Centre brings a ray of sunshine to children
The Sunshine Centre Association Elsburg celebrated 40 years in the community, last Saturday.
It was a special day at the Sunshine Centre Association Elsburg, last Saturday.
The centre was celebrating its 40th birthday.
Michael Ngobeni, the coordinator at the centre, said: “For an NGO to reach such a milestone is something special, we are obviously doing something right.”
Ngobeni added that they also wanted to use the celebration as a fund-raising event, but, due to the rainy weather, the plans fell flat.
Parents, children, staff, volunteers and supporters were all invited to come along on the day to celebrate the centre’s longevity.
One of the centre’s biggest supporters, Röhlig-Grindrod Logistics, had representatives at the event, as well as a representative from Kapele Freight and Logistics and volunteer at the centre, Princess Phiri.
Phiri introduced Röhlig-Grindrod to the centre and now the company helps greatly by sponsoring groceries every three months.
“This helps us immensely with our running costs,” Ngobeni said.
Representatives from Afrikaanse Hoërskool Germiston and Colin Mann Primary School, as well as nurses and students nurses from the Elsburg Clinic, also attended the event.
“The schools and the clinic give us a lot of support,” Ngobeni said.
The Sunshine Centre Association is a dynamic, progressive and innovative non-profit organisation in the field of intellectual disability, offering diverse services at many levels.
All developments and services offered by the organisation are a direct response to the needs identified in the communities.
The Sunshine Centre Association is committed to the development and inclusion of children with disabilities and delays – intellectual, developmental, and physical – in partnership with families and communities.
The Elsburg centre acts as an early intervention centre, which offers specialised stimulation and early intervention programmes catering specifically to the needs of children with developmental delays and intellectual/physical disabilities.
Therapists in different disciplines visit the centre regularly and work with the children, teachers, assistants and volunteers, using a transdisciplinary approach.
The children’s school terms are similar to those of government schools and they have a regular school day.
They do not live at the centre, but are transported to and from school each day.
Ngobeni said he is proud of what the centre has accomplished over the past 40 years and is looking forward to many more years of aiding children in the community.
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