Christmas 2020…An extraordinary event
In the context of a year where Covid19 and its impact on society dominated our lives, there was little hope for a “merry” Christmas. But, Christmas 2020 will go down in the annals of Abraham Kriel Bambanani as an extraordinary event. We received a generous gift under our Christmas tree donated by YOU. We asked […]
Counselling changed Karabelo’s life
Counselling changed Karabelo’s life Karabelo submitted a story to the “Cadbury Dairy Milk Glass & a Half Project presents: There’s a Story in Everyone” competition that was run during the last few months of 2020. His story was one of the few to be selected for publication in a book. This achievement would not have […]
I turned my limitations to opportunities
The national lockdown really affected me. I could not go to school and be with my friends and worst of all… no rugby! Rugby is one of the many things that make me happy. I was so disappointed that I would not be able to play for at least 21 days. The first 21 days […]
Miracle of life
The Maria Kloppers Campus is home to a little warrior who has had to fight very hard to stay alive. Born prematurely at 34 weeks, she weighed just 1.1kg at birth. Audrey was diagnosed with chronic lung disease because her lungs were under developed. She struggled to breathe and needed oxygen support from a ventilator. […]
Access to education granted
A few months ago eight youngsters in Grade 11 and residing in Soweto and Westbury received smart phones to enable them to catch up on their school work. They had a chance to conclude this year successfully. This initiative was stage two of a process of empowerment of school going children in the care of […]
Covid-19 Positive
At the Langlaagte Campus we have a number of children with medical conditions that require regular clinic or hospital visits. Since the nationwide lockdown in March this posed quite a few challenges for our resident nurse, Sister Esther Kruger. Doctors would only see patients if it was an emergency and this meant scheduled appointments had […]
Children in care are hard hit during lockdown
At 16, Sibusiso was not happy living at our Maria Kloppers Campus, so he set out to make as much trouble as he could in the hopes of being sent home. He succeeded in getting permission to go home just before lockdown. Read about his experiences in his own words below. Home was no fun […]
A Child’s Dignity Matters
Young Lisa arrived at the Maria Kloppers Campus at the age of seven with a baby brother aged three on her hip. She refused to let go of him. She had been caring for him for as long as she could remember. His cloth nappy was a sickly shade of grey, yet relatively clean. Her […]
Children need you now, more than ever!
Children need you now more than ever! During March this year, Nokuthula, living in one of the houses at Langlaagte, grew increasingly quiet. She had no contact with her family and she had no way of knowing how they were. Reports of starving people added to the fourteen-year-old’s worry. She knew they were in dire […]
Make a wish come true
Syria* has never been to the cinema and her greatest wish is to go to the movies with her mother and siblings. Asked what she imagined the cinema to look like, she smiled shyly and replied, “I think it is a big place where people sit and watch movies”. Her face lit up with excitement […]