HealthEd Connect

Little Nelly has no mother to wish Happy Mother's Day.   As a matter of fact, she has no father either -- she's an orphan.  According to her teacher Nelly is often sad and cries a lot.  Since attending the Child Support Groups in Chipulukusu where HealthEd Connect has trained local volunteer Child Support Specialists (CSS) to work with grieving orphans, she's doing better.  There's now an occasional smile.  There's a lot of grieving still to do but she's on her way.

To keep Nelly progressing and healing and at the same time honor your mother or other special women in your life, please take a moment to go to our website www.healthedconnect.org and make a donation to place your special person on the scrolling Honor List.  The supplies for our Child Support Groups are inexpensive but hugely important and special for the kids.  An occasional bar of soap to take home, construction paper to make a card, paper to form a booklet of memories of the Mom and Dad who have died, and every now and then a treat to eat.    Many of the orphans like Nelly call the CSS leader "Mama" or "Grandma."   They know unconditional love when they see it!