Alberton Child Welfare’s wishes
They must take care of their most important expenses on their own, which is extremely tough.
ALBERTON Child Welfare is reaching out to the community as they are in urgent need of support and donations to be able to continue serving Alberton’s vulnerable children.
Even though this non-profit organisation cannot survive without the small monthly subsidy it receives from the state, it is still mostly dependent on the generosity and donations from community members. They must take care of their most important expenses on their own, which is extremely tough.
What they do
Child Welfare protects children who have been neglected, abused, forsaken from their homes or children who cannot go to school due to impossibly difficult domestic circumstances. Child Protection goes through long, tedious processes to ensure that these children are assigned to appropriate foster care.
The biggest problems that lead to children being sent to Child Welfare include drug abuse or moral decay in their parents/guardians, extreme poverty, and extended family that cannot or will not look after the children after their parents/guardians have left their lives.
Furthermore, Child Welfare offers an anti-bully programme for the children, parental training and training for their social and auxiliary social workers.
What they need
Philip Aucamp, acting director of Alberton Child Welfare, believes the reason they are struggling so much to keep going is due to a lack of awareness about the organisation, what they do and what their needs are. People don’t know about Child Welfare, thus they do not get all the help they desperately need.
To continue offering these very necessary services to better society, Child Welfare is in desperate need of donations – albeit monetary or non-monetary – and willing volunteers.
The following wish list of donations – big and small – will be welcomed with open arms and very much appreciated:
• Multi-function centre:
A new tyre swing with chains for the jungle gym; to repaint the wall between the buildings as well as the jungle gym and the concrete wall with words and pictures on; to wash and paint the inside of the building, to retile the lapa; for the general plumbing to be inspected and leaks to be fixed; for lights and fittings to be replaced; for wooden furniture to be washed and moved; for damp-sealer to be applied; for electric fencing to be extended to cover the multi-function area, to cut the grass and flatten the area.
• Main building:
To have the electricity fixed and upgraded to load capacity; to replace lights (fluorescent in the entire building) and one light fitting in the social worker block; to repaint the entire office; to refit and repaint the play room; to fix the toilets and bathrooms in the social workers’ block; to install a lunch area for the staff (so that they don’t have to eat at their desks); to fit new carpets in the carpeted areas; to fit carpets in the director’s office as well as in the social workers’ offices; to have dividers in the social workers’ offices between the desks; to put up new blinds and/or curtains in the office; 15 new filing cabinets; extra hands to wash the windows; to have the roof fixed (in the area between the supervisor’s office and the meeting room); to fix the kitchen area in the social workers’ block; to have a boiler installed in the kitchen; to have new plates and cups with the required cutlery for functions and general use; a new tea set (cups and saucers) with two trays; a coffee and tea corner for clients; a coffee or cappuccino machine; a wash and service for the four cars; to replace the outside washing line; to plant grass and make the area accessible; to have the parking shaded with shade netting.
Volunteers who can help at Child Welfare are also welcome (after it has been established that they are not a threat to the well-being of the children), as well as anyone who would like to sponsor vehicle maintenance services and car fuel for the future.
To transfer monetary donations to Child Welfare, the account details are as follows: ABSA cheque account; account number: 210 140 212; reference: the donor’s name and surname.
You can also become a member of Child Welfare if you’d like (it just requires a small annual membership fee). Other suggestions on how to help Child Welfare are also welcome.
For any enquiries, to arrange an appointment or to offer help, feel free to contact Philip Aucamp on 011 907 3004/5, or pop him an email at Philip@albertonchildwelfare.co.za
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