Thembalethu Community Centre is an NPO situated in the Greater KwaMhlanga Area in Mpumalanga Province. The Centre takes care of orphaned and vulnerable children. Thembalethu is a word in the local language which means “Our Hope”.​

Our services

What we offer
  • Home Based Care
  • Feeding Scheme for vulnerable children
  • Preschool
  • After School Programme that assists children with their school homework, stationery and uniforms 
  • Youth Curriculum Programme which includes vegetable gardening (Farming God’s Way)
  • Community support groups
  • Communal vegetable garden which is farmed by caregivers
 
Supporting school children
We also currently reach out to and support 100 children of Grade R to Grade 12-going age.

Our services

The team
The management team is comprised of three full time staff members responsible for the day-to-day running of the Centre. There is a staff complement of sixteen workers (14 women and 2 men). 

Governance
Matters of governance and policy are overseen by a Board of eight local Pastors. Audits are done independently on a yearly basis. ​