M.t.r. Smit
Investment Services in Port Elizabeth

M.T.R. Smit - Kinderoord - Children's Haven - Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

The Children’s Haven originated during the Great Flu of 1918, when a substantial number of parents died and children were orphaned. This lead to the establishment of an orphanage at Ugie in the North-Eastern Cape, as a community based and community driven, non-subsidized welfare organisation. The Children’s Haven was officially established in 1922, when the government admitted the first children to the orphanage. Smit Children’s Haven, named after its founder, relocated to Port Elizabeth in 1987, in an effort to improve its capacity to render services to the community. The Haven ensures that conditions are created for the optimum development of all children in order to constitute a social investment in a healthy and able nation. The Haven aims at meeting the special needs of children that would ensure the development of children physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. The Haven aims to provide quality services and excellence, transparency, and accountability. The programmes presented at the Children’s Haven promote non-discrimination, tolerance, mutual respect, diversity, and inclusion of all groups of society. As the family is regarded as the basic unit of society, our goal is to facilitate the provision of appropriate services to both the child and the family system. Regardless of the length of stay or the statutory reasons for admission, each child is afforded an appropriate programme of care and therapeutic development. Each child is also afforded personal privacy and is given the opportunity to participate in sport, cultural and recreational activities. The Children’s Haven embarks upon many fund-raising efforts to raise efficient funds in order to provide to all the children’s multitude of needs. Submitting financial proposals to trust organisations & Corporates. Children’s Haven consists of six houses, three for boys and three for girls. It is however important to foster healthy relationships between the elderly and the children of MTR Smit. Older persons are often isolated and the Haven’s children have been emotionally neglected by their primary caregivers. Therefore it is a win win situation to create opportunities for where the children and the older persons can get together. MTR Smit also provides transport to the shopping centres for the residents of Crystal Gardens on a weekly basis. Our mission is to ensure that medical services are provided to the children in the Children’s Haven and maintain the health of all 93 children. Children have the right to an effective and efficient medical service by competent service providers in a caring and friendly environment. Obtaining full medical history of the child on admission to the Haven from relatives, friends, medical reports or social worker.