, her body has straightened out and she's starting to walk.
Doctors had given up on some orphans, but now many are walking for the first time. They can feed, dress and go to the toilet themselves. In every small family home we visited we were met by cheers, smiles and a dozen friendly arms pulling us upstairs to show us their own rooms and beds.
What is so marvellous is that lots of families, seeing the improvements their children have made, have started to visit them again. Sometimes the children go home for good. At last, they have found people who love them. It is hoped that all the children in these small, friendly homes will eventually be fostered or adopted.
But things are also changing in Romania itself, and Hope and Homes is working closely with the government and local authorities. Abortion is now allowed, and there is a government-run social services network. It is hoped that the cruel culture of abandonment will eventually become a thing of the past. The last orphanage in Romania was built in 1994. From 1 January next year, it will be illegal to put any children aged under two in an institution. And international adoption was made illegal from June this year.
In Europe, the whole idea of orphanages smacks of Dickens and workhouses. Even the comparatively recent Barnardo's homes seem to exist in another time, now that it's known that children always do better in smaller environments. Hope and Homes is trying to spread the word; one of its young team-members, Georgette Mulheir, has drafted a "how to" guide on de-institutionalising the orphanages in Romania, which Unicef is to publish next year. The UN children's fund hopes the guide will be a blueprint for other countries.
Surprisingly, Sudan has become a convert to Hope and Homes' ideas. "Last year, their government sent a party of 10 people, led by a devout, white-robed Muslim, to Romania to see what we are doing," Mark says. "Some were cynical and even disapproving, but after a week they returned to Khartoum, determined to close their first orphanage, where 250 children die each month." Hope and Homes is helping them to do this, and already 50 babies have been fostered by local families.
Caroline Cook's dream was to close all the orphanages in Romania. Now Hope and Homes for Children is having a far wider impact by creating models of family-based care for orphaned children, which can be replicated around the world.
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Hana State Park, then on to Cape Canaveral
... a guided bus tour out to the launch pad, the vehicle assembly building. It was an expensive day @$50.00 each Even With The Senior Rate but worth it. Very interesting and the buildings and presentation were top notch. Highly recommend it. Expenses: Campsite Hana State Park 2 nites: $68.00 Campsite Seasons in the Sun 2 nites: ...
Hello Florida
... again and that meant we were finally going to reach Florida. We made our way down the 17 to the A1A on Amelia Island. Since our auxiliary battery was acting up and we knew it was pretty old we went to an O`Reilys auto parts to do a free battery check. They confirmed what we expected and the battery wasn't charging anymore. We thought we could maybe get some juice out of it by charging it with a charger we bought from Wal-Mart but it just wouldn't hold enough ...
Breakfast and Supplies
We set out early from Savannah at dawn with an outside temp of 28. I had already stored the water hose the previous night, so just had to put in electrical cord and go thru checklist then hookup Mr. Toad and head out. Light traffic. We have a 250 mile trip today but on mostly interstate out to ...
Health shoes in Brandon
... this brand name of footwear. Many footwear lines are open-toed with adjustable straps with buckles for the best convenience. The closed-toed range supplies space for the round to toe areas. Clogs with open-back s and standard yet familiar full size shoes are offered from this shoemaker as well. Birkenstocks have actually passed the test of time for strength, convenience, and support. They are definitely worth the cost. Wellness and Comfort ...
In Loving Memory of My Mom
Sometimes When it Rains it Pours. On a bright sunny day, I do pretty well keeping my attitude positive and balancing the "cancer" treatment needs and side effects with my regular activities. Then, last Saturday afternoon, September 6, 2014 my Mother, Beverly Stein Goldstein died unexpectedly in Florida. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesu nion/obituary.aspx?n=beverly-stein-gold stein&pid=172392276
A few hours later, Mark and I left for Jacksonville. ...