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Carrington Primary School reaches out to our children
Educators and learners from Carrington Primary School with their amazing donation of clothing for our children. Imagine our surprise when the principal of Carrington Primary School, Mrs Kunene, visited our child care centre on...
Doggy visitors make our day
On Saturday 18 June, we welcomed some very special visitors to our Home from the non-profit group, Angel Paws. Two therapy dogs and their handlers spent the morning interacting with our little ones. There was great excitement as...
Youth Day celebrations
Youth Day, on 16 June, saw our young people participating in a special programme in our Hall. They took turns in performing individually and in groups with a variety of song, dance, readings and drama. Grateful thanks to Feed...
Giving back to the community, thanks to the Hollywood Bets Foundation
As a registered Child and Youth Care Centre, we are accustomed to being on the receiving end of charity. So it was a real joy for us to be able to give back for a change. This came about when the Hollywood Bets Foundation...
Broken crayons can still colour
An uplifting story from one of our 'old girls', Nokhanyo, pictured above on the day she graduated with her Master's degree in Population Studies When Nokhanyo was 6 years old, her mother died, leaving 5 children behind. Their...
Message from the Director – Mandy Goble
How does one even begin to comment on all that has happened over the past few months? The devastating flood of April will certainly remain etched in the minds of all in KZN for decades to come. We were blessed that our children,...
Spend Mandela Day with us
Monday 18 July is Mandela Day! Why not start your week off on a good note, by volunteering to help make our Child Care Centre bright and beautiful with a new coat of paint and other maintenance projects? Get a team together from...
New computer rooms and skills training – thanks to the Chester Group and Activate Academy
At the beginning of the year, some members of the Chester Group visited our Home. As they toured the facilities, we mentioned the need for a study/computer room for our children. A month later, the Chester Group contacted us to...
Our School Bus has been hijacked – children and staff traumatised
Yesterday at 15:20, we received a call from the child care worker accompanying our driver on his school pick up route. She was hysterical. The news that our new Quantum School Bus, full of children who were being collected from...
Nompilo finds her family
Every child deserves to grow up in the warm heart of a family. Sadly, it's not possible for so many of today's little ones. Nompilo's mother died shortly after she was born, and she was placed in a children's home. A few years...
Thank you for giving Christmas joy
When we shared Pamela's* story with you at the end of last year, we never dreamed how deeply it would touch your heart. For the past seven years, Pamela and her siblings have spent every Christmas here at the Durban Child &...
Message from the Director
Today I was reminded that, no matter how dire the situation, we should never write off a child. Sipho left our Centre two years ago. He had just failed matric and was returning to a home beset with poverty. Apart from his...
Lessons from Lego
Creativity, puzzle solving and fine motor skills were just a few of the lessons learned by our children during a fun morning building with Lego. Sets of the popular building blocks were kindly donated by World Sports Betting....
On your marks, get set, go … back to school at last!
How exciting it was for the children to go back to school at the beginning of the year, given all the disruptions of the past two years! There was a flurry of activity as uniforms and shoes that fitted last year were found to be...
New roof over our heads – thanks to the Victor Daitz Foundation
Thanks once again to the generosity of The Victor Daitz Foundation, our historic Baumann Hall now has a new roof – and a new lease on life. Broken tiles have been replaced, and years of moss build up removed. Adding the...
Thanks to you, our children are on the way up!
Weeks without being able to go to school during 2020 – and then the rotational system for school attendance that was introduced when schools finally opened again – have highlighted the learning challenges of our children....
German Embassy steps in to aid with our Covid-19 Risk Reduction
Exciting times, as old tiles and sanitaryware are removed from our bathrooms, and new spaces created to create beautiful modern ablutions facilities for the kids! We are so grateful to the German Embassy for their incredible...
Level 5 Leadership Qualification
Back in 2019 we received notice that the HWSETA was offering our child and youth care workers an opportunity to improve their qualification. In addition, we were able to extend the training for the practical section of the...
