She is 32 years old, she was born in Limarko, graduated from college in Dublin, specialty TV-produc

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She - Vivien Irish Long. She is 32 years, 10 of which she has lived in a small Belarusian town of Cherven, helping local kids with disabilities, mental disorders. Here, in the deep heart of Europe, she found love - a local girl Natalia - and experienced the true life. Like a new youth series? And in fact, God's ways are just 60 km from the capital.
Outside the windows machine stretches gray Belarusian Sunday driver gaining address the main post office on the city Cherven GPS-navigators. Vivien Irish, to which we are going to visit, on the phone to explain how to find her house. We speak English, Russian language as our heroine is harder, and I can not understand Vivien first time since it tastes like Guinness, Irish accent.
June - a typical Belarusian provincial town. Church - Orthodox, Catholic Church - Catholic, Lenin - in the square. Plus executive committee, one restaurant and a youth who goes to a disco in Marina Gorka 25 km from here. "The first time I came here in January 2001, to meet with the country and look around. After returning home, felt - it was the longest week of my life "- says Vivien modest, which meets us in your own kitchen strong black tea with milk. However, this is the middle of nowhere in the perception of a typical European Irish found love - Woman Natalia. Together they bring 15-year-old son of the latter, helping disabled children and struggling with public opinion.
Location - the big cozy kitchen on the top floor of a brick house. Outside the window, lined gray building that can spoil except mental health. Pasted on a cold image of the Virgin Mary, Pride calendar with photos and lesbian kiss pink-cheeked teen Nikita, son of Natalia. We sit at the stout wooden table, chew biscuits and try to understand what evil brought here Vivien.
She is 32 years old, she was born in Limarko, graduated from college in Dublin, specialty TV-production. By Vivien, she always wanted to help people, but from excessive tanning and malaria saved her radio - one day she heard the news, which dealt with Belarus. To help children affected by the Chernobyl explosion, Vivien arrived in June - first week, then three months - and eventually stayed here for 10 years.
The first time was impressive lack of cars on the streets, carts with horses in old chronicles, impressed that manually collect leaves, and then he smoked. In general, Belarus reminded Ireland 40 years ago. And the lack of diapers scarecrow in an orphanage. "You go to the box with 25 seats, where recumbent children, and the smell hits your nose" - says Vivien. "Pampersavaya company" was the first, which was attended by Vivien: Ireland collected money to buy diapers and drove to Cherven path through Europe. Recently, almost all can be purchased locally.
The Irish are actively working to end in June 1990. Not only here but they are not. However, it is here every month or two for a few weeks a group of volunteers come, be sure someone is there during Easter and Halloween. These volunteers proceptor - ordinary good Irish uncles and aunts, who find a thrill in that during my vacation proceptor and put knead concrete walls for orphanages in Belarus. For this, they pay nothing. For example, Vivien lives due to the fact that rents his home in Ireland. "Local simply do not understand the concept of volunteering, ask of you for this tax benefits?" - Chuckles Vivien. Of the other things that are hard to understand - foreign volunteers annually need to restore the visa, and every three months - to cross the border. proceptor
Perhaps, it would have remained our heroine one of the many volunteers for a week, if not quite a dramatic story. "Once I took in my family for nine months of the girl Christina orphanage - says Vivien. - However, the Belarusian government about something before it is necessary, and returned it seven more children home. I realized that I just can not leave her, a seven-year one. " She returned to Belarus and helps organize Irish family adoption process girls. Now Christina and two children with disabilities live in Dublin. Incidentally, the machine does not use the word Vivien disabilities, only special needs.
And then the story like a script independent movie Pride. Storyboard, scene 1: Vivien meets Natalia, the teacher orphanage. Natalia lives in Chervene proceptor life and one with a son. They speak different languages and do not understand each other. Scene 2: a cool evening, while walking home, Natalia throws his jacket over his shoulders dressed for the weather Vivien - the first physical contact. Everyone understands that there is something