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BREAKING NEWS
WE ARE NOW HOSTING THE SECRETARIATE OF A NATIONAL ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN'S NETWORK CALLED HLANGANANI CHILDREN'S NETWORK.
For more information visit
www.hlanganani.org.za
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ASPECT NAMED 'OUR WORK' IS CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED. TO CONFIRM ANY ASPECT OF CAPE TOWN CHILD WELFARE'S CURRENT WORK, PLEASE EMAIL: information@helpkids.org.za
CAPE TOWN CHILD WELFARE IS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR CHILD WELFARE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NIRESH RAMKLASS, SERVES ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
For further information on the forum visit
www.ifcw.org
IFCW WORLD FORUM TO BE HELD FROM 21 - 24 OCTOBER 2009 IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA (see website for more details)
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAPE TOWN CHILD WELFARE
NEW BUILDING FOR GUGULETU From Wendy Houses to a Beautiful New Building   
Since 2004 clients in the Guguletu Area had to see their social workers in Wendy Houses due to a shortage of space at the existing building. Meetings had to be held either in one of the wendy houses or in the waiting room. This is all going to change shortly thanks to the wonderful sponsorship by The Förderverein Khayelitsha e.V. Haltern am See, a German organisation who has a longstanding relationship with the organisation.
Our heartfelt thank you to them!!!!!
CAPE TOWN CHILD WELFARE CENTENARY DONOR'S RECEPTION
      
On a magical evening held on 19th November 2008, Cape Town Child Welfare honoured its donors, stakeholders and friends in a cocktail party at the majestic Mount Nelson Hotel. Guests were treated to welcome drinks around the Lord Kitchener Fountain before proceeding into The Garden Room for welcome speeches by the previous Chair of our Board, Sharon Follentine and our newly elected Chair, Theo Nkone.
Drinks and canapes made their way around the room whilst guests had the stresses of the day soothed away by harpist Jane Theron.
We would like to once again, to pay tribute to our loyal donors and sponsors and thank them for their enthusiasim and support of our very noble organisation.
CAPE TOWN CHILD WELFARE HOLDS ITS 100th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
 
 
 
From top (left): Chief Executive, Niresh Ramklass delivering his welcome; Chair of the CTCW Board, Sharon Follentine delivering her address; Key-note speaker, Amelia Jones (CEO Community Chest of the Western Cape); Cape Town Child Welfare being award a commemorative certificate on attaining 100 years caring for children; Dancers and a djembe player entertaining guests
On 07th October 2008, Cape Town Child Welfare went home. Home to the City Hall, the first location of its inaugural Annual General Meeting exactly 100 years ago.
The event was attended by members, donors, interested parties, staff as well as members of the public. Chief Executive, Niresh Ramklass and Chair, Sharon Follentine welcomed all those in attendance prior to introducing key-note speaker Amelia Jones, CEO of Community Chest of the Western Cape, which is a long time supporter of our organisation. The Community Chest also presented our organisation with a framed acknowledgement for the difference our organisation makes within the communities we serve.
Long serving board members and donors were presented with certificates of appreciation and one member, Ernestine Carter who is herself celebrating her 100th birthday in 2008, was presented with a Life Time Service Award in honour of 58 years of loyal membership!
Refreshments were served to all in attendance providing prople with their own opportunity to reflect on the invaluable service this incredible organisation provides.
NEW PROMOTIONAL DVD FOR CAPE TOWN CHILD WELFARE!
 Masimange Dimbaza during filming of the DVD. Masimange is the daughter of staff member, Nosipho Dimbaza and is at school at Wynberg Girls Junior School
 Desmond and Werner Etsebeth of Full Moon Productions busy filming the DVD in Gugulethu
FULL MOON PRODUCTIONS have generously agreed to produce a new promotional DVD for Cape Town Child Welfare, pro bono. The DVD, focussing primarily on our HIV and AIDS grass roots intervention programmes was shot in Gugulethu late in July with some additional area footage in Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay. We are very grateful to the Gugulethu team, members of the HIV support group, staff member Nosipho Dimbaza and her daugher Masimange Dimbaza who both appeared in the DVD.
Local Cape Town band, UNDEFINED's latest musical offering, Pushed Aside will provide the backing track to the DVD.
Thank you Full Moon Productions for making this possible! www.fullmoonproductions.co.za
HELPKIDS™ belongs to us!
After a 3 year wait, the HELPKIDS™ name finally belongs to Cape Town Child Welfare! We are are thrilled to announce that the name HELPKIDS™ has been offically registered as a Trade Mark in class 45 by the registry. We see the HELPKIDS™ name as being indicative of all that we do ~ helping the most needy, impoverished and desperate children within the 95 geographic areas we serve.
Cape Town Child Welfare HELPKIDS HOTLINE
The hotline will provide much-needed support to children in crisis in the Cape Peninsula and will reinforce the good work being done on the ground in protecting children by Cape Town Child Welfare’s Eye on the Child volunteers.
Since 1908, Cape Town Child Welfare, the oldest and second-largest child welfare organisation in South Africa, has had a reputation of setting trends.
Its Isolabantwana (Eye on the Child) programme paved the way for other child welfare organisations throughout South Africa to set up similar groundbreaking services using fully trained volunteers certified by the Commissioner of Child Welfare to do the work previously only authorised to be carried out by fully qualified social workers and members of the police. Volunteers literally become the eyes (and the ears) in their communities and, under the auspices of Eye on the Child, are able to enter a home and remove a child if suspicions of abuse, neglect or abandonment are aroused.
And now Cape Town Child Welfare is strengthening its ten Eye on the Child programmes through the innovative use of technology. From its offices in situated in the heart of Athlone, the organisation has set up its helpkids Hotline.
But this far from an ordinary helpline staffed during working hours. For a start, the helpkids Hotline is available 24 hours to any child nationwide. Outside the Peninsula, the caller will be referred to a network of service providers around the country, including 174 child welfare organisations, Childline, Safeline, SAPS, and government social service departments. Within the Cape Peninsula the operator will have access to up to 45 Cape Town Child Welfare staff and volunteers via two-way radio links.
At any one time, Cape Town Child Welfare senior management, on-duty social workers and Eye on the Child volunteers from each of its six geographic ‘hot spot’ teams, and members of its security team will carry two-way radios. Each car within the organisation’s fleet also carries a two-way radio.
This circle of support will, therefore, ensure that the person calling will receive the best level of appropriate service from Cape Town Child Welfare 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It will also help members of Cape Town Child Welfare’s staff should they find themselves in difficulty while out on duty, which, unfortunately, has been the case in the past.
Niresh Ramklass, chief executive of Cape Town Child Welfare, says that the system goes beyond what most other child welfare organisations around the world offer. “The service gives vital strength and support to our Eye on the Child volunteers who are our eyes and ears on the ground in the communities where we work and enables our social workers to truly offer round-the-clock support to children in crisis. At the same time, it will ensure our staff can go about their work confident in the knowledge that they can call for help should they run into security problems.”
The helpkids Hotline number is 0800helpkids or 0800 435754.
 The work of Cape Town Child Welfare has been generously supported by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, with our latest award totalling R1.5 million!!
CONTACT DETAILS
Below, please find the contact details for our head office as well as all of our site offices.
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Head Office & Adoptions |
021 638 3127 |
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Helpkids Hotline |
0800 helpkids or
0800 435 754 |
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Base Station (Athlone) |
021 638 3127 |
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Athlone Team |
021 638 3127 |
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Lotus River / Ottery / Philippi Team |
021 638 3127 |
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Gugulethu Team |
021 637 2140 |
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Khayelitsha Team |
021 387 0163 |
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Manenberg Team |
021 638 5131 |
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Hout Bay Team |
021 790 2300 |
We look forward to hearing from you.
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