A place where love can florish | Welcome to Shammah

The Shammah House serves as an afterhours reception centre, we work closely with the Police Community Forum (Moffatview Police Station)

Traumatized children are able to remain in a warm, caring environment where comprehensive assessments, medical services, and trauma counseling is provided.

Research shows that inadequate parenting creates devastating long term psychological problems – resulting in children with a poor capacity for emotional bonding which can contribute to the destabilization of communities

SHAMMAH SAFE HOUSE was founded by Bobby and Katharine Jonkers in 2006 with the intention of providing children with a safe haven giving them an alternative to a life of instability.

We provide care for the following children at risk :
Abandon Children
Lost Children
Orphan Children

and Children involved in Trafficking

The HIV and AIDS epidemic has risen to new heights , leaving children without parents and making our responsability more dire.

THE SHAMMAH SAFE HOUSE IS COMMITED TO

Providing loving, community –based homes for abused, abandoned, neglected, HIV/AIDS infected and affected children. Ensuring children are able to access social education and medical services. Capacity building and developing of community parents to enable them to provide for children in their homes. Providing life skills training and therapeutic services for children

THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY HOMES

How will we turn this around?
Establish more safe homes
Establish a skills development centre
Establish a soup kitchen
Develop a back to school programme
The SHAMMAH SAFE HOUSE project is a testament to the maternal skills that mothers share, not only with children from extended families, but with their entire community

It is because of this community that we appreciate and hold our volunteer parents who are carefully selected and trained, in the highest regard.

THE PROCESS

Children are referred by the SAPS

The counsellor on duty will assess the children’s needs and put SAPS in touch with the Safe house social workers on call

Children will be placed with the appropriate short or long term family depending on social development.

Children welfare and the department of social development provides statutory services and permanent placements for each child.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to address the needs of abandoned, orphaned and needy children.
At the Shammah Care house we strive to provide education, fulfil humanitarian needs and alleviate poverty for the children.

VALUES

We subscribe to the following values

Every child deserves to be loved and to receive the best care possible
To operate within the best interests of the child
Celebrate our diversity
Transparency
Accountability
Confidentiality and privacy for each child
To encourage child participation in decision regarding their future
To honour the role of the elders in passing on cultural traditions and wisdom