Youth and Child care centre
Short description
Established in 1986 as a children’s shelter for abused and abandoned children and now, 20 years later, one of the leading Child and Youth Care programmes in South Africa.
All services rendered by the shelter are contextualised within community needs, the profession of Child and Youth Care and broader socio-economic influences current within South Africa.
The project is at its core a grassroots organisation, offering a 24-hour, seven-day service to vulnerable families and children. The effectiveness of these services lies in the commitment and skill to be found within the staff and volunteers.
Four integrative programmes are run, all nationally accredited, under the Family Preservation Model.
Services impact directly on over 400 residents annually and indirectly to several thousand.
Every interaction with children and families has as a goal the development of capacity within the individual. Thus a fundamental belief is the inherent potential evident in every individual.
Critical to the vision is its contribution to the broader field of Child and Youth Care. As such, the shelter contribute o...
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Family Support
This programme provides support to families and children in crisis. Crises caused through domestic violence, illness, environmental disaster and extreme poverty. The aim of the intervention is to prevent the removal of the child from the family or community. This only takes place if the safety of the child is assured. This programme provides physical support, e.g. food parcels, clothing, shelter as well as counselling and skills development. More
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Location: South Africa
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How to get there
On arrival in Cape Town, we will welcome you at the airport and transfer you to your accommodation.
If you have booked the orientation days with us, you will be booked into a backpacker for three nights and experience Cape Towns most popular and famous spots like Table Mountain and Cape Point. You also get to explore Cape Town via a City Tour and experience a township.
Your Cape Town orientation will begin the Wednesday before your Youth and Child care project begins.So make sure, that you book a flight to Cape Town and allow for the extra time!
On your first day we will give you a lift to your project and introduce you to the staff and programme.
Important note: You need to arrange your own transport as this project is located 20min drive from Cape Town City Centre and public transport is not an option. We can help you finding the right accommodation and can give you various options of car hire and car purchase.
How much does it cost?
Youth and child care project fee - Euro 450
*This fee is not depending on the length of stay of the volunteer!
OPTIONAL
3 Days orientation in Cape Town
Euro 195
Starts on the Wednesday before your project begins!
- Meet and Greet
- Airport transfer to accommodation
- Accommodation (3 nights)
- Township Tour
- Table Mountain
- Cape Peninsula Mountain Tour
- City Tour
Project fee includes:
1. Airport transfer to your accommodation.
2. 3-days orientation in Cape Town. You will stay for three nights at a nice backpacker in Cape Town city centre. We will organise the nicest things to do and see in and around Cape Town before you will start your Volunteer project.
3. Orientation and introduction to the volunteer programme.
4. Help finding accommodation. Either shared or private use.
5. Assist to hire or buy a car.
6. Assistance and support from the volunteer organisation and Kickstart coordinators during your volunteer placement.
7. Cape Town information package. Included in this package is a mobile phone SIM card, which allows you to gain access to the local mobile communications network. Other information includes, city map and list of “things to do”.
8. Weekly activities and meetings with other international students
Project fee excludes:
1. All meals
2. Accommodation
3. Transport in and around Cape Town including commuting to the volunteer placement
4. Personal insurance cover
5. Visas
6. Personal expenses
Available days/best time to come
This programme starts at every Monday of each school term or every first Monday of a month. The minimum length of stay is 6 weeks.
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