"If we can save just one child from a life of poverty, it will have been worth it"
The Bathandwa Day and Night Care Centre is a place of safety that cares for abandoned, HIV+ and physically or mentally disabled children - children who would otherwise be left impoverished to wander the streets of Cape Town.
Currently, 36 children are living in a home more suitable for a family of five. The house belongs to the couple who founded the place of safety, and is where they raised their own three children.
Bathandwa is located in Makhaya, Khayelitsha - Cape Town's biggest and one of its most ill-established townships, which is in desperate need of social development and support.
Currently, 36 children are living in a home more suitable for a family of five. The house belongs to the couple who founded the place of safety, and is where they raised their own three children.
Bathandwa is located in Makhaya, Khayelitsha - Cape Town's biggest and one of its most ill-established townships, which is in desperate need of social development and support.
A NEW HOME FOR BATHANDWA
This 1700m² plot in Khayelitsha was bought by the Friends of Bathandwa Trust, situated conveniently close to the children's schools.
THE CHILDREN GO TO THE BEACH
The children are taken on numerous outings, in order to stimulate them and broaden their knowledge of their environment.
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