Child safety

Community care

Adopting a child

The decision to adopt is life changing for both the respective parents and the child.

Community care

Giving a child up for adoption isn’t always easy, the decision requires a lot of thought to ensure that it will be in the best interest of the child.

Community care

Children are placed in foster care for different reasons, which include abuse, deliberate neglect and exploitation.

Despite the difficult fiscal and economic situation the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) finds itself in – as all other...

While many revelers rang in the new year on beaches across the Western Cape, staff from the provincial Department of Social Development (DSD...

Summer is around the corner, and with it comes the spirit of joviality, but the season also calls for caution on various fronts. The Western...

On 30 July 2023, we will observe World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. This year’s theme from the United Nations Office on Drugs and...

When a child is being abused, neglected, or exploited, they are in need of care and protection. The Western Cape Department of Social...

“We need to remember that every child is my child. Every child deserves to be acknowledged and seen as such and not for their disability.” –...

“If you have the means to give a vulnerable child love, care, and stability – please do not hesitate to do so. Sometimes we envision the...