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During the month of June & July most of the institutes that attended the Jerry Giraffe training in October 2017 were visited. 

The care givers and teachers were very pleased with the ongoing assistance Fikelela has offered them. Some of them needed hands on training which we willing assisted them with. We assisted with the first two lessons whereby they gained confidence. 

Seeing the excitement and eagerness coming from the children is so overwhelming. They enjoyed the sessions and especially look forward to hugging Jerry and getting the opportunity to be in control of the talking flower, this really helps the children to be more outspoken in a controlled manner. The Jerry songs is another favourite they look forward too. 

What we observed from our visits to the Institutes are that the biggest challenges that teachers face is they have new children joining the institute all the time and not having sufficient teachers to separate the class. However they are grateful when they have extra support from the overseas volunteers. We use this opportunity to train the overseas volunteers as well so that they can assist and introduce the Jerry program to the new kids. Jerry Giraffe is definately making a difference in the lives of the children! Thank you, the donor for your ongoing support so that we can role out these programs to our children.

Our follow up sessions with the institutes was very inspiring. Most of the institutes faced some challenges at the beginning of the year (new enrollments, getting the children to settle into the school routine).

We have received feedback from two of the homes that started “the Jerry Giraffe program and it seem to be one of the kids’ favorites, they remind the teacher when it comes to the Thursday that it’s Jerry’s day to visit. The simplicity of the lesson plans are very useful as everything around implementation the lesson is straight forward.

The Fikelela team has offered the institutes assistance wherever possible to make sure that the children are educated in a fun loving manner to care for themselves and those around them.

St Francis home for boys 15 in attendance age 4 – 12 years old, Jerry taught them the golden rules and I am special theme song. The kids loved every minute and looked forward to answer the questions just to have the Talking Flower in their hand, this is the best tool one of the teachers commented.

Fikelela Child and Youth Care Centre 15 children attends the Jerry program regularly. It is extremely helpful with the discipline of the children. The kids know Jerry well and there is huge excitement when Jerry comes out to play.