Today we held a workshop to train our caretakers, future caretakers, workers from the MOHSW, and a few others about the care of special needs children and therapies. Christina did an awesome job explaining and demonstrating with Hawa. She was soooo patient!
We had a wonderful turn out and are already planning our next workshops. They were so receptive to learning what needs to be done and we reiterated what a marvelous job they were doing already with kids here without even knowing it.
Some of the people who attended the workshop.
This was so a God thing- we stopped to see some kids at the Cheshire home and there was this couple there who wanted to give their son up because she could not carry him anymore. She said she was getting ulcers. Cheshire is not accepting any more cases and they were beside themselves in not knowing what to do. We just so happen to have been there at the same time. We offered the family some supplies we brought over and a much needed stroller to give her some relief. They were beside themselves with gratitude. We were just happy to be able to help and encourage them to keep their son as they were doing such a good job already. And that is what some of our project is all about. Empowering and encouraging families to keep their children and not give them up to orphanages or institutions. They are what is best when possible for these kids. And then taking in the children that were abandoned for foster care.
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