Organisations working with differently abled individuals – whether physically, intellectually or multiply disabled, whether child or adult – are listed here.
52 causes found:
Aurora Special Care Centre
Aurora, a centre for the profoundly mentally handicapped, was established in a disused crèche in 1978 by one of the mothers and a remedial teacher. This was the first of its kind in Port Elizabeth to cater for this neglected group. By means of tenacity, hard work and public...
We have established a database of more than 1000 amputees throughout the country. Each amputee undergoes a full assessment in terms of their needs both medical and social. A plan of action is setup to address these needs.
Astra Centre (incorporating JSEC, Rosecourt Foundation)
The organisation is run by an executive committee consisting of business men and professionals. There is a separate Medical Committee which deals with new applications and on-going management of workers, as well as on-going in-house training by psychiatrists, family practitioners,...
The Avril Elizabeth Home was established 34 years ago. Sheila Suttner was a social worker who worked at the Selwyn Segal Centre, a home for mentally handicapped people of the Jewish faith. Residential care was limited to members of the Jewish faith only, although the...
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Camphill Village West Coast
The Camphill movement began in South Africa in the 1950's with the Camphill School at Hemel-en-Aarde near Hermanus. Camphill Village "Alpha" (also called Camphill Village, West Coast) followed in 1965 and was established in 1965, primarily to provide a home for school leavers...
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Cape Mental Health Society
Cape Mental Health Society is a registered welfare organisation (003-264 NPO). It has also recently received Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) registration (#18/11/13/4456). It was formed in 1913 and last year celebrated its 92nd anniversary of delivering mental health services to...
Carel du Toit, Gauteng Where deaf Children Learn to Speak
The Carel du Toit Centre provides a service that makes it possible for deaf children to acquire normal language and speech abilities required for normal intellectual development, mainstream education in ordinary schools and integration in a hearing society where they can eventually...
The founder of Cheshire Homes started the first Home at Le Court close to London in 1948. The mission of the Cheshire organisation is to “Assist people with disabilities, regardless of their colour, race or creed, by providing the conditions necessary for their physical, mental and...
The proposed project is aimed at improving the quality of life of disabled children through early identification and implemention of interventions that will minimize the impact of their disabilities in their daily lives.
Thirty years ago the late founder realized that there was a great need for residential care for multi-disabled adults. He, and other significant role players were the founder members of the now Connie Mulder Centre for multi-disabled adults. The Centre initially catered only for...
Daktari is a registered non profit wildlife orphanage where paying teams provide the nursing for orphaned wild animals. Teams will consist of one member with disabilities and one able bodied member. Being non-profit, extra funds will be used to sponsor the...
Deafblind South Africa (DbSA) was established in 1996 by a group of deafblind persons and professionals working in the field of deafblindness in order to act as a mouthpiece for deafblind persons in South Africa. The organistion is a Disabled Persons' Organisation (DPO) and the majority...
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Eco-Access
Eco-Access works with disabled and non-disabled children within the context of the natural environment and so all of its programmes are carried out using environmental education as the foundation. As, say for example, a group of blind and sighted children are touching wild animals...
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Eersterust Care and Training Centre
The Centre was established on 1980 to provide care and therapy for the multi-disabled children of Eersterust, Mamelodi and Nellmapius in order for them to function maximally. Specialised care for profoundly and severely handicapped children is offered at the centre. Pre-school is...
Services for the disabled in disadvantaged communities have in the past been lacking, and for many disabled people living in these poor areas, there are few alternatives to a life of inactivity and neglect. Tragically, if left untreated, disabled individuals rapidly...
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Epilepsy SA - Free State & North West
Epilepsy South Africa Free State and North West Branch is a Non Profit Organisation providing care, support and education to adults and children affected by epilepsy and/or other disabilities. We are unique in that we provide 24 hour medical and residential care services to adults...
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Free State Association for Persons with Disabilities and the Deaf
The APD Free State facilitates full participation of people with disabilities in and the Deaf in activities of society by providing social- and economic empowerment programmes. The success of the programmes is based on an unconditional belief in the abilities of persons with...
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Free State Residential Care Centre
Free State Residential care Centre was founded in 1981 and we celebrate our 25th birthday in 2006. Free State Residential Care Centre is a multi racial Centre providing 2 main programmes to mentally challenged adults which are the Residential Care, where we take care of 156...
Headway Gauteng is a fully registered welfare organisation dedicated to offering moral and practical support to survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The vast majority of our members have been involved in traumatic accidents such as motor vehicle accidents, sporting accidents...
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Horizon Farm Trust
The Horizon Farm Trust was established in 1994 by a group of parents of mentally handicapped young people who, realising that opportunities for training and employment for persons with disabilities were limited, united their efforts to make provision for their children’s...
The Institute for the Blind creates an environment within which visually disabled persons of all ages can develop into adaptable, well-adjusted, independent and productive citizens of our country. The Institute is a non-profit making organisation that delivers a great variety...
Interface KZN members are made up of individuals who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication , family members of children who require Augmentative and Alternative Communication , as well as the professionals who support them.
Providing life-long residential care to mentally disabled ladies is the ethos of Irene Homes. Irene Homes began in 1902 when the Sisters from the Community of St. Mary the Virgin of England were asked by the Anglican Bishop of Pretoria to open a House of Mercy to assist and care...
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Johannesburg Society for the Blind
The organisation was formed in 1926, after the Second World War to help civilians who got blinded during the war, by providing employment and accommodation. There purpose of the organisation is to provide general assistance to all blind people irrespectable of race, gender, colour...
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Kawasaki Disease Foundation of South Africa
We provide help and support to families that are affected with this disease and by raising funds for research of the Kawasaki Disease.
Knysna Association for persons with physical disabilities
The Association started 12 years ago as a branch of P.E. Cripple care before the 1st general Elections. After elections we were divided into Western Cape region and became a branch of APD Western Cape.
Our association render a much needed service to the disabled...
Kopano Women Venture was established on the 29th of January 2002. the aim was to reduce the rate of unemployment and unlocking women’s potential by empowering them with job creation skills. The project is based in Morokweng.
Little Angels is involved with various activities, all aimed at making a difference to as many lives as possible in needy communities. Whilst our main focus is to care for children, we also offer support to moms and siblings. Many children are cared for in our family home and we also...
LITTLE EDEN Society is a registered non-profit organisation that started in 1967 when Mrs Domitilla Hyams started a day care facility for three little girls with mental handicap, at the Methodist church hall in Edenvale. Now 290 children and adults with profound mental handicap...
Provincial history and service The National Directorate have started the service in Mpumalanga as branch office, of the South-African federation of Mental Health June 1994. In November 1997 a management committee was constituted and a local Mental Health society was formed. This...
The Oasis Association, established in 1952, provides comprehensive services and opportunities for an especially vulnerable group - 440+ men, women and children with intellectual disability at seven centres, to increase to nine centres by March 2005. i.e. two Day Care Centres for...
Founded in March 1982, the Orion Organisation based in the town of Atlantis in the Western Cape. It is reported that one in four South Africans is born with some birth defect or disability. However, with the correct care and training even the most disabled person can gain some...
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ORT South Africa (ORT SA)
ORT South Africa works to educate, empower and support communities and individuals to master self sufficiency. ORT obtains funding from various sources to administer the many programmes that work to this end. The projects range in size and impact and all have sustainable objectives to...
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Port Elizabeth Mental Health Society
Our organisation has been operating in the Port Elizabeth region since 1939. We are a community driven organisation serving the needs of people with a mental handicap or psychiatric illness, irrespective of racial, religious or language characteristics. Since 1946, we have been a...
Rehoboth Age Exchange is a multi-faceted service centre, serving the needs of communities in need. Rehoboth Age Exchange is the only dedicated facility and comprehensive resource centre for persons with Alzheimers Disease and other dementias in a poor community in South Africa. We...
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SA Riding for the Disabled
Riding for the Disabled is a non profit, voluntary organisation which provides free therapeutic and riding for sport tuition and other activities associated with riding for people with disabilities. The organisation was established by a mother of a disabled child in 1973 and has been...
Sive Nathi is a home for severely and profoundly physically and or mentally disabled children. The home was originally started by a domestic worker from Khayelitsha in 1997. Since then she has given a home to disabled children whose parents have died, no longer want their sick...
The day care centre provides a service to the community by providing a roof over the heads of the community’s children and provides the children with food, education, good guidance, discipline, care and love whilst protecting them from danger and all forms of abuse. We are...
The Sizanani Village was founded by a roman catholic priest in 1990. The St Mary's Home which is located in the Sizanani Village was founded in 1993 and is subsidised by the Department of Mental Health, but this subsidy only covers about 40% of the costs. Until recently,...
S.A. National Council for the Blind is one of the largest Non Governemtal Organisations in South Africa. It was founded in 1929. It represents approximately 558 000 blind and partially sighted people.
SA National Council for the Blind is the umbrella...
The South African National Disabled Organisation (SANDO) was started by former members of the Mason Lincoln Special School (eMalandeni), a school for physically challenged learners located in Umlazi Township. On realising that many disabled people from the townships are hidden away...
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Sunshine Centre Association
In 1976 a group of concerned mothers, headed by Sylvia Langenhoven, formed a small playgroup for their young children who were intellectually disabled. One of the aims of this group was early intervention and stimulation for the children, and support for the parents, particularly the...
Tantor is a principal agency providing technical and analytical support, bringing together partnership initiatives in a single framework, fostering ownership of visions, goals, policy and programmes, providing competitive and advantages access. To enhance development...
Tape Aids for the Blind was established the 1958 with the aim of providing fiction and non-fiction books, magazines and newspapers on tape. This free library service is the major information retrieval centre for blind and print-handicapped people in South Africa. Our clients cannot...
The Chaeli Campaign's main objective being to mobilise the minds and bodies of South African children with disabilities. We are unique as we are the only Non Profit Organisation in SA to be founded by children. In our first year we have generated R400 000 as a part-time,...
The Mission was founded in 1902 as a concerned response to poverty in Cape Town. The mission's founder was instrumental in the founding of the fresh air camp movement. He was active in the rag-trade in the early Cape Town and responded to the poverty he saw on the streets...
The friends of the Sterkfontein's primary focus being to meet the needs of patients who are in the Sterkfontein Psychiatric Hospital and those who have been discharged but are unable to function independently in the community due to their illness. The primary focus is on community...
In 1977, concerned residents of Green Point and Sea Point who wished to address the problem of vagrancy in the area, met. A decision was made that something constructive had to be done and the first official committee meeting was held in March 1978.the Catholic Church was...
Triest Training Centre runs four different programmes: activity centre, residential facility, ABET and the Rural Development and Assistance Programme.
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Tswelopele Frail Care Centre
The home is run by Sylvia Modiselle (Nursing Services Manager), Joseph Letlala (Centre Manager), Nnini Manuel (Senior Social Worker). It provides geriatric services for disadvantaged communities of all races. The residents being cared for are all unable to take care of themselves -...
The West Rand Association for the Physically Disabled was founded in 1947. Our Director has been involved with this centre for 25 years. Our 40 full time staff members, volunteers and parents are dedicated to look after the needs of multi disabled persons on the West Rand. We are...
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Activity Equipment
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Bakkie Needed
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Books
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Electronic equipment
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Equipment for Camps
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Field Guides for Camps
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Gardening Equipment for Eco-Access
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
NEC Wings
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Office Equipment for Eco-Access
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Orion Organisation
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Redemption Dikathole Community Project
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Stimulation Centre Wish List
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Volunteer Needed for Designing
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
Warm Clothes
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
Only approximately 500 of 1,200 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children in the Western Cape are receiving some form of care outside of their homes. This means that 700 profoundly Intellectually Disabled children receive no care outside their homes.
It is evident...
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