[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                    TRIBUTE TO ``PROJECT CHILDREN''

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                            HON. HERB KLEIN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 17, 1994

  Mr. KLEIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on St. Patrick's Day in tribute 
to a program which embodies the kind of selfless and altruistic spirit 
that gives us all hope for peace in Northern Ireland and throughout the 
world. Project Children began 20 years ago, founded by Denis Mulcahy, 
originally of County Cork, in order to alleviate the pain and suffering 
endured by the innocent children on both sides of the conflict in 
Northern Ireland.
  Since its inception, Project Children has given over 8,000 boys and 
girls an opportunity to escape an environment of fear and animosity. 
They have done so with no political agenda, with no paid staff, and 
with no government funding. All of the people involved give freely and 
generously in order to provide these young people with a glimpse of a 
world at peace.
  In my district, several families have opened up their homes in order 
to give hope to the children of another land: John and Joan Hughes of 
Clifton; Joe and Pat Barry and Robert and Patricia Ruane, both of 
Bloomfield. These people are heroes to us all. Their compassion and 
generosity was not motivated by want of notoriety of monetary reward, 
but by the desire to see a better world for all our children.

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