This past week has been an amazing
time at my internship at Sarah Fox. We were able to sit in on the board
meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday and hear about what the doctors, nurses,
therapists, and nutritionists have to say. I was a little nervous at first to
go in on the meetings but everyone was so nice and welcoming and willing to
explain things when they got confusing for us. Having gone into the meetings
this past week has really made me feel like a part of their family. The
meetings are so interesting and insightful. The meeting on Tuesday talks about
the kids in the Domain Ward and the Robertson Ward. Those wards are the ones
for the babies and the older kids. We talk about a couple of kids from each of
the wards and talk about everything from how they are clinically to their
social life. On Wednesdays we talk about kids from the palliative care, which
is all about the ward that focuses on the kids who have more serious illnesses.
This ward is hard to talk about because a lot of them have cerebral palsy and
illnesses along those lines and they can't be cured, so their illness is getting
worse not better and there is no way to make it better. I felt very fortunate
to be able to attend those meetings and I will be looking forward to attending
them from here on out and I can’t wait to learn more!
Another thing that happened this
week was getting to talk to Abongile about the activist project I am going to be
doing. Bongi is in charge of a soccer team in Khayelitsha and Maria and I are
going to be helping the team out! It was really awesome getting to talk to
Bongi about the activist project because he is just so passionate about being
apart of the soccer team and being apart of the boys lives that he coaches. Its
inspiring to see him so passionate because it gets me excited to work with him
and be apart of such a wonderful program that the kids love. Maria and I are
going to go to practice on Thursday and we are very excited to meet the kids
and to play soccer with them! Stay tuned to hear more about the experience with
the FireFighters Football Club! (that’s the soccer teams name)
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| Abongile with the kids from one of the FireFighters Football teams. |
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