Carryou making strides in Elandsvlei

Carryou Ministry is making strides in Elandsvlei with the announcement that residents of the informal settlement is to get a Safe park.

Next to the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre in Elandsvlei that Carryou erected for residents, OR Tambo and nearby informal settlements, a park has been established.

The park has been dubbed the Carryou Safe Park and will also serve residents of informal settlements as well as Mabloma Farm School. The Safe Park is aptly named and has fencing around it to keep any unwanted things and people out.

The project started less than three weeks ago and has managed to get so far due to assistance from the National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW) funded by the Department of Social Development.

The Safe Park during its operation hours will be supervised by trained child care practitioners. These workers will not only watch out for the safety of the children but are also there to identify and address problematic behaviour.

So far the park has 26 trained caregivers and more will be trained. Reverend Lawrence Mabaso, General Manager of Carryou Ministry said the park itself will also be used as a practical centre to train caregivers. Children will also be able to participate in indoor and outdoor activities that will be created per age group.

Mabaso said they are looking at officially opening the park in July if all goes well. Before the opening, there are also a few challenges Carryou has in terms of making the park comfortable and sustainable for the children that will visit it.

Carryou is looking for sponsorships for a solar or electric driven borehole; water piping; paving; electricity infrastructure; running toilets; more security fencing; 20 trees; grass and educational games.

In order to make the safe park more than just a playing area, Carryou would like farmers to partner with them to establish a vegetable garden and they are also seeking help from the municipality for tunnels to further develop agriculture. They also would like to have a food truck to transport food to residents of the informal settlement.

Lastly, they are appealing to the municipality to tar the road running past the Safe Park as the dirt road dust is unpleasant especially near where children have to play.

Carryou would also like to thank two people who are extremely helpful in the project; Steven Ngakane, Safe Park caregiver and Donovan Meyer, Community Work Project (CWP) Manager.

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