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Project Seven: Swimming with Dolphins

People suffering from cerebral palsy are barely able to move and suffer great pain all their lives. Alexey has been in pain from the disease every since the day he was born. Now, in the Crimea, there is a special health centre where children like Alexey receive treatment swimming with dolphins.

In the water, the body is relaxed and children are able to move more freely. Dolphins have a special form of communication. They seem to understand that these children need special care; they support them in the water, play with them and help build their confidence. People suffering cerebral palsy have problems in expressing their emotions, and it has been discovered that this type of psychological therapy with dolphins can me more effective than formal medical treatment.

Thanks to the money raised by the Hegre charity initiative, I was able to send Alexey and his mother to the Crimea and they will stay there for almost three weeks until October 30 while Alexey receives treatment.

Alexey is 14. He speaks quite well, in spite of his condition, and is even able to study at home. He can hardly move, but he does his best to dance sitting
in the wheelchair with his sisters around him. The family consists of mother and three children: Alexey and his two sisters, Katya, 17 and Masha, 12. They
are a very talented family. Katya draws very well; she studies design at the university and also works in the kindergarten. Alexey sculpts interesting figures from dough. And Masha plays piano.

There will be a report on Alexey's progress in November.



Tanya Shumeyko, for 1% New Nudes New Hopes.