Känguru Foundation springs into action for disabled children
Each child at the Känguru Foundation is provided with daily stimulation, respite care, as well as intense training in daily life skills.
THE Känguru Foundation for the Disabled is a residential care facility for disabled children located in Kliprivier and the CHRONICLE decided to get some more in-depth information on the institute as it was not a familiar name in the South.
The foundation is a non-profit organisation situated just outside the area of distribution for our paper and we decided to knock on the doors to find out more about it.
24/7 care
Each child at the Känguru Foundation is provided with daily stimulation, respite care, as well as intense training in daily life skills.
Through encouragement and support, the caregivers and staff help and enhance each child’s living conditions. The foundation offers shelter to 42 children and the team of care workers and nurses actively care for them 24/7.
“The need for such a residential facility in our area is great and we are in the process of expanding our home to accommodate 28 more children. We have children of all ages. In order to help each child reach their full potential we have to have the right stimulation programmes in place for each child. This is why we started the Inclusion Project,” explained Adele Chmurkowski, the inclusion leader.
The team searched far and wide to get a kindergarten for the children with disabilities residing at the Känguru Foundation. There are many kindergartens but not all are able to accommodate children in wheelchairs, children with a hearing impairment or children with physical disabilities.
Inclusion in action
“In October 2017 we opened a small kindergarten at our residential facility where some of our younger children went to class every day. In February 2018 we welcomed our first abled child from our community. Inclusion in action is such a wonderful thing to see. This little girl already has a best friend and from day one she is learning sign language to communicate with her classmates,” said Adele.
She spoke of how the children’s daily interactions do not show any adaptions, bias, pity or discrimination but show children being children, playing together and learning from each other.
Adele further explained that the kindergarten has a unique concept, with a special curriculum focusing on each child’s own developmental level, as well as adaptions from the South African curriculum with a small class size to ensure individual attention on a daily basis. It’s a full inclusion kindergarten with sign language as an additional language taught to all the children with qualified teachers and assistants.
If you would like more information or would like to enquire about the Känguru inclusive kindergarten and their residential care facility contact 011 903 8829.
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