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why
the story of justine
a seven year old girl in the Central African Republic, that will change the worldJustine is now 16 years old
It is possible
She will change the world.
With her dreams, her goals and the unbreakable
belief that everything is possible.
She speaks French and attends school with many
other street children who follow her lead. With our help and the belief
that everything is possible, she grows into a
future no one would ever imagine possible.
who
claudia
the little girl with the blond curlsI was born in Austria
on the lucky side of this world,
the privileged one, the one humans decided
to fence off as well as possible from the unlucky one,
with borders and limits
drawn on land and life.
I was a little girl, three years old, with blond, curly hair.
When my mother Ricky sold me
to my stepfather Helmut, who raped this little
girl with her blond, curly hair, I did not die. I cried
for a long time.
My grandmother raised me,
and many years later, I connected
with my mother as if nothing had ever happened,
no words, nothing.
Not long ago, I was working in Belgrade and received
a call from my son. She was in the hospital in critical condition.
I rushed with the car to Austria and went to the hospital,
standing next to her bed.
I told her, it’s ok, mama, I forgive you,
you don’t know right and wrong.
She said, I’m sorry. She died two days later.
Change can happen in a second or a hundred years, and it does bit by bit. Yes, I am afraid sometimes, but I’m not scared, and no fear can change my path because every morning, no matter what was before, I am flooded by the morning sun and my decision to do another tiny bit to change the world.
together
on the way
With Marvin
our driver, assistant, and angel for everything, who my daughter Sid loves endlessly.Our Mamas
taking in our kids, so they have a mama againOur Cook
who has already made thousands of sanwitches, even though she would love to work in a real restaurant.Our problem solver
who always finds a way to get us out of the mad, when our car is stuck, andOur military guys
who keep us safe wherever we are and make our kids laugh.
