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The children in our ECD Centres have continued to benefit from the books received from Bookdash.  The Facilitators were taught by Cecily Fraser (KidZAid)on how best to engage the children in

The ECD children at the Zwelibomvu Centre enjoying a lesson on shapes and colours.

The children in our ECD Centres have continued to benefit from the books received from Bookdash.  The Facilitators were taught by Cecily Fraser (KidZAid)on how best to engage the children in

Cecily Fraser from KidZAid led an interactive workshop on  April 30th, focusing on effective group work strategies for Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Aftercare volunteers. At the workshop, Cecily demonstrated how

The Saturday Kids Club at Thornwood continues to thrive this year, and now has 50 children from eight different schools attending regularly.  A new Club was launched in KwaNdengezi in

The ECD and Aftercare celebrated Valentine’s day in style – making their own cards to take home to family and friends.

Our four Aftercare Centres reopened in January. It is good to have a safe space where the children can go after school and have fun, a meal and have assistance

Our four ECD Centres opened their doors again in January, with many new little ones joining for the first time.Here they are playing hard, working hard and sleeping hard.

Our School Support Groups have started again in 2024.One of the High school groups in Zwelibomvu having fun together before getting down to some of the more serious discussions about

At the end of November and early December, many year end parties and even some graduations were celebrated in all the Centres and the Groups. Learners from Weavers Nest Preschool

KwaNdengezi U12 Soccer Club were very excited to show off their new soccer kit. The After school club is a project sponsored by McCords Trust. The KwaNdengezi team meets every

In November, 10 unemployed youth from our communities attended a four day Woodworking workshop. Here they are displaying some of their finished products.The youth were also shown how to make

COC in partnership with iKhwezi Lokukhanya Community Resource Centre held a Heritage day event in Zwelibomvu on the 29th September.  It was attended by 94 youth and adults plus representatives from

COC in partnership with Thornwood Umphakathi Community Organisation (TUCO) organised a Heritage Day event on the 27th September.   Over 100 learners attended the event.  A number of our network partners were also

On 1st September COC, together with Love and Care Centre (KwaNdengezi CBO) and Khayalami Network Centre, hosted a Career Expo for learners from Grades 6 to 12 from the three

On 28th August, 4th year students from the UKZN Occupational Therapy department visited COC and shared own ways we could assist children in our programmes who have learning difficulties.  Lots of learning

At the end of July, we said goodbye to Luyanda, our ECD Specialist.  Luyanda has been instrumental in getting our ECD Centres to the level they are now and we

The preschool children at the Zwelibomvu ECD centre learning about animals and their sounds.

40 High school children from our school group programme, attended a weekend Leadership camp.  The purpose of the camps is to equip these teens with the tools necessary to lead