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06-28-2006, 12:12 AM
| | |  JKR thanks The Sun for support & highlights issues
Jo originally became involved with the Children's High Level Group when she read about how some children in the Czech Republic were kept in caged beds - the pictures of the children in question spurred her to do something. In January of this year she went to Romania to visit some Eastern European orphanages and attend a fundraising gala. She later wrote about her experiences in the Sunday Times.
In her latest piece, this time in The Sun, Jo thanks those who've supported the Children's High Level Group and their work, detailing what exactly has been done and what still needs to be done. The entire article can be read here courtesy of The Leaky Cauldron. Quote:
"At the heart of our campaign is strengthening the family. This means freeing children from the institutions in which they are being raised, often in unacceptable conditions, and returning them either to their own families or loving foster homes."
Inspired by the changes in Romania, other countries are following suit, such as Moldova but, JK writes, there is still more work to do, particularly in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. Quote:
"We need to gather support, using pressure from the UK public, to persuade them that change MUST happen."
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"Together we can change the lives of thousands of children across Europe by ending practices such as caged beds, keeping as many children as we can out of institutions and ensuring as many as possible are raised by families who love them."
Jo also writes about The Children's Voice, a fundraising and awareness campaign, highlighting the launch of their website through which members of the public can become involved in the effort.  | |
06-28-2006, 12:19 AM
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SHNAP!!! wow Jo is doing so many charities!! thats so awesome!!
am I first to post? yay! 
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06-28-2006, 12:21 AM
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06-28-2006, 12:22 AM
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I love when JO makes charities!! She is so thoughtfull
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06-28-2006, 01:05 AM
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She is soooooo caring!! She will like help any1 she can!! Jo is awesome
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06-28-2006, 01:20 AM
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We should b thanxing her 4 all the stuff she does. *appluase*
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06-28-2006, 03:24 AM
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She's amazing! I just love her! 
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06-28-2006, 03:51 AM
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That is such a great cause. Jo always does so much for excellent childrens causes. They definetly should not be in cages, and I would really like to know why they ever thought that would be a good idea.
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06-28-2006, 04:06 AM
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go girl , go J.K!!!! 
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06-28-2006, 06:17 AM
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She's sooooooo nice. I love the fact she gives loads to charity.
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06-28-2006, 06:33 AM
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yes its great that she does so much for evryone xx
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06-28-2006, 07:02 AM
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06-28-2006, 07:11 AM
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Jo is wonderful!!!!
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JO we love you!!!!
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06-28-2006, 08:13 AM
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06-28-2006, 08:25 AM
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Jo was amazing..
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i saw that in the Un on Monday! it was a lovely letter from Jo
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06-28-2006, 10:40 AM
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Its so awesome how she uses her influence, she could be sitting back in a dark wooded personal library with the most expensive wine doing nothing but relaxing, but she isnt, she's out there helping people and displaying the biggest theme in her books, that love is the most important thing there is.
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i read the article in february, brought me to tears.
and read this one the other day as well in the pub, she really is amazin!!!
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06-28-2006, 11:34 AM
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That's awesome! Jo rocks!
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06-28-2006, 12:35 PM
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That's AWESOME! She does some much for others! Go Jo! | |
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06-28-2006, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by EmmaRiddle Jo originally became involved with the Children's High Level Group when she read about how some children in Romania were kept in caged beds - the pictures of the children in question spurred her to do something. Actually, the children kept in caged beds were mentioned by JKR in relation to the Czech Republic, not Romania. Her implication with the latter country came to be as a result of a conversation JK had with Baroness Emma Nicholson, who indeed has been working with problems relating to child wellfare and support; yet I believe that caged beds were not ever mentioned as to Romania. Quote:
Originally Posted by JK In 2003 I read an article in the British Sunday Times about the use of 'cage beds' in psychiatric institutions in the Czech Republic. The article alleged that children as young as two were being kept in these beds, without physical contact or comfort, for the majority of the day and night. The photograph that accompanied the article – of a very young boy staring through wire mesh at the camera - is still branded on my memory; in fact, it was so disturbing that when my eyes first fell on it my immediate instinct was to turn the page quickly so as not to have to look at it. | |
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06-28-2006, 12:57 PM
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JO you rock! That is all I wanna say
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06-28-2006, 01:56 PM
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She's amazing-using her fame to help others rarely happens in the world of celebrity.
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06-28-2006, 01:59 PM
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JO IS THE BEST.She is doing so much for other people.SHE ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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