Providing excellent care for children with special needs is a costly challenge. Please see below Sabrina Love Foundation Wishlist – this provides a good idea of the kind of funding that we need every year. Please assist us through a donation or by setting up a Support-A-Star profile if you would like to help with the mammoth task of raising funds.
Thank you! 
Our 2018 Wishlist
FURNITURE
- Office chairs x 4
PRINTING AND STATIONARY – Day to Day running costs
- Photo paper
- Laminating sheets
- Printing paper
THERAPEUTIC RESOURCES
- Wheelchair
- 1 x Baby Madiba Shonaquip Buggy
- 1 x Medium Madiba Shonaquip Buggy
- 1 x Large Madiba Shonaquip Buggy
- 1 x Standard Wheelchair -R14 000
- 3 x Specialized Wheelchairs
- 6 x New Wheelchair cushions
- Standing frames
- 2 x New Standing Frames
- Hydrotherapy equipment
- 2 x Swimming flotation colars
- 2 x Aqua flotation belts
- Plastic table and chairs – R600
SPECIALIST PORFESSIONAL INPUT
- AAC consultant – 3 hours x 3 months @ R350 per hour
- Audiologist – 4 clinics a year @ R1750 per clinic ( 5 hours @ R350)
- Orthotist – 4 clinics a year @ R1750 per clinic ( 5 hours @ R350)
- Nutritional consultant/ meal planner – 12 hours @ R350 per hour
- Speech therapist – 4 hours a month @ R350 per hour
GENERAL EQUIPMENT
- Changing bench in the bathroom
- Outside play equipment – hoops, balls, basket ball net, skipping rope
- New bus to transport children
- Jack for taxi
- Wheel chair ramp – R2000
- Toolbox for wheelchair maintenance – R1500
CLASSROOM RESOURCES
- Sewing equipment- needles (plastic and normal), felt, material
- Galaxy Tablets
- Magic Scissors (pack of 6 left hand) – R110
- Magic Scissors (pack of 6 righ hand) – R110
- Special needs adapted scissors – R300
- Tuck shop stand –
- Large carpet/ mat for 10-16 year old class
GENERAL CONSUMABLES
- Nappies
- First aid kit
BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE
- Fan for current wendy house
- Wendy house classroom for 0-4 year olds
KITCHEN
- Cutlery and crockery for children’s meals
- Baking trays x 2
- Pots
- Frying pan
- Dustbin
- Additional shelving
HUMAN RESOURCES
- 3 x Classroom facilitators @ R 3600 per month
Our ongoing needs as follows:
Professional Care – Occupational Therapist
Our Children require increased professional care such as occupational therapists and speech therapists on a regular basis.
Annual Cost: R132,000 for additional speech therapist or OT
Professional Care – Physical Therapist
Currently our budget only allows for part time care. Our wish is to employ more full time therapists.
Annual Cost: R48,000 provides for additional 2 visits per week to day care centre.
Specialized Equipment
Children requiring power chairs, standing frames and IT Equipment to aid learning and coping.
Annual Cost: R50,000/power chair
Nappies
Either a supply of nappies or funding for 20,000 nappies per year
Annual Cost: R40,000
Stipends for Parents
Parents are provided with a monthly stipend of R1,500 per month to assist with the additional costs of raising a special needs child.
Annual Cost: R90,000/family
Transport
Besides the daily transport to our day-care centre the funds required are specifically for families with their children that need to be transported to Medical centres for treatment and check-ups. I.e. Between Plettenberg Bay, George and Cape Town
Annual Cost: R100,000
Care Givers in the Community
A great success has been the integration of special needs kids into main stream creches within the community. To allow this to happen we need to have dedicated care givers to accompany these kids and provide full time attention daily at the crèche. This has proven to be a very effective way for children to learn vital life skills, integrate into the community and reduce costs of the alternative being housed at the day care centre.
Annual cost of one Care Giver: R43 200
