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Giving Tuesday: Alexandra’s Story

It’s Giving Tuesday and people all across the UK are supporting causes that are making a huge difference in our world. Here at CBN Europe we are reaching out to the UK, Europe and beyond to make Jesus known. 

Put your hope into action this Giving Tuesday. 

Meet Alexandra.

Two and a half years ago, Alexandra was born in a hospital in Eastern Romania. After giving birth, her mother tested positive for AIDS. On hearing this news, she abandoned her daughter at the County Hospital. Due to an overwhelmed social care system, and AIDS stigma, the social services would not pick up Alexandra to put her into the care system. 

Alexandra went to spend the next two and a half years – every single day of her life – stuck in a hospital cot being cared for as much as possible by nurses. She had never left the ward. When COVID19 struck, chaos hit the healthcare system. The overwhelmed and overworked nurses realised that they could no longer look after Alexandra. Finally, social services contacted our Orphan’s Promise supported home for abandoned children in Romania. Our team collected her as soon as they heard the story. 

Sadly, due to COVID19, Alexandra had to be quarantined alone in a room for two weeks away from the other children in our home. But now, she is able to play and spend time with them, the older children love to connect with her. Our team say, weeks later, she is finally responding to interaction and even laughing with the other children. 

“She is a lovely, happy girl with so much life.”

The sad, lonely and traumatic life that Alexandra has lived for the last 2.5 years, is now filled with God’s hope and mercy. She has doting House Parents that can spend time with her all day, and we pray that she’d find a Christian foster family and one day be adopted. 

Since we last caught up with Alexandra there have been some really encouraging comments made about her progress:

“She is doing very well and is coming on leaps and bounds. She is making secure attachments and will hopefully be going through the adoption process when a perfect couple is found.”

She is a lovely, happy girl with so much life. Thank God for her precious life. Thank you, Orphan’s Promise, for helping us to help her.”

We are delighted that Alexandra is doing so well in the care of people who are loving her and supporting her development.

Please continue to pray for Alexandra. Here’s how:

  • Prayers for her continued progress, in forming secure attachments and developing as a healthy young girl.
  • For a foster family and/or adoptive parents for Alexandra to secure her future and ensure her progress continues.
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Put your hope into action this Giving Tuesday. Advance the Gospel. Help the vulnerable. Make a difference.

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