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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NUMBER: 1768 DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 06 MAY 2022 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER: 16 - 2022 1768.
Ms B S Masango (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: What (a) total number of children were orphaned in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2021 in each province, (b) programmes have been and/or are being put in place to address and support orphaned children, (c) total amount of the budget has been allocated towards the support of orphaned children, (d) total number of nongovernmental organisations, childcare homes and government-run orphanages are in each province and (e) is the bed capacity (i) for each orphanage and (ii) nationally in orphanages?
NW2097E REPLY: (a) The table below reflects the number of children that are orphaned for the period 2018 to 2020.

(General Household Survey report published in 2021.)

The figures for 2021 are not yet released by Statistics South Africa.
Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape Total b) Department is implementing a Community-Based Prevention and Early Intervention Programme called RISIHA, which provides Core Package of Services (CPS) to vulnerable children which among others include orphaned children.
The aim of this 1 programme is to move children from vulnerability to resilience, minimise risk, address the underlying causes of vulnerability or risk, and build a protective environment.

There are seven intervention domains of the CPS which are as follow: • Food and Nutrition which provide a safety net for children within their communities and where they can access food when the food provision in their family is insecure or where the child is at risk of stunting and malnutrition.
Improve children’s food security & nutrition intake by ensuring access to community nutrition opportunities (cooked meals, food parcels), promote adequate nutrition, and track children’s growth to identify stunting.
• Psychosocial support which is aimed at improving children’s mental health by the early identification of children in emotional and psychological distress, extend the implementation of evidence-based social behavioural change programmes, sensitise families on children’s participation in a family matter and promote access to sport & recreation.

• Educational support which is geared towards increasing access to and attendance of school.
The programme includes supporting children to overcome obstacles such as lack of school uniform, transport, lack of parental support for schooling and to support children in their educational performance.

• Economic Strengthening which aims at supporting and increasing the economic base of households through facilitating access to social security grants, entrepreneurial and other economic strengthening activities.

• Child care and protection aimed at preventing child abuse, neglect and exploitation.
It further creates an enabling environment within the home, community and accessible services that will support parents to look after their children.

Health promotion which is intended to improve children’s health through better • access to health care, promote and support access to sexual reproductive health services for girls and boys, and the early identification and support to children with disabilities, promote and support good WASH habits.
• HIV and AIDS services which are aimed at reducing children’s risk of contracting HIV by improved HIV awareness and sexuality education, promoting known HIV status of children, support ART uptake and adherence and mitigating sexual and substance risk-taking behaviour of adolescents.

2 (c) (i) The total budget of R43 407 000.00 has been allocated to children’s services in the national department of social development which is inclusive of orphaned children for 2022/2023 financial year.
This excludes social assistance accessed by the children through Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 and those placed in alternative care in terms of Children’s Act 38 of 2005.

The following indicates budget allocation per individual province.

(ii) Mpumalanga - A total budget of R181 046 000 was allocated towards services that support orphaned and vulnerable children in the 2021/2022 financial year.
These are:  Place of Safety R600 000.00  Child protection Organizations: R27 614 000  Community Based Prevention and Early Intervention programme: R96 856 000  Child and Youth Care Centres R55 949 000 (iii) Western Cape: R9 008 212 (iv) Free State: The total amount of the budget allocated towards the support of orphaned children by Designated Child Protection Organisations through the provisioning of statutory services which includes the investigation, placement and psychosocial support services to orphaned children is R 38 072 million.
The allocation to community-based care and support services is R 14 719 million.

The transfer payment allocated to CYCCs is R 66 068 million rand to provide residential care services including psychosocial services to orphaned children.

(v) Kwa- Zulu Natal: The budget allocated towards support of the orphaned children is under the item Child Protection and Care.

The allocated budget for 2022/2023 financial year is R 421 531 000.00.
3 (vi) Gauteng: The allocated budget for Orphans and Vulnerable children is R 432 705 000 (vii) Eastern Cape: There is no specific or separate budget for addressing orphaned children within Directorate – Child Care and Protection Services.

The budget allocated for Transfer funding encompasses provision of a range of Child Protection Services including services to orphaned children.
Child Protection Organizations = R33 741 179 (thirty - three million, seven hundred and forty – one thousand, one hundred and seventy - nine rand).

This is for rendering Prevention and Early Intervention Programmes as well as Statutory services.

An amount of R61 200.000 (sixty – one million, two hundred thousand rand only) for residential care / CYCCs in respect of children found to need care requiring residential care programme inclusive of orphaned children.
Safety Fees for provision of Temporary Safe Care by Safety Parents = R313.821 (three hundred and thirteen thousand, eight hundred and twenty – one rand).

An amount of R300.000 (three hundred thousand rand) allocated for advertisement / publication in line with Regulation 56 of the Children’s Act in relation to abandoned or orphaned children.
(viii) Northern Cape: total amount of the budget that has been allocated towards the support of orphaned children is as follows: CYCCs Welfare organizations Places of care Good and service = R24 531 000 = R13 692 000 = R227 000 =R2 332 000 (ix) Limpopo - The total budget for Child Care and Protection Services is R23 518 000 This amount is not only for orphaned children programmes but for the entire Child Care and Protection Services Programme 4 (x) North West - Total budget for child care and protection services for 2022/23 allocated as follows: Goods and services: R2 416 000  Transfers: R48 744 000  Compensation: R9 545 500 (d) (i) Below is the total number of non-governmental organisations (drop-in centres) providing services to vulnerable children in the country.
PROVINCE Limpopo Mpumalanga Gauteng Kwa Zulu Natal Free State Eastern Cape Western Cape North-West TOTAL NUMBER OF DIC 455 111 168 217 128 29 15 77 1 200 (ii) Total number of NPO and Government run CYCCs Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KZN Limpopo Mpumalanga Northern Cape North West Western Cape Total NPO 27 52 114 63 9 24 10 10 54 362 Government 3 2 8 7 5 2 1 1 7 35 5 (e) Bed capacity (i) for each orphanage in the province.
(i) Eastern Cape Bed Capacity Child and Youth Care Centres NPO 42 Crossroads Children’s Home 40 Siyakhana YOEP 34 Kieskammahoek 20 Siyakhana YOEP 100 Daily Bread C/O Deerfield 107 East London Children’s Home 45 Good Samaritan Child & Youth Care Centre Masizakhe Children Home 70 Siyakhana Youth Outreach and Education Programme 18 26 Emmanuel CYCC 20 CWSA Tsolwana Sparrows CCYCC 38 Lukhanyo Children Home 78 EP Child and Youth Care Centre 28 ACVV Khayalethu Youth Centre 74 Mtr Smit Children's Haven 93 Oosterland Child and Youth Centre 73 SOS Children's Village Republic of SA 18 Lukhanyiso 30 Maranatha Siyakatala CYCC 26 Khanyisa Children Home 46 Thembelihle Home 52 SOS Children's Villages Mthatha 70 Bethany Home 18 Siyakhana YOEP 54 Mzomtsha Children Home 22 Eluxolweni Charitable Trust 33 Vuyani Thanduxolo Government Erica Protea Maluti Total 65 35 40 1415 (ii) Free State 6 Bed Capacity 12 30 12 122 12 12 24 12 12 28 14 13 Child and Youth Care Centres NPO Amor Child and Youth Care Centre Bolokanang Child and Youth Care Centre Esperanza Child and Youth Care Centre Our Child and Youth Care Centre Tshepang Child and Youth Care Centre Gladstoneweg Child and Youth Care Centre Ntlo Ya Tsotello Gardenia Child and Youth Care Centre Carpe Diem Child and Youth Care Centre Thalitha Cumi Kids Thalitha Cumi Babies Child Welfare Temporal Safe Care Thaba Nchu El Pizo Pelo ya Jeso Iphamiseng Heidedal Youth Mission Setshabelo CYCC Kidz Care Trust( Street Children) Lebone (Not Funded) OCSA Therapea Kids (Not Funded) Hlohloloane Child and Youth Care Centre Lefika Child and Youth Care Centre Marquard Child and Youth Care Centre Memorial Child and Youth Care Centre Senekal Child and Youth Care Centre Vrede Child and Youth Care Centre Charlotte Theron Child and Youth Care Centre David's Place Dumisani Child and Youth Care Centre Hope House Itekeng Disabled Centre Child and Youth Care Centre 12 Welkom Child and Youth Care Centre 12 Welriedal Child and Youth Care Centre 1 13 Welriedal Child and Youth Care Centre 2 30 Winburg Child and Youth Care Centre 15 Thusano Child and Youth Care Centre 12 Maanblom Child and Youth Care Centre Merafong Child and Youth Care Centre 12 Nala re Thabile Child and Youth Care Centre Eikelaan Child and Youth Care Centre House of Hope House Malelane Emmanuel Children's Haven Pres.
Kruger Kinderhuis Letsemeng Child and Youth Care Centre Presidentia Child and Youth Care Centre Bokahosane Ba Bana CYCC Ringerstraat Child and Youth Care Centre Sasolburg Child and Youth Care Centres Sasolburg Child and Youth Care Centre 2 Viljoenskroon Child and Youth Care Centre Government CYCC Leratong CYCC Tshireletsong CYCC Total 12 20 14 30 65 24 12 20 12 12 12 12 50 60 1270 (iii) Gauteng 12 10 12 50 86 20 20 Child and Child and Youth Care Centre Bed capacity NPO Abraham Kriel -Bermuda House Abraham Kriel -Pomona Abraham Kriel Benoni Acres of Love Chance Children's Home Collin House/ Greater Benoni East Rand Children's Haven5 Muriel Brand street 84 Epworth Children's Village 11 Executive Welfare (Talita) 10 Executive Welfare ( Alberton) 9 Executive Welfare (Morester ) 30 Executive Welfare (Benoni) 12 Executive Welfare (Villa Lethemba) 10 Executive Welfare (Villa Liberi) Executive Welfare(House Impak CYCC 12 John Wesley Child and youth care centre 15 98 Kids Haven Shelter 83 Kids Haven Sunshine Village 36 Siyabonga Children's Home Trust 35 St Francis Care Centre 23 St George's Home 74 Tembisa Child Welfare Tembisa Child Welfare The Almond Tree Tholakele Centre of Hope Abraham Kriel Langlaagte Abraham Kriel-Maria Kloppers Acres of Love Arcadia Jewish children's home Aryan benevolent Aryan benevolent Bethany Girls Home Bethesda Botshabelo Crescent Haven Door of Hope Door of Hope Door of Hope Ethembeni Executive Welfare (Florida Baby Home) Executive Welfare (House Kosmos) Executive Welfare (Wees Gerus) Executive Welfare(Rosettenville Baby Home) Guild Cottage Hearts of Hope Hearts of Hope Ikholwa Community Service Ikholwa Community Service Ikholwa Community Service Johannesburg Children's Home Miracle Mission Nazareth House Johannesburg CYCC New Jerusalem Children's Home Oasis Haven of Love Oasis Haven of Love Siyakhula
 Othandweni Family Care centre Princess Alice adoption home Resthaven Ministries Rhema CYCC SOS Children's Village St Mary's Children's Home St Nicolas Home For Children The House Group CYCC The Kingsway Center of Concern The Orlando Home for children in need of care 20 Uitkoms 90 Villa of hope 14 Yenzani Children’s Home 36 Alfonso Fusco Maria 39 Bethesda Outreach Ministries 36 Bophelong Children's Home 46 Bramley Children's Home 24 Ebenezer House of Hope 20 Good hope Community Organisation 27 Jehovah Jireh Orphanage Centre 250 Jakaranda Children's Home 82 Leamogetswe Safety Home 110 Louis Botha Children's Home 20 Lerato House (TLF) 48 Mohau centre 50 Moepathutse Children Centre 63 President Kruger Children Home 90 SOS Children's Village Tshwaraganang Community Development 36 15 Urbanvest Foundation 62 Ya Bana Village for Children 9 Executive Welfare (House Shalom) 9 Executive Welfare (Huis Naledi) 10 Executive Welfare (House Dorandia) 9 Executive Welfare (Victory Kids) 12 Executive Welfare (House Heneka) 9 Executive Welfare (House Thembelisha) 9 Executive Welfare (House Jabulani) 10 Executive Welfare (House Kideo) 76 Catherine Robson 40 Doulous Ministries of South Africa 16 Emfuleni Shelter for boys 41 Hae Mona Children's Home 60 Kotulong Community Centre 20 Lerato Child and Youth Care Centre 16 Polokong Children's village 50 Polokong Children's village 14 Sedibeng Children's Haven 29 The Executive Welfare Council of the AFM of SA Vereeniging Alliance for street children Bethany House Trust Safe Haven Bethany House Trust Ikusasa 13 107 44 10 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 (iv) Executive Welfare (Umephi El-Dad) Executive Welfare (Umephi Jade ) Girls and Boys Town Kagiso
 Girls and Boys Town Magaliesburg Philani Safe Haven Rhema Hands of Compassion Government Garankuwa Rearabilwe CYCC Desmond Tutu CYCC Don Mattera CYCC Igugulethu CYCC Mary Moodley CYCC Walter Sisulu CYCC Emmasdal CYCC JW Luckhoff CYCC Total Kwazulu-Natal 10 12 70 68 20 36 60 90 75 75 80 90 30 50 5058 Child and Youth Care Centre NPO Pietermaritzburg CYCC Lilly of the Valley CYCC SOS Children’s Village- Grange CYCC Ekujabuleni CYCC Sunlit Garden CYCC Khazimula Children’s project CYCC Salvation Army Joseph Baynes CYCC Benjamin Generation CYCC Esimphiwe CYCC Sikawoti CYCC Assisi CYCC Emseni CYCC Bed Capacity Inathi CYCC Ikhayalethu CYCC Place of Restoration CYCC Rehoboth CYCC Themba Club CYCC Sacred Heart CYCC Doxa Umephi CYCC Home of Comfort CYCC Peter Pearce CYCC St. Vincent Child& Youth Care Centre Streetwise Child& Youth Care Centre Tennyson House Child and Youth Care Centre Malvern Child and Youth Care Centre Ikhethethelo Children’s Village Ethelbert Child and Youth Care Centre Lakehaven Child and Youth Care Centre Abalindi Child and Youth Care Centre Ramakrishna Child and Youth Care Centre St Theresa’s CYCC 32 William Clark CYCC 33 34 Durban CYCC St Martins CYCC 60 57 60 80 50 80 12 55 50 110 50 15 120 52 66 60 40 40 72 54 74 75 12 35 36 St Philomena’s CYCC St Thomas CYCC 37 Wylie House CYCC 40 40 40 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 Girls and Boys Town South Africa- Tongaat CYCC 40 St Monica’s CYCC Aryan Benevolent Home CYCC District 49 CYCC I Care CYCC Othandweni CYCC Siyabathanda CYCC Blessed Gerard’s CYCC Inqolobane CYCC Ikhayalethu CYCC St Joseph CYCC Msawenkosi CYCC Ikhayalikababa CYCC Sizanani CYCC Koningsdal CYCC Inkululeko CYCC Destiny House Children’s Ministries CYCC Mseleni CYCC St Anthony’s CYCC Home Meah CYCC 68
24 20 100 20 13 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Morester-Newcastle CYCC Greytown Child and Youth Care Centre Isiphephelo CYCC Victory Haven CYCC Ikhayalethu CYCC Morester CYCC Government Greenfield Child and Youth Care Centre Zakhe Child And Youth Care Centre Valley View Child And Youth Care Centre Ocean View Child And Youth Care Centre Ngwelezane Child and Youth Care Centre 60 160 14 20 105 150 72 40 60 60 68 Newcastle Child and Youth Care Centre (School of Industry) 100 70 Princess Mkabayi Child and Youth Care Centre 85 Total 3943 (v) Limpopo Child and Youth Care Centres NPO Ngwana House Holy Family Noah’s Ark Takalani Children’s Home Abram Kriel Huis Tekna Huis Talje Thabang Mantadi Government Bed capacity 28 75 50 70 170 56 55 45 34 14 Polokwane Welfare Complex Iris House Mtsetweni Tubatse Thohoyandou Children’s Home Total 80 60 60 30 107 920 (vi) Mpumalanga Child and Youth Care Centre NPO Michaels Children's Village Millenium Home of Hope SOS Children's Village Association of the Republic of South Africa Theresa Willis Home of Hope Uthando House Moses Sihlangu Health Care Centre St John's Care Centre Jinda Child Care Emmanuel's Family Home Uthandiwe Children's Home Ebenezer CYCC Uzwelo Home CMR Child and Youth Care Centre SAVF Louis Hildebrandt Kinderhuis Janell Huis Damesfontein CYCC Phephelaphi Home Suid Afrikaans Vrouederasie Belfast Kinderhuis Kosmos Kinderhave Child welfare SA Africa Emalahleni (Highveld House Place of Safety) Bethesda House Of Hope Middelburg Care Village The Executive Welfare Council of the AFM SA (Umephi) CMR Place of Safety 1 and 2 Government Bed Capacity 18 18 75 15 25 21 55 18 15 25 30 54 70 108 25 20 45 214 75 12 35 108 15 30 15 25 26 George Hofmeyr Thulamahashe CYCC TOTAL (vii) Northern Cape Child and Youth Care Centre Christina Kiddie Sinothando Helen Bishop Jannie Roux VGK Kinder Herberg Bright lights uMephi Bophelo House 1 uMephi Bophelo House 2 De Aar
 Precinct Jogebet Government Lerato Total (viii) North West 60 20 1 206 Bed Capacity 28 35 65 85 80 80 14 10 16 12 40 465 Name of CYCC Bed occupancy 1.
SOS Children’s Village 2.

Abraham Kriel CYCC 3.

SAVF Rethabile CYCC 4.

Morester CYCC 5.

Grace Help Centre CYCC 6.

SAVF Atamelang Shelter CYCC 80 230 150 50 50 20 16 7.

Thakaneng Project Shelter CYCC 8.

Legae la Bana CYCC 9.

Legae Motheo CYCC 10.

Light House CYCC 11.
Reamogetswe CYCC (ix) Western Cape 47 20 20 50 30 747 Child and Youth Care Centres NPO Agape Children's Ministries Children's Home Andrew Murray Children's Home (Badisa) Brave Heart Home (Kidz@Peace Ministries T/A) Herberg Children's Home Jeug Uitreik (Youth Outreach) Overstrand Child and Youth care centre Steinthal Children's Home Sean Kelly ACVV Moreson Child and Youth care centre Bethesda Child and Youth care centre Dorothy Broster Children's Home Huis Triomf Masizame ACVV Bright Lights AFM Executive Welfare Council (House Rock-a Bye House - Kuilsrivier)-East AFM Executive Welfare Council (House Thembiso - Kraaifontein) Baphumelele Children's Home Fikelela Kids Girls and Boys Town Macassar/ Kenilworth Goeie Hoop CYCC Hope and Light Children's Village Huis Susan Lapoorta Bed capacity Heartands Baby Sanctury Masigcine The Homestead - The Bridge on Elukhuselweni (Finalised placement) 36 Courage to Care AFM Executive Welfare Council (House Ubuntu - Goodwood)-North 12 30 Cape Town Multi-Service centre 142 Durbanville Children's Home 60 Holy Cross 17 Home of Hope 25 Lawrence house (Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town) 20 Nazareth House 8 Oranjia Jewish Children's Home Ons Plek Projects for Girls / Siviwe Ons Plek Projects for Girls / Stabilization Programme Percy Bartley House SA SOS Children's Home The Homestead - Intake Shelter (Temporary Placement) Christine Revel Children's Home Heaven's Nest Child care and Recreation Centre HOKISA Leliebloem House Margaret's House Marsh Memorial Home Realistic Child and Youth Care Centre St Georges Home for Girls St Michael's Children's Home Vision Child and Youth Care Centre Vulamasango Elkana Huis Van Heerde Siyabonga-Huis van Danksegging Government Lindelani Child and Youth Care Centre Vredelus Child and Youth Care Centre Horizon Child and Youth Care Centre Clanwilliam Child and Youth Care Centre Outeniekwa Child and Youth Care Centre Bonnytoun Child and Youth Care Centre Kraaifontein ROAR Centre - temporary safe care Total 15 44 80 25 49 15 15 60 16 60 30 36 25 20 36 24 70 20 100 76 155 100 140 130 50 2998 18 (e)(ii) The bed capacity nationally in Child and Youth Care Centres is 18 022 Name of Province 1.
Eastern Cape 2.

Free State 3.

Gauteng 4.

Kwa Zulu Natal 5.

Limpopo 6.

Mpumalanga 7.

Northern Cape 8.

North West 9.

Western Cape Total Bed occupancy 1415 1270 5058 3943 920 1206 465 747 2998 18 022 19