Posts by Siyakwazi
A quiet spirit of independence and confidence: Uyanda’s story
Siyakwazi began to work with Uyanda in 2014 when she was 3 years old. “We were busy with home visits in the field and noticed that she was playing in her garden near the side of the road.” At that time, she was staying at home with her mother. Uyanda had a diagnosis of Down…
Read MoreSchool Readiness & Inclusion programmes working together
Sipho son of Nompumelelo joined Siyakwazi in April 2022. Sipho lives in Dumezulu area which forms part of kwaXolo tribal authority. Sipho was first identified by Siyakwazi’s School Readiness programme in 2021 where he was attending Grade R at a local Primary School. Unfortunately the school did not have the correct parent information on hand…
Read MoreSiyakwazi’s Resource Centre Expansion
What a momentous occasion to mark, the completion of Siyakwazi’s Resource Centre expansion. It was only just 5 years ago that Siyakwazi’s services were operating out of borrowed space from the Masakhane Community Centre. Monthly team meetings involved flasks of coffee and tea and biscuits passed around. The filing system consisted of each Siyasiza keeping…
Read MoreSiyakwazi on the Move
MEDIA RELEASE SAMCT donates vehicle to allow more Support for Children with Disabilitiesand Learning ChallengesFor Immediate Release19 October 2022Walking up to 10km a day or attempting to access unreliable public transport is a thing of the past for therapists and field workers at a KwaZulu-Natal south coast organisation committed to assisting historically disadvantaged children with…
Read MoreCelebrating Success: One Family’s Story
Zandile and her daughter live in the Manzamhlophe area of kwaXolo joined Siyakwazi’s Inclusion programme in 2019. Nosipho, Siyakwazi’s kwaXolo area manager, was conducting door to door awareness to share with the community about the work that Siyakwazi is doing. Zandile’s daughter is a child with Cerebral Palsy (CP) who was diagnosed at birth. She…
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