On The Sparrow

On The Sparrow The founder of this centre is very much aware of the stigma attached to the multiple special needs people.

Our mission is to provide special needs children and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the best quality of care we can in a warm, friendly and homely environment whilst at the sametime educating and equipping them with skills. She understands the physical, social and emotional needs of special children and their families. She plans to use this centre to bridge the gap that she has identif

ied between the children, their families, community and the trained professional medical practitioners. Special needs schools in the townships seem to lack resources, expertise and qualified personnel to cater to the different needs of each child, due to lack of funds so as to improve their facilities. The children are not considered as “disabled” but just as “differently abled”. Our Mission is to:
a) To build a firm trust with parents, enabling them to feel fully confident in leaving their child with us, knowing that the care we offer will provide the child enjoyment in a safe relaxed environment where their individual developmental needs will be met. b) To offer age-stage appropriate programs to the children with activities provided that will foster independence, and develop children’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive skills. The programs will provide the basic building blocks to enhance pre writing, pre number and pre language skills. c) To offer programs that will develop a child's enquiring mind, develop their creativity, language, imagination, confidence, fine and gross motor skills, sharing skills, and conflict resolution skills. d) To provide an environment where children will accept others and be assisted to share, meet challenges, and strive to achieve - while accepting limitations, interacting and playing with children, and developing their self image and self esteem. e) To provide an awareness of the community through outings and excursions so as to broaden children’s experiences and language skills. f) To have program flexible themes and concepts, which are developed on what interests the children, and then introduced according to their developmental and age-stage individual abilities. g) To encourage parents to have input at committee level, daily group participation and program development, or attending workshops and seminars. h) To ensure Care professionals will are qualified, or are undertaking study to gain relevant necessary qualifications. The Centre is open from 8:00 am — 5:00 pm to cater for the needs of parents.

04/06/2026
28/05/2026

Good morning friends and family 🤗. As we prepare for today and tomorrow our food pantry needs to filled up as it is currently empty. We have zero food items, zero green gel. We have absolutely nothing to feed our kids with 💔. We need all the help we can get. Any food item and 2 bottles of green gel will make a huge difference. Please help us,. We can't afford to let our kids starve when they are so dependent on us for meals 🙏🥹. Please share our post 🙏Our banking details are as follows:
ON THE SPARROW DAYCARE, FNB ACCOUNT NUMBER 62632990158.
Thank you 🙏

Condolences to the family of one of our fathers, Oom Pete Steyn. A man who had a heart of gold. A man who became a grand...
26/05/2026

Condolences to the family of one of our fathers, Oom Pete Steyn. A man who had a heart of gold. A man who became a grandfather to our kids at Sparrow. Your unconditional love and care you had for our kids was admirable. The times you spent with our kids to bond with them, made them feel seen and appreciated. May your beautiful soul rest in peace. May God be with your family during this time.
We will miss you dearly.

25/05/2026

Good day friends and family 🤗. As we prepare for tomorrow and days ahead, our food pantry needs to filled up as it is currently empty. We need the following food items:
10kg Rice
10 kg Mealie meal
5kg Sugar
2L Cooking oil
10 cans of Pilchard
10 cans of baked beans
5 bottles of Green gel for cooking each from Shoprite. May you please share our post. Our banking details are as follows:
ON THE SPARROW DAYCARE, FNB ACCOUNT NUMBER 62632990158.
Thank you 🙏

Great news! Someone gifted us with a heater for this winter🤩. No more freezing days for us and our kids. Only challenge ...
22/05/2026

Great news! Someone gifted us with a heater for this winter🤩. No more freezing days for us and our kids. Only challenge is this baby works with paraffin. Paraffin costs R45 per litre. We desire to buy at least 5 litres of paraffin to ensure that we keep our kids warm during those ice cold days🥶 All we are asking for are R5 donations to guarantee us some warmth during this winter. Our bank account is ON THE SPARROW DAYCARE, FNB ACCOUNT NUMBER 62632990158. Please share our post.

We have managed today to clean up and pave the way to one of our classrooms. We are super excited about this progress. I...
13/05/2026

We have managed today to clean up and pave the way to one of our classrooms. We are super excited about this progress. It wouldn't have happened without your help as our community. We are not out of the woods yet. We still need to tackle project 1, project 2 and project 3 tomorrow. May you please share our posts as we need all the help we can get. Our bank details are as follows: ON THE SPARROW DAYCARE, FNB ACCOUNT NUMBER: 62632990158. Thank you so much for your unwavering support. We truly appreciate it.

Please help us!!!Today is day 2 of our OPERATION CLEAN UP. We still cannot access our classrooms because of sewerage flo...
13/05/2026

Please help us!!!
Today is day 2 of our OPERATION CLEAN UP. We still cannot access our classrooms because of sewerage flooding within our yard. Our kids on wheelchairs cannot come into our premises still🥹😢We desire to complete the yard clean up today so that we can focus on fixing the ceiling leakages inside of our classrooms tomorrow. We need help with: Buckets, Shovels, Lots of Refuse bags, Disposable rubber gloves, Rain boots for 5 adults even if they are secondhand, Jeyes Fluid disinfectant for the bad sewerage odour in our premises 🤢and more sealing tapes for more leakages we discovered in our classrooms. May you please spread the word on our behalf.
Any form of assistance will be highly appreciated.
Our bank account is: ON THE SPARROW DAYCARE, FNB ACCOUNT NUMBER:62632990158.
Please share our post. Thank you

Please help us!!!Currently we cannot access our classrooms because of sewerage flooding within our yard. Our kids on whe...
11/05/2026

Please help us!!!
Currently we cannot access our classrooms because of sewerage flooding within our yard. Our kids on wheelchairs cannot come into our premises and all of our kids cannot play outside and even on the trampoline.We desire to do a proper yard clean up tomorrow. We need help with:5 Buckets, 3 Shovels, Lots of Refuse bags, Disposable rubber gloves, Rain boots for 5 adults even if they are secondhand, more sealing tapes for our rusty roof. May you please spread the word on our behalf. We are stuck and unable to be productive. Today we had no choice but to use our residential home to accommodate all of our students. It was cosy but still limiting us.
Any form of assistance will be highly appreciated.
Our bank account is: ON THE SPARROW DAYCARE, FNB ACCOUNT NUMBER:62632990158.
Please share our post. Thank you

Please help us!!!Our ceiling has collapsed. We desire to fix our roof by buying 10 sealing tapes and 2 ceiling boards. F...
09/05/2026

Please help us!!!
Our ceiling has collapsed. We desire to fix our roof by buying 10 sealing tapes and 2 ceiling boards. For the sewerage flooding we desire to buy some Jeyes fluid for cleanup and odour removal. Any form of help will be highly appreciated. Our bank account details are: ON THE SPARROW DAYCARE, FNB ACCOUNT NUMBER: 62632990158. Please share our post. Thank you

06/05/2026

Good day everyone.Due to having no electricity and experiencing bad weather we are unable to charge our devices using our solar panels as there is no 🌞. We are therefore unreachable until the weather clears on Friday the 8th of May 2026. Apologies for any inconveniences caused. It's beyond our control 🤷🏻‍♀️

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9 Dippa Place
Port Elizabeth
6200

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 15:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 15:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 15:00
Thursday 08:00 - 15:00
Friday 08:00 - 15:00

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+27784265293

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