'Most of the kids do not have parents, and some are dealing with behavioural problems.'
According to Harris, the day-to-day needs of the boys are seen to, but even more emphasis is placed on the education and psychological wellbeing of the traumatised children.
"We place them in a school because one of the things we see go first with broken homes is that children drop out of school. We have social workers on staff, who work with the boys to equip them with life skills, and if we feel we are not equipped to deal with a child's problem for whatever reason, we send them for an external consultation. And since our goal is to reunite families, the parents simultaneously attend parental classes.
There have been plenty of success stories along the way and Harris speaks of two young boys, who initially had no one to take care of them after their mother died. "This story is dear to me. The brothers, who were five and eight years old when they came to us, had no one. At first their mom was ill and she eventually passed away. There were no family members. We tracked down a grandfather that no one had known about, and they were placed permanently with him. The older boy is now 17 years old and he's doing wonderfully. This was a big one for us".
The home receives a stipend from the department of social development, and the rest comes from donations.
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