"On your marks, get set, ready, but before you go, turn around to see who you can take with you."
Dr Don Mattera - NACCW Patron
Empowering Child and Youth Care Workers Nationwide
NACCW has been working to improve the quality of services and care for vulnerable and at-risk children and youth since 1975 through promoting the field of child and youth care and developing the skills and abilities of child and youth care workers so that they are able to provide services and advocate on behalf of children within a committed Child Rights Framework.
NACCW is a registered membership-based professional association with individual members and NPO members that provide child and youth care services to children and youth. NACCW is also a membership-owned non-profit organisation (NPO) that implements programmes through child and youth care workers for supporting children, youth and their families.
Every child deserves a nurturing and
supportive environment to thrive and succeed.
National Association of Child Care Workers
Learn about our Isibindi Ezikoleni Project
The Isibindi Ezikoleni model (meaning ‘courage in schools’ in isiZulu) aims to improve the well-being of vulnerable and at-risk learners with their safety, education, health, and psychosocial needs through school-based child and youth care work. Isibindi Ezikoleni supports the retention and progression of learners by providing targeted school-based child and youth care academic development and psychosocial support services.
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Our Current Partners & Funders
We are deeply grateful for the generous support of our partners and funders, whose contributions have played a critical role to enable the work of the organisation to flourish.