5-year-old Oliwia from Gniezno was hospitalized after he beat her stepfather. And it happened after she did not want to eat paper, which forcibly pushed her to her mouth. He threw her against the wall so that then the rescuers found traces of her blood on her. The girl under the care of doctors is now recovering. Her siblings have already found a safe house.
After the dramatic experiences of Oliwia and three of her siblings now have a chance to find out what the tenderness and concern of guardians are. – At the time when we received a court decision to secure siblings, we started looking for a foster family. We managed to find families for babies – says Paulina Nawrot -Pindral from the Poviat Family Assistance Center in Gniezno.
The family did not have a blue card, but violence was everyday life. The children were torn out of the evil house. – One family came up alone, who will take care of the 5-year-old after leaving the hospital. However, these are families who already have children and the foster care department verified whether they can cope – informs Daria Danik from the board of the Gniezno poviat.
Siblings are a 14-month-old brother and 2-month-old twins. Olivia in the hospital regains faith in adults, plays with dolls. – The child was in a serious, but severe condition probably mainly due to mental injury – admits Paweł Wawrzaszek, MD, MD from the Clinical Hospital of the Medical University of Poznań.
– It leaves such a scar in a child for life and has an impact on all relationships that the child in adult life will build – explains Wiktoria Kinik from the “We give children strength”.
“Shocking picture of domestic violence”. Stepfather and mother with allegationsRenata Kijowska/Fakty TVN
Olivia's stepfather is in custody
He abused his stepfather over Olivia. – Blood marks were on the walls, including the traces of small blood handles. (…) apologized (child – ed.) The staff that it was here, simply promised that it would be polite – Mateusz Hen from the hospital a monument to the baptism of Poland in Gniezno.
Poured with cold water, forced to eat paper, extreme and unnecessary violence. – 32 percent of children experience violence from loved ones. Small children are most often victims, because they are simply excluded from the system and are unable to defend themselves. They cannot say that they are hurting them – notes Wiktoria Kinik.
The 5-year-old torturer who inflicted pain, after which Olivia could not walk, is in custody. The 39-year-old stepfather faces 8 years in prison. The child's mother did not respond to his bestiality. – A mother who could not find motivation to protect her own child from such a hammer, (…) does not promise to improve her functioning enough – indicates Aleksandra Piotrowska, a children's psychologist.
It is not without a chance. The woman has a family assistant and everything in her hands. – The question is to what extent mother will be involved in the fact that children return to the biological family and in the end the court's decision to return the children to the family – says Daria Danik.
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