Background

 LOUIS BOTHA CHILDREN'S HOME

The Louis Botha children's Home for children is an registered, non profit , welfare
organization which cares for traumatised children. The children were removed by the
children's court from their parents' care as a result of physical and/or emotional
abuse and neglect.

We provide a caring home environment and therapeutic and educational services to
 the children, with the extended aim of preparing them for their future. 

The Louis Botha Home for children is a forerunner of childcare in South Africa.
We were one of the first homes to introduce the “Cottage System”, and we were also
the first home in our area to integrate the various race groups.  This has proven to be
extremely successful, and is now used as a standard for similar institutions in this
area.

We presently care for around  96 children aged between 6 and 19 years.  We
are fully integrated and all the children live together in harmony.

We acknowledge that stability, growth and change are essential to success, and we
remain flexible and open-minded to developments in the child care field.  Caring for
traumatised children should not only be seen as treating a problem, but also as a step
in preventing the cycle of abuse and neglect that we are experiencing in family life
today.

Our Vision is to provide high quality childcare in the greater Pretoria area,
by also expanding our services into the community.