Since the start of BAHASI, in 2004, a main goal was to give young children in vulnerable situations a free education and child care. Since then we have expanded to having the preschool be one of the many programmes we run for the vulnerable childen in our community. Currently we offer free education to 103 Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs) under the age of eight, at our childcare centre. We also provide the OVCs with two meals (breakfast and lunch) each day. The department runs a pre-school and a standard 1 & 2 program for the children who are taught by teachers Monday to Friday. These teachers often work without pay on a voluntary basis with extremely little resources. BAHASI is currently working on getting our teachers proper training and resources. We are also working on achieving a sustainable income through implementing organisation-wide IGA’s, in order to pay all the staff a fair salary. If you are able to help and donate to classroom books, suplies and teacher wages we would be very greatful and you would be ensuring a healthier learning environment for our vulnerable children.
