--life of an ordinary C--: cerecare

Last Saturday, a fellow student of mine named FuCai brought me to Cerecare. This is a place where kids with Cerebral Palsy are taken care of. Finally! I’ve got the chance to visit them, after hearing so much and trying so hard to raise funds for them. Cerecare is very close to us as they are one of our beneficiaries under SHEN (Shanghai House of Entrepreneur) social welfare programs. We went to deliver their dinner—sponsored Christina bread.

As we stepped into the facility that houses 30 kids, it was deafening silence that welcomed us. “Where are the noises, are the kids all napping?” It was out of my expectation. After greeting Miss Liu, the teacher in-charge, we sent food to the kitchen. “This is my first time here”, I told Miss Liu. “Oh! Please let me show you around!” And there we stood, a long corridor ahead of us, and we meet with the kids, all of them, grouped into different rooms according to their abilities.

The kids were beautiful. Even though they don’t really smiles back at you; even though they don’t turn around and look at you when you call their names; even though they don’t run towards you and hug you, even though they are strapped around their small body structure, unto some equipment that suppose to help their muscle to relax, they were beautiful. Now I came to understand the quiet greeting of this place. Things are different here. Yet I believe that in their little souls, they were smiling, making faces, pulling your hands and Bermudas, running about with teachers feeling helpless. In their little souls, they are same with most other children. I really believe.

“Cerecare doesn’t only help kids with physiotherapy; we also help them in their emotions and thinking process…” “Cerecare is working hard so that these children can take care themselves…” “Cerecare is still looking diligently for sponsors…” “Cerecare is hoping that local schools will take in these kids into their classrooms…”

Suddenly I felt attached to this place…