Malvern Children’s Home needs your help
The Malvern Child and Youth Centre is on the brink of closure and desperately needs donations from the public to keep its doors open.
The Malvern Child and Youth Centre is urgently appealing to the public for help. The home, which has been a place of safety and care for over 100 children, all between the age of two and 18 years, is at risk of having to close.
According to the director of the facility, Andile Ncamana, they are facing a municipal debt that has crippled the facility and is growing each month due to interest being added to the balance due.
“We tried to hold on but with all the changes going on around South Africa, we have suffered the most as our financial constraints became more demanding and we could not pay the municipal bill consistently,” said Ncamana.
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For Ncamana, giving up isn’t an option, “We have to keep praying that the municipality doesn’t come and cut the lights but we can’t put our tools down just because things aren’t going well,” he said. Aside from the government money the home relies on donations to keep running.
“From the subsidy which is less than R3 000 per child per month, we have to pay all the salaries, the school fees, feed the children and then pay all the operating costs of the home, including trying to service the historical debt,” explained Ncamana.
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The Malvern Child and Youth Centre is desperate for the people of Durban to help. “If each person can pay R50 towards the municipal bill each month that would help a lot,” said Ncamana If you would like to contribute you can pay the R50 directly to the Municipality, details are in the pictures below.
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