James House Child and Youth Care firmly believes that family preservation and reunification work is key in changing the lives of orphans and vulnerable youth and their families. The Children’s Home cares for children who have nobody to take care of them sufficiently due to poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, and domestic violence. Family breakdown is common. Child neglect and child abuse are still rife in the community and there is an increase in the number of orphans as a result of the HIV Aids pandemic.
Child and Youth Care Centre proudly offering One Residential Treatment Centre for Boys and Girls and 3 Prevention and Early Intervention Programmes. These programmes are well implemented and it is looked at as Best Practice Models in South Africa operating within the South African legal framework of the Children’s Act No 38 of 2005.