Providing one-on-one attention, care, and love to the world’s most vulnerable of children.
如果没有充满爱的人际交往，孤儿院里的儿童每接受三个月的机构照顾，就会损失一个月的线性生长时间。
斯宾塞-查平于 1998 年创立了“奶奶计划”，旨在解决这一问题并改善世界各地弱势儿童的生活。该计划邀请有爱心的看护人（或称“奶奶”）帮助他们照顾的儿童克服严重的发育迟缓，学会信任和爱，并得到他们应得的关注和照顾。
Spence-Chapin is currently running Granny Programs in Colombia, Ghana, and South Africa.
老奶奶计划只有通过我们支持者的慷慨捐助才能运作和扩大。
More than 5 million children around the world reside in orphanages. The majority of these children have been exposed to significant trauma, neglect, violence, and loss in their short lives. When they arrive at an institution, the group environment and lack of resources too often mean that they become deprived of consistent, nurturing human interaction. Without someone in their corner to advocate for their needs and provide them with nurture and support, children experience lifelong detrimental effects, including developmental delays, challenges with healthy attachment, and struggles with mental health. The Granny Program is there to change that.
The Granny Program utilizes a simple yet effective model to create profound change in the lives of children residing in institutionalized care. The Granny Program model screens, selects, and trains “Grannies” from the local community to visit individually with their assigned children five days a week, with a focus on speech and language development, motor skills enhancement, and relationship attachment skills building. Grannies receive extensive training in general child care, secure attachment, bonding, supporting a child who has experienced loss or trauma, and play therapy models. Unlike traditional volunteer models, Grannies are paired with their child long-term, often for their duration in the children’s home.
Over 90% of children experience marked improvements in their developmental milestones and emotional and mental health within six months of being paired with a Granny. Children who were significantly behind in learning to speak, walk, or write begin communicating, take their first steps, and hold their crayon with confidence. Those who had been labeled “problem children,” who exhibited emotional outbursts, began to play well with their peers, communicate their needs and feelings, and learn tools to help them manage their emotions. The Grannies also experience profound transformation, feeling a renewed sense of purpose, and gaining skills and knowledge that they share with their families and communities.
The Granny Program serves hundreds of children, and we believe that each of those children deserve to dream of a better future. That’s why we created 亲爱的未来, an exhibition featuring the deeply impactful stories and dreams of children living in an orphanage in Cali, Colombia. This is more than just an art exhibit. It’s a movement born to raise awareness about the urgent importance of supporting vulnerable children around the world.
亲爱的未来 does not have any in-person exhibitions currently planned, but you can still experience the exhibition online through our virtual tour. Have a space you would like to see 亲爱的未来 in? We would love to work with you. Reach out to us through this contact form.
Supporting the dreams and futures of children living in institutionalized care not only matters—it makes the world a better place.
已在纽约、新泽西和亚利桑那州获得许可和授权
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