LOERIE YOUTH CENTRE
The Loerie Youth Centre is a children’s home, situated in Bronkhorstspruit and currently accommodates 35 underprivileged children, as well as 3 students (who grew up in Loerie) at the North West University (PUKS).
The socio-economic situation in our country has led to the necessity for such a centre. The parents of these children can for various reasons, no longer provide a healthy and safe environment for them. The children and students are fully dependent on the Loerie Trust for all their needs.
The children at the centre are brought up within a strong framework of love and discipline and they have a happy and positive outlook on life. As their academic achievements are also of utmost importance to the Trustees and staff, the children are given all the support and attention that are necessary to assist them in their studies.
The Loerie Youth Centre Trust was established during April 2000 by 8 businessmen and women, who saw the desperate need to provide a stable and secure haven for children. It is a non-profitable institution and is solely the responsibility of the Trustees. They don’t receive any subsidy from the state. The maintenance of the Loerie children’s home requires phenomenal amounts and include monthly rent, medical expenses from time to time, daily transport, and salaries, just to name a few.
LCA decided to donate R8000 to them which they could use as they seem fit.
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