Ethelbert Children’s Home
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Ethelbert Children’s Home is a children’s home and place of safety that cares for 65 children.
Welcome
Ethelbert is a children’s home that provides short-term care for children from traumatic circumstances, and has done so since 1907. We are not an orphanage, but a place that strives to rehabilitate and reunite children and their families, and help them become confident and responsible members of South African society.
If you want to know more about us and cannot find it on the related pages, feel free to contact us directly
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Ethelbert Children’s Home is a children’s home and place of safety that cares for 65 children.
Welcome
Ethelbert is a children’s home that provides short-term care for children from traumatic circumstances, and has done so since 1907. We are not an orphanage, but a place that strives to rehabilitate and reunite children and their families, and help them become confident and responsible members of South African society.
If you want to know more about us and cannot find it on the related pages, feel free to contact us directly
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Our aim is to stem the tide of children entering the welfare system by addressing the root causes.
Who Are We
Ethelbert Children’s Home is a children’s home and place of safety that cares for 65 children that have been removed from their parents because of sexual and/or physical abuse, neglect, abandonment, and those orphaned because of HIV/ Aids. We have been caring for, and loving the children of South Africa since our inception in 1907.
The majority of the children placed with us have parents and our ultimate goal is to see the children happily reunited with their parents. All cases are cleared by the courts first and thus we work in conjunction with the Department of Social Welfare to ensure that these children are placed back with their families, if at all possible.
Ethelbert’s main priority is to break the cycle of abuse, by providing children with a stable and loving environment, counselling and therapeutic support, which helps them overcome the terror and abuse they have suffered, so that they can regain their self-respect and their confidence to achieve their dreams. Our child-orientated programmes, dedicated residential social workers and childcare workers help traumatised children to develop positive life-skills in a secure environment.
At the same time our Social Workers work with the families, providing therapy and counselling to them to ensure that they also receive support to overcome the reasons why their child was removed from their care.
In addition to supporting the families of the children in our care, Ethelbert Children’s Home takes a proactive approach in dealing with the severe breakdown in family and community values and the increasing number of poverty stricken families entering the social welfare system. We work in the nearby impoverished communities of Arundel Gardens and Burlington to build the capacity of women and youth, support parents to overcome abusive habits, find work and apply for social grants. Our aim is to stem the tide of children flowing into the welfare system by addressing the root causes.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
What We Do
Residential Care 24/7
Ethelbert Children’s Home consists of six cottages, each with two residing Child Care Workers and a maximum of twelve children. Boys and girls are placed in separate cottages, with children under five finding a home in the toddler cottage. Ethelbert can care for a maximum of 65 children, though this number often differs due to the placement of children with rehabilitated parents or foster/adoptive parents.
Therapy, Education & Counselling
When children are placed in our care, we strive to do more than provide them with a bed to sleep in and food to eat. Intensive rehabilitation and therapy are almost always needed. We provide the children with schooling as well as extracurricular activities. We ensure that they live as normal a life as possible, and we strive to give them all the opportunities any ordinary child would have as they grow up. For the period that the children are with us, we are not only their legal guardians, but we also act as their surrogate family – providing everything from school shoes to pocket money.
HIV/ Aids Care
The toddler unit cares for children of 18 months and older, many of whom are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. We do our best to find adoptive parents for the children in our care, when their circumstances allow it, and are always thrilled when one of our children are adopted.
Adventure Seekers
One of the most exciting programmes at Ethelbert is the Adventure Seekers. The goal of Adventure Seekers is to provide Ethelbert youth who are not able to go home or have behavioural problems, with opportunities and skills to deal with difficult situations so that they can draw upon these experiences for everyday living. It involves the use of challenges found in nature such as diving, hiking, rock climbing, canoeing and backpacking to provide growth experiences in their lives.
The toddler unit cares for children of 18 months and older, many of whom are HIV affected/infected.
Provision of life skills
There are also a number of life skills programmes being run at Ethelbert Children’s Home, one of which being the arts and craft classes that have been running for a few years. Two afternoons a week, Kathe Gouws teaches the children to make their own bead creations, knit and sew as well as master a variety of intricate techniques such as decoupage. Their creations include coasters, decorated glassware, greeting cards, bookmarks and beadwork to name just a few.
Recreational Development
The children also have their own holiday home in Park Rynie, which accommodates 20 children, and is mostly used for children that cannot visit parents or hosts during the holidays. Here the children are able to relax, swim, play putt-putt, watch DVDs and just enjoy a normal beach holiday. Again, all of these activities are funded directly by Ethelbert Children’s Home itself.
Family Reunification
At the same time our Social Workers work with the families, providing therapy and counselling to them to ensure that they also receive support to overcome the reasons why their child was removed from their care.
Community Development: One Stop Counselling & Referral Service
Ethelbert Children’s Home takes a proactive approach in dealing with the severe breakdown in family and community values and the increasing number of poverty stricken families entering the social welfare system. We are deeply involved in the impoverished communities of Arundel Gardens and Burlington. These urban slums suffer from crime, drug and alcohol abuse, extreme poverty, lack of basic services etc. Children here are very vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Our work involves a one stop counselling and referral service, assisting parents to adequately care for and protect their children, building the capacity of women and youth and supporting adults and youth overcome abuse, find work and apply for social grants.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Give him a Bright Future!
1) What type of organisation are you?
Ethelbert is a children’s home that provides short-term care for children from traumatic circumstances. We are not an orphanage, but a place that strives to rehabilitate and reunite children and their families, and help them become confident and responsible members of South African society.
2) Are you registered as a Public Benefit Organisation?
Yes we are and our PBO number is: 130002180 – our NPO number is 002-283.
3) Are you able to issue a Section 18A certificate to donors so that their donations are tax deductable?
Yes, a tax certificate will be issued on all donations. It is however vital that you send us your details should you make a payment directly into our account or over the internet. This information can be send to info@ethelbert.co.za.
4) What % of my donation does the organisation receive?
100%
5) How will my donation be used?
Depending on the Home and children’s’ needs at the time, you donation can be used for food, fuel, toiletries, clothing, shoes. Basically anything that is needed by the 65 children in our care.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Every bit of assistance you offer is greatly appreciated!
Volunteer or become a host!
You can invest in a child’s life by becoming a host or volunteering at Ethelbert Children’s Home.
Volunteers
Volunteers fulfill a myriad of roles at Ethelbert. They assist with home work, teach art and craft, provide cooking lessons, come in and play with our toddlers, coach gymnastics, and much more! If you have a skill or talent you can share with our children, or even just want to spend time playing with our toddlers – please contact us.
Hosts
Hosts introduce our children to healthy, functional families by including them in their own families. Host families ‘host’ one or two of our children over weekends and holidays, whenever possible. It provides the individual attention and positive care that our children so desperately need. Should you feel that you want to become a host, please contact us.
Donations
Alternatively Donations would be welcomed!
Bank: First National Bank
Branch: Westville
B/Code: 223526
Acc No: 50851682937
Acc Name: Ethelbert Children’s Home
All donations are tax deductible, a tax certificate will be issues on all donations. It is however vital that you send us your details should you make a payment directly into our account or over the internet. This information can be send to info@ethelbert.co.za.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Teaching our children to become responsible adults, able to contribute to the ever changing world.
Physical Address: 93 Ethelbert Road
Malvern
4093
Postal Address: P.O. Box 28119
Malvern
4055
Postal Code: 4093
Telephone: +27(0)31 464 6555
Fax: +27(0)31 464 6564
Email: admin@ethelbert.co.za
Website: http://www.ethelbert.co.za/
Directions: Directions to follow
Latitude: -29.885536838785264
Longitude: 30.92279076576233