Abraham Kriel Childcare

General information

AKC provides the following services:

Residential Care:

Traumatised, abandoned, orphaned and neglected children are placed in our care through the Children's Court into any of the following residential care facilities:

Langlaagte Campus (10 houses):
- ages range from 7-18 yrs
- about 100 children with severe trauma/trauma combined with mental handicaps
- the houseparent system is used, whilst childcare workers on 24-hour duty are employed at the houses

Maria Kloppers campus (3 houses + baby unit):
- ages range from newborn - 18 yrs
- about 50 children and babies (10 children per house & 20 babies)

Satellite houses:
- offer children in our care the best opportunities for development and involvement in normal community life. There are seven (7) houses in total; Fontainebleau, Risidale, Linden, Kempton Park (2), Benoni and Mayfair.

Community Services:

Home-Based Care programmes:
- in Soweto and Westbury
- about 350 HIV/AIDS infected or affected children receive food, donations, social services, life skills, emotional support and spiritual guidance daily.
- social workers assist them with ID applications, accessing ARV drugs, grant applications and any form of counseling. "Mama's" and childcare workers from the neighbourhood keep a watchful eye on the children in our programme.

Drop-In Centres:
- in Zola and Emdeni (Soweto).
- about 200 children receive two meals daily at central facilities.
- social workers, remedial teachers and counselors are also stationed at the facilities to assist the children with homework, extra muriel activities, life skills, social services and therapy.

Educational Programmes:

Johanna Malan Early Childhood Development Centre (JM ECDC):
- 75 children aged 6 and younger
- quality formal pre-school education
- develop the children physically, mentally, emotionally and socially
- financial assistance given to poorly resourced families

Impact School:
- 40 children
- located on the Langlaagte campus
- provides appropriate level education to severely traumatized children who are unable to function optimally in mainstream schools.

Emdeni Skills Development Centre:
- 200 students per year
- provide skills training to the youth of Emdeni & surrounding area
- computer skills, vegetable cultivation, cooking and baking, business skills and life skills
- the aim of providing these skills is to improve the chances of young people to enter the job market or start their own enterprises
- a Community Help Desk is available for people from the community to be assisted with ID and subsidy applications, photocopying, Internet access, CV assistance, government info, etc.