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The "Wife" is Up to Good!
GIve A Hug Foundation
is Makeda Chetom's
latest Humanitarian
Service. Let's all help!
Date: 8/19/2005 10:25:01 PM ( 19 y ) ... viewed 986 times Every so often I check in on what the
"Wife" is doing!
We have this Perfect Marriage of Minds,
no fuss, no mess,
sometimes a little bitching here and there,
and cosmic jabs, but all it all it is Perfect.
We worked our main Stuff all out about 500 years
ago in the Village.
For an explanation of our relationship
please see the Plant Your Dream Blog here:
"I am a Bigomist"
http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=92&i=595
So here is what SHE IS UP to NOW
and I am So very HAPPY inside to See Her
doing this!!!
your eg
leslie
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http://www.worldbeatcenter.org/gahf/
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Makeda's Story
On a 2005 visit to Jamaica, World Beat Center Executive Director Makeda Cheatom had the opportunity to visit the Our Lady of Hope Children’s Home in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. She was deeply touched by her interaction with the children at the home. Upon her arrival at the home, Makeda was welcomed by children of all ages. She greeted each child with a warm smile and a big hug.
While holding a 6 month old baby boy named Romane, Makeda’s heart opened with compassion as the baby responded with joy to her loving touch. During her visit, Makeda realized the tremendous value of human touch and its importance in the lives of small children. She left Jamaica feeling inspired to make a difference in the lives of these abandoned and precious Jamaican children.
As the originator of Bob Marley Day in San Diego, and one of the world’s foremost reggae producers and radio personalities, Makeda is in a unique position to give back to the island that birthed the inspirational music of reggae. In many ways, reggae music serves as the sustenance which keeps the World Beat Center going. It is an honor for the Center to have an opportunity to pour blessings back into the land from which reggae music originates.
Our Lady of Hope Children’s Home provides a safe and nurturing home environment for abandoned children to be raised in and cared for. The home was founded in 1996. At present, there are 35 children residing in the home, ranging in age from 6 months to 14 years.
Dr. Maureen Samms-Vaughan, a researcher in Jamaica, and the head of the newly formed Early Childhood Commission states that…“the first 3 years of life are absolutely critical to child development.”
Dr. Samms-Vaughan believes that in the first 3 years of life, experiences and interactions with parents, other family members, and other adults, influence the way a child's brain develops, with as much, or greater impact than nutrition and clean water. Furthermore, these experiences set the stage for later success in school, and the behavior and personality traits of adolescence and adulthood.
Dr. Samms-Vaughan states that “every positive interaction, every gentle touch, every soft word, every loving emotion, and every gentle movement is translated into an explosion of electrical and chemical activity within the brain, as billions of cells organize themselves to make the trillions of networks.
Sadly, every harsh touch, every harsh word, every negative emotion and rough handling or physical abuse also set off electrical and chemical activity and a different set of networks become developed".
To read more about the Our Lady of Hope Children’s Home, please go to:
http://www.oloh-jamaica.org/index.php
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