Lamontville pre-school

Lamontville pre-school is set in a squatter camp within a township on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa. It opened in January 2008, providing formative education, care and food for 15 children aged 3 - 5.  From 2009 CMaD has been funding the salary of a second nursery teacher, allowing the centre to increase its intake of children to 30.

There are over 1 million orphans in South Africa, due to parents dying of HIV/AIDS.  The children affected by HIV are left seriously malnourished. So its very important that the children receive a healthy balanced diet each day when attending the centre.

CMaD funds the provision of two meals a day to each of the children attending. Breakfast each morning consists of vitamin fortified mealie meal (ground maize) and milk. Lunch is savoury mince with rice or pasta, or macaroni cheese, with vegetables or tomato sauce, followed by fruit and juice. The children also have an afternoon snack of biscuits and juice.

The building in which the pre-school is run is multifunctional and also : 
 

• hosts the Africaid WhizzKids United football program, teaching youth life skills and HIV prevention skills
• provides key support services and assistance to parents, grand-parents and other care-givers responsible for the day to day care of the children in the community
• hosts a development and skills centre for adults