Important Announcement
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT It is with regret that I announce that a limited number of staff members and beneficiaries have tested positive for Covid -19 at Abraham Kriel Bambanani. We are therefore in effect locking down the Langlaagte Campus and returning to level five measures for our community services for a period of two weeks. There […]
Extraordinary Dads
In an organization focusing on the care and development of children, there are often a scarcity of dads. Those that we do have are quite extraordinary men. Dads are incredibly important in a healthy society. Research has clearly shown that the presence of a dad will give a child a much better sense of identity […]
Spotlight on mothers and children in lockdown
May started with Mother’s day on centre stage and will end with international Child Care week. So we asked our Mothers in Children’s homes how that worked out during the lockdown period. These are some of their positive responses: “We bonded as a family.” “The children learned to appreciate the value of life.” “Doing things […]
Online learning support
The Covid-19 pandemic has stripped many families bare and has left them vulnerable and uncertain of their next meal. Many of our school-going beneficiaries, who find themselves in such homes, despaired. Residential care beneficiaries have different levels of uncertainty and knowledge of technology. Babies and toddlers received occupational therapy on-line and thought it best to […]
Abraham Kriel Bambanani pleads for support as the need increases even further
Abraham Kriel Bambanani pleads for support as the need increases further Since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa, the number of beneficiaries who rely on Abraham Kriel Bambanani (AKB) for survival has quadrupled, placing the organisation’s resources under enormous pressure. At the start of the lockdown, AKB provided 605 children and youth […]
Caring for Children during the SA Lockdown is not business as usual
Abraham Kriel Bambanani continues to care for vulnerable Children and Youth, as we have always done, despite Covid-19 and the current lockdown. But it is most certainly not business as usual. Until recently we had 600 children and youth in our care programmes in the communities of Soweto and Westbury. Overnight that number has increased […]
AKBC19ResponseTeam – Be Vigilant; Be Healthy
AKBC19ResponseTeam Announcement The AKBC19ResponseTeam appeals to all staff members, beneficiaries and supporters of Abraham Kriel Bambanani to BE VIGILANT; BE HEALTHY! In response to the Covid-19 virus and the lockdown measures announced by President Ramaphosa, Abraham Kriel Bambanani has taken the following steps: We established an AKBC19ResponseTeam under the guidance of our CEO, Mr Paul […]
Mathematician with a big heart
Pierre Jacobs is a housefather at the Abraham Kriel Bambanani Benoni Satellite House and a Mathematician by profession. In 2019, Pierre decided that he could do more and extend his fatherly duties by helping other young people achieve their dreams…one equation at a time. Pierre has started a Math tutoring project for Grades 10, 11 […]
Bye bye Bettie
It was the end of the road for Bettie after 17 years. Bettie couldn’t get going without some help, but once she was on the move, she couldn’t stop either unless she was turned sideways in order to glide to a stop. Most days Bettie couldn’t accomplish her important daily tasks and everyone had to […]
I am awesome
“Is my mom ok?” was the only thing that Samantha (7 years) kept asking her housemother when she was committed into our care at the Maria Klopper Campus at the beginning of this year. What Samantha and her three-year-old sister were exposed to, no child should endure. Her mom is a drug addict and they […]