The caretakers of our children at COTP are Haitian women.  We call these wonderful ladies nannies.

It has been a desire of the COTP staff to conduct a nanny training.  We were thrilled when Adam figured out a schedule that would allow the nannies to attend a training session.

April 30^th we held our first of six training sessions.  Each nanny attended one session.

The nannies were eager to attend.  They told me that the children always get to school and this training session is school for gwo moun big people.

Nannies waiting for their session to start.

Nick, our director shared the new vision for family homes.  He walked the nannies out to our back property to show them the first home.  Nikki brainstormed how to better care for the children with the nannies.  They came up with possible activities.  She also introduced our baby house room changes.  More to come about this in another blog.  

Fifi (our nurse) teaching how to use the new intake/outtake chart.

Our nurses, Sheila and Fifi, led the nannies in health care return demonstration that allowed for them to practice on dolls.   The nannies loved the dolls so much they named them after their favorite children.  Fifi named her baby doll Rose Guerda after the baby she loves.

Fifi leading a return demonstration on mixing a bottle and feeding a baby.

The nannies holding their baby dolls.

Renel taught the nannies how to cash their checks.  We use to handout money, but with a growing number of staff we are moving to checks.  He taught them how to sign a check and where to go to deposit the check.

Renel teaching the nannies about their paycheck.