Dove's Nest - Place of Safety

Mrs Isilda Felix was successfully screened by Child Welfare Tshwane and is registered at the Department of Social Development as a Temporary Safe Care Parent. She has been rendering this service in the community for many years (since 2001). Our mission is to welcome babies or children in need of care and protection to our home once they have been legally placed by social worker’s with court orders pending the Children’s Court Investigations or the adoptability investigations. We provide a safe and caring residential facility for children who are placed in our care. Babies and children are placed at Dove’s Nest for various reasons, each case and child is unique. We try to fulfil all their needs until their investigations are complete and they move to their forever families/homes or until they are able to support themselves and are independent. The first baby was placed in our Temporary Safe Care “our Dove’s Nest” in 2001 and since we have had many babies and success stories. Dove’s Nest was their very 1st home where they were cared for, loved and nurtured until the social workers were able to declare them legally adoptable and placed them with successfully screened adoptive parents and forever families. Many families stay in contact after the adoption. We are a Place of Safety or like a surrogate family for children in need of care and protection in crisis situations. We believe that we have the responsibility to take care of children for our nation as today’s children are tomorrow’s adults!