Un articol interesant in ziarul britanic "The Northern Echo". Un articol care dezvaluie un alt beneficiu pe care il poate aduce voluntariatul -- de data asta voluntarului in sine, pe care il ajuta sa-si schimbe viata in bine prin asumarea de responsabilitati. ---------------------------- Vali "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of greatness." (Carlo Goldoni)
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." (Jimi Hendrix) Trial <http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1200652.0.trial_date_boy_vo ws_to_stay_in_romania.php> date boy vows to stay in Romania A DEFIANT teenager is refusing to return from Romania to face a criminal hearing because he is "turning his life around". For the past ten weeks, Stephen Baker has been working for a volunteer aid organisation helping underprivileged families in the former Eastern bloc country. It is a far cry from his life in the North-East, where he has previously been involved in anti-social behaviour. The 16-year-old was due to appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court later this month for criminal damage. But he has refused to return because he believes his stint in Romania - the first time he has ever been abroad - is putting his life back on track. At a hearing earlier this week, his mother, Sharon, from Middlesbrough, asked for the trial to be adjourned, but magistrates refused. Chairwoman of the bench Carole Freeman Dunn said: "We had to balance the interests of Stephen and the interest of justice." The court heard that magistrates had relaxed bail conditions, including an electronic tag, to allow him to go to Romania on December 16. Charity worker Rod Jones is behind Convoy Aid, which set the challenge for Stephen to make the changes to his life. Last night, Mrs Baker said Stephen had declared he would not be present for his case. She said: "He is not trying to avoid the trial. He just wants to stay out there for another five months to make sure he has got his head straight. "He loves having responsibility and has told me his life has changed for the better. "Why should he come back when he is rehabilitating himself out there?" She added: "While he has been out there he has repaired roofs, built walls and collected firewood for the village. He gets up early on a morning and that's not like Stephen." Stephen, of Mitford Close, Middlesbrough, is due before Teesside magistrates on February 26 and the case could be heard in his absence. 8:44am today <http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/misc/copytext.php> C Copyright 2001-2007 <http://www.newsquest.co.uk/> Newsquest Media Group
