Disability Rights Dominican Republic Project #54662

Progress for 100 Dominican kids with special needs

by Fundacion Cuidado Infantil Dominicano

Project Report | Nov 9, 2023
The twin sisters

By Trudy Bekker | director

The twins when they graduated

Today we are pleased to share the following story with you from a very special twin:

I, Evelin, was born in June 2017 with my twin sister Elainne. We are the only children of my father and mother.
Growing up we developed a condition called Autism Spectrum Disorder.
At the end of 2021, our mother was becoming quite desperate with the two of us giving her little rest. Because we were constantly moving and we didn't pay much attention to her. Each one doing what we wanted. Then she learned about the work of the Fundación Cuidado Infantil Dominicano and decided to sign us up for their home visiting program.

We were already 4 years and 4 months old, but we still used pampers, we left everything lying around, I didn't pay attention to anything, but Elainne did a little. The only words we said were water and milk.
Auntie Adalgisa started to visit us weekly and after being in the program for 17 months, Elainne repeats everything she hears and I'm talking a lot more too.

Auntie Adalgisa taught mother Mother how to help us pay attention and help around the house, such as preparing the table to eat, organizing the bed and our clothes. We now also help with dishwashing, sweeping and other chores around the house.

With the help of Auntie Adalgisa, my mother enrolled us in school. Mother still had to go with us at the beginning to show the teacher how to treat us firmly. But we graduated to the next level at the end of the schoolyear!!

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We wish all children would have such a dedicated mother as the mother of these twins!! She quickly learned how to manage them better at home and spend many hours going to class with them! But it has paid off!!

We would like to thank you for your continuous support of our work and wanted to give you a heads up for the next campaign that is coming up on November 28: Giving Tuesday. There will be 1.2 million dollars available for matching grants!!

If you are planning to support us that day, kindly note the date down in your agenda!! The children and families are counting on you!

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Jul 20, 2023
Jose Daniel

By Trudy Bekker | Director

Jose Daniel

Hi, I am José Daniel, I am 6 and a half years old and I live with my parents and 1 older brother and sister.

I always feel happy and cheerful and I also like to sing and I love buses of which I know a song in English!

I realize that God made me different from other children, because they told my mother I have something called Autism.

I love my mummy because she has tried to enroll me in several schools, but after a while they don't accept me there anymore because I'm very restless, I don't pay attention, I run around a lot. I feel bad for not being accepted at school.

My mother sought help in many institutions, but they did not help her a lot until she met the Fundación Cuidado Infantil Dominicano in October 2021.
Auntie Rosa started visiting me every Wednesday. She showed my mother how to play with me so I would learn new things like matching, finishing puzzles, dressing up as an adult, filling and arranging letters and many other things. I am a little less restless now also, because I like the things auntie Rosa shows my mother how to play with me, every week she comes with something new!

I feel very happy with her help and my mother too.

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The mother of José Daniel is one of the mothers that are very satisfed with the positive changes the teaming up with our foundation has brought to her family and management of José Daniel.

Every week we get new requests from mothers for our help and the last three years the mayority of them are from families with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

We would like to thank you for your continued support for our work with the families of and young people living with disabilities. Bringing them hope for a better future. Most of them are happier, more social, more engaged and some of them even have been gainlfully employed! We are still working on getting most of the children accepted in the local schools!

during a home visit

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Mar 23, 2023
Superhero Henry

By Trudy Bekker | Director

Henry during Christmas party 2006

HENRY

Hi, I'm Henry and I'd like to tell my story. In November 2022 I turned 21 years old.

I was born in 2001 with a very large head and part of my lower spine had not closed well. This meant I had to get operated very rapidly to put in a shunt to drain fluid from my brain and close the gap in my spine to prevent infections. My parents were informed that I would never walk.

I have a beautiful family. My biological mother works hard and loves me. My grandmother Milagros is my other mother who does everything possible for me to achieve my dreams, like studying.

Since I was 1 year old, she enrolled me in the Foundation's program to receive early stimulation and physical therapy at home. My family lives besides the entrance to the public school and grandmother Milagros decided to enroll with me in school. Now we are in the 7th grade. We go slow as I have lost a lot of schooltime during my surgeries and recovery time.

We have also studied plumbing together at a technical institute. I dream of being a policeman, but it will be difficult.

I'm a superhero, because I survived 17 surgeries. I thank God for mummy Milagros for always giving me her time, joy and love and being my 911!

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We at the Fundación Cuidado Infantil Dominicano are very happy with the progress Henry has been making, but we realize it could have been better if he had not had that many operations of which many were because his shunt got blocked. It is great to see him being thankful for his caring family.

Thank you for your support to the foundation and thus to the families and their children with disabilities.

If you want to have your support count 50% more, please consider donating during the upcoming Little by Little campaign during which all donations up to USD50 will have a 50% match.

April 3 to7 are the dates to look out for and put in your agenda.

Thank you again for choosing our work out of the many available good causes!!

Henry with Milagros 2022

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