My passion is loving children, helping them explore and discover who they are and helping them as they grow.
These were the words of a Retired Teacher that has been instrumental in the establishment of the Early Childhood Centre at the Homes of Hope.
Karen Nightingale who has had 35 years of experience in Education was told she would no longer be able to teach in Australia after being diagnosed with throat cancer and in 2015 she had the opportunity to travel to Fiji to continue her passion.
Nightingale says that in that time till today she has been working with Homes of Hope writing a new curriculum for the children on campus.
She says that the Campus Children they have are aged from birth till 5 and they have enrolled children from 6 months till they are 4 years ready for Kindergarten.
The 69-year-old says that it has been a very exciting and rewarding experience watching children heal, make new discoveries and taking a new step in their learning.
Nightingale adds that the last 18 months have seen the planning, construction and completion of their new facility after having previously conducted classes in dormitories and now have had the opportunity to have a purpose built Early Childhood Centre.
The Homes of Hope Early Childhood Centre currently has a roll of 14 children but the ECE Centre can cater upto 30 students and employs four ECE teachers.
