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20 Jacob Nanni Place, North End, East London, 5201
Tel/Fax: 043-
Cell: 083-
Email: info@salembabycentre.org.za
Registration No: 004-
NPO Fundraising No: 09569112410
Our Values...
At Salem we believe…
- That God’s love and our love for each other under gird the healing process
- That, children are both an individual(Parents) and collective(Community) responsibility, in keeping with the spirit of UBUNTU
- That parenting requires capacity building
Our children are the future
- The children are bathed daily and checked by staff for medical needs
- Structured educational programmes to prepare children for school
- The first year of schooling is supported by the centre
Our children attend classes and graduate from our crèche
Our structured programme is presented by a qualified teacher to prepare the young children for school.
A safe and secure environment for the children
We provide a safe environment for the development of the younger children. We give each child 2 meals a day and ensure they are bathed and medically healthy. Our staff do regular checks on the children to determine if they are cared for and no injuries requiring medical treatment is needed.
Our Background
Salem Baby Care Centre is a community based, non-
The centre was started in 1991 by Ria Stanton, who began to help destitute mothers and their babies from the boot of her car, in the parking lot of a local liquor store. Salem’s first home was in the Oriental Plaza, where they occupied unused office space donated by a local businessman. Salem then moved to the NICRO building in North End, from where they operated for 6 years.
In October 1998, Salem moved into their own newly built premises. This building project was funded by Nieukoop Rotary Club (Netherlands), North Sydney Rotary Club, Mosman Rotary Club (Australia). These funds were matched by Rotary Foundation through Rotary International (USA). Bonza Bay Rotary Club assisted with the completion of the centre and to supply vitally needed equipment to furnish the centre.
The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest regions of South Africa. Unemployment is rife and the poverty of hundreds of homeless people and “shack dwellers” is devastating. Children born into such conditions face a life of malnutrition. Salem Baby Care Centre plays a small but meaningful part in the eradicating poverty and its causes and addressing the lack...
Goals and Objectives
To continue providing care, guidance and support to an ever increasing number of mothers and their babies
- To provide monthly food parcels for the mothers and their families
- To set up a fundraising committee to ensure that Salem is securely funded so that we can continue to operate
- To introduce a customized skills-
based literacy programme to equip mothers with the necessary life skills that enables them to live empowered lives - To assist mothers to become economically self-
reliant through our workshop skills training programme - To include such skills as candle making, perfume making and basket weaving, etc in our current workshops. These items will be sold in order to assist Salem towards becoming partially self-
funded - To have a full-
time social worker, to investigate cases on behalf of the centre, to provide counselling, and advocacy to the mothers. Community work and run programmes - To ensure we have sufficient and reliable staff to provide continuity of the centre and that it is operated successfully and efficiently...
