Careways: Support for Adults with Learning Disabilities

Empowering Lives Together

Supporting adults with learning disabilities through compassion, guidance, and safe environments for growth and dignity.

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Support Programs

Empowering adults with learning disabilities through compassionate care.

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Community Support

Safe spaces for growth and development for individuals.

Day Centers

Guidance and activities tailored for individual needs.

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Care Homes

Residential facilities providing dignity and respect for all.

Family Support

Offering relief and peace of mind for families.

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Support Us

In South Africa, they’re referred to as Mentally Handicapped or Mentally Disabled. The British have a less stigmatized term – People with a Learning Disability – and in that country and other Western nations, members of the group are accorded respect, assistance, protection, choices and opportunities the likes of which their peers in South Africa could never even dream of. And for their parents, two perpetual questions hover like a doubled-edged sword:

How can I give my child a richer, more stimulating life?
What is going to happen to him/her when I pass?

To both questions there are no easy or comforting answers.

Those who do campaign on behalf of the mentally disabled in South Africa usually find themselves up against more popular or glamorous causes. And yet this is a group that asks for so little – for instance to be recognized and respected, included, given reachable goals that make a person feel able and not found wanting, to be given choices.

And then there are simple material needs such as those listed below that would make the world of difference for both the clients and their care givers at our workshops in Kloof and KwaNdengezi:

A vehicle to transport Members – 15 or more seater vehicle
Funding for a full time staff member at KwaNdengezi.
Funding for a residential care facility for our Members.
Craft materials for both centers – listed on our flyer
Employment Opportunities – we can assist by doing beading, filling envelopes for mass mail etc

If you are able to help us with any of the above, or in any other way, we would be enormously grateful. And you would be contributing immeasurably toward improving the lives of a very needy group.

As we are a registered NPO and PBO, a Section 18A tax certificate will be issued for all donations, which enables you to submit the donation to SARS for a tax deduction.

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