Kelly Family touched by little Andreea
Andreea met personally the Kellys and knew the Kellys as people, not as stars: lovely and sensitive
Andreea Piri is an almost 3 year old girl from Kronstadt (Brasov) Romania. She was born premature and she was kept in an incubator. Because of the strong light, the little remain almost blind. With one eye she cannot see anything and with the other eye she can see only shadows.
foto: Kurt Assmuss, Andreea and her mama
Kurt Assmuss , founder and director from the HI.L.F.T. (Help Is Life For Thousands) charity organization found out about the little Andreea. Patricia, Maite and Paddy (H.I.L.F.T member since august 2001) supported some H.I.L.F.T. charity actions. Paddy even helped financial a Romanian woman who had breast cancer and he get involved last year in "Soup Kitchen" action and helped in this way poor people from Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.
Mister Kurt Assmuss met the little girl in August and he was very touched by her and decided to help. As the Kellys were to concert on the Golden Stag stage, on 4th of September, mister Kurt Assmuss came from Germany, Mainz, extra for Andreea. Here, Andreea met the Kellys and two of them, Patricia and Patrick, were very deeply touched (this could have been seen in their eyes) by the girl's tragedy and they decided to help. Andreea was the little "star" in the Golden Stag backstage. Paddy agreed to make two photos with the little (he hasn't allowed the publishing of the photos yet; Patricia and Jimmy made a photo with the little, too) and Patricia promised she would help the family with money for the surgery. The little Andreea must go first in Germany to be overseen by a doctor from there, and only after this, we will know if there are chances or not.
Alina, Andreea's mother, was very impressed by the Kellys. They were very natural and normal with them, although she hadn't met them before. Patricia even brought juice for the guests and Paddy brought a banana and some chips. Paddy himself tried to bring an armchair from another room, for the mother and the child, even if in the room where they stayed, were chairs. The photos with the little and Paddy were made with blitz and, because Andreea has very sensivite eyes, she began to cry. Paddy was very sorry and refused to do other pictures because he saw that this pictures harm the baby. He even asked somebody how to tell "Sorry" in Romanian and told Alina "Sorry" in her language, Romanian.
When the Kellys say they are normal people, we have to believe this. They aren't like other stars. Their behavior with Alina and her daughter made this clear: they are very sensitive and lovely people, willing to help whenever they can.