Feels like another roller coaster ride. The fund raising dinner was a rousing success and through it we raised a total of 32,000!
Just today when I felt I can finally get some rest after the hectic event preparations and meetings, a call from Thailand rings.
Calls on weekends are usually bad news. And indeed it was. Nook nik's mother who suffers from mental illness and behavioural problems is pressing the staff to have custody of her child.
As much as we would hope to allow her to care for the child, she is definitely not in the right state to care for the child, especially when she just contemplated selling off nook nik's younger sibling for cash. We had just successfully convinced her to do otherwise few months back and now she wants nook nik back.
We're just concerned that if we allow nook nik to go with her, the child may end up being sold on the black market.
Last month nook nik's mother asked us for a job and we told her she can always join us on the condition that she does not "run" away from work. Which she has a habbit of doing. Whenever she makes a mistake, instead of facing up, she runs off. Literally! And without notice. So you can imagine how difficult it was to care
her.
Last year, she sought our assistance after being involved with 2 men concurrently and became pregnant by one. But marrried the other chap! We were terribly worried about her mental state but we can't advise very much when the guy decides to take responsiblity for the affair. Yes this was a married man.
The guy took her in as the mistress and second wife and in less than a month. This girl ran home. Disappeared.
With all these "running" and severe neglect for the child, we're really not sure should we return the custody, especially after she has signed a child protection policy to ensure that the child stays on the programme undisrupted for one year.
Should she be in better health or financial state, she can have the custody of the child should the tribal leaders decide so. But now, she just wants to yank the kid out today. Yes today. So keep my staff in prayers that they will be able to calm her down and help nook nik continue her studies.
Working with kids is hard enough. Working with parents can sometime be even more painful.
Just today when I felt I can finally get some rest after the hectic event preparations and meetings, a call from Thailand rings.
Calls on weekends are usually bad news. And indeed it was. Nook nik's mother who suffers from mental illness and behavioural problems is pressing the staff to have custody of her child.
As much as we would hope to allow her to care for the child, she is definitely not in the right state to care for the child, especially when she just contemplated selling off nook nik's younger sibling for cash. We had just successfully convinced her to do otherwise few months back and now she wants nook nik back.
We're just concerned that if we allow nook nik to go with her, the child may end up being sold on the black market.
Last month nook nik's mother asked us for a job and we told her she can always join us on the condition that she does not "run" away from work. Which she has a habbit of doing. Whenever she makes a mistake, instead of facing up, she runs off. Literally! And without notice. So you can imagine how difficult it was to care
her.
Last year, she sought our assistance after being involved with 2 men concurrently and became pregnant by one. But marrried the other chap! We were terribly worried about her mental state but we can't advise very much when the guy decides to take responsiblity for the affair. Yes this was a married man.
The guy took her in as the mistress and second wife and in less than a month. This girl ran home. Disappeared.
With all these "running" and severe neglect for the child, we're really not sure should we return the custody, especially after she has signed a child protection policy to ensure that the child stays on the programme undisrupted for one year.
Should she be in better health or financial state, she can have the custody of the child should the tribal leaders decide so. But now, she just wants to yank the kid out today. Yes today. So keep my staff in prayers that they will be able to calm her down and help nook nik continue her studies.
Working with kids is hard enough. Working with parents can sometime be even more painful.
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