The Ndlovu Children’s Program is the result of a merger between the existing Ndlovu Nutritional Unit (NNU) Program and the Ndlovu Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVC) Project

The NNU Program has contributed experience with health, nutrition, education of guardians and community food gardens.  The OVC Project has contributed widespread community involvement and partnerships, success with educating the community on the Children’s Social Grants, and established a Life Skills curriculum for children, and education of guardians on issues relevant to the care and protection of OVC.

The Ndlovu Nutritional Unit identifies and admits malnourished children, providing them with three square meals a day.  The children are brought back to health with adequate feeding and weekly visits to the doctors at the Clinic, where they are weighed and their health status monitored, often receiving treatment for HIV and/or TB.

In the mean time, their care-givers are enrolled in a series of lectures, educating them with a life-skills curriculum on issues relevant to caring for orphans and vulnerable children.  These lectures include information about nutrition and self help skills, such as setting up vegetable gardens and basic care giving to feed and nourish their children, thereby avoiding unintended abuse and neglect.

Once a child is deemed healthy and fit enough to be put back into its care givers’ care, the child’s progress is monitored and reported to the clinic.

Pre-school OVCs are enrolled into the Ndlovu Pre-schools that are currently not funded and therefore charges a monthly fee of R80,00 per child to subsidise teacher salaries, food, and other running costs.