On the 22nd of April the "NATO" appeared in the Lithuania's TV headlines for the second time last week, but this time - in a slightly different context. Apparently, around 50 fighters of Royal Netherlands Air Force, stationed by NATO near Siauliai, during their free time are renovating Kursenai orphanage bathrooms that until now hadn't been reconditioned for almost 70 years.

According to LNK, seeing the bathrooms that haven't been fixed since 1939, NATO soldiers were wonder-struck and decided to fully renovate the place. They got free equipment from one company, ordered some decoration materials and accessories straight from Netherlands and are determined to allocate up to 100 thousand Litas for the reconstruction.

LNK reporter Agne Vederyte claims that the orphanage would have to pinch and save for 15 years to renovate the bathrooms themselves. There are 95 children in the orphanage. Yearly only 150 Litas is allocated for clothes and bedding per child, still the institution barely saves up 2000 Litas per year for renovation (which is also sometimes spent on urgent repairs). Therefore, the orphanage director Feliksas Rudzinskas told LNK, the visit of NATO soldiers was not only pleasant but also useful.

The soldiers claim they have rendered similar support in other countries they'd been stationed, namely Italy and Kirghizia. In the future they are planning to also renovate the kitchens of the 8 so-called families in the Kursenai orphanage.

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