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SOS Children's Villages in Cape Town
It is located in the southwest of the country and a very popular destination for tourists from all over the world. SOS Children's Village Cape Town was established in Thornton, about ten kilometres away from the city centre, in a beautiful spot with a magnificent view of the Table Mountain and has been operational since March 1994.
The official opening took place on 25 May 1996 in the presence of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, and Helmut Kutin, president of SOS-Kinderdorf International.
SOS Children's Village Cape Town consists of fifteen family houses, an administration and service area, a multi-purpose hall, a library, a computer lab, a sports field and houses for the village director and the SOS aunts (who support the SOS mothers and take care of the children when the mothers are on leave). Up to 150 children can find a new home in the fifteen family houses.
The adjoining SOS Kindergarten has a capacity to take in up to 75 children and comprises three group rooms and a playground. In order to meet the needs of the growing number of youths who had outgrown the SOS Children's Village, an SOS Youth Facility was established in 2000, where up to 14 youths can stay during higher education or further training and prepare themselves for an independent life.
An SOS Social Centre, co-ordinating an HIV/AIDS community-based child care and support programme, was set up in January 2002. HIV/AIDS affected families receive material and medical support, education and counselling and they are supported with income generating activities. Moreover, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention campaigns are organised.
Our Impact
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SOS Social Centres in South Africa aim is to help families, in particular women and children, living in communities neighbouring the SOS Children's Villages to gradually escape from poverty, and to help young people become self-reliant. |
2 SOCIAL CENTRES | 203 Beneficiaries |
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The SOS Children's Village in South Africa provides loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children |
1 VILLAGES | 103 Orphaned and Abandoned Children |
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The SOS Youth Facilities in South Africa provides youth with a loving environment where they learn to transition into independent living and to expand their education |
1 YOUTH FACILITIES | 15 Youths in our Care |
Our Impact