By Elizabeth Ngonzi | Afrika Tikkun USA CEO
Young Thembinkosi was deprived of oxygen in the womb because of which he was born with a developmental disability – in learning to speak and walk. Initially his mother had no choice but to keep him in doors to protect him from the children who would bully him and the family who did not understand.
Afrika Tikkun’s Early Childhood Development Program, provided a beacon of hope for Thembinkosi and his mother. Our holistic program has given thembinkosi with an opportunity to access an inclusive learning enviornment and quality resources provided by our trained and experienced staff. Thembinkosi is now school ready and the child whose mother once thought would never be able to talk or walk, does both.
We thank you for the progress of Thembinkosi and many other children who grew up lacking cognitive, physical and overall development prior to schooling. Through your contribution and the contribution of many individuals like you, we have been able to provide quality education through our Early Childhood Development Centers to the 1,100 disadvantaged pre-school children.
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We are also excited to share with you that Afrika Tikkun has further extended the benefits of our Early Childhood Development facilities to the local community by sharing our educational resources with under-resourced surrounding nursery schools through a “lending” toy library system. Through this system, identified schools have the opportunity to use our toy libraries on specific days and their teachers are provided with training through a mentorship program. Afrika Tikkun believes that collaboration is necessary for a collective impact and through this initiative, we aim at maximizing our impact and contributing towards producing the next generation of productive South African citizens.
We hope that with your continued support, we will be able to further expand our holistic Early Childhood Development Programs and reach out to more deserving children in the most impovershed communties of South Africa.
Thank you once again for your generous contribution!
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