ORPHANAID - Hillcrest

WHAT WE DO Feeding Orphans Each week we buy or collect food, pack it and distribute it to over 140 orphans Clothing Orphans We collect, sort and distribute good second hand or new clothing to the orphans we support. Building for Orphans Many orphans we support live in poor, rundown conditions. Homes are one or two roomed mud and stick dwellings with 3-4 people per room and a number of people per bed. We are identifying needs in order to build and furnish dry, secure, well lit accommodation. Life skills training and discipleship Many orphans have little input from caring adults and few good role models. We have various programs to train and equip children and teenagers, guiding them in leading moral and upright lives. Medicine and Clinics We run a number of very basic, nurse  

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run, on site, clinics which offer medical care to orphans and needy children. Schooling We pay school fees and buy uniforms for some 80 orphans at a cost of around R45000-00 a year. Springside - Place of Safety & Refuge Many orphans and poor children are raped and abused. We estimate 80% of the girls we support have either been raped, molested or experienced incest. Many fathers take their daughters as sexual partners when their wife dies, normally of AIDS. When girls expose this injustice they place themselves at risk of being murdered to prevent them bearing witness. Our Hillcrest place of safety and refuge for orphans, abused children and needy people is now fully functional. It sleeps around 24 people. We are looking for corporate sponsorship for our Springside place of safety and refuge, situated in Hillcrest. Here we care for children and teenagers who have been raped, abused or chased out of their homes, it is a vital ministry, that often saves lives. The monthly running costs are around R9000-00 ($1125-00) a month.