Dignity First Education & Supportive Home Care Services LLC advocates a globally inclusive framework for understanding human interactions; strives to promote decency in dignifying differences; provides opportunities for the marginalized and misunderstood to glow and bloom and; creates educational community opportunities about the benefits of globally inclusive human interactions.
DFESHCS:
- Believes in the unique global identity of each individual
- Recognizes diversity as human strength and seeks to welcome, promote, and celebrate the beauty of the kaleidoscope of humanity.
- Understands that variety is the spice of life and humanity flourishes when human interaction is based on mutual respect, strengthened by love and understanding others’ perspectives.
- Relies on collaborative practices and the belief that we all need each other to survive and what affects one affects all.
- Seeks to spread happiness in all unique and varied forms because humankind flourishes when all are happy.
- Builds on the Ubuntu philosophy, namely, “I am because we are”
Our Mission
“Humankind flourishes when all are happy”
Considering that all humans are just a few minutes away from being disabled, those who are able should show love and understanding to those who are disabled because we may be just building better services for ourselves.
The goal of DFESHCS is therefore to:
Provide services to marginalized and misunderstood individuals and all who are interested in learning more about such individuals in ways that enable them to maximize their God-given potentials in an uncompromising and dignifying manner.
Advocate for the urgency of dismantling institutional biases especially regarding individuals with disabilities who are mainly victims of circumstances emanating mostly from accidents, medical errors, or genetic mutations.
Our Vision
Dignity First Education & Supportive Home Care Services LLC strives for a world that all humankind is treated with decency that dignifies differences. The dignity of our clients is the overriding philosophy
Core Values:
DFESHCS believes:
- Diversity is the spice of the human race
- Including, welcoming, acknowledging, and celebrating the kaleidoscope of the human race
- Gentleness is strength prompted by love
- Nurturing others brings out the best in us. ‘I am because we are’ (ubuntu)
- Involvement and collaborative activism as each other’s keeper
- Tolerance, the joy in understanding that others’ perspectives matter
- Yearning passionately because humankind flourishes when all succeed
Inspirational Background: My Story
Everyone has a story and this story guides their views and influences how they navigate life. I consider myself as having Abraham’s blessings – Mother of a multitude of children. However, I am greatly inspired by one of my daughters, Ewokolo. She is an adult child who has never talked nor walked. Irrespective of her disabilities, she is the happiest and most grateful individual I have known all my life. She has taught me to appreciate the little things I have always taken for granted and more especially, taught me the true meaning of patience, love and happiness. She is the reason I am an advocate for individuals with disabilities and most especially an advocate for the underprivileged.
Ewokolo just turned one when my family and I migrated to the USA. She was developing beautifully in most areas but at age one she was still sitting and scooting on her butts. Her greatest milestone was holding onto the coffee table trying to stand. She never could stand on her own….
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