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In the late 1960's a growing need for an institution taking care of adults with cerebral palsy was experienced in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa. In response to this need Pevensey Place was opened in 1972 as a joint venture between the national Round Table of South Africa and the KwaZulu-Natal Cerebral Palsy Association.

The Round Table is known all over the world for its work with the underprivileged, while the KwaZulu-Natal Cerebral Palsy Association is a privately run organisation with no state funding, depending on the good will of individuals and organisations (and a lot of voluntary work) to raise funds to provide adequate facilities and an improved quality of living to these adults with cerebral palsy.

Pevensey Place is situated on an 80 hectare farm in the foothills of the Southern Drakensberg mountains, near the town of Underberg in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa.

The farm operates on a 'Kibbutz' system, where every resident is responsible for a task within his/her capabilities, whether it is working on the farm, assisting other residents who are less mobile or who have a more severe mental disability than themselves, helping in the kitchen, etc.

Because all of the residents are to a certain extent mentally and/or physically impaired, this serves to give them a sense of purpose in life and self worth.