On Friday - Philip Lord, the Vice Consul for the British Embassy in Tanzania, came to visit the Baby Home. He was a very genuine and caring man and I think he really enjoyed his visit. Baraka and Adamu certainly enjoyed his cuddles! Thank you Philip for your visit to Forever Angels.
On Friday - Kevin went home to live with his Aunt - Eleanorer. Kevin's Mum has got a Psychiatric illness and is unable to care for Kevin. But Eleanorer works at Forever Angels and now that Kevin is 18 months old, she feels able to take care of him.
Goodbye Kevin - we will all miss you but are so happy that you are back with your loving family.
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Kevin going home with his Aunt Eleanorer
All is well at the Baby Home. The children are all happy and healthy (though I never really like writing that as whenever I do - an outbreak of something nasty seems to occur!!)
Meghan is in Zanzibar having a very well deserved break and the only upheavals we are experiencing so far are all the children going home to their families. We have gone from 50 children in May, down to 42 children today!
This is wonderful news - I am so thrilled that there are so many children going back home to their families. This is what Forever Angels is all about. Since we opened - we have had a 75% sucess rate of children returning to their families or being adopted into new families. That is 75% of our children have been 'saved' from becomming orphans. This is VERY high and a great success of Forever Angels which we are all immensely proud of.
.....however - there are a few children at Forever Angels who have got no known family and I worry that they will soon be too old for adoption. If anyone IS considering adopting a child from Tanzania - PLEASE consider adopting an older child. Some of my 3 and 4 year olds are SUCH wonderful characters....I would adopt every single one of them if I could.
Since so many children have been going home to relatives this last month - I have been having daily conversations with children like Charlie, Zawadi and Aika about when they will get a Mummy and Daddy. Obviously I can not promise anything to these children - so few adoptions happen in Mwanza....but these little guys are so desperate for a family and it breaks my heart to hear them asking, 'When will my Mummy come Amy?' My dream is that each and every one of my wonderful Forever Angels children gets a loving family. 75% is amazing....but I want 100%!
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Aika, Charlie and Zawadi - such wonderful children and so in need of an adoptive family.....