December 18th, 2008
South African Crèches typically care for over 100 children every day, on less than most people would spend on food for a small family. They operate out of very cramped quarters, have virtually no equipment or facilities, and earn next to nothing. Yet the teachers eyes light up when they talk about the children – it is for them and their future that these women sacrifice so much.
No child is turned away even if their parents cannot afford to pay the monthly school fees. In fact they would rather have non-paying children in the Crèche than know they are unsupervised at home, and at risk of being sexually abused or in danger of fire or other household or road accidents..
Every Principle has dreams of a new Crèche building with proper facilities and equipment, and better salaries for their staff. From Us With Love’s Embrace-A-Crèche Project identifies Crèches in our targeted project area and matches them up with individuals and businesses to fund the much needed renovations.
Please consider sponsoring one of these Crèches.
Judah Square Crèche: Embrace Now
The Rustafarian community looks after this school well and is already in the process of building on the kitchen and toilets without much help from the broader Knysna public. They are in need of a storage room, baby room, building materials to complete their kitchen and toilets, equipment for kitchen from cupboards to stove, fridge and microwave as well as the baby room. Estimated cost: 2250.83 US Dollars (R17947.01) just for buildings.
