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Founded in 1989, Thandanani Children's Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation that facilitates community based care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands (South Africa).
 
Thandanani's vision is, that communities provide safe and nurturing environments for orphans and other vulnerable children (particularly those affected and infected by HIV/Aids) within their communities of origin.
 
Our mission is to build the capacity of the Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg) and Richmond communities in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to respond to the basic material, physical, cognitive and emotional needs of their orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).
We do this by:
  • Training volunteers on various issues related to the provision of home based care and support to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC's)
  • Allocating a community volunteer to care for and support each household
  • Monitoring and supporting our volunteer teams as they provide care and support to each household
  • Providing support for those households identified as being in dire need of emergency assistance
  • Providing access to professional welfare services and counselling
  • Facilitating access to fee remissions, social grants and other forms of government support
  • Providing access to therapeutic programs and groups
  • Supporting and developing community based Early Learning Centre's
  • Facilitating the establishment of community based food gardens/kitchens
  • Facilitating the establishment of volunteer driven income-generating projects
  • Facilitating the establishement of savings groups

With a staff of 20 and a team of 151 volunteers, Thandanani currently supports over 2608 children in 866 households across 17 historically disadvantaged communities. We also support 8 Early Learning Centre's within these communities and are currently facilitating the establishment of community based food gardens, food kitchens and savings groups within these communities.

 

View a detailed breakdown of our current beneficiaries

 
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