Give a Music Magician to Developmental Delay Kids

Ze, who is 4 years 9 months old boy with moderate cerebral palsy, and joined our class in July, 2015. He was found to suffer from eye tracking problems and poor visual perceptual skills. Even with short attention spans, his perception of musical-produced sound is much better than visual perception.

Thank God Ze shows slightly higher levels of sensitivity to music, and he could participate successfully in music experiences and we expected to see the music therapy’s value in his treatment of motor, speech/language and cognitive domains. At the beginning, Ze was unable to interact with teachers and completed most of works by his parent instead. He often struggled with communication including eye-contact and verbal. We’ve provided Ze with various handheld percussion instruments, and he began to talk and interact with us gradually even a single word. Now Ze enjoys more fun in the class with his mother, young sister, and teachers. Thanks to all donors for the opportunity to have children, parents and family members grow together through the music therapy project.

- Message from TFCF social worker

** Ze is the fake name due to the privacy and safety of individuals is respected.

We need your words!

"Children are the hope of the future. Let's help them."

"See music to let children progress, feel the Agency's intentions."

Thank you to everyone for your kind words. I see it all and I am grateful and blessed to receive so much encouragement from you all. We will keep our work steady year after year.

Happy New Year 2017~

Thank you for your support in the pass year. It’s hard to believe we closed out another calendar year, but we are excited for this new year of opportunities and growth that awaits us. The Lunar New Year is coming soon, we would like to let you know that your donation is going to play a vital role in allowing us to do good things for needy children in Taichung. Our organization wouldn’t be able to continue this valuable mission without generous people like you.

I wish you and your family a joyful, healthy and prosperous new year ahead!

With gratitude,

Wen Hung

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• TFCF Taichung City Child Development Center FB (in Chinese)
• Find our 2nd project for Kyrgyzstan children
• Subscribe TFCF e-paper

Ren, who has a chromosome abnormality (trisomy 18), is 5 years old now and joined our class in August, 2015.

Ren has no difficulty in group activities, but she has low self-esteem. Her perceptual motor development was slightly delayed and scored worse on balance and the associated fingers movements. Her receptive language scores were higher than expression. It has been 14 months since Ren joined our class. We found that she has shown good progress in refining all her motor skills through music therapy. Both group activities and parent participation are very helpful to make her progress. At the beginning, she was unable to achieve a squatting or standing position. However, she has increased muscle strength and endurance. We are so excited to see her slow running. Now she may use phrases or a sentence to express ideas and joins our drum team!

- Message from Ren’s class teacher

** Ren is the fake name due to the privacy and safety of individuals is respected.

So nice to hear from you on GlobalGiving!

"It is a helpful program for kids who in need."

"Very vivid and lively, let me feel the joy to a child's development."

"They need supports a little by little as they progress by little"

I really appreciate your time and everything you've written! It's always nice to hear a word of encouragement. All feedback messages are very important and encourage us to keep our work steady.

Since the project started in 2015, there have been more than 72 little angels participating in the classes 1~2 times per week. Our therapy team also learns a lot from children’s progress and continues to enhance the course content and explicitly increases activities of cognitive development relating to daily living and self-care. We always promote parents to get involved in our course and there are more than 12 parents participating regularly and they accompany children to learn and grow together.

Thank you for supporting TFCF Taichung City Child Development Center and giving a Music Magician to needy children with developmental delay in Taichung, Taiwan. I will continue to share every great moment with you through GlobalGiving reports while seeing our little angels fly free. Please invite your friends and families to spread the word about our project and encourage more people to take actions to participate in the cause as you do.

With gratitude,

Wen Hung