What we do

Kenzie’s Gift will provide community based specialist practitioners to assist with the emotional stress that families affected by cancer are under.

A combination of art and music therapists, play specialists, family therapists and a range of complementary therapies will be used.

Research has shown therapeutic interventions improve quality of life.

A Poem by Debbie Mills-Henry:

Butterflies fluttering………

Using the life cycle of a butterfly we relate to the changes occurring during the dying process and beyond……

The caterpillar goes in to the chrysalis and his body begins to change, it changes into something we begin to not recognize anymore.
On his last breath his body has completed the transition and turned into a beautiful butterfly………

The butterfly is his spirit and reminder of the beautiful memories left behind,
he spreads his wings – he’ll always be with you, not in body but in spirit and memories. In the sky that is blue with its fluffy white clouds, in the forest that is green, in the ocean that is deep blue, in the colours of the rainbow, amongst the flowers in the garden and in the air that you breath, he’ll always be with you –

As the sun rises at the beginning of the day and the moon shines all night the butterflies flutter, as the waves come into shore and the sand covers your feet the butterflies flutter, as the chimes ring out and you dance in the breeze the butterflies flutter.

The caterpillar may be gone forever but the butterfly will be always with you.
All around us are beautiful, bright butterflies gracefully, respectfully and gently fluttering around, on their way to a journey of new discoveries.