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worried,because,youknow,thesearenotjustordinarychildren.SoIwasalittlebitafraidof
saying or doing anything wrong. But when I arrived I was pleasantly surprised by its happy
atmosphere! Everyone, the medical workers and the children, they all looked really happy,”
Beckyrecalled,tellingaboutherimpressiononthefirstdayshespentatAenea’sHome.
It is amazing that the children can understand Becky even though she only speaks English.
“You know, once I told a girl named Goun, that I like her pink t-shirt. The next time I came
to her room, she smiled and said “pink,” pointing to her trousers. We understand each
other perfectly well! When I sing English songs they always try to follow me. Sometimes I
think I have a bigger language barrier with the people whom I meet on the subway or in the
supermarketthanwiththesechildrenfromAenea’sHome.Andthefactthattheyhavecerebral
palsydoesnotmeanthatwecannotbegoodfriends,”Beckyadded.
What is cerebral palsy? Cerebral palsy is a functional disability caused by abnormal
developmentordamagetothecerebrum.Inmostcases,patientsshowabnormaldevelopment
in their central nerve system, accompanied by failures in the muscular
systemandsensorynervesystem.
Accordingtooneofthemedicalworkers,“FoundedonJuly28th,1994,
Young Nak Aenea’s Home houses 40 cerebral-palsied children above
the age of 4. The name “Aenea” comes from the Biblical story of Peter
healing a paralysed person named Aenea. Young Nak Aenea’s Home
provides a caring Christian environment in order to protect and serve
cerebral-palsied children. Any child with the first class of celebral palsy
under the age of 4 is eligible to enter the Aenea’s Home facility.” Hence
medicalworkersattheHometrytomakethechildren’slivesas“normal”
asitpossible.
“Wejusttrytomakeeachothersmile.Ilovethesechildren.Theygive
yousomuch.Wetrytoshareeveryminuteofhappinesstogether. Istill
rememberthedaywhenIwastogetherwithalittlegirlJi-yeon,whowas
blind.Wewalkedandtalkedtoghether.Shewasalwayssohappy,andwhenamedicalworker
asked me to feed her, I could not even do it properly because she was singing without any
pause.Ihaveneverheardsuchabeautifulvoicefroma6-year-oldgirl.Andthenwhenvisiting
hourswereovershetookmyhand,tryingtolookatmyface,andsaid‘Goodnight.’Itwasone
ofthebestdaysforme,”Beckysaid.
The basic principles of Aenea’s Home are to provide a humanitarian and culturally
fulfilling living environment for those who enter the facility. By adopting individual and
group instruction, the goals are to enhance the children’s basic temperance and personality;
to provide physical therapy, task therapy and linguistic therapy; to improve the children’s
health both in terms of preventive care and treatment of their existing conditions; to provide
counselingforthechildrenastheyadvanceintheirpsychologicaldevelopment;toinspirethe
children’swilltoovercometheirchallengesthroughdailytherapy;andtoinspirethechildren
withthebeliefthat“theycandoit”.
These are just “normal” children who can find happiness even from small things like the
attentionorkindwordsofstudentswhovisitthisfacility.Theyaretotallyopentonewpeople
andalwayshappytoseenewfaces.CometoAenea’sHome,justlikeBeckydid,andsay“Hi”
to any child ? you will get something in return that you could not buy even with millions of
won-thepricelesssmileofahappychild.
pizhonka@hufs.ac.kr
JUNE 2010

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