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General Emergencies Dial: 10177 Dial: 10111 Dial: 112 Dial: 0861-555-777 0800 567 567 0861 322 322 0800 150 150 0800 55 555 011 234 4837 Mama Themba is a programme of Thembalitsha offering essential antenatal and breastfeeding education and support to mothers in the Helderberg district of the Western Cape. Phone Number: 021 852 3425 Ntombizonke Organisation is a female founded and led non-profit organisation working with young females in rural areas of Kwa-Zulu Natal addressing issues of employment, education and health. Phone Number: 063 825 2607 The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children (SBCWC ) is a one-stop centre for women and children who are survivors of abuse. A safe and secure society, and a human rights culture, where women and children are empowered to exercise their full rights. Phone Number: 021 633 5287 Heart-to-Heart Care Centre aims to bring life, hope and opportunity to children made orphaned or vulnerable in South Africa, by HIV/AIDS, TB and poverty. Heart-to-Heart believes that together WE CAN change the destiny of children one child at a time. Phone Number: 044 691 3487 Arise Children’s Ministry is a Cape Town based NPO and faith-based organisation that has worked tirelessly since 2007 to provide holistic support and interventions to existing families and which promotes the creation of new families, through our adoption support services. Phone Number: 021 633 4058 Sisters Incorporated plays a critical role in protecting, supporting and empowering women and their children who are survivors of domestic violence, abuse and stigmatisation that is so prevalent and widespread in our communities. Phone Number: 021 797 4190 NILMDTS offers the gift of healing, hope and honor to parents experiencing the death of a baby through the overwhelming power of remembrance portraits. Please visit this site to view the Western Cape Government’s directory of shelters for Abused Victims of Violence. Lady Liberty provides basic legal information and services to marginalised women living below the poverty line who have no access to such resources. Phone Number: 010 594 9750 Thandi House is a faith based, long-term care, family home caring for up to 25 children, including young girls faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Viewing our role as ‘mommy’ and ‘daddy’ as integral in their lives. Phone Number: 078 773 9956 The most experienced organisation in South Africa working in the area of adult rape and sexual violence. We have a national reputation for unique and innovative best practices models and our work consists of a range of projects that include direct services to survivors of rape and sexual violence, popular education and advocacy as essential components. 24-hour Helpline: 021 447 9762 U-Turn equips people with skills and work opportunities to overcome homelessness. The programme is designed by occupational therapists and is Christian faith based, with long term results for rehabilitation. Six months after graduating from the programme, more than 80% of participants remain employed and sober. Phone Number: 021 674 6119 As an expression of God’s love, we seek to provide shelter and support for pregnant, abused and homeless women with children; through a holistic self-empowerment programme. Phone number: 021 448 6792 | 021 488 8513 The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) is a non-profit law centre that seeks to achieve equality for women, particularly black women through impact based litigation, the provision of free legal advice. Phone Number: 021 424 5660 The Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP) supports the integration of quality maternal mental health care into mother and child initiatives in low-middle-income resource settings. The PMHP works to strengthen health and social development systems so that maternal mental health care may be provided at scale, to all women who need this care. Phone Number: 021 689 8390 The cerebral palsy clinic is a multidisciplinary service, comprised of developmental paediatricians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers and orthopaedic surgeons, for the assessment and management of children with cerebral palsy. Phone Number: 021 658 540 The Philani Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Trust has been addressing maternal, child health and nutrition problems in the informal settlements surrounding Cape Town since 1979. Phone Number: 021 387 5124/5 We counsel and support women and families, empowering them with the confidence to tackle many of life’s challenges and forge a brighter future for themselves and their families. Phone Number: 073 174 1992 Nazareth House is a registered non-profit organisation and a recognised Public Benefit Organisation. The Organisation offers various residential care services and assists in the subsidisation of child and elderly care, support in outreach projects, and community work. Phone Number: 021 461 1635 FoodForward SA connects a world of excess to a world of need by recovering quality edible surplus food from the consumer goods supply chain and distributing it to community organisations that serve the poor. More than 80% of the food recovered is nutritious food. Phone Number: 021 531 5670 Please visit this site to view the Western Cape Government’s directory of Midwife Obstetrics Units. Dedicated to building positive futures in communities by significantly reducing birth defects and mental disabilities caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Phone Number: 021 686 2646 An intermediate paediatric care facility for children with life limiting and life threatening illness, situated in Montana, Cape Town, South Africa. Most of our children come from informal settlements where clean water, electricity, sanitation and nutritious food are in short supply. Phone Number: 021 934 0352 To promote social activism for healthy living, active lifestyles and HIV consciousness among young people; through: –Advocacy –Information, education and awareness campaigns –Healthy living and behavioural change interventions –Youth development programmes. Phone Number: 011 523 1000 CHOC is a non-profit organisation made up of caring, committed and passionate people who stand up for and support the well-being of children and teenagers diagnosed with cancer or life threatening blood disorders and their families. Phone Number: 086 111 3500 We serve entire families, not just a woman or her child. We deliver our services where our clients are—meaning we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with doctors and nurses in health facilities, and go door-to-door in local communities. Phone Number: 021 466 9160 The Audiology Clinic caters for children with suspected hearing loss, recurrent ear infections, speech and language delays and head and ear trauma. Phone Number: 021 658 5406 A comprehensive 24 hour service for survivors of sexual and domestic violence in the community. This clinic operates in the Khayelitsha Health District of the Metro Region, Cape Town. Phone Number: 021 360 4200 The Click Helping Hand Trust Moms and Babies programme offers free clinic services every Thursday afternoon at selected clinics. These services are available to mothers whose babies were born in state hospitals, and who don’t have access to medical aid. Phone Number: 021 460 1911 We offer a wide range of modern contraceptive methods (e.g. morning after pill), safe abortion clinics as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services at our conventiently-located centres. Visit one of our centres and a trained medical professional will give you all the information you need to make an informed decision. Phone Number: 0800 11 77 85 Our Vision is to mobilise the minds and bodies of children with disabilities and to normalise society through advocacy and education programmes and events. Phone Number: 021 762 3835 The Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic caters for children with a cleft lip and/or palate. The clinic is the only one of its kind in South Africa that meets the World Health Organisation requirements in relation to the services it offers. Phone Number: 021 658 5400 Uhambo Foundation seeks to enable children with mobility and other disabilities to live full and satisfying lives embedded in their communities. Phone Number: 021 797 8239 Please visit this site to view the Western Cape Government’s directory of Clinics. This is the FREE one stop line for all pregnant mothers to dial for MomConnect where they can get all the information they need. Pregnant women can dial this line to signup for a small set of messages about MomConnect and access Baby and Pregnancy Info. Phone Number: *134*550# The child support grant is aimed at lower-income households to assist parents with the costs of the basic needs of their child. The grant isn’t meant to replace other income but intended to bridge the gap in the cost of living. Phone Number: 0800 601 011 The Parent Centre strives to contribute to a society in which every parent or caregiver is able to raise resilient and well-balanced children. When parents are equipped with effective, healthy parenting skills, children will be able to reach their full potential and be protected from victimisation and abuse in communities free from violence. Phone Number: 021 762 0116/021 361 9382 Cape Town Child Welfare Society is a non-profit organization registered with the Dept of Social Development as a Child Protection Agency. It has a long-standing history of serving the best interest of children in Cape Town, and has an established and well-known brand. The members of the Society all share a commitment to the common good, and making the world a better place, especially for children. Phone Number: 021 638 3127 Passionate about the Emotional Wellness of people. PROCARE is one of the leading Emotional Wellness Companies in South Africa. Our Team of highly qualified Wellness Counsellors and Trainers offer an innovative, practical and hands-on approach to psycho-social wellness. Phone Number: 021 873 0532 Abba Specialist Adoption & Social Services (Abba) is a non-profit organization founded in 1983. We are a designated child protection organization with adoption accreditation for national and intercountry adoptions. We provide a range of direct services to abandoned, neglected, orphaned and vulnerable children who appear to be in need of permanent alternative family care. Phone Number: 082 783 3374 WandisaTM is a specialised child protection organisation designated to provide expert social work services to vulnerable children. Uniquely positioned, we intervene to ensure safe care for children in crises and support vulnerable families. We strive to find a “forever home” for every child in need of a family, because we have seen how adoption transforms lives. Phone Number: 021 852 8025 Magdalena Home counselling centre provides a comprehensive, faith-based community driven program. Through this program we strive to guide and enable our birthparents, adoptive parents/ children and adoptees to a better future. Phone Number: 021 948 3637 FAMSA Western Cape is a non-profit organisation (NPO) specialising in relationship counselling. We believe that “healthy families create healthy communities” and are the foundation of our society. Secure families provide a favourable environment where family members can develop to their full potential, develop positive identities and form a set of values that serve as a frame of reference for life. Phone Number: 021 447 7951 Tales of Turning runs mothers’, fathers’ and youth programs in under-resourced communities. Tales of Turning develops and implements projects to meet individual and community needs, informed by narrative therapy and strengths-based approaches, and delivered in partnership with non-government organisations (NGOs), ethical businesses and like-minded individuals to increase impact. Phone Number: 021 948 3637 Visit this website for more information on birth registration and a list of Home Affairs Offices in the Western Cape.
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Ambulance
South African Police Services (SAPS)
Non-Medical Emergency
Poison Centre 24 Hour Helpline
Emotional and Social Support Services
Suicide Crisis Line
LifeLine 24 Hour Crisis Line
Stop Gender Violence Helpline
Childline 24 Hour Assistance
South African Depression and Anxiety Group Mental Health Line
Antenatal and breastfeeding
Mama Themba
Employment, education and health
Ntombizonke Organisation
Women and Children
Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women & Children
Children
Heart to Heart
Children and Families
Arise
Women and Children
Sisters Incorporated
Children and Families
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS)
Shelters
Directory of Shelters
Children and Families
Lady Liberty
Children and Families
Thandi House
Women
Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust
Homelessness
U-Turn Homeless Services
Women and Children
St. Anne’s Home
Women
Women’s Legal Centre
Pregnancy
Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP)
Children
Red Cross Children’s Hospital: Cerebral Palsy Clinic
Women and Children
Philani
Women and Children
Zoe Project
Elderly Care
Nazareth House
Food security
The Food Bank
Midwife
Midwife Obstetrics Units (MoU) Directory
Pregnancy
Foundation for Alcohol Related Research (FAAR)
Children
St. Josephs Home
Youth
loveLife
Children
Childhood Cancer Center of South Africa (CHOC)
Family
Mothers 2 Mothers
Children
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital: Audiology Clinic
Men, Women and Children
Simelela Clinic
Toll Free: 0800 330 101
Mothers and Babies
Clicks Helping Hand Trust
Women
Marie Stopes South Africa
Children
Chaeli Campaign
Children
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic
Children
Uhambo Foundation
Clinic
Western Cape Government Clinic Directory
Pregnancy
MomConnect
Children
South African Social Security Agency
Parenting Skills
The Parent Centre
Children
Child Welfare Cape Town
Emotional Wellness
Procare
Adoption
Abba Adoptions
Child Protection & Adoption
Wandisa
Adoption
Magdalena Huis
Family Councelling
FAMSA Western Cape
Parent & Youth Support
Tales of Turning
Birth
Birth Registration