Daily meals
We are open Monday to Friday, 08h00 - 16h00. Children enjoy a cooked meal after school, plus food to take home for supper.
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What We Do
Meals, safety, homework help, clothing and care for the children in our community.
As Thembelihle Homebased Care centre, we provide the following
Meals, parcels, homework help, safety and clothing
Our daily care
How we care for the children
Food parcels
Given regularly, including during school holidays and the festive season. Depending on how many parcels are donated, we normally give them once per month, and in the holidays extra food to last them.
Homework help and clothing
Caregivers support children with schoolwork and give them donated clothes equally. They also offer emotional support through one-on-one talks. If a matter is serious, it is referred to the nearest social workers.
Guidance and counselling
Daily advice and support with life's problems.
Who we help
Who qualifies?
- Orphans
- People living with disabilities
- Children from poor family backgrounds
- Abused children
Our main goal
To see children eating healthy, safe, emotionally supported and enjoying their right to education, with no place for child abuse. We also work to help not only the children in our centre, but children in other villages as well.
More we do
Our management and caregivers also do the following
Drawing
Helping children learn to express their emotions through drawing.
Dance
Children form a dance group with caregivers after school and during holidays.
Laundry
Caregivers wash the children's clothes.
Emotional support
One-on-one sessions with children.
What caregivers do besides preparing meals
Paperwork
Filling out forms, sorting, and drafting plans for the new intake of children.
Gardening
Cleaning the outside of the centre and planting vegetables.
Welcoming volunteers
Showing them around the centre and making sure they get all the attention they need.
Our management and caregivers always prepare when welcoming sponsors and partners, including new partners. The children also take part in the preparations, so that funders can see what the children do in the centre.
School Holidays Programme 2026/27
Learning and play at Thembelihle Homebased Care
Activities for children aged 6 to 18, led by our facilitators.
6-9 yrs10-14 yrs15-18 yrs
Day 1
Story telling, rope skipping, dance & singing
6-9 yrs10-14 yrs15-18 yrs
Facilitators: Delisile Nobela, Nomcebo Makhushe
Day 2
Drawing & colouring, rope skipping, role playing
6-9 yrs10-14 yrs
Facilitators: Nelly Siboza, Pretty Mawelela
Day 3
Reading short stories, puzzles, board games
10-18 yrs
Facilitators: Lindiwe Lubisi, Thobile Madonsela
Day 4
Building blocks, arts & craft
6-9 yrs10-14 yrs
Facilitators: Thembeni Chibi, Nonhle Mahlalela
Day 5
Hand painting, drawing & colouring
6-9 yrs
Facilitators: Kateko Thani, Florence Tibane
Day 6
Netball, soccer
10-18 yrs
Facilitators: Nontobeko Maphanga, Khanyisile Sambo
Day 7
Debate dialogue, exploring careers
16-18 yrs
Facilitators: Delisile Nobela, Nomcebo Makhushe
Day 8
Colour sorting & matching, catch me if you can
6-9 yrs10-14 yrs
Facilitators: Nelly Siboza, Pretty Mawelela
Day 9
Kickball, building blocks
10-18 yrs6-9 yrs
Facilitators: Lindiwe Lubisi, Thobile Madonsela
Volunteers
There is so much you can do with us
We do not only value people who donate. Volunteers are treated with care, and they play an important part in keeping the centre alive.