The Crossroads Child

Welcome to a window into the lives and issues facing children in the Crossroads community on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Most of these stories centre around the staff, work, children and families of the Beautiful Gate, a Christian Non-Profit organisation whose mission is to: "Reflect God's image by protecting and caring for children, empowering families and mobilising our community".

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Resource Centre in Crossroads




So far the Resource Centre at our Centre in Crossroads has been such a wonderful success! Since we opened in June 2010, over 2000 people have visited the centre to seek resources and information from teen life-skills, development and study opportunities to family preservation services. Here we run life-skills and leadership programmes for teens which include career guidance, preparing for a future job, bible studies and making good choices. Twice a week we have a social worker available to assist community families with issues threatening their families. These range from abuse and neglect to income support and access to services. The social worker provides counselling, helps people apply for grants and ensures that children in abuse situations are afforded protection. So far, very good! We hope to see great things happening in the Centre thoughout this year...watch this space!

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