THE future of more than 21 children at the Ntshalleng Le Bana Centre for the disabled near Rustenburg, North West, is in jeopardy if nothing is done to ensure that they continue to receive rehabilitation services.
The centre is in high demand because of the large number of children it caters for.
But the present infrastructure is insufficient to cater for the needs of the 21 children who have been admitted and the 20 on the waiting list.
Their biggest challenges are transport, toiletries, wheelchairs, cot beds and a bigger shelter.
This nonprofit organisation offers support services, and programmes that help children with a wide range of physical, emotional, neurological or developmental disabilities to achieve their full potential in life.
They operate in a four-roomed RDP house that was donated by a member of the community.
The centre serves locals and people from outside the province.
Most of the admitted children suffer illnesses such as epilepsy, diabetes and cerebral palsy.
They need medicine or other kinds of help as they go about their daily activities.
They have no funding and used to survive on food donated by Woolworths until that contract expired.
Many of the children depended on the centre for their social contact.
The centre eases their conditions as well as educating them and offers various skills that will aid them in future.
The majority of children come from poor backgrounds, so the centre provides them with three meals a day.
lIf you want to help please contact us at tellus@sowetan.co.za or letters@sowetan.co.za
Needy kids face bleak future
THE future of more than 21 children at the Ntshalleng Le Bana Centre for the disabled near Rustenburg, North West, is in jeopardy if nothing is done to ensure that they continue to receive rehabilitation services.
The centre is in high demand because of the large number of children it caters for.
But the present infrastructure is insufficient to cater for the needs of the 21 children who have been admitted and the 20 on the waiting list.
Their biggest challenges are transport, toiletries, wheelchairs, cot beds and a bigger shelter.
This nonprofit organisation offers support services, and programmes that help children with a wide range of physical, emotional, neurological or developmental disabilities to achieve their full potential in life.
They operate in a four-roomed RDP house that was donated by a member of the community.
The centre serves locals and people from outside the province.
Most of the admitted children suffer illnesses such as epilepsy, diabetes and cerebral palsy.
They need medicine or other kinds of help as they go about their daily activities.
They have no funding and used to survive on food donated by Woolworths until that contract expired.
Many of the children depended on the centre for their social contact.
The centre eases their conditions as well as educating them and offers various skills that will aid them in future.
The majority of children come from poor backgrounds, so the centre provides them with three meals a day.
lIf you want to help please contact us at tellus@sowetan.co.za or letters@sowetan.co.za
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