Little Stophile has been adopted!
When he started therapy he was just over two years of age and the care workers had their hands full with him. He was labeled aggressive, disruptive, difficult to manage.
Found in a deserted park at four months (in winter time), was not a good start for any baby. He was under nourished and weak for the first few weeks. As soon as he started to gain weight, he was demanding and would cry without stopping for hours. His development in general was slow and he was referred to Thusanani when he was just under two years of age with a possible diagnosis of being "mildly retarded".
In therapy he thrived. He lapped up the attention, he was fascinated by all the colourful toys, the crayons, the luxury of toys that made sounds. Gradually he became more manageable, less of a problem until the final assessment when he was found FIT FOR ADOPTION. The magic works that make us all sit up and smile.
....and then on Thursday his new Forever Family came to pick him up.
I'll miss him, the naughty little rascal, but I am so happy that he has finally gone HOME. Go well little Stophile, you'll alway have a place in my heart.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Toy-Toy phone call
Jenny from Toy-Toy (www.toy-toy.co.za) phoned me on Friday with excellent news. They have been contacted by Crux Integration Services who wants to spend R1200,00 on toys for Children who are orphaned.
What a lovely way to contribute to our communities. Helping those most vulnerable and ensuring they have a splendid Christmas and toys that will last them into the New Year.
I was able to choose the toys. Oh what fun I had. There were so many durable and practical toys in their educational toy section. I kept on going back to my list of Children and what they needed and each time i found just the right toy. All too soon the money was spent . . . . .it is always like that with so many children to choose for.
This has inspired me immensely. What if we all went to our favourite Toy Shop and said we wanted to donate to Thusanani? What if we bought a gift for our kids this Christmas and then ask the shop to donate another similar one to Thusanani? That way ALL the little ones growing up in an Orphanage will have a Christmas they will never forget.
What a lovely way to contribute to our communities. Helping those most vulnerable and ensuring they have a splendid Christmas and toys that will last them into the New Year.
I was able to choose the toys. Oh what fun I had. There were so many durable and practical toys in their educational toy section. I kept on going back to my list of Children and what they needed and each time i found just the right toy. All too soon the money was spent . . . . .it is always like that with so many children to choose for.
This has inspired me immensely. What if we all went to our favourite Toy Shop and said we wanted to donate to Thusanani? What if we bought a gift for our kids this Christmas and then ask the shop to donate another similar one to Thusanani? That way ALL the little ones growing up in an Orphanage will have a Christmas they will never forget.
A BIG THANKS TO CRUX INTEGRATION SERVICES!!!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Goodbye Becky
Sadly, we have received the resignation of one of our senior therapists, Rebecca Wang. We all know her as Becky, or even as Bex as we sometimes call her. She will be leaving us at the end of 2009 to join a private practice.
She will be sorely missed! Becky organized our training and was also the main drive behind the development of the Training Manuals, the training Protocol and the organisation of our Training store. At Thusanani Bex WAS Training. She organized it, did it and she improved it as she went along. She has built a strong relationship with leaders in the community who relied on her to supply the training for the ladies starting up Day Care Centres in the informal settlements and in the poorly resourced communities in and around Johannesburg. During 2009 there was a strong focus on Ekhuruleni and by the time she leaves us she would have trained more than 80 ladies involved in taking care of children in those communities.
Her passion for training and for improving the lives of the Orphaned and Vulnerable Children has also lead her to develop the training Thusanani gives to the Care Givers working in Children's Homes. In short here at Thusanani referred to as "HOMES TRAINING", Becky has been refining that course and has ensured that all the Thusanani therapists are skilled at delivering this training and ensuring that Care Givers daily looking after children who has to grow up in a Children's Home will receive the daily developmental stimulation they need to grow up to be contributing members of our society.
Becky is also mentor to the more junior therapists here at Thusanani. she guides, she teaches, she supports and most of all she leads by example. To Heleen as Manager of the Services she has been a sound board for ideas, a moral support and very often the stand in manager.
OH BOY WE WILL MISS HER!
Thank you Bex for all the years of slogging away and helping us make a difference!
She will be sorely missed! Becky organized our training and was also the main drive behind the development of the Training Manuals, the training Protocol and the organisation of our Training store. At Thusanani Bex WAS Training. She organized it, did it and she improved it as she went along. She has built a strong relationship with leaders in the community who relied on her to supply the training for the ladies starting up Day Care Centres in the informal settlements and in the poorly resourced communities in and around Johannesburg. During 2009 there was a strong focus on Ekhuruleni and by the time she leaves us she would have trained more than 80 ladies involved in taking care of children in those communities.
Her passion for training and for improving the lives of the Orphaned and Vulnerable Children has also lead her to develop the training Thusanani gives to the Care Givers working in Children's Homes. In short here at Thusanani referred to as "HOMES TRAINING", Becky has been refining that course and has ensured that all the Thusanani therapists are skilled at delivering this training and ensuring that Care Givers daily looking after children who has to grow up in a Children's Home will receive the daily developmental stimulation they need to grow up to be contributing members of our society.
Becky is also mentor to the more junior therapists here at Thusanani. she guides, she teaches, she supports and most of all she leads by example. To Heleen as Manager of the Services she has been a sound board for ideas, a moral support and very often the stand in manager.
OH BOY WE WILL MISS HER!
Thank you Bex for all the years of slogging away and helping us make a difference!
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