Street Children in Perm, Russia - Love's Bridge - Part 1

June 2005: "Insights" on CNN: Part 1 of a report by Ryan Chilcote about Love's Bridge and an interview with Christina Greenberg. Visit the Love's Bridge website for more information. http://www.lovesbridge.com/

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• street
• children
• streetkid
• Perm
• Russia
• Love's
• Bridge

[mrkv39]

i think you are way too hateful and cynical for your own good. Most Russians I know are wonderful people and mot Americans I know who help these kids want nothing in return. They are not part of any agenda - many just went there for a year after college and many ended up there for years because they simply couldn't go back and leave those kids behind. I worked with a NGO there for a year and it was hard to work and even harder to leave it behind...

[mrkv39]

and the truth is, there are homeless kids in Russia. The fact that CNN shows it, does not make it wrong or a lie.  You know, I know it, why can't you be honest about it?

[Elifbathajeable]

@lamees122 that makes u just another less of a person with no face nor respekt ,, big shame

[skinpli]

yeh there homeless kids in america... but theres a shyt load of programs to help...russia gov is shyttty these people r stepping over kids like trash in the streets...shame :(

[wyesdnil]

@lamees122 freak.

[ElenaXVI]

People always call Russians collectivists, but Russians have no social feelings, they care about their family and friends mostly. If someone drops on the sidewalk probably nobody will come to them to help and Russians don't give money to charities and stuff like that. Europeans and Americans are much better at that, they're friendly and try to make life easier for other people... why are they always stereotyped as cold and indifferent? And Russians as warm and helpful. It's just false imho.

[lamees122]

is there a pretty girl in that place?? i dont mind take 1 of them and live with me ;d . instead of walkign they wil drive a free car!!! , wtb prety rusian girl.

[lilicooc100]

instead russians politiks "care about russians from georgia " they have money people time to bomb Georgia and saying they help rusians ...

[Whinestee]

Американцы помогают нашим бездомным детям, а от самих Русских помощи нет - своему же поколению, молодёжи! Что творится???

[JohanOlsson]

this is soo sad =(

[mrkv39]

@Ura293 you can see it on tape. Watch Children of Leningradsky - there is actual footage of a kid being stomped by cops. I never saw cops actually beating children but I saw a few teenagers after they spent time in police stations. THey were covered with bruises. Cops use violence against those they dont like. This is the worst kept secret in the world. It happens in Russia, it happens in the US.. it happens everywhere.

[Ura293]

@mrkv39 My mom was school headmistres in Russia and retired just year ago - I know a lot about this stuff - and you want to say you have seen police beating up kids in Russia? - you repeat here what those kids say - go ask any bum in your country and he will tell you loads of bs. that everybody around are guilty in his condition, but not he himselve- the same here - human nature is the same everywhere. Any kid would be helped in Russia if showed up in police stn. Those who do -they get help