Xenia Alferov and Gosha Kutsenko do not want to put pressure on the pity - Moskovsky Komsomolets

Russian Public Television will begin its work on the project “special children»

May 19 will be aired Russian Public Television. One of its programs, “The Right to Happiness,” will be dedicated to children with special needs. Her major will be well-known actors and public figures Xenia Alferov and Gosha Kutsenko.

We spoke with the actress and founder of the charity fund “I am” Xenia Alferovoj.

– What do you think, what may be of interest to your program to the audience?

– Nothing like this on our TV did not exist. People about whom we tell, for various reasons, were isolated from society. Children with – so I called them – handed over to the orphanages, and families shy to even talk about it. Complex diagnoses are covered with myths, there is everything from ignorance. People think that if a diagnosis of “Down syndrome”, then it is sure of a child from a family of drug addicts or alcoholics. But this is not the case. After our foundation began to organize joint celebrations for ordinary folks and, as I say, amazing children, I started to approach the people affected by the fact that such a thing is possible. We want our program was interesting primarily for the ordinary people. Heroes, which we will invite achieved a certain result. It is deaf and blind young man, who lectures at the university, a blind girl who dances wonderful … I never cease to be surprised every time our heroes and get out of the s tudio impressed by meeting with them.

– How to behave as a leading not to beat for pity, and at the same time remain open and emotional?

– The fact is that none of our heroes is not self-pity, on the contrary – the respect and admiration. These are the people great soul. Children are able to change with the characteristics of their parents and those who are near, make them kinder and more attentive. At the end of the program, I ask the parents to the question: “What do you teach a child?” And every one answer that with the advent of the child they have learned compassion, and now can not get past someone else’s misfortune.

– How to understand the character of the program the word “happiness»?

– Happiness for them is the fullness of life, to live simply, to do much good for the children and themselves. These people are literally glowing. There are things that are difficult to articulate, but they are obvious. Energy our heroes passed through the screen. Now people mainly focused on consumption and success, and our heroes are living in very different categories.

– There is hope to change things in the lives of the characters? How to act in order to reach out to those whom much depends?

– The system does not change us immediately. But if the mother ordinary child, seeing our program will allow a boy with Down syndrome to play on the same site with his son, it will be an achievement. I hope that will happen. In families of children with disabilities are often happy, but that’s beyond them complicated.

– What is most lacking such people?

– In order for us to take them. Society needs to understand that people with features – not just like everyone else: they are sincere, kind. They make us better, and we can help them overcome their difficulties.

General Producer of the project Atamalibekov Rauf told “MK”: “The idea of ??the program came a year ago. We have Gosha Kutsenko fund to help children with cerebral palsy. He invited me to a charity auction. And then admitted that he wants to send the children with cerebral palsy. To which I replied that have children with autism, those who suffer from Down syndrome, heart disease, cancer – about them, too, need to talk. And we came up with this on public television, where the program and gained life. We do not aim to squeeze out a tear. We will not talk about the horrors of children’s homes, and talk about the fact that every child has the right to happiness. We have to create an atmosphere for each of goodness and love, the only way to help. “The right to happiness” – not a popular science program about health, although health workers, sociologists and psychologists will give a recommendation. The main thing for us – human history without hysteria and tear. All this I do for the soul. And our leaders – Xenia Alferov and Gosha Kutsenko – will not get paid for their work ».