Durbanville Children's Home

The Durbanville Children’s Home fills the gap in service provision for vulnerable children by using dedicated, professional services to support children in need of care and their families, with the ultimate aim of restoring them to a healthy family relationship. The Home is situated in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. The intake of children falls within a 100km radius of Durbanville, which includes farms, informal settlements, squatter camps, and towns. The Durbanville Children’s Home is presently caring for 144 children between the ages of 2-18 years.

The Home is one of the oldest children’s homes in South Africa. Its proud history spanning 138 years attests to its successful record of accomplishment in caring for vulnerable children. If children are not placed in institutions such as the Children’s Home, the probability of them ending up on the streets where they are exposed to drug abuse, gang violence, poverty, crime, etc. would be increased. The Children‘s Home receives only a 32% subsidy from the Government, therefore they are very dependent on local and foreign communities for funds and donations.