Bethlehem Creche...

Hi my name is Jamila Akbarally,I am 13 year old. Previously I had been doing Prison Babies. We visited children who lived in the school of the prison since their mothers were in prison. The reason we changed our CAS was because the mothers were being moved to Kalutura , therefore their children as well were being sent with them. Now we have changed our CAS to the Bethlehem Creche. We visit children who dont have mothers and whoose fathers are in jail. The Creche takes care of them and provides them with most the resources they need. Thats why we help them by making sure they have everythig they need. On the 12th of March 2011 we put together a candy floss stall at our anual school food and fun fair. We earnt about 120 dollars, we are planning on using the money to help the Creche. We are not sure about what we are actually going to get for them, however we know it will be one big useful thing other than many small not so useful objects.
On the 3rd of Feburary we visited the Creche to see the Children and look around and think of ways to help them. They had a good amount of toys and chairs. However we thought that it was quite dark and we could some how provide them with more light. We got to socialize with the kids and talk to them. They seemed to have a great time. For the last to sessions of CAS we had intense meetings to organize things for the children and think about what we can do for them. We came up with: painting the play ground, providing them with a dvd player and some dvds, supporting the women who work there.

Party for the Creche!!!!

Today was our last ever meeting with the children of the creche. We had a party with the kids. For the first half we watched tom and jerry with them and then we played puzzles and games. This was all done in the SMPR. Last month i did a fund raiser for the Creche. I collected the money by selling handmade fashion cards. I managed to earn 7000/- rupees. We asked sister Florida what would be best for the Creche with the money I earned. In a few days she replied and told us that a DVD player would be perfect. At the previous CAS session, when the children came to OSC, I handed the DVD player to the sister in front of the all the children as well as the Creche members in OSC. I was proud of my acheivement, especially cause I was helping children in need. Children who arent as lucky as me, they dont have the oppertunities that i have been given. Even though this was our last session for this year, i plan to still keep in contact and donate a few monthly supplies.
I have thought about starting my own CAS on Musculer Distrophey. Since my father is a doctor i will beable to contact some doctors and tell them my aim as well as what i plan to do.
Muscular Distrophey is a condition were there is no such cure, I want to earn money to beable to pay different specalists for research. If this is not possible and it will get too complex, I want to think of another way to help my community. I will try as hard as I can to get my own research on Muscular Distrophey, however I do have a back-up plan. Next year I want to go one step further, not only attend a CAS at school but also create my own little group to help a seperste condition.
Till then, fingers crossed and minds open................