What Does The Sibongile Centre Do?
Sibongile Day & Night Care Centre is a registered non-profit and public beneficiary organization (041-341-NPO and PBO 930 027 189) that aims at providing quality and loving physical, emotional and spiritual care to children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other severe disabilities in the community of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Sibongile is based on Biblical Christian values.
Why Is The Care Centre Needed?
Due to the time consuming special care that CP children need, many parents in the community of Khayelitscha and other townships are overstrained with their disabled child. Some face social and cultural pressure from their neighbours and family who despise the children and their parents or believe they have been cursed by a witch doctor. The high rate of teenage pregnancies adds to the problem. Often, disabled children are abandoned or hidden away and neglected, which causes their physical and emotional condition to deteriorate even more.
In South Africa – unlike in other countries – parents of disabled do not have easy access to a full range of free public services, government support and specialized care. They are often left alone to face their challenges and depend on non-profit organizations to fill the gap.
That is why there is such a great need for care centres such as Sibongile, where these special children are given professional care either in a residential context or a day care facility.
What Does The Sibongile Centre Do?
Sibongile Day & Night Care Centre is a registered non-profit and public beneficiary organization (041-341-NPO and PBO 930 027 189) that aims at providing quality and loving physical, emotional and spiritual care to children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other severe disabilities in the community of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Sibongile is based on Biblical Christian values.
Why Is The Care Centre Needed?
Due to the time consuming special care that CP children need, many parents in the community of Khayelitscha and other townships are overstrained with their disabled child. Some face social and cultural pressure from their neighbours and family who despise the children and their parents or believe they have been cursed by a witch doctor. The high rate of teenage pregnancies adds to the problem. Often, disabled children are abandoned or hidden away and neglected, which causes their physical and emotional condition to deteriorate even more.
In South Africa – unlike in other countries – parents of disabled do not have easy access to a full range of free public services, government support and specialized care. They are often left alone to face their challenges and depend on non-profit organizations to fill the gap.
That is why there is such a great need for care centres such as Sibongile, where these special children are given professional care either in a residential context or a day care facility.
