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Posted on 21 December 2007

A Million Pounds - A Million Hearts of Love is my new campaign.

In September 2007, the BBC showed Kate Blewett's documentary: Bulgaria's Abandoned Children. I had heard of it but did not wish to see it, afraid of the sorrow and heartbreak it would cause me.

My Grandmother once worked for an orphanage but, disillusioned and unable to bear seeing the abuses, she resigned. I had always known that Bulgarian orphanages left much to be desired but I was not prepared for the reality of pain.

Last night, in the hope of satisfying my regular hunger for fashion, I bought Grazia magazine, which ran a story on the documentary. The images of the children were shattering, compelling - and suddenly my desire to discover the season's "IT" bag was replaced with immense sorrow. And shame. I find though that sorrow is more powerful.

My parents taught me that when faced with a situation that causes you pain, the only thing to do is to DO something. I did some research and found out that in response to the documentary The Campaing for Bulgaria's Abandoned Children was started - a chairty whose work is already making a difference - a link to their page is below.

Please donate as much as you can and as much as your heart allows. According to the article - £5 buys a set of clothes for a child in Bulgaria while £1,000 pays for a child's carer for one year! £1,000 = 2 pairs of Louboutins; or not quite a whole "it" handbag; a weekend away; a night out......

But, at the end of the day, what remains after us is the good we did, the people we helped - a positive energy which reverberates through the Universe and makes it that little bit better.

Please help me publicise the campaign and forward on to friends. Thank You!

£1 = 1 Heart of Love

As always: Love and Peace,

Volly

http://www.tbact.org/root.aspx?pointerid=b02d0849b85b4e12a71e2fcd0ed3290d

happy birthday Donation by Philippe 08/04/08  

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Happy birthday mademoiselle Donation by olivier 08/04/08  

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Happy birthday sugar!! Best of luck with this cause!! Donation by Jennifer Curley 08/04/08  

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Happy Birthday my love! Donation by Lisa DAguiar 08/04/08  

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Happy Birthday! LOL Desiree Donation by Desiree Derwort 08/04/08  

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Happy birthday! Love Val and Pete Donation by Valerie 07/04/08  

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Good luck Volly Donation by Arif 14/02/08  

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Donation by Manue Roux 14/02/08  

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Za detzata s lubov Donation by Anyonymous 13/02/08  

£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by R. Petrova 08/02/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Volinka - I'm so pleased that you're collecting for this worth cause. xx Donation by Tanya Shamlian 07/02/08  

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Donation by david reynolds 01/02/08  

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Dear Volinka, great cause, hope you'll reach your target. LOL Desiree Donation by Desiree Derwort 01/02/08  

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Hi Volinka, hope you reach your goal! Donation by Sarah Vandenhende 31/01/08  

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Keep up the good work Vols! Donation by Keely Roberts 31/01/08  

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Very worthy, best wishes. Donation by Alex Shopov 31/01/08  

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Donation by Stan 31/01/08  

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All the best Volinka, a very worthy cause, hope you manage to reach your goal Donation by Rahul Gulati 07/01/08  

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Donation by manfred 04/01/08  

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Donation by Maria Leistner 27/12/07  

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Donation by anonymous 26/12/07  

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Donation by Annabelle 24/12/07  

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