ABOUT US

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tekeng Disabled and OVC centre is a centre situated in Meqheleng which started operating on the 25^th February 1998, providing a place a hope to disabled, orphaned and vulnerable children. It is a registered non-profit organisation dedicated to the care of children, who have been shunned and abandoned by the community. The centre was initiated by a group of volunteers from the community who realized a need for the welfare of children and saw the necessity of initiating a centre where disabled children would be cared for, and taught basic educational and life skills to enable them to be productive and self reliant individuals. Our main focus is to promote day-care and home-based care to these children, and to rehabilitate them by teaching them basic skills and to ensure that their physical, emotional and mental well being is met. After a couple of years in operation and change in management, it was then realized that there was also a need to expand services as many young children were losing parents due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the increasing phenomenon of child headed households. The centre was then expanded to provide care and support services to orphans and vulnerable children.