THINGS ARE LOOKING up for Chaneese Edmund and her daughter Shaneesia.
The seven-year-old suffers with cerebral palsy and her mother was at her wits end trying to source transportation to get her daughter to the Challenor Creative Arts and Training Centre in Canefield, St Thomas.
Edmund, 23, lives in Lakes, St Andrew, which is normally not on the school’s bus route. In a story carried in the MIDWEEK NATION early last month, she said she used to get a friend to take them to Sturges, St Thomas in order to catch the bus but that was no longer possible.
But now Shaneesia gets dropped to and from the school thanks to the school deviating from its normal bus schedule to accommodate them.
“The Challenor School contacted me and said they would do a trial run where the bus would come here and pick up Shaneesia around 9 a.m. and drop her off around 4 p.m.,” said Edmund.
The mother of four said this was not the only silver lining as Member of Parliament George Payne had also pledged his support.
“Three people from his office came by and said they would help with pampers and such,” she said, adding they were looking forward to the assistance.
Not only that, but Edmund said she had spoken to the Barbados Council for the Disabled in order to get a wheelchair for her daughter. However, she said transport was the issue again as she had to find a way to get to the council, located in The Garrison, St Michael, to undergo the necessary interview process to ensure she was eligible.
Edmund wanted to thank all who were involved in helping her get to her current position, especially the NATION.
“I just want to thank the NATION very much because nothing was happening before you came,” she said. (CA)
