Situated in the small farming town of Barkly East in the north-eastern Cape, just south of Lesotho, Khaya Lokukhanya (House of Light), or KL as it affectionately called, is a real home for 17 children, most of them orphaned by HIV. There they are cared for by 3 foster mothers and the project as a whole is run by Tersia Gerber, a senior social worker and her auxiliary, Mongesi Motleleng.

KL can take up to 18 children but our aim is to keep vulnerable children in the care of their own families within their communities. Only when it is impossible to foster a child within their own family, does the social worker place them at Khaya Lokukhanya.

Feeding, washing and educating 17 children doesn't come cheap! The foster mothers and social workers receive a small incentive or stipend each month, as do the Thusananga HBCA volunteers.

 

Khaya Lokukhanya  is registered to the Department of Social Development (058-607-NPO).

 

For more information on Khaya Lokukhanya and its parent organisation, Thusananga Home Based Care, click here.

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