The right to love

Hello bloggers.

I'm new here, but am very familiar with social justice issues.
My name is Jess and I am looking forward to connecting with you all.

So I'd like to start with a question.
Do you have the right to be loved?

I hope that you all answered yes. Love is one of the basic rights that we have as a human, without it, we simply would not grow and develop into a healthy person. Each person deserves the basic necessities of life, but for many, as you all are aware of to some degree, simply isn't a reality.
It was nearly five years ago that I first remember seeing footage of a hospital in Romania where cameras had been snuck in, what lay inside totally changed my perception on human suffering. Inside this hospital were rows and rows of babies and toddlers confined to these cots with no more attention than a very brief check by the few nurses that they had to care for these babies. They were often left hours in their own faeces barely getting enough milk or food. Day after day they lay on their backs looking out from the bars of their cots, waiting for someone to come and pick them up, pay them some attention. The outcome of this is perfectly healthy born babies becoming crippled for life, their limbs twisted from spending hours without any stimulation, their minds never having developed, not knowing how to act or how to respond to another human,so they bang their heads against the wall and rock from side to side, the only thing they can do.
So I sat their and hoped that everyone watching felt the same anguish and guilt that I felt, so much so that we would be willing to give up all that we had to see this injustice brought to it's knees.
Then I discovered Orphans Aid International late last year, ordinary people working towards better outcomes for Orphans. They are examples that anyone can make a difference.

Their is hope, all that is needed is people who care enough.
Check out their website and definitely look at their trade me page.

Hope to make a difference.