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The Stephen Green
Foundation
Where it comes to children – We Care
- Care until Independence –
Proposed Residential Child Care Center
(To be set up on a farm)
Where it comes to Children – We Care
- Care until Independence -
All Children are a ‘Gift from God’
Who are we?
The Stephen Green Foundation is an autonomous body,
non-political, non-profit making and founded on Christian
principles to promote all aspects of child care with
specific emphasis placed on the children’s interests.
What is our purpose?
•To promote all aspects of the provision of facilities
for the care of children in need.
•To provide a properly constituted and credible body to
achieve the aims and goals of the Foundation.
•To provide continuity and promote confidence in the
Foundation’s projects and objectives.
What are our main Aims and Goals?
To be directly involved in the care of children in need and the
provision of facilities, training, education and tender loving care.
To promote and assist with providing guidance, training and
education for all young people, in aspects that will improve their
spiritual, moral, social and physical skills and knowledge, thereby
helping to prevent troubled young minds.
To promote and assist with providing guidance, training and
education for adults in aspects of child care that are presently
under-emphasised or neglected.
To promote all aspects of children’s rights, and in particular their
right to protection from abuse of any kind by adults and their right
to loving care.
The specific Aims & Goals of this Project
To set up and establish a child-care centre in a suitable
environment that covers:
A peaceful country/farm atmosphere that is conducive to providing the
therapeutical and spiritual healing necessary;
A “Place of Safety” to provide loving support and care for children in need
of temporary care;
A home/homes for children in need of more permanent care;
A home to provide support and loving care for unmarried teenage mothers
and their infants who are in need of care and assistance;
A fully equipped nursery and facilities for abandoned infants in need of
temporary loving care;
The necessary infrastructure to provide facilities for recreation and
training for the children of the centre;
Facilities on the farm to compliment as far as possible the supply of fresh
food and produce for the centre.
The Stephen Green Memorial Foundation
Child Care Center
0.11 Hectares
Fencing 140 m
Orchard
Ons Huisie
Nursery
Topsoil
Store & Shed
Area for
washing
Vehicles etc.
Possible Sawmill Site
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New Pathway
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Main parking
(Total 88m)
Pit (Existing)
Feed Store Workshops
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Indigenous
Woods
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Shed
'Long Drop' Toilet
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1.07 Hectare
Fencing 414 m
(Ideal for outdoor gatherings)
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(Total 18
Topsoil
Chapel
Vegetables
Large
Oaks
Cash
Crops
Farming Area
Feed Crops
Farm
Lands
Arts & Crafts
Community Hall
Bunkhouse
Topsoil
1.86 Hectares
Fencing 685 m
Indigenous
Woods
Infant
Play Area
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R.P.O.S
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New Roads
Compost Heaps
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Dairy /
Laundry
Exist.
Grazing
Area
: 57.14 Ha
Perimeter : 3335 m
R.C.C.U.
Possible Dam Site
R.C.C.U.
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Dear Lord
This is Your Center, please come
and Bless it by providing for it.
We trust You with the finances and
the land to build it as this will be to
Your honour and glory alone.
We pray in the name of Jesus
Amen.
2.02 Hectares
Fencing 592 m
100 m
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Emergency
Playing Fields
Scale : 1:5000 (+/-)
Kleinplaat
We support, promote and assist:
• Focus on the Family Ministry
• The Muscular Dystrophy Research Foundation of S.A.
• The Child Protection Unit of the S.A.P.
• Die Christelike Maatskaplike Raad
• Child and Family Welfare Organisations
• The Woodlands Mission
We also work in conjunction with
The N.G. Kerk “Die Vleie” Outreach Commission
Please Note!
The next slide is INTERACTIVE and contains
links to other slides to enable you to get more
details on each individual subject or item.
Links on
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Further
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What we Do!
(Click on Individual arrows to find out more!)
Tender Loving Child
Care
Care of Abandoned Infants
and Infants in need of care
Provide a Place of Safety
Overall Education of
Children
Provide Crisis
Pregnancy Care
Muscular Dystrophy
Support Group
Child Care guidance,
support and education
Home for Unmarried
Teenage Mothers
Guidance, Support and
Training for youths
What we Have Done!
During the 14 years that The Stephen Green Foundation has been operating in Hoekwil area the
following has been achieved.
•Provided a home in residential care for 41 children, boys and girls between the
ages of 6 and 19.
•Provided financial support for 65 children.
•Provided medical care to 52 children.
•Provided specialized medical care (psychological) to 7 children.
•Provided special counselling and guidance to 58 children.
•Provided Spiritual guidance to +/- 245 children.
•Provided on-going support, help and guidance to 26 families.
When it comes to Children – We Care – Care until Independence
The Stephen Green Foundation is a non-profit making organization
equipped to manage this Ministry in a legal and ethical manner.
Please Note!
The next slide is INTERACTIVE and contains
links to other slides to enable you to get more
details on each individual subject or item.
Links on
Slides
Linked
Slide
More Info
Further
Links
More Info
The Stephen Green Foundation
- RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE CENTER -
Child Care Units
Home for
Unmarried
Mothers
Infant Care Unit
Click on the blocks
for more details
Bunkhouse
Administration
(Office, Training
Councelling)
Chapel
Place of Safety
Farm Buildings
And
Workshops (3)
- Proposed Initial Configuration -
Map
Thank you Lord for all
Your Blessings
Thank you for caring
about my brothers
and sisters
God Bless You!
Thank you for your interest in our
Child Care Project
For more information, or to become part of our
team
PLEASE CONTACT US
The Stephen Green Foundation
P.O. Box 127
Hoekwil 6538
South Africa
E-Mail [email protected]
Phone (044) 850 1043
Fax
(044) 850 1343
Residential Infant Care Unit
Goals & Philosophy
The purpose of this unit is to provide for Tender, Loving Care based on sound Christian
morals and values in a Residential Infant Care Unit for abandoned infants and infants in
need of care.
All over our country, babies and infants lie in hospitals,
abandoned and in need of tender, loving care. Very often, for
long periods. The vital importance in the development of these
children in this critical time, for contact and loving care is a
cause for great concern.
The goal of the Residential Infant Care Center is to provide a home environment for these
children where they can receive the tender, loving care that they require and at the same
time, the very best shot at life! Our job is to support, care for, guide, protect, enrich, help
and in general, provide the very best T.L.C. that we can for the child.
All of this while remembering that our philosophy is to provide –
Care until Independence.
The Overall Education of Children & Young People
We are involved in the overall education of children to assist in the formation of true and
good VALUES, MORALS and IDEALS based on Christian Principles, covering:
•Social Skills.
•Basic Life Skills.
•Good Health and Personal Hygiene.
•Sports, Arts and Crafts.
•Other Handicrafts.
•Leadership and Inter-relational Skills.
•Adolescent Preparation, Guidance and Education based on Abstinence before marriage.
•Preservation and Conservation of Natural Resources.
•Getting the most out of life.
•Music and other forms of art
All of this, using the therapeutic value of the natural,
rural, farm/forest type environment.
An Approach to the Education of the Children &
Young People of the Center
For practical reasons, as well as to provide the very best form of education for the children
of the center, it is proposed that the A.C.E. education system be implemented. The children
will be schooled at the center by suitable trained personnel.
Benefits
•A good, Christian education
•The children progress according to their ability.
•They can grow in environment free from the negative influences of a normal
public school.
•Better use of the extra free time available through not having to travel to and
from school.
•Substantial financial savings in both transport and schooling costs, including
uniforms.
•Better control over the children in our care, their education and discipline.
•The very best, practical approach to the education of our special children.
A technical education using the facilities at the Center will be available to children who
would benefit by this.
Training to be provided in 3 Workshops
As part of the Child Care Center
Engineering Workshop
Also useful for
maintenance
on the farm
Woodworking Workshop
Maintenance
and also a
useful trade
For
General
Skills
Blacksmith Workshop
Training
Over a period of 47 years of working with youngsters, the need
to provide some form of training, or occupational therapy for
older boys has often arisen. The reason for this is:
To keep them occupied, whilst sorting out other problems.
To teach them skills that will assist in their independence.
As a form of occupational therapy to help heal troubled young minds.
To provide a means of learning to ‘do their bit for the home.’
As a source of income for the Center and the families.
To assist with the maintenance on the farm and the Center.
To be achieved by the provision of the Engineering, Woodworking and
Blacksmith workshops. We have an immediate need for these facilities, and
the provision thereof will be of immense educational and therapeutic value.
The Stephen Green Foundation
Residential Home for Unmarried Mothers
Goals and Philosophy:
The purpose of this unit is to provide Tender, Loving Care based on sound Christian morals and values
in a Residential Home for Unmarried Teenage Mothers and their babies.
Specifically aimed at catering for the needs of pregnant teenagers who land up in a Crisis Pregnancy
situation without the support of their families or where for various reasons, the family refuses or is
unable to provide the necessary support.
The goal of this Residential Care Center is to provide a loving, caring and supportive home
environment for these young girls where they can receive the tender, loving care that they require and
at the same time supporting, councelling and guiding them through the pregnancy and assisting them
to get the best shot at life for both themselves, and their babies. Whilst one of our aims is to guide
those who wish to arrange for alternative care or adoption, the provision of guidance in baby and infant
care will be a prime goal for young birthmothers in this center who intend raising the child themselves.
Our job is to be there for them whilst assisting them to handle the crisis situation that they are in. It is
important to understand that we will be caring for two lives in this instance and always remembering
that our philosophy is to provide –
Care until Independence.
The Stephen Green Foundation
Residential Child Care Homes
Goals and Philosophy:
The purpose of these units is to provide Tender, Loving Care based on sound Christian
morals and values in a Residential Care Unit or home unit for children in need of care.
Children very seldom land up in this situation due to any cause of their own. It is almost
always due to circumstances beyond their control.
The goal of the Residential Care Center is to provide a home environment for these children
where they can receive the tender, loving care that they require and at the same time, the
very best shot at life! Our job is to support, care for, guide, protect, educate, help and in
general, provide the very best T.L.C. that we can for the child.
All of this while remembering that our philosophy is to provide –
Care until Independence.
The Stephen Green Foundation
Bunkhouse for Older Boys
Goals and Philosophy:
The purpose of this unit is to provide a base for older boys whose circumstances have
resulted in them ‘dropping out’ or not being able to fit into a normal education system.
Tender, Loving Care based on sound Christian morals and values in a more ’independent’
situation, whilst providing training in skills (including life skills).
Children very seldom land up in this situation due to any cause of their own. It is almost
always due to circumstances beyond their control.
The goal of this unit is to provide a home environment for these children where they can
receive the tender, loving care that they require and at the same time, the very best shot at
life! Our specific aim is to give them guidance and a start where they can go out into the
world and support themselves.
All of this while remembering that our philosophy is to provide –
Care until Independence.
The Stephen Green Foundation
Residential Place of Safety
Goals and Philosophy:
The purpose of these slides are to provide findings and an overview and guide to the requirements for the
provision of Tender, Loving Care based on sound Christian morals and values in a Residential Place of Safety,
particularly as these are all traumatized children.
Specifically aimed at catering for the needs of short-term care for children in need thereof, in a Place of Safety,
where THAT is the specific goal.
The goal of this Residential Care Center is to provide a loving, caring and supportive home environment for
these children where they can receive the tender, loving care that they require and at the same time supporting,
councelling and guiding them through this traumatic period in their lives. In the past 15 or so years I have
conducted various studies relating to Places of Safety, as well as having been involved in the placing of children
in such an environment. One fact was very obvious – there simply aren’t sufficient facilities to cater for the
need in South Africa, and it is extremely difficult and traumatic to place a child, often of necessity in a hurry, in
such a facility. I have had to deal with desperate situations that were created by the unavailability of a place in
the available Places of Safety in our country. Some of the main problems involved are as follows:
•There simply aren’t sufficient facilities available.
•Those that are, are often far from the child’s home, family and friends.
(Continued)
•The social workers and Children’s Court presiding over the child are not able to retain easy contact and
control if the child is placed in a home that is far away. Very often these people are the only link with
security that the child has.
•Most of the Places of Safety in South Africa have a very large percentage of residents who have been
placed there due to serious behavioral problems, including criminal offences and sexual misdemeanors.
This is simply NOT the type of environment to place an abused or traumatized child. Experience has
proved that many of these facilities and institutions abound with sexual harassment and abuse by the
inmates themselves.
•A genuine Place of Safety, where the child can feel loved, safe and cared for is an essential need in the
development of a Child Care Center by the Stephen Green Memorial Foundation.
Whereas some of the children requiring placement in a Place of Safety could well fit into, and be accommodated
in one of our residential child care homes, most children in this position are fairly, or even severely traumatized.
These children require a more specialized type of care. The basic principles of Tender, Loving Care still apply,
but with a special form of empathy towards traumatized boys and girls. Love, patience, sensitivity and
understanding are needed to provide for the needs of these wards whilst their lives are brought under some form
of control, usually with intervention from the Children’s Court.
It should be born in mind that there is a fairly high degree of responsibility that goes with the care that we will
provide in this unit, first and foremost, the responsibility to the children themselves.
It is important to understand that we will be caring for traumatized children for relatively short periods in this
instance, and always remembering that our philosophy is to provide –
Care until Independence.
We Provide Support
To families and victims of Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy
Our support team is made up of caring Christians with experience in councelling
caring, physiotherapy and support for these special children and their families.
This team is also available for support in all cases of terminal illness in children.
- When it comes to God’s Children – We Care -
We support the work of The Muscular Dystrophy Research Foundation
We provide Guidance, Support and Education
In all aspects of Child Care
By promoting true Christian, family values and morals with specific emphasis
on the value of the traditional family, abstinence before marriage and the
value of all forms of human life. We also believe in the importance of the
overall education of our children and the importance of preparing them to
meet all the challenges that life holds
We subscribe to the mission, guiding
principles and core values of Focus on the
Family
For more details about Focus on the Family:
Phone (031) 716 3300 / 0860 339 333 Fax (031) 716 3333
Or their website : www.safamily.co.za or www.family.org
We Provide Support
For Crisis Teenage Pregnancy
Our support team is made up of caring Christians with experience in councelling,
caring, physiotherapy and support for these unfortunate young girls and their
families.
We provide councelling, support and guidance whilst helping these unfortunate
girls to handle the situation that they are in. Guidance is available throughout the
pregnancy, and practical support is provided where appropriate and available.
In no way do we support abortion, but promote the choice of alternate care
(adoption), where appropriate.
- When it comes to God’s Children – We Care -
Residential Infant Care Unit
Goals & Philosophy
The purpose of this unit is to provide for Tender, Loving Care based on sound Christian
morals and values in a Residential Infant Care Unit for abandoned infants and infants in
need of care.
All over our country, babies and infants lie in hospitals,
abandoned and in need of tender, loving care. Very often, for
long periods. The vital importance in the development of these
children in this critical time, for contact, enrichment and
loving care is a cause for great concern.
The goal of the Residential Infant Care Center is to provide a home environment for these
children where they can receive the tender, loving care that they require and at the same
time, the very best shot at life! Our job is to support, care for, guide, protect, enrich, help
and in general, provide the very best T.L.C. that we can for the child.
All of this while remembering that our philosophy is to provide –
Care until Independence.
Farm Buildings
Store 1
Vehicles &
Implements
Store 2
Feeds and General
Store
Click on
Workshops for
more details
Engineering
Milking Shed &
Dairy
Click on
these
links too!
Calf Pens & Stables
Pigs, Sheep &
Poultry Sheds
Workshops
Woodworking
Blacksmith
Map
Office & Admin. Building
This building will house
the following:
Administration
Office – Reception
Executive Officers
Office
Conference Room –
Training Center
Councelling Office
Library
Medical Examination
Facility
The Chapel
The
Christian
Base
Services
Devotions
Quiet
Place
Plan of Proposed Calf Pen
Calf Pen & Shelter
Proposed Plan of the Chapel
Floor Raised
300mm
Chapel
Proposed Plan of the Workshops
Smithy
Shop
Woodwork
Workshop
Engineering
Workshop
Store
Lean-to
Shelter
Proposed Plan of the Workshops
Area =130 sq m(Excl Lean-to)
3000.0 mm
Left Elevation
Fibreglass sheets in Roof (4 per side)
Front Elevation
Proposed Plan of Admin Center
Executive Officer
Medical
Training
&
Board Room
Hatch to Kitchen
Administration
Reception
Councelling
Kitchen
Proposed Plan of Admin Center
Administration Block
(Elevations)
Left Elevation
Right Elevation
Rear Elevation
Front Elevation
Scale = 1 : 100
Proposed Plan for Milking Shed / Stables
Milking Shed / Stables
Proposed Plan of General Accommodation
Laundry
Scullery
Kitchen
Main
Outdoor Living Area
Children's
Bathroom
Dining Room
Lounge
4
Girls
Boys
Patio / Stoep
DR
Proposed Plan of General Accommodation
General Development Unit (Place of Safety)
4440 mm
4000 mm
1560 mm
4440 mm
8000 mm
Area = 297 sq m
13 Children + 1 Infant
Laundry
Scullery
Covered Rear Stoep
Kitchen
B.I.C.
Main
Bed Room
Outdoor Living Area
Children's
Bathroom
B.I.C.
Bed Room
Dining Room
Lounge
B.I.C.
B.I.C.
B.I.C.
Children's
Bathroom
4
Bed Room
DR
Bed Room
Bed Room
B.I.C.
B.I.C.
Bed Room
Patio / Stoep
6000 mm
22440 mm
14440 mm
Plan for Home for Unmarried Teenage Mothers
Laundry
Scullery
Kitchen
Main
Girl's Rm
Outdoor Living Area
Children's
Bathroom
B.I.C.
Dining Room
Lounge
B.I.C.
B.I.C.
B.I.C.
Girl's Rm
4
Girl's Rm
Girl's Rm
B.I.C.
Nursery
Play Room
Patio / Stoep
DR
Proposed Plan for Tractors,
Implements & Vehicles Store
12m x 25m x 3.6m Steel Structure
Tractors, Implements and Vehicle Store
Proposed Plan for Feed and General Store
9m x 18m x 3m Steel Structure
Feed and General Store
Proposed Plan for Sheep Kraal & Shelter
Sheep Kraal and Shelter
(Same as Calf Pen)
Proposed plan for Pig Sty
Pig Sty & Shelter
Proposed Plan for Dairy, Butchery, Washroom,
Laundry and Cold Room
Laundry
Butchery
Wash Room
Dairy
Cold
Room
Proposed Plan for Residential Infant Care Center
Staff
Bathroom
Laundry
Concrete Slab for
outdoor working area
Toilet
Change Top
Sort &
Store
Change Top
Infant Change and
Bathroom
Play Room
Reception
& Staff Lounge
Change Top
Change Top
Change Top
Change Top
Kitchen
Houseparent's
Dining &
Living Room
Proposed Plan for Infant Care Unit
Section on AA
2800 mm
Double glazed
Observation Hatch
2800 mm
Infant Care Center (Elevations)
Section on BB
Rear Elevation
Left Elevation
Front Elevation
Right Elevation
Scale = 1:200
Alternate plan for Calf Pens
6mx 3m
Sheep Pen
Covered
3mx 3m
Calf Pen
Covered
3mx 3m
Calf Pen
Covered
Alternate plan for Milking Shed & Dairy
Kraal
Drain
Feed Room
Dairy
Proposed Plan for Community Hall
Change
Room
Toilets
10000 mm
Stage
Change
Room
& Store
Change
Room
18440 mm
Proposed Plan for Bunkhouse
Bunkhouse
Rear Elevation
Section AA
Front Elevation
Section BB
A
B
Left Elevation
Scale = 1 : 100
Area = 84 sq m
A
B
Floor Plan
Right Elevation
Proposed Plan for General Store
Left Elevation
Right Elevation
Front Elevation
Proposed Plan for Vehicle & Implement Store
Vehicle & Implement Store
(Elevations)
Left Elevation
Right Elevation
Front Elevation
Scale = 1 : 100