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Welcome to Child Welfare SA White River
Child Welfare SA White River is a registered child protection organisation based in the town of White River in Mpumalanga. We are a member organisation of Child Welfare SA and render social and developmental services to children, families and communities within our demarcated service areas of White River, Sabie and Graskop.
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Winner of the 2012 KLCBT community service award.
Our Vision:
Leading in the achievement of a safe and caring environment for children.
Our Mission Statement:
To promote, protect and enhance the safety, wellbeing and healthy development of children.
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Our Goal:
To provide comprehensive developmental social work services to children, families and communities in need of care and protection in the White River, Sabie and Graskop areas.
Our Objectives:
- To render prevention, early intervention, statutory social work, after-care and family reunification services to children and families in need of care and protection
- To render 24-hour victim support services to survivors of abuse, rape and domestic violence at our victim support centres in Sabie and Graskop
- To advocate and lobby for the rights and protection of children
- To network with other stakeholders in the field of child protection in an effort to coordinate and integrate service delivery
- To implement national child protection programmes within local communities
- To conduct awareness campaigns with regards to children’s rights issues
- To provide material assistance and support to child headed households and children and families without any visible means of support
- To promote food security through community vegetable gardens and feeding schemes
- To empower communities through a range of community development programmes
- To promote early childhood development through our early childhood development centres
- To combat the effect of HIV/AIDS on children and families
- To provide internship/practical training opportunities for social work and social auxiliary work students
- To continue to train our volunteers and staff members to ensure high quality of service delivery