LIV CAPE TOWN
LIV CAPE TOWN PROVIDES PLACES OF SAFETY AND CONNECTION WHERE CHILDREN IMPACTED BY DIFFICULT EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES CAN HEAL AND GROW
Every day, innocent children endure abuse, neglect, poverty, and unstable home environments – experiences that leave lasting marks. These early wounds often show up as behavioural struggles or academic challenges. Without support, the weight of trauma can grow heavier over time, affecting mental health and limiting a child’s ability to thrive in school and in life.
RESPONDING WITH LOVE
Through trauma-sensitive early childhood interventions, we ensure each child feels seen, heard, loved, and supported. Our therapists and teachers collaborate with families, sharing the responsibility for each child’s well-being.
Early Years Education
Therapeutic Interventions
RAISING A GENERATION OF CHILDREN WHO THRIVE
We run an Early Childhood Development Centre in the heart of Fisantekraal, providing full-day care for 100 preschool-aged children. Whether in our modern classrooms, expansive playground, or sensory food garden, we use trauma-informed practices and activities to support emotional regulation and the development of healthy relationships.
Our centre focuses on three core areas: providing children with an excellent education; combating malnutrition and hunger through the provision of daily nutritious meals; and creating a safe environment to support emotional healing.
Our team is made up of kind and caring individuals, most of whom come from the very community we serve. Having faced and overcome significant challenges themselves, they lead with empathy and are committed to improving the lives of the children in their care.
HELPING CHILDREN FEEL SAFE, LOVED, AND HEARD
Located in a high-poverty community, many of the children in our care carry deep emotional wounds, and their development has been disrupted by traumatic experiences. Yet with the right environment, a child’s brain has the remarkable ability to heal.
Our therapeutic approach includes compassionate behaviour management, a structured social-emotional learning program, a variety of joyful and enriching regulating spaces and experiences, and one-on-one play therapy sessions.
COMPELLED BY COMPASSION
Rob and Niki Mason’s journey began in 2015 after meeting Tich and Joan Smith, who inspired in them a deep sense of purpose. Feeling called to make a difference in the lives of South African children, they relocated their family to Cape Town and joined the LIV family.
Their early work involved running sports programs and school literacy groups in under-resourced communities. The COVID-19 lockdown provided an opportunity to undertake door-to-door food relief work in Fisantekraal. During this time, the community voiced a common concern about a lack of quality pre-school education facilities. This desire to meet a critical community need gave birth to LIV Cape Town.
On the 2nd May 2023, the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre opened its doors, offering a safe, loving, and nurturing environment for up to 100 vulnerable children.
Our holistic approach to child development supports each child’s physical and emotional well-being. Our desire is to raise a generation of children who don’t need to recover from their childhoods.
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