The City’s Community Development Worker (CDW) programme, run in partnership with the Western Cape Government, is donating various supplies to the value of R45 000 to an after-school care centre and feeding scheme for children with disabilities in Site C, Khayelitsha.

The City’s Community Development Worker (CDW) Programme in the Khayelitsha area has identified the Understanding, Hope, and Care Centre, an after-school special needs care centre to receive assistance from its programme.

In addition to providing after-school care, the centre also looks after a small number of children with special needs who have been abandoned.

The centre provides a safe and friendly environment where children with special needs can feel a sense of belonging and acceptance and also runs a healthy eating programme to improve nutrition. Nutrition is crucial to effective learning. All these efforts combine to increase the chances of a brighter future.

Assistance provided to the centre is in the form of toys, blankets, groceries, detergents, play mats, and toiletries, to the value of approximately R45 000.

‘For parents and caregivers living in poverty, every day is a struggle for survival, which can affect the level of care and provision for children with disabilities. As a City, we are glad we can assist this care centre which is playing a valuable role in their community.

‘The CDW Programme allows the City to provide support to community initiatives that are doing good work in their areas and helps us make progress possible, together. Community development workers based in the communities they serve have a much more detailed understanding of the needs in a particular community and community initiatives that could be harnessed to serve that need. If you would like to explore possible assistance from the CDW programme via your own local community development worker, you can make contact via your local sub-council office,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, Alderman Grant Twigg.

Source: City Of Cape Town