I went to the Lent for Liam Thanksgiving shindig today that was held at Cool Runnings in Fourways.

Liam is the son of a local blogger, Wenchy, who has got ADHD and needs to go to remedial school.  Basically, his mom can’t afford the school fees for next year, and we’ve been raising money for him for a few months now.  Today’s event was to essentially get more money pay for his fees.

Here’s an extract from the information on the Facebook page:

Liam was diagnosed with ADHD when he was five years old. He also suffers from anxiety, panic attacks and depression.
Liam is currently in a main stream education environment where he is not coping. He receives remedial assistance on a weekly basis (as that is all his Mom can provide at the moment) as his basic reading and writing skills are very poor. His reading at 13, equals that off an 8 year old.
There is a professional who acts as Liam’s “scribe” as he cannot articulate information he knows into writing, an educational psychologist meets with Liam weekly and he attends a psychiatric hospital monthly to oversee his medication.
Liam is going to high school next year. Professional opinion is that Liam will not cope in a main stream environment – academically, socially nor emotionally.

I took the kids with me, and they had a ball playing with Laura’s kids (more photos from that later)… and found the pub and the grounds fascinating and were surprisingly not bored even though it was really not child friendly Thankfully the place was quiet, and the kids could run amok and shout and scream without too many people moaning

The pregnant fairies… Louisa and Leigh-Anne

Sir Noid

Laura

David, Laura, and Leigh-Anne

Sir Noid, Angel and Exmi

And lastly, cutie Kiara

If you’d like to contribute to his fund, here are the banking details:  LJ Cadger, Standard Bank, Branch: Norwood, Account Number: 006 867 480, or, International Swift Number: 006867480004105SBZAZAJJ or https://www.paypal.com ljcadger@gmail.com