"We thank you so much for your contributions in helping these children live better lives. Because of your donations and help we are able to equip these children with a brighter future where they can be more independent and live a full life despite their disabilities. I want to introduce you to another child that your donations are helping.
Raag came to St. Nicholas Home in January of 2014. He came to us at the age of 6. Raag was born premature. When he first joined us he was very dependent on his family for help. The transition to St. Nicolas Home was difficult for him. Raag was born with Congenital Rubella Syndrome, which has greatly affected his life. This has caused him to be completely blind in one eye and have low vision in the other. Raag also uses hearing aids to help him with his sensorineural deafness (damage to the inner ear). Raag also has difficult sleeping. We are actively working with him on all these things to develop better life skills, sleeping patters and independence.
Since being in our care Raag has made progress. He can communicate much more with body gestures. He uses symbols to ask for what he needs. He can now have more solid foods but is still unable to feed himself. When he first came to us his mother was only feeding him milk. But he is getting more independent as time goes on. He has been able to find things on his own from memory and needs less and less assistance throughout the day. We are currently working on keeping him awake in the day so that at night he can sleep all the way through. We have high hopes and visions for Raag’s future, and with donations like yours this is all possible. We hope to continue working with communication, motor skills and sensory skills with him in the future.
Thank you for joining us in this work. We cannot do it without you. Please continue to support and help us change these children’s lives."
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