Pebbles Project
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Pebbles Project is a humanitarian project located in the Stellenbosch area outside Cape Town
in the Western Cape
Province in South Africa
. The main scope for Pebbles is to support children with special educational needs as a consequence of alcohol related dysfunctions for example like Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
. The project aims to support children to increase the chance for them to be well adjusted and have a fruitful education by giving them extra support before they enter regular school.
The project especially target children of land workers at the wineries in the Stellenbosch wine district. These wineries also support the work done by the Pebbles project.
The children are staying daily at so called Crèche
s where they develop through games and playing in a structured way.
Pebbles Project also train crèches-workers, teachers and parents having children in their close environment in the Pebbles target group. The project also establish new locations, often in cooperation with the wineries, and renovate already existing locations.
The Pebbels Project is financed through donations from companies and private persons, government support, sponsorships, fundraising activities etc. The project is currently managed by Sophia Warner.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
in the Western Cape
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
Province in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The main scope for Pebbles is to support children with special educational needs as a consequence of alcohol related dysfunctions for example like Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a pattern of mental and physical defects that can develop in a fetus in association with high levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Current research also implicates other lifestyle choices made by the prospective mother...
. The project aims to support children to increase the chance for them to be well adjusted and have a fruitful education by giving them extra support before they enter regular school.
The project especially target children of land workers at the wineries in the Stellenbosch wine district. These wineries also support the work done by the Pebbles project.
The children are staying daily at so called Crèche
Crèche
Crèche may refer to:*Day care center, an organization of adults who take care of children in place of their parents*Nativity scene, a group of figures arranged to represent the birth of Jesus Christ...
s where they develop through games and playing in a structured way.
Pebbles Project also train crèches-workers, teachers and parents having children in their close environment in the Pebbles target group. The project also establish new locations, often in cooperation with the wineries, and renovate already existing locations.
The Pebbels Project is financed through donations from companies and private persons, government support, sponsorships, fundraising activities etc. The project is currently managed by Sophia Warner.