About Us

The Lighthouse Children’s Shelter is based in Rustenburg, South Africa, and is a registered place of safety for children in crisis situations. Many of these children are orphaned due to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic and in their short lives, have only known neglect, abuse and abandonment.

The shelter was birthed out of the tremendous need to combat the effects of the Pandemic on the future generation of our country and provides both short and long-term care for these children at risk.

As a non-profit organization, the Lighthouse Children’s Shelter with it’s committed staff members and volunteers, works tirelessly to ensure the best possible care for these children and strives to restore love, hope and a future for them. Many of these children will be placed in adoptive families, both locally and in other countries. Some may never be adopted and others might not survive the devastation of HIV/AIDS, but the shelter is committed to each child as an individual no matter what they have been through or what the future holds.

Our Vision
It is our Vision to bring HOPE to children in a hopeless situation. By partnering with the greater Rustenburg community, it is the desire of Lighthouse Children’s Shelter to firstly, provide a safe and loving environment to abandoned, neglected and HIV positive children, saving their lives from abuse and premature death. Secondly to place these children with adoptive families in South Africa and around the World.

Board Of Directors
Dr. Neil van Schalkwyk—Chairman of the Board
Marie van Schalkwyk—Neo Birth Crisis Centre
David and Janis Betzer—Lighthouse Children’s Shelter
Charles and Stefni Kendall—Neo Birth Crisis Centre
Johan van der Westhuizen—JP Associates
Jim Morkel—Rustenburg Assembly of God