Sikelela Skill Centre

Sue du Toit, Director of George Child and Family Welfare, oversees all the projects of the organisation, and was instrumental in initiating the Sikelela Skills Development Project. The Centre is managed by

Debbie Kruger who is totally committed to the cause. She is fluent in English, Afrikaans & isiXhosa, the latter which is the mother tongue of most of the delegates that attend training. Debbie is assisted by volunteers who give their knowledge, time and love to the trainees.

Joan Shaw is the Marketer for the skills centre. Joan is contracted to promote the centre and assist with fund raising and sustainability of the centre. When funding is available, professionals are paid to provide top class training.

Skills Training

We offer skills training to groups of up to 60 delegates when funding is available.

Cleaning Team

We have a group of ladies that work as a cleaning team, and tackle all your cleaning needs, from residential homes to factories and everything in between. We also do window cleaning and cleaning of festival and event grounds and halls.

Retail Shop

The retail shop sell crafts manufactured by the core group of crafters and funds are used to sustain the core group as well as raise additional funds for training and special projects.

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Coffee Shop

The coffee shop is run to give trainees practical training in waitron service and basic food preparation.

Fund Raising

We have a core group of crafters that we aim to sustain while fund raising for training, and this core group work to earn a stipend and raise funds for the centre, through creating unusual crafts for sale at the retail shop as well as regional markets.

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1. Why support us

When people visit George, they see the wealth and splendour our beautiful town has to offer, but more often that not, they do not see the pain & suffering caused by the high incidence of unemployment and poverty.

Your assistance, through time of money, could make a huge difference to the sustainability of the centre, allowing people from the local community to learn skills to sustain themselves and their families. The more ladies we can train if different skills, the more lives we can change.

100% of your donation will directly benefit the project. No management fees or commissions.

2. Give us your time

We are always happy to take on volunteers to assist with fund-raising or using your skills to show our ladies new talents.

3. Our Wish List

– We urgently need cash donations in order to facilitate our next training sessions.
– We also take any materials that we are able to re-use or recycle into something new, useful of just plain beautiful.
– Prizes and donations towards prizes for our planned golf day.

4. Make a cash donation

Name of Account: George Child Welfare (Job Creation)
Bank: First National Bank
Branch: George
Branch Code:
Account Number:

62030030431

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5. Our Donors & Partners

Sabine Plattner African Charities kindly provides the premises from which we operate.

6. Our Products

As we operate primarily as a Craft Skills Development Centre, we make a large range of crafts that are both beautiful and decorative. These photo’s show some of the crafts that are made at the centre, but we also do sewing job lots, such as curtains, track-suits, cushion Covers, table cloths, or anything that needs sewing.

7. Events & Fundraisers

Golf Day

We are planning a golf day to raise funds for the centre. We would appreciate donations of prizes or your participation as players in our golf day. Negotiations are underway with Fancourt to host the day and a date will be confirmed soonest. Watch the events page for further details.

8. Research

Currently, George Child Welfare refers cases to the centre for training and ladies are trained to learn arts and craft skills at the centre.
Sufficient funds would allow us to do research on what training is required within other sectors and allow us to train people that can then go straight into careers where there is a need for skilled employees