The children at this time also began to attend the Cathedral church on Sunday evenings where they received hot tea and sandwiches. The Masincedane Children’s Project was launched by these two churches and the Grahamstown Child and Family Welfare Society. It was decided in 1993 that a building was needed to provide children with a safe warm place to sleep. Transnet Limited was approached and the former train driver’s rest house was purchased. Transfer of the building took place in 1994, and so the Masincedane Children’s Shelter was launched. The shelter was run by a sub-committee of the Grahamstown Child Welfare Society, donations and assistance were received from the religious and business sectors as well as from various community service organizations in Grahamstown.

In 2001 The Eluxolweni Charitable Trust was launched and the shelter was renamed Eluxolweni Shelter [This means a place of safety and forgiveness]. A management committee responsible for overseeing the functional running and policy development was established and is answerable to the Board of Trustees. A Manager/Fundraiser was appointed to run the organization. The Eluxolweni Shelter was re-registered as the Eluxolweni Child and Youth Care Centre by the Department of Social Development in April 2015.

The concept has broadly grown over the years since the establishment of the Eluxolweni Child and Youth Care Centre. The Eluxolweni C.Y.C.C does not only show love and care for boys in need of care who are from Grahamstown. It has been able to expand its reach and services to all parts of the Eastern Cape namely East London, Uitenhage, Queenstown, Port Alfred etc. The Centre admits boys through an applications system and focuses mainly on vulnerable and neglected young boys from the age of 8- 18. Aftercare services are rendered to ex–boys of the Centre