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Children's Homes and charities


www.abrahamkriel.org	Abraham Kriel Childcare is one of South Africa's oldest and most respected childcare organisations, with 106 years of experience in childcare. Therapeutic services have now been expanded, first by opening specialist houses for children with complex trauma and others with special needs and most recently with the opening of an 'Impact School' in an effort to ensure the healing and development of damaged children in an unthreatening environment.

www.angelswithoutwings.co.za	Angels without Wings offers assistance to families who have children with terminal illnesses or life altering conditions.

www.annafoundation.com	The Anna Foundation's mission is 'Education, Sports and Life development for underprivileged children'. Working on farms with children, we use the 3 R's Programme – Running, Reading and Right-ing – based on a belief in holistic development of each child.

www.arendsneskinders.co.za	Arendsnes Kinders is a children's home that looks after 20 kids who have been removed from their parents' care.

http://asha.co.za	ASHA - Ray of Hope exists to love, serve & assist orphaned, abandoned and homeless people.

http://www.bigshoes.org.za	Bigshoes is all about improving the medical care of orphaned and vulnerable children, especially those affected by HIV/AIDS so that they may grow up to fill big shoes!

	Bodies in Unity is dedicated to sport development in Swaneville. The organisation runs a sports club for less priviliged children, where they can participate in soccer, rugby, netball and volleyball. The organisation is in urgent need of equipment, training skills and programmes.

www.chaelicampaign.co.za	The Chaeli Campaign. We mobilise the minds and bodies of children with disabilities by providing aids and therapies where required as well as parent and family support.

Child Welfare South Africa Port Shepstone www.pschildwelfare.org.za	Offering social services to children, families and communities in Port SHepstone and surrounding areas, Child Welfare South Africa - Port Shepstone's mission is to protect, serve and develop children and families. We are actively involved all all children's issues and rights. We offer assistance, emmergency and social relief to impoverished and indigent families. We run empowerment programmes such as parenting skills, child protection, domestic voilence, and we are curerntly involved in HIV AIDS awareness and projects. We manage a shelter for street children. which has a capacity to house 20 children.

www.sacrp.org	The Children's Resiliency Project exists to increase quality of life for AIDS-affected orphans, by providing them a Christian home, church, school and community-based organisations.

www.coach.org.za	Coach delivers a continuum of short term therapeutic residential and community programmes aimed at promoting the wellbeing of children and youth. Coach simultaneously works toward strengthening families, caregivers and community members to meet the development needs of young people.

www.cotlands.org	The vision of Cotlands Baby Sanctuary is to provide exceptional models of care to children and their families by empowering them to improve their quality of life through specialised interventions and sustainability projects.

www.dch.org.za	Established in 1905 established in 1905, the Durban Children's Home provides care for orphaned, abused, neglected and destitute children. In the past, the organisation provided custodial care to these children. When this method of child care became outdated, the organisation adjusted its programme to ensure that children, youth and their families receive an effective, efficient and relevant service. We recognise the importance of early intervention, preventative work with children, youth and families, as well as family reunification.

www.elshaddaichildrenshome.co.za	El-Shadai's vision is to support the South African nation by supporting the orphaned children in the neighbourhood of Mpophomeni. El-Shadai aims to provide a safe home for approximately 25 children who are orphaned from HIV/AIDS homes and are school-going South African children. We strive for 'Participation is better than apathy'.

www.epworthvillage.org.za	Epworth Children's Village is a children's home and therapeutic treatment centre situated in Germiston, Gauteng. The organization offers a range of services to vulnerable children and their families and all programmes are in line with the Children's Act – and focus on prevention, family preservation, foster care and residential care.

www.feedthebabiesfund.org.za	With a mission to eliminate malnutrition and promote health amongst babies of all races, Feed the Babies provides food to less privileged children through a feeding scheme controlled by the caregivers in the creches where they spend their day. Every child gets at least one nutritious meal a day, normally breakfast. The cost to feed a child for a full month is approximately R30 per month. We currently feed over 5000 children in 100+ creches throughout KZN.

www.genesistrust.co.za	Genesis Trust was established in 2004 to financially support disadvantaged children to further their career and education when they leave school. Our vision is to provide as many underprivileged children as possible with the opportunity of education and support. Our mission is to grow and expand the investment we make in and the care we provide to all disadvantaged children in South Africa.

www.herberg.co.za	The Herberg Kinderhuis gives shelter to children found to be in need of care. Our vision is to build these children's lives.

www.hihopes.co.za	HI HOPES is an early intervention programme that partners with families who have deaf and hard of hearing children (0-3 years). We provide support and education through weekly home-visits to the family (where visits are conducted in the home language). Our aim is to empower parents to make choices that are appropriate for them and their infant and to support them every step of the way. HI HOPES' services are offered at no cost to the family.

Join our Facebook Group	At Hotel Hope Ministries we believe in a holistic approach to address the issue of family and child welfare. Our projects include a Children's Home, Mothers in Crisis Counselling Centres, Training/seed funding/Employment, Adoption Advocacy and Hope Charity Shops.

www.hughshaven.org.za	Hugh's Haven takes care of children – from babies to 18 years – who come from finacially and socially disadvantaged families.

www.oeboentoe.co.za	Since 1994, Huis Oeboentoe has offered a safe, loving shelter for neglected and traumatized children from birth to 16 years of age. The children not only receive physical care, they are also spiritually and emotionally supported by the house parents.

www.icare.co.za	LHC Foundation – I care is dedicated to the rehabilitation and re-unification of street children.

www.isithembiso.org	Isithembiso is a home for abandoned babies. We run as a transition home [a place of safety] for children between the ages of new born to three years of age. The children live in a safe, healthy and loving family environment with a House mother and care givers in our family home in Walmer, Port Elizabeth, until we [along with the social workers] find them new homes/ families, either permanent, adoptive or foster. Generally our children stay with us anything from three months to a year, depending on the status of the child and how speedily their social workers find them new families.

www.jacksonsridge.org	Children from abused & neglected backgrounds experience a life changing weekend at Jackson's Ridge - with significant adults who continue to support them after camp in their daily lives.

www.jch.org.za	The Johannesburg Children's Home is a residential facility committed to providing high quality care for 64 children who have been found in need of care by the Children's Court. It resembles a cluster-style village with recreational facilities where qualified support is given to all the children.

www.jhbchildwelfare.org.za	Founded in 1909, the Johannesburg Child Welfare Society provides a range of direct services to abused, abandoned, neglected, orphaned and vulnerable children (including those who are infected or have been affected by HIV and AIDS) in the Greater Johannesburg area of South Africa. We currently serve over 18,000 children and their families directly and a further 25,000 indirectly through the OVC Forum.

www.kanguru-home.com	Kanguru brings relief to families with disabled children. We support schools and homes for disabled children via funding and training through Germany. We are currently raising funds to build a home for 50 severely disabled children in Kliprivier.

http://www.kidshaven.org.za	Kids Haven provides residential rehabilitation programmes to children who have been living and working on the streets and other children at risk. We help to trace family so that we are able to reintegrate the child back to the community.

www.kulafoundation.co.za	The Kula Foundation promotes the normal development of children in the age group of 0 to 6 years who have been orphaned, neglected or growing up in diverse conditions. This is done through occupational therapy and early intervention (stimulation and therapy), preventing future disability as well as optimizing their chances for adoption. Children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and living under adverse conditions have more specific needs. The Foundation aims to empower associations, like children’s homes, with the necessary resources and support to ensure that the children and families they serve receive the required early childhood intervention. By preparing children early in life, empowering their parents/caregivers with adapting parenting techniques and supplying them with the support and resources to become a nuclear family we hope to prepare our children for the future.

https://sites.google.com/ a/kwethu.com/kwethu-childrens-village/	Kwethu Children's Village is a residential home for orphans and vulnerable children. It aims to be registered as a cluster foster village. Self supportive projects include a garden and a chicken farm. The facility also supports small business development, is home to Amangwe Zulu Crafts and regularly distributes food, clothing and goods to creches, orphan headed households and needy families in the area.

www.thelonelyroad.org	The Lonely Road Foundation aims to bring life, hope and opportunity to children in South Africa, who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. Our primary objective is to provide rural communities with access to resources that will assist them in supporting their orphans and vulnerable children, including those in child-headed households, and in ensuring that these children have every opportunity to survive and thrive.

www.lunchbox.org.za	Since 2008, Lunchbox Theatre has performed over a hundred shows to more than 14 000 audience members. Though the powerful medium of interactive theatre programmes, the participants physically, mentally and emotionally engage with the subject matter – ranging from domestic animal welfare, the water crisis and marine conservation to social issues. We target mainly schools and our primary focus is on the underprivileged school.

www.maafrikatikkun.org.za	MaAfrika Tikkun is a registered Non-Governmental and Public Benefit Organisation that is focused on the sustainable transformation of communities. With Nelson Mandela as our patron-in-chief, MaAfrika Tikkun's goal is to nurture children and youth from 0-19 years of age, empowering them to develop into valuable, contributing members of society.

www.magicalmoments.org.za	Magical Moments reaches out to abused, abandoned, disadvantaged, neglected, orphaned, underprivileged and vulnerable children throughout the greater Johannesburg region, primarily aged 2 to 12, and gives them a chance to play, laugh, to have fun, to indulge, to celebrate, to be children and for a magical moment, to forget. Whilst we understand the desperate need for basic essentials such as food, education, health and shelter, we have focused on providing love and fun, happiness, smiles and playfulness to create an escape from the everyday harsh realities of life.

Malachi Place of Safety www.myggsa.co.za/connect/projects/581	Malachi Place of Safety is a safehouse for abused and abandoned babies and children. They are harboured here safely until they are placed in a suitable foster home or orphanage. We would like to raise money for day to day expenses and building projects.

Memel Primary School	Memel Primary School is a section 21 school as well as a 'NO SCHOOLFEES' school. We have 308 learners and 11 teachers working very hard to make the future a better place. Besides the normal syllabus, we teach our children about nature and the environment. We received our ENVIRO GREEN flag in 2009.

The Mercury Hibberdene Children's Holiday Home http://www.hibhome.org.za	The primary mandate of The Mercury Hibberdene Children's Holiday Home is to provide holidays for disadvantaged and vulnerable children. The beautiful Home, which can accommodate 120 children, is situated in a peaceful and safe environment, surrounded by indigenous bush and has extensive beach frontage.

	Mirriam House. Mirriam Tony is a 40 year old Xhosa lady living in Mbekweni township, in Paarl. Mirriam has been taking care of orphaned and vulnerable children for the last 15 years. She is currently the legal guardian and/or the legal care taker of 20 children that live permanently with her. She is raising the children in love and takes care of all their physical as well as emotional needs. Her impoverished circumstances really challenges her daily.

http://www.miqlat.org.za	Miqlat has been involved with the care of families and children impacted by HIV/Aids for many years. Bowy House is a home where children infected with and affected by HIV/Aids can be cared for as well as providing sick and vulnerable children a safe environment with 24-hour loving care.

www.missingchildren.org.za	Missing Children SA aims at creating a safe environment for every child in South Africa.

www.musicaid.org.za	Music for the Children Foundation aims to raise funds via music concerts to assist the ill, abandoned, orphaned and other disadvantaged children in SA. Our care is spread from medical interventions, heart ops, to purchasing property for children's homes. Founders: Adonis & Phoevos Pouroulis

www.nazhouse.org.za	Most of the children and babies cared for at Nazareth House have been abandoned, orphaned or abused. Many are infected with HIV and/or have special needs, problems or disabilities such as Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, Foetal Alcohol Syndrome etc. We also function as a Place of Safety for children who have to be removed from dangerous or abusive situations, newborn babies found abandoned, and others who need our intervention. Our healthier HIV+ children live together as family units in houses in the community. The children attend local schools and interact with their peers in the community; wherever possible we try to help families to cope long-term, or place children in the care of their extended families.

www.reachforadream.org.za	At Reach for a Dream we believe in the power of dreams. We encourage children to use their dreams to fight life-threatening illnesses. And we seek as far as possible to make dreams come true.

www.siyakhulisa.com	Siyakhulisa Abantwana. The Trustees have set up a Trust account with purpose of raising sufficient funds to buy or build foster homes for children and orphans affected by AIDS. First priority is to start a home where AIDS babies can be cared for by professionally trained people. Monthly running costs must be covered as well.

Smile Foundation www.smilefoundationsa.org	The Smile Foundation aims to make a difference in the lives of children with facial anomalies such as Cleft Palate, Cleft Lip and Palate, Facial Paralysis, ear reconstruction and facial burns. The Smile experience is about meaningfully connecting people to bring about new opportunities, new futures resulting in new lives!

www.sosvillages.org.za	At SOS Children's Villages, every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect and security. We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures and we share in the development of their communities.

www.sparrowschoolsblog.co.za	Sparrow Schools offer training and education for children and youth with learning disabilities

	St Laurence's Children's Haven is a safe home environment for 22 abandoned & abused children. It operates on a voluntary basis with no government or corporate funding and 100% of all donations are used for running costs

www.streetsmartsa.org.za	StreetSmart SA raises funds for street children programmes that focus on family reunification, educaton and skills training. Programmes that assist the children to re-build their lives and be re-integrated into society.

www.thandanani.org.za	Thandanani Children's Foundation provides care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children (particularly those affected and infected by HIV/Aids) in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. We have a well-established system of volunteer driven community based carers who work with our staff to identify and respond to the basic material, physical, cognitive and emotional needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) within their communities.

http://thembelacaregivers.org	Thembelenkosini Care Givers provide after care for orpaned and vulnerable children. We love, feed and educate them.

www.thembisa.org.za	The objectives of Thembisa are: To provide safe, loving homes for HIV/Aids orphans by ensuring each child has a primary caregiver, a suitable dwelling, nutritious food, education, access to health care and counseling.

www.thokomala.org.za	Thokomala is a holistic child-rearing model. We not only provide children with shelter, food and care but also the love and nurturing of a normal family environment, which is essential for producing healthy and emotionally sounds adults.

Vineyard House www.vineyardhouse.co.za	Vineyard House Children's Home is a project of the Stellenbosch Vineyard Christian Fellowship. It is about creating families for those who don't have a family. We create an environment where love and warmth can be shared and where children can feel safe and cared for.

http://wigglesandsquiggles.co.za	Wiggles and Squiggles recognises and nurtures those children with unique/special needs; accepting and building on each child's individual strengths and abilities. Our school promotes a safe, nurturing, orderly and supportive environment for children with a variety of special needs between 2 and 13 years of age. It is our mission to offer all children, regardless of their impairments, a challenging, engaging and responsive atmosphere where they are free to interact and communicate in their own unique ways.

www.witspaediatricfund.org.za	Wits Paediatric Fund. Raising funds in order to improve the quality of healthcare for the neonatal and paediatric units at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, Rahima Moosa Mother & Child hospital, and Charlotte AMxeke Johannesburg Academic hospital.

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