Community Outreach Centre St. Mary's

Community Outreach Centre St. Mary's COC, St. Mary's is a registered NPO, providing care and support to 5 disadvantaged communities.

On the 17th Of February 2026, we had a training on Financial Literacy at Kwandengezi. 💸A lot of people find themselves ...
01/04/2026

On the 17th Of February 2026, we had a training on Financial Literacy at Kwandengezi. 💸

A lot of people find themselves not having money left over even if they earn a decent salary. That is a problem that can be easily solved with intelligent budgeting. The Out Surance facilitators were at Kwandengezi aftercare assisting our children's guardians and youth make their money work for them. You don't need to be a high earner to budget well or even start your own business. You just need to know your goals. Knowing them helps you plan best on how you can go about achieving them. Community Outreach Centre, St Mary’s is grateful for this continued partnership is 2026.☺️

20th of March 2026. Community Outreach Centre and Childline KZN, in partnership with the Department of Community Safety ...
01/04/2026

20th of March 2026. Community Outreach Centre and Childline KZN, in partnership with the Department of Community Safety and Liaison, Lifeline, and Kwandengezi SAPS had a dialogue about sexual abuse with Umthala Primary School children. 🗣️

It was interactive. The adults found themselves learning a lot from the children. We are grateful to the Principal, and the teachers who welcomed the programme and supported us in making it possible.🙏

On the 10th of March we had a workshop of unemployed youth at Zwelimbomvu where by we invited Rk khan social worker call...
16/03/2026

On the 10th of March we had a workshop of unemployed youth at Zwelimbomvu where by we invited Rk khan social worker called Xolani Mkhize who did a training on financial leteracy to develop our community on how to save, invest and manage responsible money. 💵

After the training was finished the youth suggested to start income generation projects and skill developments.
- - Sewing
- - Basic computer Training
- - Nailing
- - Baking

We than separated in groups and sewing project will be starting on the 16 of March and the other group we are still trying to get people that can help us. We had 40 youth who attended and thank to COC for gifting them with shoes. 👠🥿
Shoes were donated by AVI.🙏

The Thornwood ladies sewing project has re-opened in year 2026 and they have begun sewing a very beautiful short for chi...
16/03/2026

The Thornwood ladies sewing project has re-opened in year 2026 and they have begun sewing a very beautiful short for children. 🩳🩳
Their plan is to advertise the short so who ever is interested should place an order and they will sell it either individual, group or you want to donate to some children you are more than welcome to place an order Community project.☺️

On the 13th of March we had an awareness at Delani Primary school for grade R and 1....the vision behind this awareness ...
16/03/2026

On the 13th of March we had an awareness at Delani Primary school for grade R and 1....the vision behind this awareness was because of high rate of alleged r**e cases reported in Thornwood. COC had partnered with UKZN Occupation Therapy to teach them on understanding their body and knowing the red flags when someone tried to touch the in the wrong way and to know that it is important to report whenever there is someone who touch or do things they are not comfortable with. 🫸
We had reached 450 learners who attended. Awareness will be still continuing with other grade and aim to reach all souronding school in the area.🙅‍♂️🙅‍♀️

Last year 2025 while working in the community the Project Officer (PO) and community caregivers discovered a young mothe...
22/02/2026

Last year 2025 while working in the community the Project Officer (PO) and community caregivers discovered a young mother of 3 who did not have an ID document and her 3 children who did not have birth certificates.... we have encouraged and adviced her on the importance of getting an ID and in October 2025 she got her ID.🪪

Great news: the kids also have birth certificates and Child support grant application is in a process. 📁

This year we started the process of getting birth certificate for her 3 children so that she can be able to get Child support grant and on the 12 of Feb 2026 she recieved her children´s birth certificates and with the help of COC we are in the process of applying for child support grant.

Community Outreach Centre, St Mary’s had the privilege of being invited to RK Khan for a multi-sectorial training on the...
22/02/2026

Community Outreach Centre, St Mary’s had the privilege of being invited to RK Khan for a multi-sectorial training on the Domestic Violence Amendment Act, Child Justice Amemdment Act, Sexual Offences Amendment Act, Thuthuzela Model, Medical Evidence collection and Child Interviewing.
The above topics were led by the Thuthela Care Centre and the National Prosecuting Authority and the SAPS Lab. They all demonstrated the exact processes that take place between the period of a violation taking place, and prosecution. We got to hear of success stories, and also gaps and challenges of getting convictions.
The key take away in all of this is that crimes need to be reported as much as possible for so that less cases land up as cold cases.📝

Happy Valentine's Day to all the moms, dads, grannies, grandpas, uncles, aunts. 🥰🥰😘"For the love you pour out to me, the...
22/02/2026

Happy Valentine's Day to all the moms, dads, grannies, grandpas, uncles, aunts. 🥰🥰😘
"For the love you pour out to me, the smiles that comfort me, and the arms that protect me. This is my way of giving the love back to you."😇❤️🧡

On the 4th of Feb 2026, Zwelimbomvu Aftercare celebrated world reading day.📚📖The books were donated by KidZAid.☺️
05/02/2026

On the 4th of Feb 2026, Zwelimbomvu Aftercare celebrated world reading day.📚📖
The books were donated by KidZAid.☺️

The Luganda and Kwandengezi Christmas Parties 🔔 and Graduation ceremonies 🎓 went well. This could not have been possible...
03/02/2026

The Luganda and Kwandengezi Christmas Parties 🔔 and Graduation ceremonies 🎓 went well.
This could not have been possible without the assistance of our sponsors, known and anonymous. From décor to the delicious food, it all came together because of them. Thank you to all who made the parties a success! 🙏🤩😇

These are few of the Zwelimbomvu youth that study cashier at Vusintshayezwe NGO in Durban.🙌10 Zwelimbomvu youth had an o...
08/01/2026

These are few of the Zwelimbomvu youth that study cashier at Vusintshayezwe NGO in Durban.🙌
10 Zwelimbomvu youth had an opportunity to study Cashier, computer course at Vusintshayezwe NGO in Durban. 📖📝
They would like to continue open more other opportunities like nail technician, sowing skill facilitating.🎨💅🏾

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2 Khanyisa Rise
Mariannhill
3624

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Monday 07:30 - 16:00
Tuesday 07:30 - 16:00
Wednesday 07:30 - 16:00
Thursday 07:30 - 16:00
Friday 07:30 - 15:30

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+27317001527

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