About the Makeba Centre for Girls

Instead of asking for cash, we'd appreciate any donations towards our wishlist of items that the Centre needs most.

The following items would make a huge difference in the girls' quality of life at the Centre: 

  1. Oxford dictionaries in English / Afrikaans / Pedi / Zulu
  2. Sponsor for stationery
  3. Printer / fax / scanner / photocopier
  4. Laptops / computers
  5. Training - Basic Qualifications of Child Care (BQCC) for home mothers
  6. Training - Refresher for social worker on child abuse treatment
  7. Vehicle - an 18-20 seater minibus
  8. Sponsor for groceries and meat
  9. Digital camera
  10. Washing lines
  11. Electric fencing to improve security
  12. Electric motor for gate
  13. Pallisade fencing at the entrance before the gate
  14. Burglar bars on the upstairs windows
  15. Window handles and panes need replacement
  16. Repairs to kitchen cupboards and drawers / refurbished kitchen
  17. Dining table and chairs
  18. Kitchen furniture, appliances, pots, pans, cutlery and other general kitchen equipment
  19. Shower in main bedroom needs to be repaired
  20. Multi purpose hall with day care centre
  21. Accommodation (facility extension) built to specifications of a home with sufficient ablutions and individual cubicles facilities for 80 to 100 girls
  22. Handyman / Plumber on call
  23. Architect
  24. Construction Manager
  25. Pool maintenance
  26. Garden tools / equipment and industrial lawnmower
  27. Paving / concrete slab for extra-mural activities e.g. netball or soccer field and goal posts
  28. Sports equipment and indoor games e.g. table tennis
  29. Beds, bedside pedestals and clothes cupboards
  30. Blankets
  31. Oil heaters
  32. New clothing and shoes for girls 10 to 18 years old
  33. Toiletries (soap, toothpaste, roll-on, spray and body lotion)
  34. Radio & CD player
  35. Music CDs / DVDs
  36. A TV
  37. A DVD player
  38. Edutainment videos / DVDs

If you or your company can help with any of the items mentioned above, we would be extremely grateful if you could contact:

Patricia Nkwanyana
Centre Administrator / Secretary
Tel / Fax: 011 805 1150
Cell: 072 887 1718
Email: info@makebacentre.org.za