{"id":218802,"date":"2019-09-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/218802\/new-chapter-for-baby-home\/"},"modified":"2019-09-23T15:43:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T13:43:24","slug":"new-chapter-for-baby-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/09\/23\/new-chapter-for-baby-home\/","title":{"rendered":"New chapter for baby home"},"content":{"rendered":"

In July, work began to renovate and revamp the paediatric rooms at El-Shammah Home for Abandoned Babies and Place of Safety.<\/p>\n

Life Roseacres Hospital, as part of their Sizanani project, donated a number of items to the home to help with the renovations.<\/p>

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On Friday, Allistair and Merencia Scholtz (El-Shammah Home managers) were delighted to officially open the rooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was just an idea,\u201d said Merencia at the opening.<\/p>

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\u201cBut it became more of a reality after speaking to Dr Janet Lumb (a paediatrician) who was working at a children\u2019s foundation in Randfontein.<\/p>\n

\u201cJanet was looking for satellite rooms to work from and we had rooms available here at the home that we wanted to put to good use.<\/p>\n

\u201cJanet began working from the paediatric rooms, with children from other children\u2019s homes, through appointments she handles herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the rooms needed to be renovated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Merencia thanked Roseacres, Silvasons Hardware and Unity Glass Works for their help in making their dreams a reality.<\/p>\n

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Janet was thrilled with the renovations.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past 15 years I have worked with children\u2019s homes and worked with El-Shammah Home even before Allistair and Merencia took over,\u201d Janet said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really enjoying working here and in this environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rooms are beautiful and the perfect size and are so clean, hygienic and well-lit, we have everything we need.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllistair and Merencia are open to children from other homes seeing me here, which is wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

To find out more about the home, to make a donation or become a sponsor, contact Allistair on 061 242 2709 or send an email to allistair@elshammahbabyhome.co.za.<\/p>\n

The home can also be found on several social media platforms, including Facebook (simply search El-Shammah Home For Abandoned Babies), Instagram (@elshammahhome) and Twitter (@elshammahbabies).<\/p>\n

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