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Place of safety | Ubuntu House | Cape Town

Ruth — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:15:54 +0000

Ubuntu House was opened in 2003 and is a place of safety for newborn babies. They are a part of the AFM Executive Welfare uMephi project.

The babies have been either given up by their mothers, saved from abortions or sometimes just discarded after birth, and Ubuntu has played a major role in reuniting some of the babies with their biological mothers and also placing many babies with adoptive parents.

Ubuntu House is linked with accredited adoption units such as Procare and ABBA Adoptions.

They also have 29 satellite houses where older children have a home where they are nurtured as well as ‘special needs’ homes where the sick and dying are cared for. Their foster homes are where HIV positive children are placed with a family who will make their lives as comfortable as possible.

Contact Details:

23 Holland Street
Goodwood West
Cape Town
7460,

Tel: +27 82 9636861 / +27 21 5920610
Email: info@ubuntuhouse.co.za
Website: www.umephi.org

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Tshwane Place of Safety Association | Arcadia, Pretoria

Ruth — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:14:56 +0000

Their focus is on the needs of newborn babies and young children up to age 6 years who have been abandoned or abused. There is an alarming increase in the abandonment rate of newborn babies and children who have to put up with abuse and neglect, and a place of safety is a refuge for children with might otherwise have just been discarded and left to die.

The Tshwane Place of Safety Association consists of a network of volunteer families who are screened, trained and registered, and who play a major role in the welfare of the children, opening up their homes and their hearts to care for newborn babies and toddlers until the legal arrangements are determined by the State.

Children in their care are babies and toddlers in crisis – children who have been abandoned or abused or with special needs.

Contact Details:

193 Pine Street
Arcadia
0083

Tel: +27 12 343 4331
Fax: +2712 343 8653
Cell: 082 551 3672 – Jeanette Birrell
Cell : 082 921 5365 – Almie Goosen
Email: tposa@placeofsafety.org.za
Website:www.placeofsafety.org.za

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Place of safety | Impilo | Johannesburg

Ruth — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:51:32 +0000

Abandoned to face the world on their own, many South African children face a bleak future devoid of love and care but for the help of places like Impilo. Impilo was started by two social workers who established a place of safety for children in 2003.

Their focus is on providing a place of safety to abandoned and needy babies and meeting their physical, medical, social, emotional and psychological needs while waiting to be returned to their parents or placed in an adoptive home.

They also provide counselling to the biological families of the children regarding decision making about the future of the children. Impilo’s purpose is primarily preventative, and parents are educated in the options available to them when they are unable to look after their child.

In order to find permanent families for the children, there are various programmes to recruit adoptive and foster parents who are screened and prepared for placement.

Contact Details:

20 Leigh Avenue
Fairvale Ext 1
Johannesburg
2192

Tel: +27 11 640-1343
Fax: +27 11 640 1365
Email: swmanager@impilo.org.za
Website:www.impilo.org.za

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Place of Safety | Amadea | Pretoria

Ruth — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:48:35 +0000

Working closely with the social welfare organizations in Pretoria, Amadea provides a safe Christian place of safety for approximately 100 children in which the children are given the chance to develop into well-balanced people.

Their focus is on children in need – children who have been abandoned, neglected, abused as well as HIV / AIDS children who are placed at Amadea by the Juvenile Court’s until their cases has been finalized.

Their caring is divided into two broad categories:

providing a loving and caring home which is known as Amadea Safe House
reaching out to destitute rural and local communities though provision of essential needs and people development projects

The heart of Amadea Safe House is to provide a home where not only the physical but also the spiritual and emotional needs of needy children are met.

Contact Details:

Tel: +27 12 542 4500
Fax : 086 524 8630
Cell : 082 9559 830
Email : amadea@mjvn.co.za
Website: www.placeofsafety4kids.com

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Place of safety | Nazareth House | Cape Town

Ruth — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:46:16 +0000

In 1881 a small group of Sisters of Nazareth arrived in South Africa with the mission to provide a place of safety for the elderly in need as well as orphans. Guided by their core values of compassion and hospitality, they have been dedicated to caring for the most vulnerable members of society, regardless of race or religion.

Each programme is overseen by a religious Sister to ensure that it is run to the standard and within the philosophy of the Sisters of Nazareth.

They provides a secure home for abandoned, disabled and orphaned children. They were the first Children’s Home in the Western Cape to accept an HIV infected baby.

For children who need to be removed from dangerous situations, they work closely with the South African Police Service, Missing Persons’ Unit and Child Protection Services to provide an emergency place of safety.

Contact Details:

1 Derry Street
Vredehoek
Cape Town
8001

Tel:+27 21 461-1635
Fax:+27 21 465-6414
E-mail:info@nazhouse.co.za
Website:www.nazhouse.org.za

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Place of Safety | The Home of Hope | Table View

Ruth — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:04:57 +0000

They are a voluntary association and a registered non-profit organisation established in August 2005, and created to to provide a place of safety for children who have been abandoned, raped, infected with HIV and AIDS amongst others.

They have several main projects -

safe houses
foster care
distribution
social services
Atlantis awareness and early intervention

Their aim is to provide an interim place of safety for children in need, making provision for the legal, medical and emotional assessments to be done before they are placed with families who will care for them..

The Home of Hope creates a loving and caring environment for babies and youth and their goals are to -

sustain the monthly running costs
raise awareness through information and education within the communities the plights and needs of all families and children
to purchase properties and build houses in Table View and other areas of need
to investigate the feasibility of establishing satellite homes in the different communities

Home of Hope, through the establishment of partnerships with other organisations and role players in communities, has a platform from which items like clothing and food are distributed to those really in need.

Their other services include home visits, office and telephonic interviews, court work, investigations and referrals and assisting with intergration – family reunification and support services.

Contact Details:
Tel: +27 21 556 3573
Fax: +27 21 5573720
Website:www.homeofhope.co.za

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