We are honored to introduce you to Amber, a wonderful and brave student in our Believe in Me Huainan School. This precious young girl was very nervous and quiet when she first entered the school; the teachers said that she would not speak, didn’t like to play with the other children, and didn’t seem to enjoy any of the games or activities.
Hey guys, check it out…I’m finally at school! ~Benjie
We have such exciting news about four-year-old Benjie, one of our recent blog “stars.” When we last reported on Benjie (“Remember Bashful Benjie?”), we had learned more about his special need and discovered that he had a significant hearing impairment. While this is definitely an obstacle, especially one for a child with disabled fingers who may not be able to learn sign language as easily as others, we felt that we had to try to get Benjie into an educational environment. Now Benjie is a new student at our Believe in Me Jinjiang School and is doing so well!
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Brianna is a young girl with big dreams in LWB’s Believe in Me Huainan School. Since we have known her, and likely since birth, she has had some difficulty with her left knee; however, this does not prohibit her from walking and playing with her friends. Over the past few years that she has been in our education program, we have had the pleasure of watching her learn and blossom into a lovely young girl.
Brianna is a hard worker who has hopes and dreams to become a nurse when she grows up.
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This summer, Tommy and the students at our Believe in Me Jingzhou School enjoyed an outing to an amusement park and Kentucky Fried Chicken to celebrate all of their hard work. When we saw these photos of Tommy enjoying himself to the fullest on the carousel, we knew we had to share his fun with our readers!
According to his recent school report, Tommy has been improving a great deal in the classroom. His favorite subject at this time is math, specifically the Montessori “spindle box” activity. Tommy is a willing participant in class discussion and exercises and plays very well with his classmates. His teachers describe him as lively and optimistic.
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Sometimes it seems like a person’s favorite color is indicative of their general outlook on life. Michelle says her favorite color is a cheerful yellow, and this seems to mirror her sunny personality! This thirteen-year-old girl is ready and waiting for a family to call her own and doesn’t have much time to find them as she will age out when she reaches fourteen. A student in our Believe in Me Huainan School, Michelle’s infectious smile and outgoing nature has made her many friends, and she has a great capacity for affection. One of Michelle’s great joys is singing with friends. We can imagine how much fun she would have singing karaoke!
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School is now in session at our new Believe in Me Changzhi School! Teachers are instructing, students are learning, and overall everyone seems to be doing really well at our newest school in Shanxi Province. We wanted to share some of the photos of the classrooms and students from the early days of this exciting new venture that is fully sponsored by our wonderful friends in Spain, LWB España.
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Several weeks ago we featured Jerry, “The Assistant” on LWB Community. Jerry earned this nickname because of his friendly, helpful attitude towards visitors at LWB’s Believe in Me Changde School. Just a few days after running the blog about Jerry, we received a cute video of him reading with some of his school friends and thought our readers might enjoy seeing more of him.
“The Assistant” now needs some assistance of his own in the form of a family! A family could help Jerry read that book as well as provide him with the therapy he needs. Jerry’s positive attitude and innate curiosity about life is already in place, and now he needs the love and care of a family to help him grow even further.
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New to LWB Community this month is Jerry! Jerry is an eleven-year-old boy with cerebral palsy whom LWB has worked with for many years. In May 2006 LWB established our Believe in Me Changde School. Jerry was the most memorable child we met on that first trip; in fact, the group that went there still laughs today about how adorable and charming he was!
Our staff was trying to assess the children identified as students for the school and take photos of them. Jerry would grab a child in the room, stand them in front of the photographer, step back, and say “cheeeeeeeeze,” so we could get a picture. After the child was dismissed by Jerry, he would come over to where we were recording notes and check our work. During that visit he earned the nickname of “The Assistant.”
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Dawn is a sweet three-year-old girl from our Huainan foster care program who loves to dress up in fancy outfits and is rarely photographed without her pearl necklace! She also enjoys singing and dancing, talking on the phone, and riding her tricycle with her foster brother, Nick. Dawn and Nick are very close; if anyone ever tries to tease Dawn, Nick always defends her! In true “mother’s little helper” fashion, Dawn likes to help feed the chickens, and help out around the house. We are told she especially enjoys using the rolling pin while her foster mother makes dumplings!
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In the interest of adoption, LWB Community will be profiling some waiting children whose orphanages have asked for help in finding families for them. However, we do want to be clear that these children are not in LWB programs, and we have no personal knowledge of them.
Mickey is a sweet five-year-old boy from Deyang orphanage in Sichuan province with a mild, easy personality. He was born with congenital cataracts in both eyes. As a baby, he received cataract extraction and then had lens implantation surgery in May 2009. Bright lights can bother Mickey, and he will put his hands over his eyes in these situations.
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