The Boksburg Child Welfare is in need of the community’s assistance to get its Keep Me Safe House in Boksburg operational again.
According to the local child welfare’s director, Vanessa Naidoo-Pillay, the Keep Me Safe House was a very successful programme which rescued children from incredibly harmful circumstances and gave them an opportunity to grow and take advantage of basic opportunities.
“Children placed in the Keep Me Safe house were placed in temporary safe care with a court order, under the care of a temporary safe care parent. The children were afforded love, care, support, developmental stimulation, life skills, family life under the care of the temporary safe care parent and the social workers of Boksburg Child Welfare,” explained the director.
However, the safe house had to be temporarily closed in August 2016 due to lack of finances and resources.
“This was a great loss to the community and the children served. With government facilities full to capacity and private caregivers not being able to take in more than six children, social workers were faced with a great amount of pressure in locating placement for children in need of care and protection.
“It is with this sentiment that the executive board of management has been vigorously trying to locate donors and funders for the past two years to reopen the Keep Me Safe House. In order to prevent the aforementioned from occurring again, the organisation has decided to ensure the Keep Me Safe House is partially sustainable and can provide far more stability to the children of the community.
It is with these sentiments that the Keep Me Safe House will be reopened as a foster care home which will ensure victims of abuse and exploitation will be able to grow up in a family-style home.
The director said it will also alleviate the financial burden of groceries as the foster care grant will be used to make such purchases.
“This model has worked well with two other homes that this organisation manages in Villa Liza and Vosloorus, hence success can be assured,” Naidoo-Pillay added.
She said the property of Keep Me Safe House is still in a good condition, adding the only thing needed to reopen the safe house is funds to pay for a housemother and other household expenses.
“Everything that sponsors and community members donated to the Keep Me Safe House is still at the house,” she explained.
Anybody who can assist the local child welfare may call 011 039 4679/011 074 5028 or send an email to Naidoo-Pillay at director1bcw@gmail.com
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