Children's Info & Support Groups
ACCIDENT PREVENTION
+27 (0)21 685 5208 (CAPFSA) Child Accident Prevention Foundation
ADD/ADHD/LD
info@SharperPrograms.co.za or +27 (0)11 465 6160 Solutions for ADD/ADHD/LD that are effective,affordable, permanent & drug free.In 6 weeks your child will be able to think better and remember more
+27 (0)12 662 2294 Hyperactive / ADD support group
www.learning-workshop.co.za The learning Workshop - Find out how to help your child with Learning Difficulties .Read & Spelling prog
www.adders.org/southafricamap.htm - Support group
+27 (0)12 662 2294 Support for Attention Deficit Disorder & Hyperactivity
www.indigochild.com ADD/ADHD or an Indigo Child?
AIDS/ HIV
www.cotlands.org Support for children affected by HIV / AIDS
0800 012 322 / www.aidsinfo.co.za - Aids Helpline & info
+27 (0)21 400 3400 / 2682 - (ATIC) Aids training,info & councelling centre - W.Cape
+27 (0)21 433 2017 - Ask Aids Map - map location for 500 HIV/AIDS organizations in W.cape
ADOPTION
www.nisc.co.za Child Welfare/Adoption/Abuse
www.adoption-advice.com Practical advice on adoption
www.adoptionsa.co.za S.A. & International
www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/directories/services/11575/17448
ALLERGIES
+27 (0)21 447 9019 - Society
www.allergysa.org - (ALLSA) Allergy Association of S.A
www.kinesiologysa.co.za - Association of Specialized Kinesiology - Allergies or food intolerance
ASTHMA
www.asthma.co.za Info & support
+27 (0)51 522 3581 - Asthma education Programme -Support AUTISM
+27 (0)11 486 3696 Autism (ASA) support group
www.autismcongress.com
www.autism-sa.org Support
www.autismwesterncape.org.za Autism Support W.Cape
BEDWETTING
+27 (0)83 289 6640 Enuresis (Bedwetting) Help line Mon-Fri 8h00 - 17h00
BEREAVEMENT
+27 (0)21 863 8566 Cot Death support
+27 (0)21 438 9357 / +27 (0)11 440 6322 / +27 (0)13 752 4450 Compassionate Friends-support for parents/siblings/grandparents-child loss
www.babyangels.co.za Support for parents - loss of a baby
www.aplb.org - Pet Loss - Support
+27 (0)21 863 8566 - Cot Death - Support for parents with loss of infant due to cot death
+27 (0)11 440 6322 / +27 (0)13 752 4450 / +27 (0)21 438 9357 - Compassionate Friends - support for parents/siblings/grandparents - loss of a child
BIPOLAR
www.bpkids.org Support for kids with Bipolar Disorder
www.dbsalliance.org - Support
www.bpkids.org - Support for Children with BD
www.bipolar.co.za South African Bipolar Site Support & Info +27 (0)82 551 44592
skennedy@multichoice.co.za - Family Support
www.anxiety.org.za / +27 (0)11 783 1474 - Support & info
+27 (0)11 614 6853 - Gauteng Mental Health Support & info
BIRTH DEFECTS
+27 (0)21 938 4364/7 Birth Defects Clinic W.Cape - support
BLIND & VISION IMPAIRED
www.blind-institute.org.za - Institute for the Blind
BONE MARROW
www.sunflowerfund.org - Bone Marrow Donors 0800 121 082
BRAIN
www.braingym.org SHOP Brain stimulation
CANCER
www.oggi.co.za Skin cancer info
www.cansa.org.za +27 (0)11 616 766 / +27 (0)21 685 6169 - (CANSA) Cancer Association of S.A. Support
www.leukemia.co.za - Leukemia support
+27 (0)21 919 8040 - GVI Oncology - Support for cancer patients & their family
www.plwc.org.za - People living with cancer
www.hospicecare.com/directory/south-africa.htm - Support for the Terminal ill & Family
www.momentsintime.co.za / +27 (0)86 166 6600
www.cancernews.com - Cancer info
www.hanmorbears.co.za Please support Hanco Viljoen -14 year old cancer sufferer - by donating Bears for Children with cancer fax +27 (0)86 678 2772 / info@hanmorbears.co.za
www.choc.org.za Childhood Cancer Foundation of South Africa
www.connorgerber.com Neuroblastoma.Help save little Connor of Table View. Funding for treatment
CEREBRAL PALSY
+27 (0)11 726 8040 (NDPCP) Cerebral Palsy support
CHARGE SYNDROME
tferreira@mweb.co.za or +27 (0)12 662 0056 - CHARGE Syndrome - Support group
CHERE BOTHA SCHOOL
+27 (0)21 919 6961 - W.Cape School for learners with special needs -Down Syndrome & Mental Disorders CHILDCARE
+27 (0)21 674 6689 MARY POPPINS - Au Pair College & Placement services - Cape Towns Prefered Childcare Provider mpoppins@mweb.co.za
CHILDLINE & LIFELINE
0800 055 555 - 24H tolfree / 082 233 2333 CHILDREN'S FUND ORGANIZATIONS
www.kidshospital.co.za - Red Cross Childrens Hospital Trust - Fundraisers Cape Town +27 (0)21 686 7860
www.mandela-children.ca Nelson Mandela's Children Fund
www.reachforadream.co.za - (RFAD) Reach For A Dream - Help make a childs dream become a reality CHILD PROTECTION ORGANIZATIONS
0800 055 555 - 24H tolfree / 082 233 2333 - Childline & Lifeline
+27 (0)11 793 5033 - Child Abuse Action Group
+27 (0)21 592 2601 - Child Protection Organization Cape Town
+27 (0)11 403 3413 - Child Protection Organization Gauteng - Johannesburg
+27 (0)12 353 5867 / 10 - Child Protection Organization Gauteng - Pretoria
+27 (0)51 447 9808 - Child Protection Organization - Bloemfontein
+27 (0)31 307 7000 - Child Protection Organization - Durban
+27 (0)11 793 5033 - Child Abuse Action Group
www.childsafe.org.za (CAPFSA) +27 (0)21 685 5208 - Child Accident Prevention Foundation
www.childwelfaresa.org.za - Child Welfare
CHILDRENS RIGHTS
www.childrensrights.co.za CLEFT PALATE
listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com Cleft Lip & Palate support group
CRISIS & SUICIDE
+27 (0)51 444 5000 - Friends for support
DIABETES
+27 (0)11 447 6265 - S.A.Diabetes Association
+27 (0)21 425 4440 - Diabetes - Westerncape
www.diabetes123.com DISABLED CHILDREN
+27 (0)21 462 41505 (DICAG) Disabled Children - action group support
www.chaelicampaign.co.za Project to help disabled kids
www.shonaquip.co.za SHOP Custom build equipment & wheelchairs for handicaped children
DOWN SYNDROME
www.downsyndrome.org.za Down Syndrome support
www.childrensyoga.com Yoga for children
+27 (0)21 919 6961 - Chere Botha School for learners with special needs- Downs Syndrome & Mental Disorders - W.Cape DWARFISM
lpsa@highveldmail.co.za / 072 077 2318 Dwarfism - support for dwarfs & family
EPILEPSY
+27 (0)21 447 3014 - (SANEL) S.A.National Epilepsy League www.epilepsywc.org.za - Western Cape
FAMILY SUPPORT
www.famsa.org.za Family & Marriage Society - counselling & support
www.parentline.com
www.childrensrights.co.za
FOETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME (FAS)
www.farr.org.za - Foundation for Alcohol Related Research +27 (0)11 489 9509 FIRST AID TRAINING
www.lifeskills4u.co.za Malindy Rosin +27 (0)83 415 9659 First Aid Training - Corporate in the workplace,Private at Home & On-line Training malindy@lifeskills4u.co.za
GENETIC COUNSELLING
+27 (0)11 489 9224 - Assistance with any genetic disorders
+27 (0)11 933 8000 / +27 (0)21 658 5285/ +27 (0)51 405 2911
HEARING IMPAIRED
+27 (0)21 683 4665 (DEAFSA) Deafness & hearing Impaired - S.A. support group
HEART
www.heartpathcommunity.org
HAEMOPHILIA
www.haemophilia.org.za Support - S.A Haemophilia Foundation
INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED
www.avril.org.za Avril Elizabeth Home
LIFE LINE 0800 055 555 tolfree Child & Lifeline
www.lifeline.org.za
24 H Crisis 0861 322 322 - online help
+27 (0)11 715 2000 //+27 (0)11 728 1347 - JHB
+27 (0)31 312 2323 - KZN
+27 (0)21 461 1111 - CAPE TOWN
MATH & ENGLISH PROBLEMS
www.kumon.co.za toll free 0800 002 775 Kumon Centres - National
MISSING CHILDREN
www.missingchildren.co.za Missing children S.A
www.missingkids.com Missing Children Global & South Africa
MULTIPLE BIRTHS
10118 (SAMBA) South African Multiple Birth Association
0861 432 432 Support & info NEW CHILDREN-INDOGO/CRYSTAL/STAR
www.indigodreams.net The New Children
www.indigoessences.com The New Children
www.starchild.co.za The New Children
www.thecrystalchildren.com The New Children
www.theindigochildren.com The New Children
www.planetlightworker.com
www.starchildascension.org / www.starchild.co.za
www.indigochild.com - The New Children - info
www.megagifted.org
www.angeltherapy.com
www.childrenofthenewearth.com
+27 (0)21 438 0980 - Naomi Solomons
melee@global.co.za - Dr. Elaine Lee
+27 (0)11 783 5661 kate@starchild.co.za - Kate
+27 (0)21 852 6510 celia@starchild.co.za - Celia Fenn
NAZARETH HOUSE
www.nazhouse.org.za - Support indigent elderly & orphans
NUTRITION
www.nutritionexperts.co.za - Info
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
www.otasa.org.za Occupational Therapists South Africa
ORPHANS & THE HOMELESS
www.nazhouse.org.za Nazareth House - support for orphans
www.cotlands.org Support for children affected by HIV / AIDS www.orphancare.org.za Rehabilitation of HIV/AIDS pos children in KZN
www.sosvillages.org.za SOS Childrens Villages - care for homeless children
www.orphancare.org.za - Rehabilitation of HIV pos children in Kzn
ORGAN DONOR
www.odf.org.za / 0800 22 6611 - Register Online & help save a life.Thousands of people on waiting lists for transplants
PARENTAL
www.parentline.com
PHYSIO THERAPISTS
www.physiosa.org.za Physiotherapists South Africa
POISON
0800 333 4444 / 0800 111 990 /+27 (0)21 931 6129 POISON INFORMATION CENTRES
POST NATAL DEPRESSION (PND)
www.pndsa.co.za - Post Natal Depression Support Assoc
PREGNANCY CRISIS
+27 (0)11 646 5641 - Pregnancy Crisis Personal Telephonic counselling
+27 (0)12 343 6401 - Teenage Pregnancy Guidance & support
PREMATURE BABIES
0860 727 736 S.A.Preemies - National support group for parents of premature babies
PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF S.A.
+27 (0)11 486 3322
RAPE
www.rapcan.org.za - Support.Prevention of child abuse & neglect
www.speakout.org.za - Support
www.rapecrisis.org.za - rape crisis Support
+27 (0)11 642 4345 - Rape Crisis Centre - Support
+27 (0)21 447 9762 - Support
RED CROSS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - CAPE TOWN
www.kidshospital.co.za - Red Cross Children's Hospital Trust - Fundraisers cht@ich.uct.ac.za +27 (0)21 686 7860
SHELTERS FOR STREET CHILDREN & THE HOMELESS
+27 (0)11 492 2888 - The Haven - for streetchildren & the homeless - JHB
+27 (0)21 461 7830 - The Haven Shelter - for streetchildren & the homeless - Cape Town
SLEEP APNOEA
+27 (0)82 573 4015 or +27 (0)33 342 1913 - help & support SPEACH IMPAIRED
www.speakeasy.org.za Stutter - support
SPINA BIFIDA
andrea@icon.co.za Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association - support
SUICIDE PREVENTION & AWARENESS
+27 (0)11 783 1474 (SADAG) Support for teenagers - suicide prevention
+27 (0)51 444 5000 - Friends for suicide & crisis support
www.spanusa.org - Info & Support U.S.A
www.psycom.net/depression.central.suicide.html
www.preventsuicidenow.com - Support group awarenes&prevention
TOURETTE SYNDROME
www.tourette.org.au - for info
+27 (0)83 292 5481 Nicollette - support
+27 (0)82 924 4909 Chukie - support TRAUMA CENTRE
+27 (0)21 465 7373 / cvp@trauma.org.za - For Survivors of Violence & Torture YOGA
www.shaktakhalsa.com Yoga for children
OTHER
www.toptots.co.za Mother & Child Workshops
Listings & Changes contact info@newworld.co.za
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