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De DoornsAmongst the beautiful mountains and vineyards, thousands of people are living in very poor and deprived townships. Poverty, unemployment, HIV/AIDS and TB infection leave a lot of families and children in need of care and support. These circumstances motivated NORSA to reach out a hand by developing a Community Centre to engage in these families and children's lives. The council of the Breedevallei donated a piece of land within the De Doorns community where the community center has been developed. This ensures easy accessibility for everyone. The following programs are facilitated: Cluster CareNORSA's head office, SA Cares For Life, has developed this unique program which ensures a holistic approach to families in need. Clusters families are families in need or who are HIV infected/affected. They are identified and registered in groups of 15. A Child Care Worker is appointed from the community, who becomes the "mum" of this cluster. We train these child care workers on a regular basis. They visit the families once a week to support them and also to provide the necessary guidance.
Currently we have registered 5 clusters in De Doorns. A total number of 75 families and approximately 200 children are currently part of this program. It is important that families, who are registered in these clusters, must have pre-school children as our focus is to change the destiny of these children and we want to get involved with them from pre-school age. Sponsorship programmer
We need R 600 per month per family to provide the following services:
The sponsorship program entitles the allocation of specific cluster families to sponsoring families/individuals. Contributions made by these sponsoring families are used to provide the above mentioned services to the cluster families, allocated to them. If you are interested to become part of our cluster care program, read how you can get involved! Day Care Center
Currently we are caring for 82 children (0–5 years). These pre-school children are deprived from their most basic needs. At the day care center they receive nutritious food, love, adequate care as well as the necessary stimulation. The latter is very important as their development is not on par.
All these children have the potential to make a success of their lives, but they need us to invest in their lives and to provide them with the necessary opportunities. Soup kitchen
A kitchen is manned with two cooks who prepare the food for the Day Care Centers as well as pots of soup for the soup kitchen. Especially vegetables are always a need. For some this cup of soup is their only food for the day! Counseling Center
We also distribute TB medication to ensure that TB patients take their medicine as prescribed to ensure effective TB treatment.
De Doorns is one of the community based projects, that NORSA developed. NORSA is also dedicated to its projects in Wellington and Sandhills. |
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Once a month we provide a balanced food parcel to each of these families, to make sure they have at least one healthy meal per day.
To sustain the cluster care program, we established a sponsorship program.
The development of a day care center was of utmost importance. The pre-school children from our cluster care program are underfed, emotionless, developmental not on par and they are in need of adequate care.
We have started the day care center during April 2007. To see the change that took place in the children’s functioning since they were admitted is such a motivation as it proofs that the project has a positive impact on their lives. Emotionless children have smiles on their faces; children who were underfed, have gained weight; TB/HIV infected children are attended to and receive their medication on a regular basis at the center. The children in this area are in dire need for our services to ensure maximum development as well as provision in their most basic needs.
One of the biggest needs in De Doorns is food. We started a soup kitchen during 2007. Currently we feed 200 children/adults per day.
The focus of this center is to provide counseling, care and support to especially families and individuals infected/affected with HIV/AIDS and TB. The center is manned with trained counselors and a professional nursing staff who provide counseling, support and voluntary HIV tests. We facilitate HIV/AIDS support groups where mostly women infected/affected with HIV/AIDS come together on a regular basis for support and information.
