Denitz was the topic on everyone’s lips. She was beautiful to the core – at least in everyone else’s eyes. To them she was as spotless as they could possibly come. They waxed lyrical and almost exhausted all the known superlatives there are to describe a lady so haunting in her irresistible beauty. They were smitten!

However, little did they know that  behind that veneer of beauty and grace existed “ugliness” that only she was aware of. Beneath her poetry-in-motion beauty was a simmering insecurity and discomfort that battered her ego into self-resentment and low self-esteem. She felt she wasn’t worth anybody’s love and attention.

David was born in 1952 and within 5 weeks was rushed into hospital for a life saving operation. He was suffering from a condition known as pyloric stenosis, which at this time was a life threatening illness and despite his tender years he was operated on without anaesthetic. As well as health issues David was referred to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in 1955 at 3 years of age. The consultant referred to David as "a rather miserable, stubborn difficult boy who has a lot of disagreements with his brother, but it is at first difficult to believe that this pain is just a neurosis."
   

In March 2008 the first A Child Unheard centre was opened in Mityana, Uganda. The land was purchased and at the time there was no building on the land.  The building was erected and local children and adults helped decorate the centre. The centre was opened in association with the Mityana Charity.

The world over, ACU-cases are replete. In Africa, ACU-situations are notably predominant among children in Refugee-camps; in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps; child-soldiers; street children; slum children and among a majority of children in destitute households. Talking about HIV/AIDS orphans and children of single mothers or in the care of stepmothers would be like talking about yet another category of ACU-situations. One can’t simply cite CEDS [Children in Especially Difficult Situations] without having at the same time referred to yet another category of children falling within the ACU-description.