Posts by Siyakwazi
Equipping Parents and Children: A Week of Learning with Siyakwazi’s Therapy programme
Siyakwazi hosted its second Therapy Block Training for the year at the start of October. This training provided a unique opportunity for parents to come together, learn, and share experiences as they navigated the world of caring for their children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and their ongoing developmental challenges. At the start of the training…
Read MoreEarly Literacy Changes Everything: Building Blocks for Babies
The first 1000 days of a child’s life (birth – 2 years old) are critical in their development. Written by: Bongeka of Thanda organisation According to a Harvard study (2007), brain development occurs rapidly in the first few years of life, before formal schooling even begins, where over one million new neural connections are made every second.…
Read MoreMy Siyakwazi Experience: Kaizer’s story
Siyakwazi’s fieldworkers are all members of the communities we work in and as such have a unique understanding of the nuances that exist within the environment. Relationships are crucial to supporting the work that we do and having people who parents can connect with and relate to really makes a huge difference in the effectiveness…
Read MoreA 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…
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