PEG Training
PEG Training Throughout the year, the Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability, hosts numerous trainings to assist the different centres. On the 23rd April 2025, Phumla Pali, one of the carers, and Jennifer Stepaniuk, the Physio, from Sinethemba Special Care Centre attended a special training course on feeding tubes and how to best care for […]
Delicious treats at Sinethemba
Delicious treats at Sinethemba The children of Sinethemba Special Care Centre had a great Easter egg hunt today and each got to take home a small bag of eggs to enjoy. A huge thank you for the donation of Easter Eggs must go to the Fish Hoek Lions club and the local schools who took […]
Animal Play Therapy for the children
Animal Play Therapy for the children In the last week of the first term, the children of Sinethemba Special Care Centre, were visited by Sandy and her pony, Dreamy. Sandy runs Animal Play Therapy in Noordhoek. Each child had a turn to have contact with Dreamy. There was so much excitement amongst the children. They […]
Parent Autism Workshop
Parent Autism Workshop On the 21st March 2025, our Programme Implementer / Occupational Therapist, Tessa Kellerman and our Carer from our Autism class, Nompelo Matamba, held a workshop for the parents of the Sinethemba Children who are diagnosed with Autism. They gave the parents the opportunity to raise their concerns on areas that they are […]
Music is all around with the Masi Violin Outreach
Music is all around with the Masi Violin Outreach The Masi Violin Outreach Program came to perform a concert for the Children and Staff of Sinethemba Special Care Centre before we closed for the first term. It was such a wonderful surprise to see the impact that this music had on the children. The children were […]
Ready, Set……..Sports day 2025
Ready, Set……..Sports day 2025 This year, Sinethemba sent a team to represent us at the Friends Day Care Annual Sports day. Our squad did so well in all their different events which included running and walking races, wheelchair races, obstacle courses and bean bag throwing competitions. We were so proud of all of them. We […]
Love is all around on Valentines Day
Love is all around on Valentines Day Valentine’s day at Sinethemba Special Care Centre was a truly special day this year. Our Program Implementors had everybody baking and decorating heart shaped biscuits. The biscuits were absolutely delicious and everyone had a wonderful time making them. PrevPreviousSummer Loving at Sinethemba
Summer Loving at Sinethemba
Summer Loving at Sinethemba We have had a wonderful start to the first term here at Sinethemba and they have been jam packed with activities. Our favorite so far has had to be the swimming days. The weather has been scorching hot so we took full advantage of the wonderful pools that were donated to […]
End of 2024 Celebrations at Sinethemba
End of 2024 Celebrations at Sinethemba On the 2nd of December 2024, the children held their end of year showcase where they showed their parents and guests some of the things that they had been learning this year. It was a wonderful morning of joyful songs and spending time with the families. We are very […]
Harcourts Real Estate celebrates Christmas with Sinethemba
Harcourts Real Estate celebrates Christmas with Sinethemba The children of Sinethemba Special Care Centre were truly blessed to be chosen as one of Harcourts 12 days of Christmas charity drive. The team from Harcourts went through the Sinethemba Wish list on our website and selected quite a few items to purchase for the Centre. Amongst […]