Cheshire Homes in the Eastern Province core focus is the care and well-being of severely disabled adults and children, in particular those who come from poor and under-privileged communities. Highlighting the urgent needs and the appeal for help for the following Cheshire Homes:
CLEARY ESTATE Cheshire Home is situated in the Northern area of Port Elizabeth and accommodates 41 physically disabled adults from very impoverished communities, some of whom were disabled as a result of violence. We are always looking for ways to keep them busy and have just started taking them on outings which benefits them greatly, but is costly. SUMMERSTRAND Cheshire Home was established in 1975, and is a home from home residential care facility for 52 chronically physically disabled adults. The residents’ disabilities range from birth disabilities such as cerebral palsy, to motor vehicle accidents, debilitating illnesses such as motor neuron disease and muscular dystrophy. This home strives to focus on ABILITY rather than the DISABILITY of residents. The input of volunteers forms the core of the service this home provides. KHAYA Cheshire is an outreach project for disabled children and youth living in the impoverished Walmer Township. We offer a daycare facility in a double classroom situated on Victoria Drive alongside the Township. We fetch 23 children every week day, feed them and create an environment in which they can learn sound values, basic educational skills and can be loved. There are no other facilities in the Township to care for these children. They are such a vulnerable group and we strive to keep them away from harm and protect them from the abuse that disabled children are often the victims of. Happy Feet Special Daycare Centre is a programme for severely disabled children living in the impoverished Northern Area of PE. Twenty pre-school age children attend the Centre each day and are fed, stimulated and some prepared for mainstream schooling. This project is driven by a very motivated educator who gives tirelessly of her time and energy. We provide school transport, meals and early childhood education. Every effort is also made to assist these children to become more mobile. Cheshire Retirement Village is a complex of 24 well designed independent housing units that are sold on a life right basis
If you are interested in donating, volunteering or supporting any of these facilities, please contact us for more information about ways in which you can help.
