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Empowered Communities
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By helping individuals and families to build better lives for themselves, we help to create local communities that are positive, healthy and strong.
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Our community services include ongoing projects to support orphaned and vulnerable children, youth development, health care and skills training.
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Child Protection is everyone's business
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While it is mandatory for professionals such as teachers, legal and health practitioners, religious leaders, and volunteers to report any suspected child abuse, all citizens are responsible for taking care of the well-being of children in our communities. If you suspect a child is being abused, neglected or at high risk, it is your duty to report it. Mfesane stands for the rights of children and says no to all forms of violence and abuse.
Help us reach out to more communities!
Fighting poverty through 3 key focus areas
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Health Care Support Services
Our Community Health Care workers in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) and Saldanha Bay Municipality (SBM) offer HIV and TB testing and counselling. They also make home visits to patients unable to travel to clinics, offer counselling, social support and work closely with local government and other service providers. Our Wellness Centre on the West Coast provides women's health checkups, family planning services and more. More |
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Care and support of children, youth and families
Our teams offer family counselling; family strengthening, positive parenting and fatherhood workshops; as well as youth camps, life skills training in schools, afterschool programmes which include homework help and nutritional support, Safe Parks and support of young mothers. More |
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Training and development
Mfesane has a comprehensive skills training programme offered at our offices in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. We offer both accredited and non-accredited courses at the Mfesane Skills Centre, including bricklaying, welding, sewing, child and youth care workers. More |
Our 2021 Annual report is now out
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In Nelson Mandela Bay: 80 children supported through our Drop In Centre, 1,157 TB patients treated, 26,399 individuals reached, through door-to-door campaigns, 2,995 home visits made to 2,467 patients, 413 HIV treatment defaulters traced (332 went back to clinics).
In Saldanha Bay: 1,411 children reached through the Isibindi Safe Park programme, 41 boys and young men equipped through DARE programme, 27,402 adults screened during home visits, 4,078 children and teens underwent health screenings, 2,399 postnatal mothers reached and supported. In Khayelitsha: 88 school children supported through the After School programme, 22 youth participated in entrepreneur programmes, 227 individuals participated in Skills Training programmes. And over 1500 food parcels distributed to food insecure families in all our programmes! |
