GRACE THIRD WORLD FUND
[4-Jul-09] Timothy Babu, from our orphanage will be over in the UK and Isle of Man during August 2009. He will be speaking at a number of venues up and down the country. Churches and organisations that have a special history of supporting GTWF will be able to confirm details of when he is coming to you locally. New charity chairman Ray Richardson will be accompanying Timothy and looks forward to meeting many of these friends for the first time.
Old News...
GTWF is providing a new electricity generator for the Home which will enable power to be available on site during the regular scheduled cuts! [Aug-08]
Please note that we are now raising funds to go towards the third and final storey on the orphanage building. We had our first event last night with this specific goal in mind by way of Open Mic NIght at Peel Golf Club! Follow donation link to give to this cause. Thank you! [7-Mar-09]
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Grace Third World Fund
A young girl called Mani, joined the Home She was nine years old, and deaf and dumb. Because she could not hear, she had never learned to speak. She could make sounds, and sometimes one could just make out very simple words. Even then, one needed to have an idea of what she was trying to say.
In August 2002, a charity representative spent his summer vacation with the children at the orphanage. Whilst he was with her he began to feel sure that she could hear something.
He found that when he put a small tape recorder close to her ear, she showed signs of being able to hear something.
Arrangements were made to take Mani to the ENT department at hospital for a consultation and hearing test. We were thrilled to learn that Mani was indeed not completely deaf.
She was described as suffering from ‘bilateral S.N. profound hearing loss with delayed speech development.’ The recommendations were that she was given strong hearing aids, and intensive speech and language stimulation.
Hearing equipment was duly purchased for Mani, and she is beginning to learn to speak.
See Mani's story in our sketch history
