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It is October 12th & we are about to leave for China with the Red Thread Charities volunteer trip. Included in the group:
Danling Cai, our fearless leader
Cheryl Heley, RTC Chair, & her daugher, Susan
Cheryl Barile & her daughter, Emma
Tim (doctor), Jane (nurse & RTC board member) & their daughter Quin
Kathy Bjornson, nurse
Kiki Dickinson, physical therapist
Nancy Lawton-Shirley, occupational therapist
We are flying to Beijing where we will spend two days to get adjusted to the time change & do a little sightseeing.
We'll write from you in China!
Cheryl Heley
Hi All. We arrived in Beijing and everyone agreed the flight was quite painless. Our guide Chandler met us at the airport and took us to our hotel. The next morning we were taken on a rickshaw tour of the local neighborhood and got to visit a middle school, (Ages 9-11). The children were doing their exercises aimed at reducing eyestrain and promoting alertness. The were doing acupressure to their own faces and scalp to piped in music and a voice repeating 1-10 in mandarin. A few of the children stood and introduced themselves in English and told us what their favorite color, food, sport and season was. Our children did the same and then we were treated to a brand new olympic song and we treated them to halloween pencils and a rousing rendition of "When You're Happy and you Know it Clap Your hands." We then went to the Drum Tower and the Forbidden City. Yesterday we toured the Great Wall and in the evening met with the vice director of CCAA. She was very warm and answered all our questions with candor. I believe all of us are now officially decompressed and on China time. This morning we leave on a plane to Yiwu. Jane Steinmetz
I have tried to leave posts on this site but only one showed up so this is a test. :) Jane
Yesterday was our first full day of exams in Yiwu. We set up our exam rooms by first having Kathy and I get vitals and measurements while taking a medical, social and developmental history. Also photos! Tim saw them next and did a medical evaluation. They were then brought to Kiki and Nancy who evaluated their PT/OT needs. In the morning we saw quite a few kids who are in foster care. 2 families had 5 special needs kids that they were caring for! The afternoon was spent evaluating babies and toddlers from the orphanage. We all agreed that this year was much easier having the forms pre interpreted in mandarin. Emma and Quin had the run of the place and played happily with the kids waiting. This is a big orphanage and we have a lot of work to do.
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