Kuda

Kuda was born  , she was the 1st baby we found  in city Hospital, Harare. Kuda was left alone after her Mother died with HIV/Aids and was seriously ill. We were unaware Kuda had cerebral palsy when we found her, she was so small, weighing less than 2kg at 6 months old, she had limited movement but our hearts went out to her and she became the 1st Jabulani baby.

Kuda has had all sorts of tests done on her by many specialists and at present, February 2011, she has little or no sight, she can shout and scream a lot! She can hear but has limited movement in her limbs and cannot sit alone, she has made great strides under the superb care of the staff at jabulani but on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the most severe type of CP then Kuda is a 5.

She is a happy , smiling little girl, she laughs readily and knows different voices, she loves music and bangs her legs and shakes her arms when hearing the beat! Kuda is a blessing and we all love her, she is the poster girl for Jabulani, she was there at the start and will forever be the focus of what we are trying to achieve there. Please pray God would do a miracle and touch kuda in her eyes and body, we would love to see her developing quicker but God is in control.

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Zimbabwe Orphan Care (ZOC) is a registered UK based charity working in Harare, Zimbabwe. The charity was established by Alan & Dorothy Graham (originally from Belfast) in 2000 to help orphaned children and abandoned babies in the Harare area. Zimbabwe is among one of the poorest countries in the world with very high unemployment and HIV/Aids having wiped out a whole generation.