We know Valya, we know. Once I stepped...

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: almost on a human foetus lying in the gutter somewhere in Bombay. Calcutta was the worst I have seen in my life as far a normal situation are concerned. : That is the point what is decribed here is almost the normal situation for a the majority of people in this world. If you are willing to die by suffocation in a container because you want to escape your non-exsistence in a Chinese village then you are an example of that life style too. : As long as there are people in charge who can not be taught to let others learn to fish, as they are only too busy to stuff their own pockets, as long as that continues this suffering will continue. : Communism has fallen down rightly so and capitalism has won some say. But, my God, how many generations will pay the price, will pay of the debts of these swystems. How long will this world be in these clutches, how long do we still accept a system that is supported.governed by international banking. : In the Third Man, Harry Lime (played by Orson Welles) makes a joke about Switzerland: "500 years of brotherly love and democracy. What did it produce? The cuckoo clock" No, it did produce the most sophisticated criminal system there is. The banks. Luckily the cracks are appearing in that system. : But I think we concentrate too much on the individual stories, how heart rendering they always are. The fast poison we see, the slow poison of greed kills us ultimately all. : My tenth of a kopek, : Hans : : Not really travel related, but it will help people to understand the situation in Ukraine a little better. : : Ukraine is not just a "flashy" Kreschatyk and Yalta's waterfront, this letter reflects how most of ukrainians live or say it better survive. : : I read it in yesterday's newspaper and translated it for you, sorry for the mistakes. : : : : I'm only 30, but I don't want to live. : : Dear editors, : : please help me. Please print this letter so people can hear scream of my soul and my heart. : : I'm only 30, but I don't want to live. : : I have two sick children. Son is 9, he has epilepsy and daughter (5) has DCP ( I couldn't find proper translation to it, but it's some kind of paralysis). My husband left me, because he couldn't cope with sick children and all the problems. I don't have any relatives. I don't get any help and can't go to work. My monthly income from kids' pensions is 120 Ukrainian hryvnas ( about $30 Can.) for all three of us. My ex-husband can't find a job, so I don't get any help from him. : : My sick children are in need of vitamins, but I don't even have enough money for necessary medication, plus I must feed them and myself. Our everyday menu is a meatless soup with wheat. Often there is not enough money for bread... : : One time I bought a chunk of bologna, so kids thought it was some kind of special treat... : : It's breaking my heart to watch all this happening to my kids, but I don't know what do to do. I don't want to live, but I can't die. : : Not once or twice I was going to leave this world, but God helped to stop me reminding about the children. If I end my life, I'm not just loose my sole, I loose my children as well. : : Kind people! Please help me if you can. We'll thank you for every penny. Maybe a company can give me some kind of work I could do at home, because we are in a small village and I can't find anything. : : Some people suggest me to send my kids to the orphans home, saying it will be easier for me... Is it going to be better for kids? Healthy children are not looked after properly there and what's going to happen to the sick ones? : : With Hope : : Halina, : : Dnipropetrovsk region, : : Ukraine. : : "Silski Visti" (Rural News) : : Feb. 1/2001

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