KCC opens new branch

On Youth Day 2021 Kgomotso Children Centre opened a new branch in Winterveld. Almost 10 years after moving from the original place under a tree in Winterveld to establish the youth centre at Block NN in Soshanguve KCC is happy to be back in Winterveld, again.

In 2007 Kgomotso Mphela started to gather with children and peers under a tree in Winterveld in order to prevent them from being abused or being exposed to any other crime they may face in the township. 5 years later KCC had been founded and moved to its own stand in Soshanguve, block NN. 

In April 2021, almost 10 years after leaving Winterveld, Kgomotso was approached and offered to open a second branch at a stand in Winterveld to work with the children and adolescents there. After some negotiations and plannings it was decided to officially open the second branch of KCC on June 16, Youth Day.  In a celebration that was in accordance with local lockdown restrictions children and staff of KCC went from the stand in Soshanguve to the new stand in Winterveld. They were accompanied by a brass band and a group of bikers riding against gender based violence who led the road to the event venue at Winterveld. At the Winterveld stand there was a motivational speech and some performances by the kids of KCC. 

At the new branch in Winterveld KCC is offering its educational and leisure programmes to the kids of the community from Monday to Friday. Moreover, it is planned to serve them a meal every day. However, as KCC is growing, donations are very much welcome, especially any kind of donations that help to provide kids at both branches with food. You can find our contact details here.

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On Youth Day 2021 Kgomotso Children Centre opened a new branch in Winterveld. Almost 10 years after moving from the original place under a tree in Winterveld to establish the youth centre at Block NN in Soshanguve KCC is happy to be back in Winterveld, again.

After another closure due to the lockdown situation KCC has finally opened again in February. While some activities are still restricted due to level 3 lockdown everyone at KCC was eager to start again with their work. 

Looking back at 2020, a year that has been very difficult to all of us, we want to thank those who supported us throughtout the year. After we had started with the We Can't Eat Air Campaign in April more organisations and people approached KCC to offer their help.

On the third day of the "We Can't Eat Air - Campaign" the remaining families received their long-awaited food parcels. The first phase of the campaign has now come to an end. We thank everyone who helped to make it a great success.

The second day in a row KCC staff and supporters went out to reach more families in the community providing them with food parcels. Families were crying because they had not had food for days, only surviving with drinking water.

We take actions while government is still making plans. Due to lockdown Kgomotso Children Centre had to close its doors - but it didn’t close its eyes. We started the „We Can’t Eat Air - Campaign“ to hand out food parcels to 65 families of KCC kids who are in a desperate situation.

Due to the nation-wide lockdown KCC currently is closed. Few staff are staying at the centre for cases of emergency. It's expected we willl re-open when schools open again. Stay safe!

We are bringing cinema to the township! KCC is now doing a monthly movie day for the community. Kids, youth and adults - everyone is welcome. The next movie day will be 6 and 7 of March.

Shortly after KCC had opened its doors for another year the US ambassador came for a visit to get an impression of the work that is being done at the children's centre.