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anniversary in June 2025 and hearing the children’s song for acceptance, was so special.
using play, posture and posi琀椀ve at琀椀tudes in the churches, where 19
groups meet.
The WWN project has been helpful to Opera琀椀on Mobilisa琀椀on in
Kabwe, and they came to the
celebra琀椀on sta琀椀ng they had learnt
a lot from Henry and Joyce when
star琀椀ng a similar scheme. Joyce
also shared that OM had arranged
for WWN to go to Tanzania, speaking to pastors in training using the
resource Transform Disability (written by Bethany Children’s Trust and
available on their resources page).
Alongside the WWN centre the adjoining site is being developed into
a boarding school for 1,200 children. The US based Chris琀椀an charity doing this is Life Song, and the
are prepared to jointly work with
Wukwashi’s board to promote further a琀琀ainments for children with
Special Educa琀椀onal Needs. This
will bring further exper琀椀se into the
project, but will not prevent the not
professionally quali昀椀ed church volunteers from using their 琀椀me in the
groups.
Having gained recogni琀椀on, other ini琀椀a琀椀ves are partnering with
Wukwashi. One organisa琀椀on promo琀椀ng community-based rehabilita琀椀on has placed a physiotherapist with our team. He was able to
tell me that func琀椀onal movement
was the emphasis for the children,
which 昀椀ts with the founda琀椀ons
of our work. The work centres on
It was encouraging seeing Nduma,
who was at the school on our last
visit, busy on the site, with prepara琀椀ons. The mix of exper琀椀se and
the constant kindness of WWN’s
Chris琀椀an volunteers has reached
nearly 1,000 Zambian SEND children. At the celebra琀椀on, the volunteer team used a parent’s story in
a drama, where every o昀케cial from
clinics, schools and even a church
choir would not help a parent; but,
then they found acceptance and
support through WWN. We felt encouraged to see how powerful this
message of the Good Samaritan is
s琀椀ll as it was when preached 2,000
years ago. How wonderful it is that
God can show His love through the
interven琀椀on of His people.
