Esterhof

Esterhof got its name from Mrs. Ester Knobel. She was on the Management of the children’s home for many years.

PERSONNEL

Child Care Worker:
Alta Booysen

Relieve Child Care Worker:
Nellie Swart

Assistant:
Eunice Lephuting

COMPOSITION

Alta, Danie and their daughter, Chantelle stay in Esterhof with 12 boys. The youngest is 7 and the eldest 17 years.

INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

The boys are interested in rugby, cricket, soccer, tennis, fishing and music.

CHURCH AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The Dutch Reformed Churches that are involved are Bethlehem Efrata, Parys South, Parys West and Reitz West.

They treat the boys with sweets and fruit, as well as presents and birthday parties.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HOUSE

Our boys like to play cricket or rugby on the grass.

CHURCH AND SCHOOL PARTICIPATION

We attend the Dutch Reformed Church Bethlehem West and the boys also participate in the Sunday school.

The boys attend four different schools: Voortrekker High School, Truida Kestell Primary School, Maluti Hoogland Special School and Bethlehem Combined School.

NEEDS

• Kitchen-dressers
• Wardrobes for the rooms
• Fishing equipment
• Kettles, irons, frying pans, bedding as well as crockery for the boys who leave the centre at the end of the year.