What Neema Village Does Best

What Neema Village Does Best

October 23, 2019

Six months ago this tiny baby was brought to Neema Village by Arusha Social Welfare. She was so small we were praying she would survive. Cain Langhoff, a volunteer teacher at Neema, was holding tiny Tessa for this photo.

Tessa’s mother was a young girl in school in Mwanza and her grandmother was paying her tuition. The mother was too young to take care of such a preemie baby and she was scared her grandmother would cut off her education if she found out. 

Social Welfare was called and agreed to help by letting Neema Village keep the baby until she was out of danger and had put on some weight. The mom was also able to finish her classes.

Yesterday the mother and her aunt came to pick up healthy little six month old Tessa. We don’t always have the perfect solution to what happens to these babies but prayerfully this one turned out okay. The mom’s aunt, pictured below with Tessa will be helping her raise Tessa.

Another baby left Neema yesterday, too

Four month old Ivan came to Neema Village in July, 2018. His mother had abandoned him in a field where the father was working but the father had no way to keep the baby.

When we recieve a baby Angel, our social worker, begins a plan on how they will return to their family if possible and if not can they be adopted. We are always happy when a grandmother or aunt steps in to take the baby. That is what happened for Ivan yesterday.

Ivan’s Auntie has agreed to keep him and Ivan seems quite comfortable with that. from looking at the picture below! 

We fall in love with these babies and it is hard to let them go.  It was another bittersweet day when these two flew the nest at Neema. But it is what Neema Village does best, putting families back together.

Just to remind you that we live in Africa, Vern Fernandes took this incredible photo of a daddy lion and baby, I call it “Family is always best!”

God knew what he was doing when He made a family and called it “Very Good”

Be Blessed,

Dorris and Michael