SHEKINAH HOUSE: ASSAGAO.

The month of September has been a good month for Shekinah House. The children got a chance to spend about a week at home with their relatives for the Ganesh holidays. As always, they came back refreshed and eager to start school again. All our children are in good health and apart from the minor cuts and bruises, enjoyed good health all around.

            Maxina, our volunteer visited the Home and taught ‘Action Songs’ and Craft work for the boys who enjoyed it and had lots of fun. We also had an inter-group ‘Story’ telling competition for the children and the boys made beautiful cards for the teachers on the occasion of ‘Teachers Day’. An in house Educational programme was conducted for the Children. A Workshop on Mentoring and Coaching was held for all the Managers along with staff who took active part. It was taken up by Col G Thomas, Gertrude & Mario.

Children’s Park at Shekinah House, donated generously by Sharon and Tony Freeman was inaugurated at the hands of Ps. Matthew. The boys were excited and could not wait to have their turn.

            Parent of Umesh (434) and Abhishek (585) have begun 15 days volunteer service. We had a local family visiting the home and were very happy to meet the children. Managers of House of Kathleen and Rainbow House also visited the Home. Godfrey and Ashok checked on the maintenance work. Mr & Mrs Wuzor from Nigeria visited the Home and donated clothes and rice.

The staff at Shekinah House are gearing up for the tourist season when visitors grace us with their presence and good wishes. We sure hope more people will hear of El Shaddai and assist us to make the childhood of these children worth remembering.

The boys are looking eagerly to the month of October. Diwali vacations are also around the corner and the boys know that a lot of fun activities are planned for the same.

Competitions for the boys in our care were planned in August.  The children have begun to enjoy their games time in a big way and almost everyone is involved in some kind of physical activity. Lots of sports items have been bought and given to them and they are making the best use of it. One feels proud when the boys excel. Some are also getting ready for the various tournaments that are scheduled once the monsoon season closes. Badminton and table tennis are the two disciplines that is being given high priority by the children, while we encourage them for different kinds of sports as we want them to be physically fit and always ready to compete with their peers. (more…)

The month of July was an eventful month. We started the month with a Prayer for protection, on our children. The new admissions have helped Children experience childhood, the way they should. (more…)

SHEKINAH HOUSE, ASSAGAO.

The children upon return immediately got into the play mode and soon a game of football, cricket, kabaddi and carom were played. The boys found themselves in 6 major groups and that is the way they will stay for the rest of the year. 16 new faces can be seen at SH. 13 older boys were transferred to Victory House and 10 Boys have come from House of Kathleen. Mohit and Preston are the children who had gone back to their families and have rejoined. Shekinah House has a strength of 51 boys along with 5 staff and a Trainee. (more…)

This entire month was spent preparing. All boys were busy with their books especially the ones attending formal school. The staff was on hand always to help in times of difficulty and we are proud to say that the boys have learnt responsibility. They would get Home from school, have lunch and straightaway get their books out and begin study. (more…)

February came accompanied by very cold weather. The nights were chilly and boys found it difficult to get out of bed in the morning. We started a routine of physical exercises for boys and staff to get the blood circulating. We began each day by encouraging each other. Rain or chill we saw Anitamother almost everyday on her early morning walk with her dog Heidi. She always had a kind word for staff and children. (more…)

The children thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Before we even realised it schools had reopened and we were already in mid January. The boys were frantically getting ready for unit test exams and monthly reviews. (more…)

The month of December has flashed by with so many activities and celebrations that the boys are somewhat sad the year is drawing to a close. This month has been a very busy one for all. The first half of the month saw the children involved in school activities and the latter half was all about Christmas. Visitors were aplenty and some new staff too have joined the Home. overall the month was exciting. (more…)

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