Okay at last!



Children in Orphan Support Group

 Kelsey Welch had amazing success while she was in Zambia this month mentoring the Child Support Specialists (CSS) who are facilitating support groups for the orphans.  Even after one session with the children the teachers and Kafwa volunteers said they could see a difference in the orphans who attended the program.  There were more smiles and an over-all happier countenance.  One of the children said to her teacher, "For the first time I finally feel okay."  Traditionally children have NOT been told their parents died.  They are just plucked up from their home and transported to an extended family member (frequently a grandmother) without knowing why.  Sometimes it is years before they are told.  The volunteers leading the groups can relate to the problems this later creates since some of them personally experienced the 'silence' of the truth.  They are very supportive of finding ways to gently be truthful with the children.