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What?

This project will support the purchase, equipment, supplies, and operations of the foster home for 2 years, including:
-property construction and renovations
-utilities and building maintenance
-furniture and supplies
-cost of food
-salaries for the foster mother and a part-time assistant
-school fees, uniforms, and school supplies for the children

The project will also ensure the 6 benefiting children receive the medical and psychological care they need to recover from their past trauma, including HIV/AIDS treatment and medications.

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Why?

For many years, community members and social workers in Cloetesville have been concerned about the lack of options facing their community’s most vulnerable children. Orphans and abused and neglected youth are often unable to escape from untenable circumstances because social workers cannot place them in a safe environment where they can grow and thrive.

This project will begin to address this issue by enabling Home from Home to establish a community home that will allow 6 Cloetesville children to mature in a safe, loving environment within their community.

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How?

To successfully implement this project, Home from Home is grounding its work in community support. Home from Home will begin by partnering with two local churches and founding a committee of committed Cloetesville residents who will ensure the six foster children are loved and cared for once the foster home is opened. With this network established, Home from Home will use project funds to purchase and renovate a home. A foster mother will then be carefully selected for the home who will receive special training and support from community members and the partnering churches. Throughout the two years of operations that this project supports, Home from Home will provide social services and offer support groups to ensure the foster home remains efficient and effective.

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History of Cloetesville

Cloetesville is a suburb that lies outside of Stellenbosch, a region in South Africa recognized for its vineyards and the presence of a university. This project was inspired by Home from Home, a non-profit that has had success founding foster homes throughout Western Cape. Home from Home has been working in Kayamandi, a township close to Cloetesville, where the organization developed a partnership with The Vineyard Church. Recently, the Vineyard Church’s pastor and social workers have brought the needs of Cloetesville to the attention of the Home from Home staff. The Vineyard Church's pastor subsequently approached a local church in Cloetesville to partner with Home from Home and the Vineyard Church to found a foster home in the community. The families of Cloetesville have been receptive and are looking forward to the foster home's establishment.

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Average household income

1500

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Community Population: 18,000

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Climate

Cloetesville has many serious needs as a result of the community's high rates of unemployment and poverty and overcrowded and inadequate housing facilities. Among the most pressing of the resulting issues that face Cloetesville include alcohol and drug abuse, child neglect and the spread of HIV / Aids. There are very few supportive services offered within the community and families are forced to travel to seek help. The community's available social workers do not have the staff or resources to meet residents' needs.

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Main Occupations

A large number of Cloetesville's residents are unemployed and depend on state welfare such as Old Age pensions and Child Support grants. Most of the employed either work as laborers on surrounding farms or as domestic workers in wealthier households.

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