iThemba Labantu - Lutheran Community Centre

iThemba Labantu - Lutheran Community Centre iThemba Labantu is a Community Centre situated in Philippi, one of Cape Town's poorest townships Health care (AIDS-clinic)
2. Nutrition (feeding schemes)
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The Lutheran Community Centre assists the township communities through the following fields of operation:
1. Income generating projects (beadwork, ceremics,sewing)
4. Education (pre-school, computer lab, business courses, motor mechanics and installation of solar systems)
5. Youth work (gym, karate, soccer, drama etc.) Visions of Youth Work
- Create equal opportunities for Youth of historically disadvantaged areas and balance social injustice within society
- Create a place of love, safety, acceptance
- Encourage them to believe that they can achieve everything they want in life
- Balance social problems through working with their strength and build up self-esteem
- Create a safer Philippi and South Africa through building up Youth

Aims of Youth Work
- get kids off the street
- teach them to integrate into groups and work together
- build up trustful relationships with them
- help them to get their lives into order
- teach them life skills
- provide education and deal with their social/family problems

Our current youth projects
- Marimba project – 20 kids between 11 and 17 years
- youth/drama group – 30 youngsters between 15 and 23
- soccer – 120 youngsters between 8 and 25
- karate – 20 kids between 6 and 18
- basketball
- youth counselling with school leavers
- school after care program

It was a special day for our grade R learners that graduated from the pre-school. They were amazing! Thank you Principal...
16/11/2025

It was a special day for our grade R learners that graduated from the pre-school. They were amazing! Thank you Principal Charlene and your team for teaching them so well!

Well done to our solar/plumbing and mechanic students that completed their five month- long training. We are proud of yo...
15/11/2025

Well done to our solar/plumbing and mechanic students that completed their five month- long training. We are proud of you and wish you all the best for the future!

Thank you Kirsten and Axel for visiting us. We hope to see you in future again!
14/11/2025

Thank you Kirsten and Axel for visiting us. We hope to see you in future again!

The Department of Health came today and ensured that our six- year- old pre-schoolers and morning class learners receive...
13/11/2025

The Department of Health came today and ensured that our six- year- old pre-schoolers and morning class learners received their mandated vaccination against Diphtheria and Tetanus.

Every week our pre-school and monrning class kids are get taught water safety and swimming skills at the local pool. The...
07/11/2025

Every week our pre-school and monrning class kids are get taught water safety and swimming skills at the local pool. These skills keeps them safe as there are many waterlogged areas in our community which puts a risk of drowning. It is also an essential life- skill that boost their self-esteem and obviously it is fun as well!

Our solar and plumbing students are busy with their practical training
06/11/2025

Our solar and plumbing students are busy with their practical training

Our pre-school and morning class kids enjoyed themselves to the fullest during their end of the year outing. They had a ...
31/10/2025

Our pre-school and morning class kids enjoyed themselves to the fullest during their end of the year outing. They had a lot of fun at Bucs Park and enjoyed their meal at McDonalds.

Every Saturday 25 of our students attend a special music program at the College of Music at the University of Cape Town....
30/10/2025

Every Saturday 25 of our students attend a special music program at the College of Music at the University of Cape Town.
The youngsters showed at the the end of the year concert what they have learned throughout the year. Their level of performance was just amazing!
Thank you to the Philipp Mattmann Foundation that initiated and finance this program!!

Over 300 children participated in our Philipp Lahm tournament. Eight soccer teams (U8, U10 divisions) competed against e...
29/10/2025

Over 300 children participated in our Philipp Lahm tournament. Eight soccer teams (U8, U10 divisions) competed against each other. The netball tournament catered for the U17 age group.
Thank you to the Philipp Lahm foundation that made this tournament and the centres sport program possible.

The concert of our grade 0 and grade 00 was just mind- blowing. Well done to all pre-school teachers who taught the kids...
28/10/2025

The concert of our grade 0 and grade 00 was just mind- blowing. Well done to all pre-school teachers who taught the kids so well!

Today we welcomed a group of visitors all the way from Austria. Thank your for taking the time to learn more about iThem...
27/10/2025

Today we welcomed a group of visitors all the way from Austria. Thank your for taking the time to learn more about iThemba Labantu

Our morning class kids enjoyed their special outing to the Be up Park at the Waterfront!
24/10/2025

Our morning class kids enjoyed their special outing to the Be up Park at the Waterfront!

Address

Cape Town
7750

Website

http://www.berliner-missionswerk.de/partner-projekte-weltweit/projekte/suedafrika-ithe

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