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Baphumelele Children's Home was founded in 2001 as a refuge and place of safety for orphaned and other vulnerable children from the Cape Flats. The home is one of the first in the township of Khayelitsha, one of the largest in South Africa. The founder of Baphumelele, Rosie Mashale, is a trained primary school teacher. She has been selected as a Mama Afrika〔(Mama Afrika )〕 by Clover. She has also been selected as a finalist in the Cape Times V&A Waterfront Woman of Worth Awards.〔(Woman of Worth Awards )〕 ==History== Set in the crime ridden township of Khayelitsha, inhabited by around one million people and located 30 km southeast of downtown Cape Town, Baphumelele grew out of one of the most destitute shack settlements in South Africa. In 1989 Rosalie Mashale moved from the Eastern Cape to Khayelitsha. She was extremely disturbed to see young children going through garbage dumps and looking for food without any supervision while their parents were away at work. One day, when an abandoned baby was left on her doorstep, Rosie took him in and tried to find him a new home. Soon, her reputation in the community grew as someone who had too much heart to turn a needy child away. As more and more children were dropped at her doorstep, she took this as a sign from God that forming a Children's Home was to be her work on Earth. Through hard work, determination and the help of the community, Baphumelele has rapidly grown into a Children's Home, a daycare centre for over 230 children, a Respite Centre of adults with HIV/AIDS and TB, a children's Respite Centre, outreach projects helping child headed homes and people needing home-based care, as well as a new residential project called the Fountain of Hope for youth transitioning from children's homes. The Baphumelele community has become a unique safe-haven for children of all ages. Centered on the Children's Home that takes care of about 100 children, the Baphumelele community provides food, healthcare, education, a refuge from the surrounding violence, and a loving family to orphaned and vulnerable children from all over Cape Town. There has been incredible progress at Baphumelele: It now employs more than 150 permanent staff, has part-time medical team including doctor and two nurses, provides services to over 250 preschool aged children, and assists hundreds of other people throughout the community. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baphumelele Children's Home」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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