Life-extending books. The action of the literary museum and the Vera Foundation Automatic translate

MOSCOW. Book collection for hospices announced.

The criterion of a civilized society and the measure of its humanity is the attitude towards the elderly, children, women, as well as compassion for the terminally ill. Severe ailments do not know indulgence and injure, regardless of age. Gets both large and small. On the threshold of the inevitable, everyone has the right to spend the last months or days of his life not in torment, despair and loneliness. Palliative medicine allows you to maximize ease physical and mental suffering, significantly improve the quality of life. The need for constant and sufficient support in this area is far from being recognized by all, including those on whom this primarily depends. Someone does not think about the hardships of life, others deliberately abstract themselves from thoughts about it. Many see an obstacle to the “creation of goodness” in the limited financial resources, although hospices and palliative medical facilities can be provided without any investments. Volunteers are well aware of how it is possible and important to simply help in some small everyday issues, organizing charity concerts, accompanying during a walk, when leaving for medical facilities. You can just share some good books.

On February 14, the action “Give books with love” started. It is carried out on the initiative of the State Literary Museum and the Vera Hospice Assistance Foundation, founded in 2006 by Vera Millionschikova. Until February 19, the Chekhov House-Museum and the Silver Age Museum will gratefully accept publications of decent preservation: fiction, coloring books, magazines. Literature of any genre is welcome, with the exception of religious and political. The realization that the joy of a disinterested gift for at least a minute prolonged the life of a child or adult is the best reward for those who took part in the action.

Books donated with love are needed not only in the capital. Each city has its own hospices, nursing homes, orphanages, hospitals. In order to bring joy, a wallet full of banknotes is not always needed. Sometimes it’s enough to just share a book and smile at those who really need it.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru