Scalabrini has published two posters that clarify the difference between a refugee and a migrant.
The posters also seek to raise awareness around the rights and responsibilities of migrants and refugees in South Africa.
The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (SCCT) and the Somali Association of South Africa (SASA)
are disappointed that the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has failed to re-open the Cape
Town Refugee Reception Office (RRO), as ordered by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in
September 2017. Read our press release here.
The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town now offers a new and free platform to connect employers to skilled job seekers in Cape Town. In a job market where finding trustworthy, hardworking employees remains one of the greatest challenges for successful business owners, Scalabrini aims to fill this gap through its job placement service.
Here we explain the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office closure case and its implications.
Maxie studies social work and is completing an internship with the Welfare Programme at Scalabrini. Here she reflects on her work at the centre.
A group of Cape Town’s migrants and refugees have launched their heartwarming collection of tales in a new book, ‘In My Shoes’.
Lawrence House is a registered child and youth care centre based in Woodstock, Cape Town. Lawrence House can accommodate up to 25 children and youth and specialises in the care and protection of unaccompanied foreign minors and refugee children, as well as of children who have experienced trauma.
What happens to youth who, upon reaching independence, have left Lawrence House? We meet Fred, who spent several years of his childhood at the children’s home.
Lawrence House is a registered child and youth care centre based in Woodstock, Cape Town. Lawrence House can accommodate up to 25 children and youth and specialises in the care and protection of unaccompanied foreign minors and refugee children, as well as of children who have experienced trauma. What happens to youth who, upon reaching independence, have left Lawrence House?
We meet Ashalina, who spent several years of her childhood at the children’s home.
Lawrence House is a registered child and youth care centre based in Woodstock, Cape Town. Lawrence House can accommodate up to 25 children and youth and specialises in the care and protection of unaccompanied foreign minors and refugee children, as well as of children who have experienced trauma.
We meet Kelly, a former volunteer and current donor to Lawrence House.
Founded in 2005, Lawrence House is a registered Child and Youth Care Centre providing care and protection to unaccompanied foreign minors and refugee children. We meet Romina Meneghetti who is the senior child and youth care worker at Lawrence House.
