Patsy at Coen
with Mrs Wilson

Sere

Sere at Tully Primary

With Hang and Linh. Tully

The Pathfinder

At Sovereign Hill Ballarat

The Esplanade St Kilda

After the circus

Linh teaching at Tully.

Sere is an exceptional young man. He was born in 1990 in the Torres Islands. Sere has cerebral palsy: this does not stop him from enjoying life!

He now lives in Tully Queensland with his foster parents Gloria and John Jeffries.

The aim of our project is to encourage Sere in his schooling and in developing his skills. We were introduced to Sere by Patsy Birregaard at Queensland Health in Cairns.

The Foundation has contributed to the purchase of a Pathfinder machine. Sere types in what he wishes to say and then activates a button and the machine speaks for him.

In July 2004 we brought Sere and Gloria to Melbourne for a holiday: they had a great time. They were well looked after by the Vietnamese Scholarship students at International House. Phuong, Linh, Hang and Giang had already visited Sere at his home in Tully.

Rupert visited Sere in Cairns in early 2005 and keeps in contact with Sere and his family.

Sere made the transition to Secondary school smoothly. He did exceptionally well in his Mathematics results.

Anyone passing through Tully should make sure they call in and see Sere!

Contacts : Sere 07 406 80690

Libby Price, Nova Rehabilitation in Adelaide , supplier of the Pathfinder. Libby.Price@novita.org.au
www.novitatech.org.au

Details on the Pathfinder: www.prentromint.com

We wish to thank Scott Alexander of A1 Plumbing for assistance during Sere's visit to Melbourne.