We sure had our work cut out for us in Tam Ky, Its hard getting to know so many children in such a short space of time and trying to decipher what exercises will be best for them long term. Luckily Tam Ky has two lovely ladies who work as physios full time, so it is more about training them, but we have a lot of fun together too. The children are adorable, I want to bring a few home. It really is upsetting when babies are just left here, you wonder what has happened to someone to make that seem like the best option. I just hope that these wee babies understand that it is nothing they did wrong. In most circumstances it is because the family maybe has one parent if one has passed away and too many other children to look after, so the children with a disability come to the orphanage so the parent can still work. I don't know about the more able children though.
Let me introduce a few
Buddha boy wearing Nuongs headband
Learning to sit independently with Tam
Minh has a pretty deluxe wheelchair
This wee girl is so tiny, about the size of a 5 year old, but she is 20 years old, her mental age is about 3, she just loves to cuddle and dance, we are trying to teach her to walk, she can walk holding your hand or using a frame.
We also visited the Red Cross orphanage in Da Nang for a couple of days.
They have some cool volunteers, Lina and Caroline from Sweden
Hydrocpehalus makes it very difficult to even hold your head up
Cute cuddles
Lots of toddlers at Red Cross, seeing ones wee girls first steps was a highlight
We also went to English club to help with pronunciation
Best Buddies at Peace Village
Its hard to eat apples with no front teeth!
Thanks to some previous fundraising efforts the kids at peace village have a new play ground!
Including a sweet ball pit
Its hard to know where to begin when all 14 in the baby room get grizzly!
One cries and wakes the rest up!
Luckily Nuong is here!
And Tam is a baby whisperer!
Nice to have a happy patient!
This wee girl is blind and autistic, so we have been trying to give her new experiences
these two new babies were left at the hospital last week, better make some room
Cutie! He is deaf but very curious
Ahhh I want to bring him home, such a sweetie, plenty of cuddles! He is 6 but cannot talk yet, its hard to know how much of that it because he wont get as much interaction as a normal child.
Snacking on snails!
King of the castle
To get more exercise done we have started group dancing with the girls (and some boys) They love it! Hard to dance with a child between your knees though!
Just look at the happy faces!
Well its not long to go here! Unbelievable how time is flying, I hope that this encourages someone else to come over and help, you don't have to be a physio or any particular trade, playing, feeding and just interacting with the children makes a huge difference.
See you in a couple of short weeks!
Love Holly.
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