Name: Ayuba
Born (approximately): 1991
Transferred to Hand in Hand: Dec 2001
From: Osu Children Home
Further information:
-Father brought his two children to the orphanage in Accra around 1996. One was immediately adopted by a Canadian family. Ayuba stayed behind till in 2001 he was transferred to Hand in Hand.
-Down’s syndrome.
-Caregiver: Sophia, Presently Kwame
-Financial adoption 2006: Mrs Kloosterman and Family, Mrs Donkor, The Netherlands.
Ayuba
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Ayuba: Dancing, music making, ‘macho-making’, swimming, joking and finally a loving kiss on your forehead. This is..... Ayuba! Ayuba came at the end of 2001 from Osu Children's home in Accra to the Hand in Hand Community. Nowadays, he is not a cute little boy anymore, but a huge teddy bear. He was probably born at the beginning of the nineties. Ayuba has Down's syndrome and he also suffers from epileptic fits. He is a kind of a "macho" boy who loves to impress people and do cool conversation pieces with Papa Bob. At the pool he makes one spin-dive after another. Moreover, he likes to dance around the pool and hopes that somebody will watch in admiration. Ayuba loves to entertain his audience. Ayuba is good with drums and singing. He regularly uses empty plastic bottles to play drums in the swimming pool and at times he plays a few songs on the drums of Kofi Asare. Ayuba speaks reasonable English so it is easy to communicate with him or to play games with him, like his favorite game ' Which color?' Ayuba points to any object and asks: which color? After your answer, he points to something else and asks the same question again. This can go on the whole day till…he gets hungry! He is simply great in the art of eating! |