During the week of love, our chosen charity partner “The Care Workers’ Charity” had carried a campaign titled: “Connected to Care” where they featured emerging voices from the care sector. Many of our esteemed colleagues participated. Opeyemi was one of them! in her own words, she describes how she is connected to care:
“I work as a healthcare assistant and I love my job so much. It provides me with numerous opportunities that have completely changed my perspective on life. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼’𝑚 𝑚𝑎k𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒’𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠. Wℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝑀𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟, & 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦.
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝑀𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝. 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 & 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 & 𝑣𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦, 𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒.
𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 & 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼’𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘. 𝑈𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟.
𝐴𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠.
𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑗𝑜𝑏 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒; 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼’𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑡 Hartwig Care Ltd.”
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