deafinately_inspired

15/12/2023

20/11/2023

“I see humans but no humanity.”

“They wanted to erase Palestine from the world, so the whole world became Palestine.”

Palestine has changed our hearts forever.

This month has been difficult for me. My heart has been broken. It has been difficult to post anything lately. Nothing feels worthy of posting because of what’s happening in Palestine. I feel helpless and guilty as a healthcare worker.

All we can do is continue to share posts, boycott Israeli products, donate and keep on praying 🤲 etc.

I stand with Palestine 🇵🇸 because I stand with human rights and freedom.

28/09/2023

“Occupational Therapy practitioners know that hope still glimmers in the darkest hour.”

18/05/2023

10 year long service award. 10 years of providing care to those in need. Celebrating a decade of dedication and commitment as an Occupational Therapist in Public Service. Grateful for 10 years of helping people. Here’s to many more years of making a difference in people’s lives🤍

27/04/2023

Don’t grow up. It’s a trap….

04/04/2023

10 years of caring for others and making a difference in their lives at Groote Schuur Hospital.
10 years of making a meaningful impact on people’s lives as an Occupational Therapist.
Let’s continue to serve, heal and show compassion.

07/03/2023

𝓞𝓬𝓬𝓾𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓹𝔂

This field has afforded me the opportunity to help those who feel like they’ve lost everything. 🤍

19/02/2023

Simplicity is the key to happiness 🧚

29/01/2023

𝓑𝓮 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓯𝓸𝓻 small things, big things and everything inbetween 🤍

22/01/2023

𝓐𝔃𝓪𝓪𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓜𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓪 - 2022

07/12/2022

“Heroes unmasked project/campaign”

“Front line workers: Support Heroes Unmasked to ensure our frontline workers and staff at the Hospital are recognized and acknowledged for the significant burden and risk they find themselves in each day. Heroes Unmasked is a photography project, documenting all Hospital staff “unmasked” and providing portrait badges for them to wear on their PPE. A photography exhibition of staff within the Hospital corridors, and the building of a much-needed staff walkway branded with the staff ‘unmasked heroes’ are key elements to ensuring the restoration of ‘lost’ human connection, as well as prioritizing dignity for our staff.”

“Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) already had their Heroes Unmasked campaign going – one that’s set to roll out in four-phases over the next four to six months. It includes an exhibition (launched on International Nurses Day), photography project where staff (unit by unit over a space of three months) are photographed and receive their own Hero Unmasked portrait which will be laminated and pined to their PPE.”

“The campaign will culminate in the building of a much-needed covered staff walkway which will display the artwork and Unmasked photos of all GSH staff. The project, in its essence, focuses on recognizing and honouring healthcare workers. Because of the need to wear masks, nobody sees smiles outside their homes – this project is designed to acknowledge the cumulative toll of hospital staff who are barred from normal human connections with patients, and each other.”

05/12/2022

“The quieter you become the more you are able to hear.” ~ Rumi

“Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk into the river. Listen to the ocean.”

30/11/2022

“Children from various schools wanted to express their gratitude to the GSH staff for the work you did during the pandemic and continue to do.”

I was amazed at the talent and creativity of all kids who drew this from various schools. I took the time to read them. It is so special. It is valued and important to us Healthcare workers.🤍 Thank you to all the kids who drew/created this for us.

21/11/2022

𝓜𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓲𝓰𝓰𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓾𝓷𝓪𝓷𝓼𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻𝓼.

𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀. 🌷

17/11/2022

Ameen 🤍
Jumuah Mubarak
from my home to yours 🌷

12/11/2022

𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓮: 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗸𝗿, 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗸𝗵𝗹𝗮𝘀. 🌷

30/10/2022

Deaf Awareness Campaign 2022: “My eyes are my ears. My hands are my mouth.”

“Our theme for this year’s Deaf Awareness Campaign (2022) is “My eyes are my ears. My hands are my mouth”. This theme aims to provide awareness and educate students about the deaf culture and hearing loss they experience. It is aimed to create awareness of South African Sign Language and the modes in which children who are deaf communicate with those around them.” - Final Year Audiology students from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal - Westville Campus

This video was made for this event ~ 20th October 2022.

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21/08/2022

Shukr. Sabr. Khushi 🤍

01/04/2022

𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗮𝗻.
𝓡𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓪𝓪𝓷 𝓜𝓾𝓫𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓴.
🌙 🌙

26/03/2022

𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓶𝓮.... 🖤

27/02/2022

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓢𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓪𝔂 🌷

08/01/2022

𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾… ✨

08/12/2021

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲. ♥️
❤ 🇿🇦 #🇿🇦 #🇿🇦❤️ #🇿🇦southafrica

30/11/2021

“Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers… “

28/11/2021

Iraq 🇮🇶- Baghdad.
Wall graffiti.
November 2021.

11/11/2021

“I am one of a kind, and that makes me beautifully me. There is only one you, and that makes you beautifully you.”

19/10/2021

Live in the moment.
Now is all that counts.

25/09/2021

Be patience and be empathetic with us (deaf/hard of hearing community). One of the most beautiful things we can do is to help one another. A little bit of kindness goes a long way. 🤍

25/09/2021

𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓯 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓭.

24/08/2021

𝓘𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀.

𝓠𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 17 - 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗳 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁)? (𝗛𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗼𝘁/𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲).

𝓜𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓼𝔀𝓮𝓻 - They will be wearing a hearing device, they will disclose to you about their hearing disability, note their facial expression for any confusion, if they ask you to repeat a few times, if they don’t know that you are talking to them especially when you are wearing a mask. Difficulty hearing in a noisy background. Answering a completely different question. Looking for visual cues. 𝓔𝓽𝓬