Janet’s Junction Community Hub

We gave been hard at work for over 5 years now. Join us on our journey as we continue to grow. Janet's Junction is not only about giving away meals. We aspire to help people uplift themselves - we want to give folks a hand but not a hand out. Some of the people who receive support from us help by cleaning the outside of the premises or contributing in various other ways. Children are encouraged to

keep the park clean, adults are asked to respect the facilities by queuing and waiting their turn with patience. Some of the adults receiving support give back to the community by participating in the Phoenix Neighbourhood Watch patrols or assist by logging Service Requests for the City of Cape Town to attend to various issues that need to be addressed.. Our main focus at the moment is building up our School Support group. Children are being left behind at school in classes that are too big for teachers to provide personal attention to stragglers. We aim to build a program that will assist some of these children by giving them focused attention in the areas that they need help in. We have 12 students at the moment who are in need of assistance with various subjects. This is being facilitated by access to MTN Online Classroom sessions, as well as hands on guidance from volunteers who come from the greater Milnerton community. All of the students have been given access to computers to gain some computer literacy skills. These students are keeping up with their school work and will in the longer term be paired with younger students who need help with their subjects. We hope to grow this group to 16 students - which is what our current resources allow for. The program is evolving organically and we are pleased with its progress. If there are any people who would like to assist by mentoring one or groups of students, please e-mail [email protected] or [email protected],