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Not just a school, the services offered by this venerable and historic NGO extends to training for caregivers from centres, schools and homes for the disabled nationally, for anyone working with vulnerable children, and work experience training and learnerships for youth with disabilities.
The school was the first in the country for children with disabilities, established in 1948 by a group of parents who had nowhere to send their children for an education. It is renowned for innovative and pioneering treatment, educational and medical models, some of which are now utilized world-wide.
The school itself provides adapted mainstream education, modified skills training and essential support services to 350 learners between the ages of three and eighteen years of age, most of whom would not have access to these services outside of the school. The majority of children are not on medical aid schemes, cannot access public transport, and cannot receive assessments and treatments at provincial hospitals due to waiting lists of up to three years.
Children range in age for 3 to 18 years of age and the Learnerships cater for youth between the ages of 19 and 21 years of age. Drawn mainly from high-density low income areas in a 60km radius around greater Johannesburg, they rely on the school’s fleet of buses and contracted taxis to get to and from school.
A highly professional and dedicated team of 80 professional and non-professional staff, the School Governing Body and the Board of Trustees, ensures that the highest standard of service and accountability to beneficiaries, partners, associates and donors.
Thousands of children and adults with disabilities benefit both directly and indirectly from the programmes offered annually.
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