Thuthukani offers care to those in need
The organisation conducted a needs analysis in the area and they discovered there were lot of orphanages and poor families.
The Ivory Park based Thuthukani Care Centre is a non-profit organisation working with orphans and vulnerable children.
It was established in February 2003 and the centre caters for wards 77, 78, 79 and 111.
Thuthukani’s manager, Mr Vusi Makhubo, said the organisation conducted a needs analysis in the area and they discovered there were lot of orphanages and poor families.
“Most of these families are not employed due to illness and some of them live for days without nutritional food. They are elderly people and child-headed households. We also discovered that Ivory Park has a high crime rate, therefore, we decided to start this programme to create jobs for the community and to take care of these orphans and vulnerable children,” he said.
The organisation has six committee members, a chairperson, deputy chairperson, secretary, deputy secretary, treasurer and one additional member, a manager, two social auxiliary workers, three coordinators, an administrator, 29 care workers, four child care supervisors, two cooks, 20 child and youth care workers, and 16 parents who host a sowing project.
In total, Thuthukani Care Centre has 76 people who are currently taking part.
The organisation registered 360 children, 247 are after-care children and 113 are daycare children.
It targets children from two years old to 18.
“All these children are not paying anything because they are orphans and some are vulnerable children, so the services are free,” he said.
Thuthukani Care Centre survives by seeking donations in order to feed the poor families and needy children.
