We are all missing him a lot and hope that he rests in peace.
A picture of better times
23 November 2008
We lost one of our dear children
Sadly we annaunce the death of our dear Hassan. After a long time of suffering and hospitalization he left us on the 22th of november 08.
We are all missing him a lot and hope that he rests in peace.
A picture of better times
We are all missing him a lot and hope that he rests in peace.
A picture of better times
19 November 2008
Summer 2008
In Summer 2008 we sent one child to a summer camp in the North. This child is part of a group called Beit Hagalgalim, [the House of Wheels], and during the year he attends their weekend programmes and in the summer he their summer camp. He had a great time.
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The rest of our children took part in our Summer Programme in St Vincents..jpg)
Fun for young and old: An air castle in St. Vincent
The summer programme consisted of: Outings to the beach and to other fun places e.g. Mini Israel [from whom we received free tickets for all], Keif Tsuba [also gave us free entrance] etc
Mini Israel
We added additions to our summer programme calling them 'activity days' such as:
"sports day" with our own therapists and volunteer therapists from Germany
'icecream day' , with Sr. Susan, our afternoon teachers and therapists
He was more than a professional dancer: Koen taught us wheelchair dancing AND painting.
The 'Sound of Music' corner is a quiet spot under the trees where the children can independently play musical instruments,' thanks to an Irish family who donated the instruments to us:
We also built a water fountain in our lower garden, which the children enjoyed very much, paddling in the water to cool off in the summer heat:
We made a special 'summer fun' corner for the more handicapped children, in a sheltered spot in the upper garden, thanks to a very special volunteer from the Netherlands - Esther!.jpg)
Farewells
Farewells are the most difficult parties we have in St Vincent. Its always hard to say good-bye.
At the end of the summer, we had to say good-bye to many of our dedicated volunteers. As always we express our gratitude to all the volunteers who helped man our house and not only took good care of the children, but also helped to create a homely warm atmosphere for them.
At the end of the summer, we had to say good-bye to many of our dedicated volunteers. As always we express our gratitude to all the volunteers who helped man our house and not only took good care of the children, but also helped to create a homely warm atmosphere for them.
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Thanks and appreciation go out to all our volunteers who helped us over the years to make St Vincent Ein Kerem a Home for our handicapped children.
Parties
We celebrated the Moslem Parties, ElFitre and ElAdha. Some of the children dressed up as pilgrims visiting Mekka and walked around a home made "Kaaba".
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And also Christmas:
The children decorated the Christmas tree for the Feast.
Just befort Chrismas we bake cookies, ech one brings a recipe from his/her country.
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Four of our volunteers dressed up as kings who presented the children with Christmas gifts.
Some Children took part in a Childrens' Orchestra and others participated in a play, by acting or touching, listening and seeing a very Colourful Childrens' Play.
A group of Franciscans sang with Father Firgus.
The Adult Chrismas Party is always a lot of fun:
The Workers and Volunteers dance, sing and sometimes act.
There are some serious parts, one of them being Sr Katherine's 'thank you' to all those working with our Children.
Sr Katherine said that 'Indeed, through all our work, our acts, our attention, our love,our kindness, the donation of our gifts and the effort to reduce the suffering of our children, we increase the capacity of humanity in our society.'
Summer at Home - Activity Day
All the Therapists, Teachers, Workers and Caregivers work together in different groups, to make up Activity Day. We normally have about 8 groups, each one with a different Activity.
Summer at Home - Pools
We continued to use the small pools and also received a donation of a big pool which was great fun. The indoor Jakuzzi was used every day, particularly for the weaker children, where they had the opportunity to enjoy and have communication with their caregiver on a 1-1 basis.
Summer 2007
Our summer programmes went off nicely: 6 of our children went to Nes Amin with 7 Volunteers and they had a great time. Others went to the Ashdod Beach for the morning and as usual had a nice relaxing time.
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