Kythe soars high!
It is with great pleasure to inform you that Kythe is now recognized globally as a front runner in providing psychosocial care for pediatric patients thru its Child Life Program. In the recently concluded Asia Pacific Hospice Conference, foreign delegates were quite impressed with what the Kythe Child Life Program has accomplished. So much so that there are now plans of sending some members of the hospice team from Indonesia to the Philippines to undergo training in Child Life.
Operation Smile celebrated its 25th year of service in the Philippines on November 2007. Kythe Child Life Specialists were invited to participate in the international missions in Makati, Naga and Davao. Rachel Woon, Child Life Specialist from Singapore worked with Kythe Child Life Specialists Ninin Sumpaico and Fatima Garcia in the international mission in Makati while Anna Quiogue was assigned in Naga. Due to the good working relationship and friendship that was formed, there are now plans of gathering counterparts in Indonesia, Hong Kong and Thailand to form a South East Asian Child Life Network.
Aside from being a member of the Child Life Council based in the United States, Kythe is now an active member of the International Children's Palliative Care Network and the Asia Pacific Hospice Network.
There seems to be no stopping Kythe from soaring to new heights and we assure our supporters of the team's adherence to the prinicples of professionalism, accountability and transparency tempered with compassion.
Thank you for your unwavering support and may God bless you always!
Fatima "Girlie" Garcia, MA CCLS
Executive Director