Children under very tough conditions in Lithuania
For 20 years now we have been helping abandoned or disadvantaged children in the Lithauania.
The first time we visited Lithauania in 1995 we met Victoras, a boy who was eleven years old when we met at the orphenage. When Viktoras first arrived at the orphanage, he was in very bad condition. He stayed there for six years, and then he was picked up by his father, who had recently been released from prison. Life together with his father was anything but harmonious, with excessive drinking and partying but little by way of nourishment.
Victoras said:
"I often had to go out begging for money to get something to eat. I went into bars because that's where I could get the most money. When I came home my father would usually be sleeping like a log. I remember that there were very often parties at our place, and there was a lot of screaming and fighting. One day at school I fainted, and my teacher found out that I hadn't eaten in four days. He took me to the school kitchen and gave me something to eat. I was extremely happy because I was so hungry, but only managed to eat a little before I threw up. The teacher also gave me a new shirt, and that's when he discovered all the bruises on my body. He cried and said he was going to help me."
In 1994 Victoras returned back to the orphenage. Life at home in small poor villages in Lithuania can mean living under terrible conditions for a child.
In partnership with PSGC in Lithuania we regularly visit children in the outskirts of towns and in villages to provide food, clothes and neccesary items for the children.
The first time we visited Lithauania in 1995 we met Victoras, a boy who was eleven years old when we met at the orphenage. When Viktoras first arrived at the orphanage, he was in very bad condition. He stayed there for six years, and then he was picked up by his father, who had recently been released from prison. Life together with his father was anything but harmonious, with excessive drinking and partying but little by way of nourishment.
Victoras said:
"I often had to go out begging for money to get something to eat. I went into bars because that's where I could get the most money. When I came home my father would usually be sleeping like a log. I remember that there were very often parties at our place, and there was a lot of screaming and fighting. One day at school I fainted, and my teacher found out that I hadn't eaten in four days. He took me to the school kitchen and gave me something to eat. I was extremely happy because I was so hungry, but only managed to eat a little before I threw up. The teacher also gave me a new shirt, and that's when he discovered all the bruises on my body. He cried and said he was going to help me."
In 1994 Victoras returned back to the orphenage. Life at home in small poor villages in Lithuania can mean living under terrible conditions for a child.
In partnership with PSGC in Lithuania we regularly visit children in the outskirts of towns and in villages to provide food, clothes and neccesary items for the children.