Project Overview
What? Recent statistics reveal that in South Africa alone there are over 5 million orphaned children. It is against this backdrop that Lungisisa Indlela Village (LIV) launched an initiative in 2010 to help deal with the crisis of orphan and vulnerable children in our nation. Lungisisa Indlela Village is partnering with Government, Business and the Church to provide urgently needed holistic residential care, on a large scale, for the thousands of vulnerable and parentless children, with the core vision to Rescue a child, Restore a life, Raise a leader and Release a star.
How? Lungisisa Indlela Village exists to raise the next generation of leaders in our nation. The project places vulnerable, parentless children into a family environment where they receive unconditional love, spiritual discipleship, care and nurturing and where all their physical needs are met. Children are tomorrow’s future, so the manner in which they are raised will influence who they become. HIV/AIDS and poverty have resulted in many children being abandoned and orphaned. If these children are equipped with essential moral values and life skills, they truly can live lives that will influence and inspire others. The Village grows and new children join daily. The 96 environmentally friendly homes are complete with 32 house mothers and a team of relief mothers already in residence. Over 150 children now call Lungisisa Indlela Village their new home.
Outcomes? The project’s school has 22 classrooms, as well as a library, computer room, art room, woodwork room and music centre. The Lungisisa Indlela Village Children’s choir is gaining stardom and being invited to perform at key cultural events across the region. Lungisisa Indlela Village’s Early Childhood Development Centre is fully operational. Their nurses, psychologists, counsellors and social workers are facilitating their vision of holistic healing for their children in the Lungisisa Indlela Village Health Care Centre.
LIV Business is an initiative that will continue to strive to provide LIV Village with a reliable source of funding to support its operations whilst building a vehicle to implement broader change.
Lungisisa Indlela Village Business Pty (Ltd) has been established to address the ongoing sustainability of Lungisisa Indlela Villages, and provide skills training and employment, including future vocational training, for the immediate and surrounding communities.
Contact Lungisisa Indlela Village
Carita McCririe
Durban: Cottonlands
Postal Address: 126 Cardham Drive, Phoenix, Durban 4068
Tel: +27 30 200 70571
www.liv-village.com.