Sunday 31 May 2015

New start for at-danger Edna

Meet little Edna, the newest child here at KNA, with Shiela (my fiance) who's had a slight change in her work and is now the main carer for Edna.

Just two years old, she is settling in amazingly well – and already looking much healthier. She has put on weight as she was malnourished and in poor physical condition when she arrived. 

Edan is the younger sister of Anna, another one of the children here. We tried to help their family about a year ago when their house was in very bad condition. Some of us guys went to fix their house, even making new walls for it. But the next day the father got drunk, as he often does, tore down the new walls and burned them. 

Edna was about to be taken by the Government as all their other children have been, because the parents are unable to care for the children – but they agreed instead to hand her over to KNA to be with her older sister. 

She has recovered from her first shock and nervousness of being brought here and has become a very smiley, happy and cute little girl. She is doing well and has a bright future. She's safe because of Duncan’s prompt communication with the social workers and his willingness to take on a new child with very little warning. Also, I think, because God’s got plans for her.