Small children, twins and triplets… it was their day!

It is a beautiful day at HOCT, Friday, and the first day of December. It was a bank holiday today, but we worked nonetheless as we plan our days way ahead.

It was a day with all things; food, cakes, parcels, phone calls and letters.

We are happy.

It is the last day of the Month, so usually on this day we celebrate the Birthdays of the children born on that particular month. We love getting them together, so that they chat, socialize and play a little bit. They share a cake together and they have a lot of fun.

There is nothing more important than making a child feel that their date of birth matters – for someone out there.

It was a beautiful, joyous day, we are happy and grateful.

Today we worked for many hours, way after nightfall. But it was good effort; many children came and picked their food, and they played together outside, enjoying the somewhat better weather.

It is so wonderful to see some of them laugh and smile happily. Those spontaneous photos are always the best; they rarely smile upon command, because they do not understand the request; but when they are just themselves, they are simply happy – and you know why? Because they feel your love.

Work lovingly done by Mugoya Swaliki, Mihaela Stoica and Veronica Anghelescu. We work with joy.

At HOCT, all days are beautiful.

We have done much work today, as we were a little behind. The bad weather from the past few days has greatly impeded our activity, but today we caught up a bit.

How beautiful they all are!

It’s a beautiful Monday ❤

Work lovingly done by Mugoya Swaliki & Veronica Anghelescu
Media by Mihaela Florentina Stoica

Sometimes, rarely, we lose children. Their health and physical condition are so fragile, that we cannot save their precious little lives. This is the hardest moment of my activity. To lose a child is to lose a part of myself, because I hold them all so dearly in my heart.

Kato was a child that lived in pain, even though he was dearly loved. He was born with a terrible deformity, a severe curvature of his spine, which gave him an almost… round shape, and greatly impeded breathing. He could not stand, walk, crawl, nothing.

He grew up in a family where 16 other children reside, and he was loved by his siblings. He was always in someone’s arms. At HOCT, we were blessed that Kato was nurtured and loved by one of our long-distance parents, a true heart of gold who did not look at the fact that the child was so ill – she saw the needed, and did not hesitate to help him. She was a bright light in Kato’s short, but precious life and she helped him with everything she had. I am grateful. Kato was loved.

And now, he is gone to rest in a better world, one in which little children do not have to suffer.

Today, even the nature cried for the little Kato.

If you want to make a small donation towards Kato’s family at this tragic time – there are 16 more children in the household – it will be very kindly appreciated, as we want to buy them some food.

PayPal: contact@helponechildthrive.com

So wonderful to see the children at school!

Some of our children study at Victory School, so today we went to visit them.

Just enjoying the mood ❤

Work lovingly accomplished by Veronica Anghelescu and Mugoya Swaliki
Media by Mihaela Florentina Stoica

A lot of things happened today at HOCT.

We visited our children at their respective schools, we distributed food and we updated some of our technology.

Life is beautiful at HOCT.