A Beautiful Moment

Hi everyone! Remember me??...:rolleyes:

Hope everyone is well and finding happiness in every aspect of life.

My work has been extremely hectic over the past few weeks, but at the same time massively rewarding. I thought I'd share with you guys a beautiful story about my work that has inspired me lately...

5 years ago in the centre of Rio de Janeiro a group of hooded off-duty police opened fire on a group of sleeping homeless children, for no apparent reason. These groups are known as 'death squads' and in this case they killed 8 kids, and injured many more. Others who were lucky enough to survive were taken under arrest, some tortured. Amnesty International caught wind of this atrocity and began to investigate and campaign for the rights of these children. I am proud to say that after countless hours and passionate dedication, 3 ex-military police officers have been held responsible and every child is now free from captivity. One of the surviving children wrote to us not long ago. Her name is Elisabeth Cristina, and I'm not ashamed to say that her kind words and warm spirit brought tears to my eyes - "Nobody cared for me except Amnesty International. For a while I got all these letters from someone called Amnesty and I was very happy. Then it was explained to me that it was not just one person, but lots of people around the world. Then I was even happier. You're like part of my family."

I feel uplifted everytime I think of this brave young girl. The names, faces and stories of such people are at the heart of our work, and to give freedom back to them is, quite simply, the greatest gift I have ever known.

I hope you can all draw from this and be as touched as I was. Thanks again for all your support.

'Use Your Freedom'

That is a beautiful story. How incredible.

I wrote several letters to Amnesty International a couple of years ago about some terrible things that were going on in Algeria. I am glad that such an organization exists.

Your work sounds wonderful. You are very fortunate to have a job that is so rewarding.

That is an organization I always try to help. We never know when we are going to need it ourselves. Keep up with the good work, Roberto, we miss you!

for doing what you are doing.... That is an awesome organization, and that, along with Habitat for Humanity,in my opinion are one of the two best for really helping people. It always amazes me, too, in a terribly sad way, that this is going on today in supposedly civilized societies. You have touched many hearts...and probably more than you even realize. Bless you and your peers.

Originally posted by Trish
[B]Thank God the number of good people far outweigh the number of bad.[B]
sometimes i wonder about that...but i hope your right.

but you're inteligent so i'll take your word for it.:D

I once read that the day the bad guys outnumber the good ones, this world will end.

and it brought to mind the movie that even thinking of it give me the heebee jeebees... Escape from New York. BUT I do think that the good far out number the bad. But maybe it is not the "GOOD" like we see in people like Roberto; those are exceptional. By good I just mean the ones who basically follw the rules of state and God... they cause no disharmony nor harm.... and because of that, they really go unnoticed in life...sorta like the silent majority. TO prove this point, when people ask if I am afraid to teach in a high school, they are going on the assumption that all teenagers are like the ones they see on tv and on the news, and that is far from the truth. It is just sad that the BAD MINORITY in every area gets all the media attention while the good get almost none....hence our perception that the "bad" is in the majority.