Malnourished bodies. Shaved heads. Soiled clothes. Scabies. Threadworm laced vomit. Daily beatings. Children trapped in chains. Google 'orphanages in Eastern Europe' and the harsh reality stares you boldly in the face. Images so shocking a lump forms in your throat and no matter how hard you swallow, it chokes you up as a toxic mélange of emotions take control. Perhaps, as a 15 year old I should have done my research better when I begged my parents to let me travel to my birt