HOUSING

After successfully graduating, former street children are placed in the care of an I Care family home in Lower Illovo on the KZN South Coast.
Elements of the Khuthaza programme are reinforced in the homes. Each house accommodates 6 children, and is run by a house parent. The houses run like a regular home, whereby children need to learn to get along with their “siblings” and their days consist of everday routines. The children attend school in the mornings, and their afternoons are filled with extra mural activities, such as swimming, soccer, art, surfing and tennis. The children attend Youth Group at Church on a Friday evening, and the whole “family” goes to the Sunday Service.

During the mornings, while the children are at school, the parents spend time at the rehabilitation centre, getting to know the children wh0 will soon be living with them, so as to facilitate the integration of the “new” children when they move into the houses. The children from the houses also interact with the children from the rehabilitation centre, either playing a friendly soccer match together or going to the beach for the day on the weekends.