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After exploring the Ikamva Labantu website I came across the organization's programs that focused on three main areas - community health; community learning and development; and community resources. They are interlinked to ensure that community leaders, teachers, parents, caregivers and families are empowered to find and implement answers, with resources and guidance where required, enabling them to accomplish independent and satisfied  lives for themselves, and for those whom they help and care for.

            Researching further,  it was at the Clinton Global Initiative 2011, Ikamva Labantu, one of South Africa's longest-standing social development organizations, stated that it will be introducing a Health and Wellness Center and an Early Childhood Development Training & Resource Center in the Khayelitsha by the end of 2011, located at the township outside Cape Town. These two centers will employ an exceptionally interlinked approach to the improvement of health and education in the township areas of Cape Town, providing the support and resources they need for thousands of vulnerable members of these communities. This program should touch and improve the lives of orphaned children, impoverished children, youth at risk and vulnerable senior citizens.
 

The Early Childhood Development, Training, and Resource Center provide services sole to South Africa's township communities, serving as a best practice model for practical learning. The center aims to allow community caregivers through the creation of a holistic learning environment, which will incorporate a school, as well as an on-site training facility and parent center. It’s been through realistic and experiential training within the school setting, community educators and parents will be better equipped to provide supervision and education to children placed in their care.

 

Adding that there will be a Health and Wellness Center that will act as an all-encompassing preventative health care destination, promoting and educating caregivers and their beneficiaries about health-conscious behavior, disease prevention and the vital role of nutrition. This center will serve as a prototype for community health promotion, education, awareness and preventative health, capable of being replicated in other parts of the country.

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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ikamva-labantu-commits-to-south-african-health-and-education-development-as-part-of-cgi-2011-130839878.html