Home from Home provides a second chance at a loving family for children where foster mothers aim to create a feeling of belonging for kids to rise above their past weaknesses.
Cape Town - Among the many hats women wear in our society, it goes without saying that it is only a mother’s touch that can genuinely heal and care for children who are not their own.
“I believe this ability is a resource that is not recognised enough and if it were we could create more positions for women like this to assist with the healing of the many issues in society,” said Marx. As time went by, Nazareth House expanded over the space of a few years and the sisters of Nazareth decided that even though the community homes were successful and cost-effective, they did not have the capacity to expand further to open more homes.
Among the foster mothers at Home from Home, Nomnikelo Kemele is one of the first foster moms who worked with the organisation since it was founded. Now 16 years later, she is still standing strong with six foster children in the Khayelitsha community under her care, and persevering through all the challenges.
“The reason I started to work at Home from Home is because growing up, my mother would tell us about her upbringing and how she too was an orphan and could not continue her studies. Raised by her uncles and aunties, they barely took note of her education and she started taking care of cattle. Hence till this day, my mother’s upbringing continues to be the driving force of what I do today.
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