The evening ended with a surprise visit to the Shtime Institute. It's been known for some pretty huge atrocities against its residents, however, they have tried to make the place better i recent years. We decided on a surprise visit. It was better than I expected, yet still heartbreaking when I consider the standards that we uphold in the US. There were large stark rooms that housed the majority of the 76 residents. The main room that most of the residents were sitting in was completely dark...very intimidating to enter at first, but people were very welcoming. Very little stimulation...but the few staff people that they employed had very good rapport with the patients and those staff have huge hearts to do the work that they do. The children's until was recently built in collaboration with WHO (World Health Organization). It was a brightly lit warm place with toys and color everywhere. Out of respect for the residents, we didn't take any photos, but I won't need any reminders to recall the images in my mind.
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