Child Welfare SA: Midrand

About Us

Child Welfare SA: Midrand has been rendering services to the community for more than twenty years and has aided over 2000 children and their families. We currently have 1000 cases on our files of children who have been abused, abandoned, neglected or orphaned and we have an intake of around 115 new cases per year.

Child Welfare SA: Midrand's mission is to protect, uplift and promote the well-being of children, individuals and families through the provision of essential social services, community development and empowerment projects Midrand and surrounding areas.

We are a dynamic team of professionals committed to making a real difference in the lives of children in need.

Our services include statutory, pre-statutory and developmental services. Statutory services involve the placement of vulnerable children into alternative care facilities.

Core Services

• Child protection services for orphaned, neglected, abused and abandoned children.
• Crisis intervention services for abused and neglected children
• Placement of children in Places of Safety, Adoption, Foster Care or Residential Care
• Family reunification and restoration services
• HIV/AIDS Counselling and supportive services
• Early childhood development programmes
• Child Protection by way of prevention and early intervention
• Community development and economic empowerment projects

How you can help

We rely heavily on private and corporate sponsorship and donations to keep our organisation functioning effectively and to offer the professional service required of us. Whilst we do receive aid from government it is not enough to provide all the necessary assets or our monthly running costs as most of our projects and programmes are not subsidised.

Any donations are much appreciated as the organisation benefits greatly from your support.

OUR WISHLIST

Food parcels( rice,mealie-meal,vegetables,sugar,milk,samp etc);
Children's clothes and schol uniforms;
IT services;
Sponsorship of municipal fees, electricity and water;
Sponsorship of admin expenses(petrol, telephone bill, audit fees, HR fees);
Household Toiletries (washing powder, handy andy, vim, sta-soft, domestos, toilet paper);
Children's toiletries (bath soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, body lotion, shampoo, hair combs);
Children's educational books;
Office space;
Mini-bus;
2 cars.