What we do
The Thandanani centre has, since its inception, worked diligently to achieve the objectives it has set for the organisation.
The core objectives are:
To provide the best possible care
support and services to community members in need.
To rid the community of drugs
through awareness and interventions
To support and assist
those who have become drug addicts in their road to recovery.
To provide support and guidance
to ex-offenders and those who come in conflict with the law.
To facilitate skills development
and empowerment programmes, through partnerships.
To seek opportunities for volunteerism
and job placement for young people.
Our Focus Areas
Access to formal academic education using digital content
We expose our students to various education perspectives towards life and build positive spirit.
Psychological Support
We initiate a support service in our to provide psychological support to our students.
Parents Counseling
We join parents’ with community officers operating counselling programmes to motivate parents.
Our Programmes and Services
Thandanani is a youth driven
passionate and focused group of volunteers striving to find new and innovative ways to uplift our community, as well as ourselves. We are at the heart of the battle against poverty, unemployment and drug abuse that is ravaging our community. In the years of serving our community we have come to witness and realise that indeed prevention is better than cure and education is the chief cornerstone and enabler of any growing nation. For many years Thandanani has actively advocated and fought against Drug and Substance abuse in the Mamelodi community. Thandanani is guided by the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Act (Act 70 of 2008) and especially chapter 4, in terms of implementation of prevention and early intervention services. Thandanani is actively involved in the activities of Local Drug Action Committees as required by the National Drug Muster Plan section 60 of the act.
The services and programmes provided by Thandanani
were developed and adapted over the years to meet the changing needs of community members, especially those of children and young people living in difficult circumstances. The programmes and services rendered by Thandanani are provided on an on-going basis and are aligned to Prevention; Early Intervention, Rehabilitation and Reintegration. Thandanani aims to address a whole spectrum of socio-economic ills and to cater for the specific needs of individual, depending on each one’s own personal requirements, in terms of their most basic needs and where they are on the road to recovery or in their search to finding meaning and purpose in life. Our services and programmes support these categories of intervention in the following ways.
