2021 DPSS Annual Report Online_FINAL

Annual Report 2020/2021

Children’s Services

Akua & Kwame

Both Akua and Kwame feel called to a healing vocation. As licensed nurses, the couple specialize in caring for medically fragile foster children in their home. Most recently, the Ghanaian couple cared for a young child with kidney disease. The child was in desperate need of a transplant and required stabilization for the lifesaving surgery. Akua and Kwame provided 24-hour care, including a specialized diet. The surgery was a success. In the

waiting room, Akua and Kwame embraced the biological parents. They cried tears of joy. “It is such a blessing to see their child be healthy and happy, free from suffering,” said Kwame. “Sometimes,” the couple said, “birth parents struggle to understand their role is to help their child thrive.” We are grateful to have our own biological children,” Akua says. “All children deserve to enjoy family life, and ideally we think the best family for them is their very own.”

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