My friend Vanessa Malherbe is actively involved in community development and she invited me to come see one of the projects that she is involved with in Khayelitsha.
They managed to get Discovery Health involved in this project and on the day I went there were about 10 volunteers helping with renovation work.
I went along with Vanessa to see the project and take some photos for her and myself and did not get involved in the renovation work as we stayed only for a short while.
The amount of love and dedication shown by the caretakers like
A new building is being built for Bathandwa and they are hoping to be moving premises by the end of May. The current house is over populated and this move will be a great relief.
"If we can save just one child from a life of poverty, it will have been worth it" - Bathandwa
The Bathandwa Day and Night Care Centre is a place of safety that cares for abandoned, HIV+ and physically or mentally disabled children - children who would otherwise be left impoverished to wander the streets of Cape Town.
Currently, 36 children are living in a home more suitable for a family of five. The house belongs to the couple who founded the place of safety, and is where they raised their own three children.
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