About John Wesley Children's Home

Our Vision

• To offer a residential care programme best suited for teenager girls.
• To see abandoned, neglected, rejected teenage girls lead stable lives and reach their full potential as responsible adults contributing positively to society.
• To provide a happy, safe and secure home for teenage girls.
• To be a highly respected source of hope in the community with the goal to bring about long term positive change in the lives of the children and the community.

Our values

• Our values are to enhance the psychosocial functioning and development of teenagers girls in our program.
• To accept the responsibilities of ensuring that we respond to and maintain high standards of practice in: -good governance; effective management; optimization of resources; successful fundraising; productive relationships with government, beneficiary communities, donors, sponsors, and the general public; careful administration of our organizations; and ethical behavior.

Our Mission

• To create focus on the developmental, therapeutic, recreational, educational, health and safety needs of wards of the court children
• To assist the girls in becoming skilled and independent individuals

Our Donors & Supporters

JOHN WESLEY CHILDREN’S HOME is a Ministry of Kempton Park Methodist Church, we receive a subsidy from the Department of Social Development and obtain contributions from private donors. The Department monitors and evaluates the running of the Home on a regular basis.

We are dependent on effective fundraising to be able to sustain our parenting and fostering activities. Fundraising / networking initiatives include partnering with the Beeld Children's Fund, Women’s Spring Day Teas, and exposure by the local newspaper, Kempton Express, to mention but a few.

We have received donations in cash and other forms of support from individuals, corporates and local business. We express our gratitude to all the donors and supporters in all respects, big or small. We also appeal to all potential contributors to contact us if you feel the urge to make a difference in society, and to reach out to those who start life with a greater challenge than others.

Corporates who contribute to JOHN WESLEY CHILDREN’S HOME may gain BEE points in the Social Development contribution element. We are also able to issue form 18A tax certificates.