
Ride For a Child 2024
- By: Gerrit Delport
- Short URL: https://archive.backabuddy.co.za/ride-for-a-child-2024
- Date Created: 1 December 2023
Personal message
I am once again riding for Home of Hope and their wonderful work. This year, I have the privilege of riding for their Special Needs school, Amathemba.
Together with Home of Hope, I believe that every child with special needs should have the right to access education, so I commend Home of Hope's work. Amathemba was founded to meet and address the educational needs of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder who, because of the nature of their cognitive, behavioural and emotional needs, are not able to be met within the traditional school system. It is one of the few schools in South Africa that provides for the unique requirements of children with FASD and similar neurological disabilities.
At Amathemba, their qualified teachers, therapists, and support staff teach 36 Learners from a core curriculum, which comprises many learning programs that have been carefully chosen and adapted to their children's unique requirements. They follow an individual learning approach to assist children in learning at their own pace and offer skills development programs and therapeutic support.
They offer additional support to learners from impoverished communities by providing food and clothing while being educated.
Will you stand with me and actively support the school, making a huge impact in the community and achieving remarkable progress in educating children deemed uneducable?
The funds raised will be donated to Amathemba School in aid assisting them with their educational needs, such as resources required, meals to be made for learners who do not have food, and any other requirements they have to ensure they provide the best quality of education to children deemed uneducable and continue making the difference they are already making.
Donations
- Feb 20, 2024 - USD $ 26.48
- "Give it Horns" - Anonymous
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Home of Hope

Home of Hope was started in 2005, and we are an NPO that cares for abandoned and abused children and children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD – permanent brain damage caused by pre-natal exposure to alcohol). We are a registered place of safety and we have 19 children in our long term community based foster care.
The organisation also caters for the special educational needs of children suffering from FAS (Foetal Alcohol Syndrome) and neurological challenges, in our Amathemba Learning Centre. There are currently 37 children at our Amathemba Learning Centre.