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Siyakwazi began in 2011 through working alongside Masakhane, a locally based community care centre that made referrals into homes of children with disabilities. Recognising a need to provide specialised services for children with disabilities, Siyakwazi was formed to provide inclusive services of all children within ECD centres, support to families through home-based programmes as well as support for local schools. Programmes were established within the community and later a need for having a base from where all the activities moved out from the Siyakwazi Resource centre was built in 2018. Today this base offers a hub of support including a toy library

We want to see inclusive communities where all children 0-7 years are given equal opportunities to learn.

Siyakwazi Is a community-based organisation that strives to reduce the damaging effects of stigma, exclusion and lack of essential Interventions for children with disabilities and those at risk of getting left behind. Through our unique early interventions, family and teacher participation as well as awareness strategies, we ensure that all children develop holistically and reach their full potential.

Supporting children with disabilities Siyakwazi creates an ‘eye opener’ into the potential of every child to learn and supports teachers and parents/guardians with specific ways to include children with disabilities and/or learning barriers with specialised tools and resources. Siyakwazi follows a holistic model of inclusion to support children with disabilities. The model is based on Siyakwazi’s principles of supporting early identification and intervention.

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