Rena Le Rona Centre in Diepkloof provides safe space for children
They have a social auxiliary worker that approaches schools around Diepkloof to help source out children and sometimes schools approach the centre.
Rena Le Rona is a creative centre for school children from the age of five located in Diepkloof Zone 4 that was established in 2006.
The centre caters to vulnerable and orphaned children, providing a safe space for them to communicate their feelings through art.
They have a social auxiliary worker that approaches schools around Diepkloof to help source out children and sometimes schools approach the centre.
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Residents are also welcome to let the centre know if there are any children that they think can be registered.
“We first do home visits before taking these children in. We check with their guardians and assess their home situations and let the social worker come and do a report,” Mlungisi Mvelase, the Centre and Project Manager of Rena Le Rona explained.
Mvelase also explained that besides the children engaging in art where they do drama performance, painting, and other artistic activities, the centre also offers psycho social support groups for both children and their guardians.
“We believe that you can’t heal the child without healing the family first hence we host such sessions where we have both the parents and the child present,” said Mvelase.
Not only do the children have art sessions where artists from the community volunteer to indulge in art activities with them, but they are also assisted with schoolwork.
Local businesses, councillor, and other cooperate companies have been a great help in terms of donations to the centre.
The centre expresses heartfelt gratitude to FairVest, a company that found them with no funding and provided food for three months, and also renovated the floor.
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Rena Le Rona is still open for donations such as computers that will help children to do their assignments and school-related work.
For Mandela Day the centre will be asking for donations that will go a long way in impacting the lives of the children.
Sibusiso Ndaba, the Public Relations Practitioner at the centre explained how they are planning to celebrate Mandela Day this year.
“We want to do things differently, we don’t want the community to come and just spend the day with the children. We want them to do something that will be impactful in the lives of the children.”
