About Us
The Amazing Grace Children’s Home is a Non-Profit Organisation established in Malelane during 1989 and extended to Eikenhof during 2004.
BACKGROUND OF THE HOME
The organisation was established and founded by Ms Busiswe Grace Mashaba during 1989 in Malelane (Mpumalanga Provence). The main objective was to take care of street children in Malelane. A house was
rented at the train station to accommodate the children. In 1997 the organisation was registered with the Mpumalanga, Health and Social Welfare Development under section 30 of the Child Care Act. In 1998 the Centre affiliated with the White River Children’s Welfare Organisation
and the Malelane Child Welfare Society was established. In 2002 the name was changed to Amazing Grace Children’s Home (AGCH) and registered as a Non Profit Organisation (NPO 005-937).
During 2004 the District Apostle of the New Apostolic Church,
Johan R Kitching, visited AGCH Malelane and was touched by what he
saw and experienced. He then offered AGCH the church land at
Eikenhof (a small holding) to be utilised as a second home for AGCH to provide shelter for children who are victims of the social ills of our
society; mainly within the Gauteng Province.
STATUS OF AGCH
AGCH is an independent, non-governmental, non-racial, non-sexist and non-sectarian institution operating on democratic principles and shall not affiliate to any political or ideological tendencies or religious institutions.
The assets of the organisation shall vest in the Management Committee of the organisation.
The Board of AGCH shall be the supreme governing authority of the organisation (Eikenhof and Malelane).
AFFILIATION
AGCH is an affiliate of the South African National Council for Child and Family Welfare (The Council). The organisation, by terms of affiliation, pays an affiliation fee determined from time to time by the Council, whether it is by resolution of regulation. In addition, the organisation shall be bound by the conditions attached to its contract of affiliation with the Council.
The Council provides the services of a professional consultant who shall have the right to be present at all meetings and advises the organisation, as per the service contract entered into between the organisation and the consultant.
VISION
MISSION STATEMENT
The following core functions enable AGCH to fulfil its main tasks to rehabilitate children and woman to their rightful place in the society:
• Be a good shelter or home, until such time as complete rehabilitation, for abused, orphaned or AIDS children; be this through formal adoption or providing a temporary safe haven.
• Provide a temporary safe haven for abused woman and enable them to successfully return to their communities.
• Provide basic healthcare as well as Christian based spiritual edification.
• In addition to basic health, AGCH wants to create a culture whereby the children are not just in survival mode, but are also given the opportunity to have privileges such as pocket money and holidays.
• Establish in due time the basic needs to provide the children and woman with the means to learn a skill or trade which they can earn an income within the society.
• Sell the art, goods or, and services produced at AGCH at a reasonable profit to the surrounding community to contribute to the running and maintenance of AGCH.
OBJECTIVES:
• To provide a place of safety to children from difficult life situations.
• To improve the quality of life of children by encouraging them to avoid situations that are potentially harmful to their physical emotional and psychological well- being;
• To provide a transitional healthy environment where all their basic needs are met;
• To ensure that the basic educational needs of each child are met, while information is gathered to facilitate the long term placement of the child;
• To facilitate the process of re-integrating each child in a loving, caring and homely environment;
• To follow up and obtain feedback on the progress of the child in the re-integrated environment.
• To embark on/support and/or develop programmes that will facilitate the prevention of conditions that will harm the physical, emotional and psychological well being of the children.
• To teach each child and woman good and acceptable behaviour; through basic rules and guidelines to adhere to for their own well-being and for the protection of all children, woman, adults and employees at AGCH.
• To empower the staff of our skills development to be competent community members and also assist in alleviating poverty by creating jobs.
Quote from Nelson Mandela | “ There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
