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Fostering a child

Children are placed in foster care for different reasons, which include abuse, deliberate neglect and exploitation.

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Older persons community-based services

Community-based care promotes good health and prevents sickness while providing the elderly with rehabilitative care.

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Older persons residential facilities

The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) is dedicated to upholding, safeguarding, and advancing the rights and well-being of older individuals.

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Substance Use Disorder

This service is dedicated to mitigating the impact of Substance Use Disorder.

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Child Care and Protection Services

Our Child Care and Protection Programme aims to safeguard and promote child well-being and build the resilience of families and communities to care for and protect thei

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Education

Online educational and development activities for children

Many parents and other caregivers now have to take care of their young children all day at home due to the closure of ECD centres and playgroups as part of the measures

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Land Use Management

The main function of the sub-programme: Land Use Management is to protect the agricultural land of the Western Cape with the aim of maintaining a sustainable agricultur

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