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This process of supporting families is messy, and hard. Not all stories end well. Often we meet someone in need too late. We can’t undo the damage done to a baby by malnutrition or violence. But we walk with the parents through their current reality and provide support for the present situation. And we keep looking to identify those most at risk, to find them soon enough, to prevent what can so easily be prevented.
I have the huge honor and privilege of playing my little part in making this possible and it is really working.
We have learned a lot since our days of just supporting an orphanage. Now we know that the best way to protect children is to help their birth families to be strong and safe wherever possible.
As the parents in this class begin to understand the developmental underpinnings of their children's behavior, they can begin to overcome generational cycles of using anger and reactive hitting to train their children.
I can’t imagine giving up one of my children because I can’t afford to feed them
"Before you started coming to our village, most of the babies born here were skinny, and cried all the time. The babies born since you started caring for these women are so different, they are fat, they don't cry as much, their mothers seem happier taking care of them and they know what to do when they are sick or fussy because you visit and help them learn."
Household violence is common... Often I hear that it's nothing we can change.
But that doesn't mean we stop trying.
"I don't want to go back," she said, "But what other choice do I have? I have 4 children, they need me to take care of them."
They are willing to live in something that we wouldn’t even classify as a building in order to get paid on time and not have to run from the police...
We are working with these families to find long-term solutions.