Northern Cape Mom’s Child With Mental Disability Inspires Her to Run Special Needs Centre for Kids

Northern Cape Mom’s Child With Mental Disability Inspires Her to Run Special Needs Centre for Kids

  • An admirable woman, Precious Seleka, opened up about her heartwarming story of making a difference for people with special needs 
  • The hardworking mother, based in the Northern Cape, shared the arduous journey she took to establish a centre dedicated to helping children with disabilities 
  • She reflected on the obstacles to establishing a care facility for those with disabilities in the late 90s, before the birth of her son

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One woman opened up about a facility she founded for those with special needs. The lady discussed how having a child with a disability impacted her passion.

Woman whose son has Down Syndrome inspired to revive care facility
A mom from the Northern Cape with a child with Down Syndrome shared that her child revived her NPO for disabled kids. Image: NurPhoto / FG Trade
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The woman's passion for providing special care for children was nearly squashed. She revealed how her child drove her to take on a difficult task. 

Woman helps kids with disabilities

One woman started Lebelelang Centre in 1997 to care for the elderly and vulnerable children. Between 1999 and 200, the facility was shut down due to health concerns from local authorities. After the centre shut down, the woman gave birth to her son with Down Syndrome, which pushed her to find a way to make a centre for children living with a disability.  Her son made her determined to find the final answer to helping kids with disabilities.

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Care centre for vulnerable kids returns

Precious' big break with the centre came in 2017 when the Civil Society Organization's development framework and National Development Agency enabled the centre to be registered as a non-profit organisation. IOL reports the Tsantsabane Local Municipality also provided a piece of land in Phuthaditshaba where the centre is located. 

Precious celebrated that the centre would soon move to new facilities with four classrooms, a kitchen, an admin block, a hall, a sports ground and a vegetable garden. The new place is a far cry from their smaller one with two classrooms. Precious said:

“We are really looking forward to the move into the new centre."
Precious Seleka's Lebelang Centre moves to new premises
Precious Seleka's Lebelang Centre will operate in a bigger space to help the vulnerable and children with disabilities. Image: Kali9
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Lebelelang Centre has an Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme for kids between zero and six and also catering to those with intellectual disabilities aged between seven and 18. There will also be a skills development programme for young adults between 19 and 59.

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Rutendo Masasi (Weekend Entertainment and Human Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za