Christmas and New Year times are just around the corner!
I have been looking at my work diary this morning – 20th November 2017 is here already. I have many jobs to do before I am due to have a long holiday break as a Deaf community support worker for the Deaf, Hearing Impaired and DeafBlind, an Advocator for the People with disabilities including refugee people with Disabilities.As well – an ESOL assistant/communicator for the Deaf Somalian lady. Last weekend I took a man who has CP, speech impaired and deaf to Westfield Chartwell in Hamilton and we did his banking, paid the bills and have lunch. During the break, I was looking around us, so many people and children rushing around and buying presents, going to the movies and catching up with their family and friends. I caught something from a few people who were moaning and get annoyed with the children begging on the present they like. The adults told the children that they do not have any money to buy presents and foods. How do I know what they were saying? I am deaf and use lip reading because there were too many noises in the large shopping mall.
The children do not understand or realised about poverty surrounding their lives, but perhaps they noticed and failed to understand what is poverty means to them. The adults can be too embarrasses to tell them or to feel ashamed to show them.
The cost of living and the food prices are crazy in New Zealand and our wage incomes were not meet the expenses of house, power bills or food bills.
Here is the article I read this morning and it was from Waikato Times… It is a worth reading this article and takes a good look at your family even yourself.
My role to work under Social Services and to ensure that everyone is happy, free from trouble, to keep them in safe from danger, any types of equipment such as the wheelchair, mobility scooter for people with disabilities. I check with many people who come to see me or arrange a home visit for their urgent need of the home, food such as food parcels, advise for their needs, where to contact GPs over the holiday season and the list go on. Someone was telling me that I should become a deaf counsellor because they listen/watch me when I give any advise or suggest to their needs. mm, now that is interesting and do I have time to studying?
more to come…..
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