Our Youth is Our Future!
The charities supported by the VS Agri Charity Challenge include:
Vrede Child and Youth Care Centre
Reverend Kotie Marais, pastor of the Vrede-West NG Church and his wife were house parents at Gedenk Child and Youth Care Center in Ladybrand. When the process of decentralization and transformation of the large orphanages began, he felt called in the light of their experience to take the lead in Vrede.
The Youth Care Center was opened in June 2002 and is located at 100 Kühnstraat in Vrede. The Vrede Youth Care Center is registered to care for 12 boys and girls, between the ages of 0 and 18 years.
Lerato Child and Youth Care Centre
Since 2000, Lenie and Pine Pienaar have been caring for abused and abandoned children in their community. It all started with a little boy who was just two months old. It was never their intention to look after more children, but before they knew it, the social department started sending more children to them.
In 2007, they managed to register Lerato Child and Youth Care Centre. Currently there are eighteen children in the house. Their ages range from birth to eighteen years. They all attend public schools and participate in sports activities etc.
Bramley Child and Youth Care Centre
Bramley Children's Home is a residential care facility for traumatized, abused and neglected children, who have been removed from their unstable home circumstances by court order. Bramley Children's Home has existed since 1960 and is located in Groenkloof, Pretoria.
The house is registered to accommodate 54 children. The children's home provides a holistic service to the children between the ages of 5-18 years. The children's home takes care of their physical, intellectual, spiritual as well as their emotional needs. Bramley also attends to family reintegration and permanent alternative care for some of the children.
