WHO WE ARE

Anita Cox has been working in the field
of domestic violence since 1995. She has
worked as a crisis counsellor to women
in Queensland Australia for seven years,
and has worked as a crisis counsellor to
children for two years. She has also
worked in the country of Belarus for 2-6
month periods since 2001 providing
training, support, and resources for
domestic violence crisis centers,
orphanages, those who work with
orphans, and groups of adults interested
in understanding more about domestic
violence and its effects. Anita is also a
trainer for the ASSIST suicide
intervention training program.  She
began to work full time in Eastern
Europe and the former USSR in February
2006.


Karen Hvidding has been working with
orphans in Belarus since 2001 and
continues to work in Eastern Europe and
the former USSR on a full time basis. She
has worked with state run orphanages,
private children's homes, camps,
children's hospitals, schools and
churches. She began working with
women and children in Romania in April
2006. She has worked to provide
therapeutic activities and resources for
children in institutions that encourage
artistic development, creative
expression, and healing since becoming
aware of the isolation and powerlessness
that orphans experience throughout
their life.
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