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Child Welfare SA White River
A fresh start – with fresh vegetables for our communities
Three re-used vegetable tunnels and a new tunnel, sponsored by Green tunnel Vision, have been erected at the community of Phumlani, just outside White River. The tunnels were put up on 27 February 2012 and seedlings were generously sponsored by Brian Law.
Our Asibavikele volunteers get their hand dirty and ensure that the seedlings get daily attention and the fresh vegetables are used in our weekly feeding scheme and sold in the community.
A “plate a day” – the dream of our feeding scheme in Phumlani
In 2011, our Asibavikele volunteers and home based care team in Phumlani, voiced their concern about the number of children who were not receiving adequate nutrition at their homes due social difficulties such as unemployment in the area.
In 2011, our Asibavikele volunteers and home based care team in Phumlani, voiced their concern about the number of children who were not receiving adequate nutrition at their homes due social difficulties such as unemployment in the area. The feeding schemes at the local schools were often disrupted due to logistical difficulties.
The Asibavikele volunteers and home based care team wished to take action and were assisted in starting a feeding scheme, initially aimed at providing a single meal to 20 children every Friday.
Currently six of the Asibavikele volunteers assist with preparing and serving the meals which now go out to more than 250 children every week where we see a rising demand at the end of every month when households struggle to make ends-meet.
This project was started to address the immediate need, but has allowed us to gain a deeper understanding of the unique social challenges the families in Phumlani face and in turn allows us to improve our social and support service delivery for a more sustainable solution.
We wish to appeal for donations of fresh and tinned foodstuff which can be used at the Phumlani feeding scheme. For more information, contact our community developer – Charles Sanderson on (013) 750 1001.
New offices for our team in Sabie
We have procured a new office building at 33 Main street in Sabie conveniently located opposite the Caltex garage. Our Sabie team will move from the single room space which we have occupied for the last four years to the new offices on 2 April 2012.
We have procured a new office building at 33 Main street in Sabie conveniently located opposite the Caltex garage. Our Sabie team will move from the single room space which we have occupied for the last four years to the new offices on 2 April 2012.
The new building represents the next phase in our service delivery in Sabie and will provide us with confidential spaces for our clients as well as a boardroom for group work and meetings. Our new offices will also allow us to host community- driven projects and we are happy to share the building with the team from the Sabie Miracle Foundation – a community based initiative which initiates and supports upliftment projects in the fields of education and job creation.
Our Sabie office contact details are as follows:
Physical address: 33 Main street, Sabie
Telephone number: (013) 764 3035
Fax number: (013) 764 3035
Cellphone number: 082 905 0191
World cup holiday programme in Sabie and Graskop.
During the June and July holidays, children in Graskop and Sabie participated in play-based daytime activities through programmes developed by our youth care workers and volunteers.
World cup holiday programme in Sabie and Graskop
The holiday programme was developed to assists parents who cannot afford or do not have any options for childcare while they are at work especially during the World cup where there was increased worry about child trafficking
Sabie had a basic daytime programme twice a week accommodating 10 children per day, while Graskop had a more comprehensive daily programmes for more than 60 children at the Hostels and Glory Hill
The Graskop programme also included career workshops and a two week work experience programmes for secondary school children geared towards either environmental, educational, or social work career paths
Two weekend camps were also organised and focussed on the environment, ranging from our unique local environment to more universal environmental principles
The programmes were funded through PEPFAR and more than 150 children were reached through this programme We wish to thank all volunteers and funders for the part they played in this programme
Vakansieprogramme by plaasskole gedurende die skoolvakansie
Our farm school holiday programme was a great success and allowed Child Welfare SA White River and Petra College Child Ministry staff to engage with children from these often neglected communities.
Vakansieprogramme by plaasskole gedurende die skoolvakansie
Die gewone inwoner van Nelspruit of Witrivier dra moontlik nie kennis van die klein plaasskooltjies wat op van die plase in die gemeenskappe rondom die dorpe of stede is nie Ek het beslis nie daarvan geweet nie Gedurende die Junie vakansie het ’n span van Petra Kollege vir Kinderbediening saam met Witrivier Kindersorg, kinderprogramme by plaasskole en informele gemeenskappe aangebied Die span van Petra Kollege het die program vir die kinders aangebied, bestaande uit 1½ uur se speel, met ’n storie daarna Daarna het Kindersorg vir elke n hotdog, vrug en glasie koeldrank gegee
Vir die speel om verhouding te bou, is die kinders in twee groepe ingedeel Speletjies met die klein en junior primêre kindertjies was spesifiek gerig op hul ouderdomgroep Die ander groep het bestaan uit die groter kinders, met speletjies wat weer vir hulle ouderdom gepas was Ons was vir twee dae by elke skool Dit het gehelp met die opvolg van die eerste dag se program Die uitreike was by Idonsa-skool, naby die Kruger Mpumalanga Lughawe, ’n plaasskool op MacGregor-plaas, en die Phumlane-gemeenskapsprogram van Ester Nkhosi, waar ’n plakkerskamp en kinderhuis is Daarna was ons by Rusplaas-plakkerskamp vir bosbou-kontrakwerkers, ’n paar vocadoe buite Witrivier, op die Hazyviewpad Die afsluiting was by Victory Park Combined School in Hillsview, net buite Witrivier In voca is ongeveer 325 kinders bedien
Van die plaaskinders weet nie dat die Soccer World Cup in Suid-Afrika aangebied word nie Ook nie dat internasionale spanne in Nelspruit, binne 20km van hulle af, tuisgegaan het nie Dis ’n voorbeeld van hoe afgesonderd hierdie kinders grootword