A Child's Dignity Matters Young Lisa arrived at the Maria Kloppers Campus at the age of seven with a baby brother aged three on her hip. She refused to let go of him. She had been caring for him for as long as she could remember. His cloth nappy was a sickly ...
Children in care are hard hit during lockdown At 16, Sibusiso was not happy living at our Maria Kloppers Campus, so he set out to make as much trouble as he could in the hopes of being sent home. He succeeded in getting permission to go home just before lockdown. Read about ...
Children need you now more than ever! During March this year, Nokuthula, living in one of the houses at Langlaagte, grew increasingly quiet. She had no contact with her family and she had no way of knowing how they were. Reports of starving people added to the fourteen-year-old’s worry. She knew they ...
118 fulfilling and life-changing years What started out as a safe haven in Langlaagte for children orphaned by the South African war in 1902, has become home to thousands of young children and youth in Johannesburg. Abraham Kriel Bambanani has been in operation for 118 years… a milestone that would not be ...
You came to our rescue! The nation has been on lockdown for four months. During all this time our kids could rely on YOU to keep them going. We asked: “Will we be able to care for our beneficiaries? Will we survive the next few months?” YOU said: “Never fear!” YOU kept ...
Extraordinary Dads In an organization focusing on the care and development of children, there are often a scarcity of dads. Those that we do have are quite extraordinary men. Dads are incredibly important in a healthy society. Research has clearly shown that the presence of a dad will give a child a ...
Being young and living in South Africa: The youth of AKB We asked a few of our children what it means to be young and living in South Africa and this is what they had to say: “To be young and living in South Africa means that we are now free. We ...
Spotlight on mothers and children in lockdown May started with Mother’s day on centre stage and will end with international Child Care week. So we asked our Mothers in Children’s homes how that worked out during the lockdown period. These are some of their positive responses: “We bonded as a family.” “The ...
Abraham Kriel Bambanani pleads for support as the need increases further Since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa, the number of beneficiaries who rely on Abraham Kriel Bambanani (AKB) for survival has quadrupled, placing the organisation’s resources under enormous pressure. At the start of the lockdown, AKB provided 605 ...
Online learning support The Covid-19 pandemic has stripped many families bare and has left them vulnerable and uncertain of their next meal. Many of our school-going beneficiaries, who find themselves in such homes, despaired. Residential care beneficiaries have different levels of uncertainty and knowledge of technology. Babies and toddlers received occupational therapy ...
