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Jo’burg Child WelfareThe JCWS was founded in 1909. Since then it has built up a wide range of services aimed at improving the living conditions of children and their families. The organisation's principal areas of activity currently concern supporting families, including foster and adoptive families and women in pregnancy crises, as well as accommodating children transferred through the authorities (in cases of abuse, neglect or abandonment). In a training centre in the district Hillbrow, JCWS provides courses for teenagers and young adults supporting them in generating a small income and therefore becoming economically independent. www.jhbchildwelfare.org.za 
ALL-SAThe South African Toy and Leisure Libraries Association is a Not-for-Profit organisation that was established in 1993. The name of the organisation was changed to Active Learning & Leisure Libraries - South Africa (ALL-SA) in 2002. ALL-SA's mission is to provide a framework for the establishment of active learning toy and leisure libraries that provide communities with access to a variety of toys, games & puzzles on a "Borrow & Return" or a "Come & Play" basis. This resource can be either venue-specific or mobile (essential in Africa). There are over 170 toy libraries in South Africa. The play materials from each toy library reach an average of 300 children. Altogether, more than 51, 000 children benefit from these toy libraries per year. Our vision is to have a toy library within reach of every family in the country. ALL-SA also actively supports the right of children to play by play-outreach programmes for clinics and schools, skills development in effective use of play materials for people working with children, active promotion of the inclusion of World Play Day (28 May) on the UN Calendar of Events and advocacy activities directed at government institutions. ALL-SA's National Resource Centre distributes information about toy libraries, play, play materials, toy suppliers and matters relating to child development. www.activelearninglibraries.org.za |
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