Response to COVID-19 Threat

The Durban Child & Youth Care Centre has implemented urgent and drastic measures to protect the children in our care, and the employees who provide them with 24 hour care.

Winter warmth doesn't have to cost a fortune

For just R297, you can wrap one of our children in a cosy jersey, beanie and slippers. Plus a mask (because Covid-19 is still with us) and a hearty plate of hot, nutritious food.

Please will you provide this special winter warmth ‘pack’ – by donating R297 online now – and help keep a child warm and safe this winter?

When lockdown began, it was still summer. Then the days got shorter, and the temperature dropped. We’ve added blankets to the children’s beds and swopped caps for beanies.

But, if you have children of your own, you’ll also have noticed how they’ve shot up over these past few months. Our kids are the same. It’s like they’ve all grown 10cm during lockdown!

So, on top of the extra costs involved with keeping our Home Coronavirus free, the children now need new winter clothes to keep them warm through the chilly days and weeks ahead.

All children should be warm, well fed and protected against Covid-19. Please will you play your part by donating towards these basic needs today?

Every child needs food, clothing, education, shelter, medical care and love.

We give the love, but we need your help to pay for everything else.

Please help us raise these kids the way they deserve. Thank you!

children deserve to be safe & happy

In a perfect world, every child would grow up in a loving home – with enough food, clothing and opportunities to play and learn.

But it’s not a perfect world.

The Durban Child & Youth Care Centre strives to give children who’ve been orphaned, abandoned, neglected or abused, another chance of a happy childhood. We provide a safe home, all the daily necessities, education and encouragement to help them develop into healthy, well-adjusted kids.

Wherever possible, we work with the family to enable children to return home. Because every child needs a place to belong.

Watch our video to find out more

South Africa's children are hurting

In mid 2017, South Africa was home to 19.6 million children under the age of 18
Of these:

million orphans

million dependent
on grants

thousand live in
child only households

0 %

live below
the poverty line

How we help

our programmes

Residential Care

our programmes

Residential Care

Up to 60 boys and girls, between the ages of 2-18, live in three units. They attend local schools and receive counselling, remedial teaching, therapy and other activities designed to encourage them to develop skills, talents and confidence.

our programmes

Siyakhula treatment centre

After more than 20 years of providing an in-patient treatment response to children addicted to substances, the Durban Child and Youth Care Centre has had no option but to close the Siyakhula Rehabilitation Centre.

our programmes

amaqhawe Care Centre

our programmes

Amaqhawe Centre

This is a home for 14 children suffering from chronic life threatening illnesses (mainly HIV) and disabilities. We focus on their emotional, spiritual and medical care. Wherever possible, families are encouraged to be involved.

our programmes

Community support

our programmes

Community support

Professional support to other child & youth care centres, the National Association of Child Care Workers, Regional Youth Forum, etc.

Play your part

Although we receive a government subsidy for each child, this is nowhere near the real cost of caring.
Your donation helps provide food, shelter, education, medical care and the therapeutic programmes
these children need to overcome their unhappy past and develop into confident, happy young people.

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