Who are we?
Vision & Mission
Ithemba staff
Volunteers
How can I help as a volunteer?
As an independent organisation, Ithemba faces financial struggles. Therefore, they welcome all volunteers, local as much as internationals. Anybody that wants to donate their time to work with children with disabilities is more than welcome to contact Ithemba directly at info@sdcithemba.com.
Ithemba also has a long history with german volunteers. People interested can inform themselves about the weltwaerts program by the German government (www.weltwaerts.de) or get in contact with Bezev.eV (www.bezev.de), a german organisation that sends out volunteers to Ithemba.
Dutch volunteers can contact khaya volunteer projects, which initiates and coordinates the offer of volunteers and trainees.
The support of volunteer and trainees will consist of several task:
Individual work: physiotherapy/speech therapy/occupational therapy
Give a lesson in classroom (teachers will translate)
Arrange outings for a group of children
Daily life activities: going to the shop, learn to look out for traffic, behaving safely in their environment
Basic mathematics, reading and writing, counting, alphabet
Creative work
Garden work: watering plants and vegetables
Self help skills: toilet training, washing, dressing, shoelaces, buttons, brushing teeth
Colouring, painting, any other suitable form of handwork
Board and card games
Sports and games: ball skills, new games
Self help skills to enable children to be more self-sufficient: washing, dressing, shoelaces, brushing teeth
Domestic skills: cleaning, sweeping, wiping, washing
Do you want more information about the volunteer program? Just send a request via email: info@sdcithemba.com. We’ll gladly provide this to you!