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New BeginningZ (NBZ) has been in operation since 2001, with the main focus being Children living and working on the streets.
In 2003, due to HIV/Aids Pandemic we included Child Headed Households to our focus group and in 2004 we had to include yet another vulnerable group – abandoned babies and toddlers.
We cater for children between the ages of newborn up to 18 years. It is of paramount importance to us to render services and programs that is in the best interest of every individual child that we deal with.
Just as soon as you think you’ve seen the worst of cases, you come across yet another one. Abusers don’t discriminate against colour, creed or age. Child Abuse is rife in our country and unfortunately not nearly enough is being done to protect the future of our country, the children. Government is shirking their responsibility when it comes to providing for destitute families therefore making it increasingly difficult for the poorest of the poor to survive.
Abuse & Poverty are the main contributing factors to street children and abandoned baby statistics in our country.
To build an infrastructure in terms of creating & implementing projects & programs to facilitate the growing need for services to the increasing number of abandoned, abused, neglected babies & toddlers, children living, working & begging on the streets as well as orphans and vulnerable children in the country.
As it is of Paramount Importance to render a wide range of holistic services which are in the Best Interest of Each Child in our care it is our Mission to be a Best Practise Designated Child Protection Organisation for Children in need of Care & Protection.
NBZ has been in operation since 2001, with the main focus being Children living and working on the streets. In 2003, due to HIV/Aids Pandemic we included Child Headed Households to our focus group and in 2004 we had to include yet another vulnerable group…… Abandoned babies and toddlers. We cater for children…
We are a member organisation of The Tshwane Alliance for Street Children which is an umbrella organisation for Residential, Non-residential, Outreach, Prevention & Early Intervention programs. NBZ does not have a residential care facility for children living, working and begging on the streets and thus places…
Through our work in the various communities, we come across many desperate and destitute children in dire need of assistance. Two of our focus areas are Prevention and Early Intervention. A number of children need short term intervention whilst other might require long term, intensive assistance and we offer this in various ways….
Majority of people ask me “How can a mother abandon her child”? There is no easy answer to this and every mother has her own reasons for doing so and regardless of your religion, you have no right to pass judgment on these women. Some of them have been raped, sometimes even by a father, brother, other close relatives, teachers, people they should’ve been able to trust…
I often receive Babies who need Specialised Short Term Care. These Little Ones are either Premature Babies or LBW (low birth weight). These babies are very small and need constant care and attention as there are many medical implications that can arise. “Kangaroo Mother Care” or KMC is very important for Premmies for various reasons. This means that these babies are wrapped…
Due to the increasing numbers of abandoned, neglected and abused babies in need of love, care and attention we opened the Haven in Laudium early in 2009 in order for us to accommodate more of these little ones. We understand the financial implications of running a Haven like this but how can you put a price on the lives of these children who have been deprived of so much…