Your gift today will go to provide a speech therapist and a special needs teacher to serve children with disabilities in the Calarasi district of Moldova, one of the poorest areas of Europe.
We have been working with a remarkable charity The Wish for the last two years. Their Centre in Calarasi, the only one of its kind in the region, provides specialist care for children like 9-year-old Adelina. Adelina has Down Syndrome. She struggles with language and communication, but these difficulties don’t stop her from being eager to express herself and trying to make herself understood. She loves music and will arrange the other children in a circle while she pretends to play the guitar or claps along with her favourite songs. The children watch her and even applaud at the end of the song.
Adelina comes to the centre one day a week. We have helped her improve her understanding and her speech. She can now greet people with hello and respond with yes or no to simple questions. She can also follow simple instructions. Just as importantly, she and her family have a safe space where they are valued, and where Adelina can express herself, make friends and grow in confidence.
£5,000 will pay two members of staff at the centre for a whole year.
Your gift today can help us continue these vital services so that children like Adelina can make more progress.
