Child Abuse
We are an Emergency Placement Centre between an urgent removal and permanent placement.
Child Neglect
Child neglect is also a form of child abuse. We provide facilities where we help them achieve more in life.
Child Safety
Child safety is our priority and we facilitate a safe haven for raped, abused and neglected children.
MISSION
Providing a sanctuary as a safe house to children in crises removed from their homes due to abuse, abandonment, neglect and rape until such time as they are placed through the statutory process into forever homes.
Provide children 0 – 18 in crises and in need of care and protection with professional services and safe guard care intervention
Promoting the right and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do.
Supporting Hope programs for children all over the Gauteng provice.
Focus on reaching the most vunerable children, to benefit all children, everywhere.
Day to day Care Services:
Kuselo provides a children intervention and protection service as a Front Liner/First Responder, rendering valuable professional services to children in danger and in need of protection and assistance. Our secondary and main function is to provide safe guard care to children in crises who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect, abandonment and rape. Children who are made vulnerable due to circumstances are cared for within cares programmes as a support system whereby professional services and food aid is provided. Support services include Family Law Mediation to assist families reach solutions for their unresolved issues pertaining to children
SERVICES
INTERVENTION
Community reporting suspected child abuse, as Front liner and First Responder we intervene, assess the situation, appropriate relevant officials and services are brought in, if need be the child is removed from the caregivers and placed with alternative family or safe guard care until the court rule on the placement. Criminal action is brought against perpetrators . If need be the child is taken for medical examination and/or forensic medical assessment.
PREVENTION
Kuselo provides community based professional services to the public/community at large in the form of parental skills counselling, corrective behavioural counselling and other related counselling to assist the families in acknowledging their behaviour and wrongdoing in the hope to minimise child neglect or abuse.
PRESERVATION
Professional services are provided within he community to families and persons in need of such services to alleviate stress factors that contribute to personal neglect, family neglect, drug abuse and other related issues that cause Carers to put strain on their relationship or family. By receiving coping skills/tools to manage eg anger and substance abuse it will assist to preserve and unify the family.
SAFEGUARDING
Providing children in crises and in need of care and protection a safe guard facility as a emergency placement centre for up to 90 days, not exceeding 180 days until such time as the court places these children into screened and approved alternative care, foster care or forever homes.
SUPPORT SERVICES
Kuselo provides many community based services to assist the community and especially children within our 3 community based feeding satellite schemes. These persons are fed weekly.
We also offer Family Law Mediation Services to assist families during separation and divorce to come to a mutual understanding and agreement so as to minimize stress and trauma to the children by mediating a parental plan that is made an order of court.
Kuselo also provides toddlers and late learners with Early Childhood Developmental opportunities as a basic foundation phase whilst they are in the care of Kuselo safe house as many children have never had the opportunity to receive education.
SAFE HOUSE
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How you can help
Where the
money goes
Current operation and program
spending breakdown
- Education and Prevention
- Trauma Care for Children
- Fundraising
- Safehouse for Children
- Blankets, Clothes & Toiletries