Posted on April 20th, 2010 by Ruth
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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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Ruth
ABBA is a Christian short-term place of safety for babies in need, usually up to 6 months of age or until the babies are medically and legally ready for adoption. Their babies are tested at birth to determine if they were exposed to HIV at birth.
The focus of ABBA House is to match the tiny baby up with a loving family who will provide a stable home experience where a sense of belonging and values will be instilled in the important formative years.
ABBA House falls under SA Cares for Life, which networks with the Impact Mobilisation Department of Hatfield Christian Church.
Their babies are legally placed with them by the social workers at ABBA Adoptions of the Apostolic Faith Mission Executive Welfare Council.
Abba House answers the growing need of abandoned babies in South Africa and they care passionately for the orphans or abandoned babies who are placed for a short while in their tender care.
Contact Details:
42 Frances Street
Colbyn
Pretoria
Tel: +27 12 342 9110
Fax: +27 12 342 7376
Website: www.abbahouse.co.za
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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Ruth
When you consider that 40 to 50 babies are abandoned in Johannesburg every month, then you realise the huge and important role that the ‘hole in the wall” of the Mission Church plays in providing a place of safety to abandoned babies that would otherwise have been left to die of starvation or exposure.
The “hole” is open 24 hours a day…..a sensor alerts the people in the house whenever a new baby is deposited there. Sometimes the police or the hospital will advise or bring in babies and others are literally handed over by desperate mothers.
Counselling is always available to any of the mothers if they so desire and sometimes they are willing to go to the Commissioner of Child Welfare to sign the baby over for adoption.
Door of Hope gets the baby’s inoculations done as well as other medical and blood tests. Once complete the baby is ready for adoption.
They have helped hundreds of babies, providing a place of safety and hope as an alternative to dangers, abuse and possible death.
Contact Details:
15 Barbara Road
Glenvista
2091
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 432 2913
Mobile: 082 680 0492
Website:www.holeinthewall.org.za
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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Ruth
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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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Ruth
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
This Safety posting about Amadea was sponsored by I Lead Safety South Africa. Should you wish to list your Safety services for free on this website then contact I Lead Safety today: info@ileadsafety.co.za. www.searchengine.co.za also offers free listing services similar to I Lead Safety
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