category
Babies, Children & Youth
address
Dolphin Coast, South Africa
We help orphaned & vulnerable children, and our community by providing long term care & various upliftment programs.
How can you help?
Help Summerhill House by donating drill for our center.
Help Summerhill House by donating for rice.
More about Summerhill House
At Summerhill House we provide for children who have been orphaned or abandoned, not only a place of refuge…, but also the most important thing of all. Love, provided by ‘family’. Families help a child feel safe, loved, secure and ready to thrive, and that’s why our ‘model’ mirrors a family unit as closely as possible. Each house holds 6 children and 1 housemother. In addition each child’s education is facilitated from primary through to tertiary, so that they stand the best possible chance tin life. Reaching a future where they are able to contribute to the world around them. We have been building our dreams and hopes both metaphorically and very, very literally- brick by brick. Integration with the local community is paramount to us and to this end we have opened a community centre as a safe place for those children and families seeking social upliftment in it’s most basic form; food, learning, friendship and encouragement. We are actively involved on a daily basis in the community. We run numerous support programmes including life skills, homework assistance, youth and sports programmes, and assistance with home affairs, food parcels and holiday feeding. We believe in this way that we have a real and immediate positive impact. Our hands cane be tendered hold each other. They can love and nurture, but they can also be strong, their work can move hearts and minds, and build futures. How you can help You can choose a: - Once off donation of goods - Once off donation of financial aid - Sponsor a child - Sponsor a 'mother' - Sponsor a house - Sponsor a community program