Child Welfare SA Nelspruit celebrates its 2022 milestones

Child Welfare SA Nelspruit (CWSAN) recently hosted its 85th annual general meeting at Communio Church. People gave testimonials of people who received services from this organisation. Nomfundo Myeza, the manager of CWSAN, gave her report. She said it was a privilege to once again deliver a report on the services delivered for the year 2021/22.

“Issues of children are heartbreaking because they are mostly abused and violated by those they love, trust and have a close relationship with – people who are supposed to be dedicated in protecting them, their own parents and family members.

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Regarding interventions by our organisation when there is abuse and neglect of children, parents fight tooth and nail, making light of the harm and violation they caused against their children over prolonged periods.

“These fights get to such an extent that serious and deadly threats are made towards social workers for rescuing children. I am grateful that with the little team we have, Child Welfare still makes a huge positive impact on the lives of many kids and their families in Mbombela.”

In her chairperson’s annual report, Jacqui Burns said, “This year has been an incredibly challenging and trying time for the organisation.”

She said there were limited funding and a dramatic increase in GBV cases, and CWSAN felt the knock.

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“We have been able to resume fundraising; we have felt the long-lasting financial effects of Covid-19 with contributions from our business community being substantially less than previous years. The government subsidy we receive only covers a percentage of the monthly overheads and the organisation cannot function without the support of our community.”

Burns said there were difficult cases, but they had limited finances. According to her, this put immense pressure on the CWSAN team.