Impilo Child Protection and Adoption Services will focus on community outreach in 2026.

Impilo Child Protection and Adoption Services reflected on 2025, thanking donors and sponsors for a successful year.

Impilo director, Sue Krawitz, said, “Our abandoned baby rescue kits received a generous boost from a radio station, and with this donation, we were able to purchase branded bags and stock them ready for distribution. We have distributed to various police stations, support services and security companies.”

Impilo will continue to drive the project into 2026 and beyond.

Mandela Day was another highlight for the Child Protection and Adoption Services, which resulted in 100 new mom packs being filled.

“These have been distributed to hospitals, clinics and directly to mothers.”

An anti-bullying programme was also launched, which will focus on schools as a response to bullying becoming a crisis in communities and schools.

In conjunction with a stakeholder, Impilo also launched its teen pregnancy programme and has trained volunteers who will be working in schools in Alexandra.

Impilo will monitor, supervise and continue to train volunteers in an effort to address the teen pregnancy crisis.

Gender-based violence has been declared a national crisis, and Impilo is in the process of finalising a community-based intervention that will start in 2026.

Krawitz added that another highlight was employing a project manager for all their programmes, “She has been very involved in community outreach in Alexandra, and recently she participated in a GBV awareness march in the community.”

She noted that while Impilo continues to offer traditional statutory and adoption services, it is focusing largely on community outreach.

“We will be working closely with the police and other organisations in the community.”