The services rendered at Durbanville Children’s Home are the following:

• Admission and orientation of new children;
• Professional assessment of children and their families;
• Assisting children with adapting to life at the home;
• Providing and maintaining a safe, hygienic and welcoming space for children;
• Providing balanced meals, clothing and personal necessities;
• Providing basic health care;
• Implementing and monitoring structured daily routines and rules;
• Identifying opportunities and activities to develop each child’s
• strengths through participation in sport, cultural, spiritual and life skills development programmes.
• Providing emotional support and therapy to children;
• Informing children of expected behaviour and teaching them necessary coping skills;
• Teaching children how to deal with complaints and reportable incidents;
• Enabling children to attend formal schooling or day care;
• Providing supervision and training to staff and volunteers;
• Providing awareness programmes to children;
• Supporting and preparing children and their families to reunite;
• Preparing school leavers to enter the labour market;
• Analysing the needs of the community, and
• Networking with schools, social work agencies and other resources.

* Hope, respect and understanding are the three cornerstone values underlying this programme.