Her face has been protected, but, pictured below, is a 94-year-old Holocaust resident at a Romanian hospice, in the care of a nurse. “She has various needs,” wrote staff from the hospice. “Now she’s receiving a glucose solution as she is not eating much.” Accessing high quality specialized resources at the Bucharest facility can be a challenge, and they were very grateful when Global Hand partners, HRIF, offered the centre a number of medical infusion pumps. The donation had come through a connection, via our Global Hand website, with a medical tech company in the Netherlands. Most of the residents in this facility are Holocaust survivors.  

One of the heart cries of such victims is that, although they survived the Holocaust, they cannot survive loneliness , poverty and neglect. In many countries, these elderly people are finishing their lives in horrendous circumstances, another form of suffering following the many years they endured early in their lives. The staff at this hospice treasure the opportunity to provide dignity and care for those whose lives have been entrusted to them.