August 18th, 2007
The Sinethemba Youth Development Centre is a center for at-risk children and teens, who beg and live on the street. The organization’s mission is to help children at risk make good choices for their future. The center also runs a Crèche. Facilities include classrooms, a pre-school, a kitchen, a meeting hall, bathing areas, and a playground. Two meals a day are provided.
Sinethemba staff members gather street kids daily and bring them to the center. The kids come because they know that they will get a bath, hot meal, and clothing. They are required to do chores and participate in literacy classes. Children are encouraged to go back to school or they are taught marketable skills. Projects for the older children emphasize self-sufficiency. Skills taught include cooking, sewing, making crafts, carpentry and gardening.
FUWL has funded a Carpentry Skills Center on the property in February of 2008. The start up cost for the Skills Center was $1340.00. These funds were used to rent a used shipping container and purchase the carpentry tools needed.
Please consider giving to this project. $2000.00 is needed to extend the lease on the shipping container, tools and materials.