Ishaam Wants to Help

About the Book

The story focusses on loneliness and how to befriend someone who is new. The feelings of shyness and timidity are expressed to show that you can extend a hand of friendship when you notice a lonely person. Coping skills are shown that allow the shy person to respond to someone who extends a hand of friendship. Both can learn to trust each other and enjoy each other’s company after a while. It takes time.

About the Author

Brendah has a background in health care and teaching. She developed the curriculum for childcare workers in a tertiary training college. She taught the psychological aspects of learning activities in child development and was a founding member of a group of college tutors and educationalists who trained childcare tutors to look at curriculum issues and resources that focussed on unlearning racism and discrimination in the early years. She taught for fifteen years and organised conferences nationally and internationally as a trainer to address antiracist attitudes. She has worked in many countries and was a founder member of a charity in South Africa to support children and teenagers to cope with loss. The organisation still exists in South Africa. She worked as a psychotherapist with mental health charities in the United Kingdom and has recently retired.