Kids With Special Needs
AWWA ran a school for kids with special needs, as well as an after school program. They also housed rehabilitative facilities for these kids. What I was most impressed with was that their main focus was not to just raise funds for the disadvantaged and nearly forgotten segment of the population but to train and educate them in such a way as to facilitate their integration back into the community. I had the privilege of visiting the kids in the midst of their after school program. The kids were truly fun to be with. They were like sunshine, so warm, friendly, enthusiastic and so welcoming. They chattered non-stop about their day as they put a puzzle or read a picture book together. They were happier and bouncier than regular kids, and there was definitely no question that they could integrate well with the community as they grow up to become productive adults.....if and only when the community would accept them and acknowledge their disabilities with compassion and generosity.
AWWA ran a school for kids with special needs, as well as an after school program. They also housed rehabilitative facilities for these kids. What I was most impressed with was that their main focus was not to just raise funds for the disadvantaged and nearly forgotten segment of the population but to train and educate them in such a way as to facilitate their integration back into the community. I had the privilege of visiting the kids in the midst of their after school program. The kids were truly fun to be with. They were like sunshine, so warm, friendly, enthusiastic and so welcoming. They chattered non-stop about their day as they put a puzzle or read a picture book together. They were happier and bouncier than regular kids, and there was definitely no question that they could integrate well with the community as they grow up to become productive adults.....if and only when the community would accept them and acknowledge their disabilities with compassion and generosity.
Caregiver Support
Also, realizing that while the disadvantaged benefitted from the compassion of many people, the caregivers were often forgotten. These caregivers needed a network of support, counselling and training, for which the team at AWWA had been proactively providing. What was most unfortunate was that while the establishment funded most of the support needed for the disadvantaged, they would not provide the funding for AWWA's effort towards supporting caregivers. I was familiar with the needs of caregivers. Mom had suffered depression, frustrations a sore arm and back pains, when she took care of Dad. I hired a nursing - trained helper for Mom so that she would not need to feel isolated and lonely as she took care of Dad. However, there are thousands of others out there like Mom who might be bearing the burden alone. So what AWWA had been developing to help caregivers was truly noble. I just wished there were more people who knew about it, hence my intention for writing this blogpost.
Help Needed
Help Needed
Out of the compassion of your heart, when you are attempting to make a difference in people's lives, whether by volunteering your time or donating some money, please remember the wonderful work that AWWA does. I certainly am, whether through my work as a marketing communications head or through my passion as an intuitive reader running Sun Goddess Tarot.
About The Writer:
The writer of this blog post is a 44 year old mother of one, who spreads her time between her day job as a marketing professional at a financial institution, her hobby as a certified professional tarot reader and numerologist, and her family which includes a 20 year old son and 3 dogs with personality disorders. She's married to a Scot who has been affectionately called "The Crazy AngMo" and prays that he does not find out that the term when translated, has labeled him as a "Ginger Head". Together, we create a home made up with more nuts than a fruitcake but filled with plenty of love. Her other blog can be found at http://sungoddesstarot.blogspot.com
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| These beautiful artwork were done by the kids with special needs. |
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| Creativity and talent have no boundaries and limitations. |
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| "Happiness is like a butterfly which when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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| "In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone." - Rollo May |
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