Sizabantwana
Children in Hazyview

We care for children orphaned or made vulnerable as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
SizaBantwana seeks to identify the urgent needs in the community and partner with other relevant institutions and organizations to meet those needs so as to create a supportive, caring community.

After school, the children are served a meal at a SizaBantwana care centre, prepared by caring and trained volunteers. Children attending this project do not only need food, but also love and tender care. Volunteers are trained on how to best provide much needed care to the orphans, destitute children, and the terminally sick. In addition, SizaBantwana provides holistic social services to help children cope and religious services to show them the love of God. It is the belief of SizaBantwana that children need a strong positive environment in order to develop their full potential. SizaBantwana is committed to developing this environment through providing food, clothing, home-based care, health services, social development services, religious services, opportunities for exercise and recreation, training, outreach activities, and community development. In addition, SizaBantwana is committed to establishing sustainable and replicable projects that can expand into other high risk communities. For the first few months only a small number of orphans were cared for, while Frank completed his theological training, followed by a specialized training course in Children’s Ministry. Within weeks the number of volunteers had grown to 10, and with them the number of children being cared for went up to 80 plus, with new children being added daily. The tribal community got involved in the project and Mr. Mashego successfully handed over the project to them. Frank then focused his services on the Bushbuckridge area. 2006-2007: SizaBantwana approached farmers, local business men and companies to support their cause which at that stage focused all its attention on the Impilo Project. The number of orphans that daily visit this centre has since grown to around This project comprises of three satellite care centres. The project was established by the local community of Shabalala (a township outside Hazyview), but has become dysfunctional due to a lack of financial support and management capacity. Provide safe communal facilities or care centres where volunteers cook food, serve meals and have daily gatherings with the children. We recruit volunteer caregivers to support the children’s primary needs and development. Providing training and educational activities for the community. Creating community development projects for self sustainability. Building on and expanding the successes of Sizabantwana in other communities. The goal of Sizabantwana is to establish a care, support and empowerment program for orphaned and vulnerable children. Sizabantwana is an implementing partner of a child and youth care programme called ISIBINDI for the National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW). This is a software program designed to assist children to improve their English language skills. With the support of a trained mentor and two facilitators, they work on their reading abilities, improving their reading speed, comprehension, spelling and language exercises and get to develop basic computer skills. This project is located in Alexandria Trust, Bushbuckridge. The project consists of 5 passionate Child Care Workers from the community to support the orphans and vulnerable children. The facility is very basic with cooking and storage. Provide food, clothes and other basic requirements, arranges clinic visits for health assessments and manages medication needs. Provide training and education to children, their caregivers (whether family members or volunteers), and the community as a whole.