Yearly Archives: 2022

The story of Lily-Rose: raising a child with cerebral palsy

Lily-Rose (or just Lily as she is called) is an eight-year-old girl born with Dandy-Walker Syndrome and cerebral palsy. She was orphaned shortly after birth when she was left abandoned in an open field in Orange Farm. Since age three months, she has been part of mom Carene Naubereit’s life. Carene, a single mom, now…

You can’t afford to be disabled in SA

This is the story of Shadrack. Shadrack is quadriplegic after being shot in the neck during an armed robbery and assault. He was employed as a gardener in a complex in Johannesburg when one morning, tragedy struck. This is his story told by two women who have given him a voice – Carin Silbermann and…