MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RESIDENTIAL CARE

Traumatised, abandoned, neglected and orphaned children are comitted into the care of Abraham Kriel
Bambanani by the Childrens Court.

OUR MAIN AIM IS

  • To help reunify these children with their parents/family where possible or to reintegrate them into the broader community
  • To develop and empower children so that they can become contributing members of society.

A COMMITTED CHILD IS

Removed from the parents or guardians’ care by the court due to neglect, drug abuse or alcoholism, imprisonment, abandonment of the child or sexual or physical abuse.

  • These children’s parents cannot care for them or provide for them due to:
    – Extreme poverty
    – Health or disability reasons
    – Abusive home situations
    – behavioural problems in the children
  • Orphaned children
  • Abandoned children

WE PROVIDE

  • A home with parents or child care workers
  • Daily meals
  • Healthcare
  • Therapeutic services
  • Social work services
  • Access to formal schooling and a tertiary education or skills training where appropriate or possible
  • Cultural and social rehabilitation Empowerment to take responsibility for their own lives
  • Exposure to values
  • Opportunities to develop abilities and talents
  • Exposure to positive role models