Gallery of Projects done since 1998
The involvement noted with the projects below have been based on :
Broad knowledge and experience with IDP, IRPs, Nodal Artea etc .
First hand knowledge and experience of social concerns and strong holds of a community
A Holistic approach to ensure a sustainable changes or development
Various private and public partnerships
1. Arts and Culture development
Project in the inner City of JHB for MES. Teaching street children skills beadwork and art for creating cards.
2. Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Various projects’ with various partners Two outstanding projects:
a. Swim SA – teaching kids in the inner City how to swim
One child per day drowns in SA
b. Marketing of pre-school in the inner city for corporate funding
Parents with young children usually start to work at 7 am – putting them in a position of having to ask somebody to take care of their child from 5 am in the morning. This resulted in a high child abuse rate in the inner city of JHB. Pre-schools were introduced to operate from at least 6am to:
Keep children safe
Help skills development of children to take place on all levels
Ensure appropriate health care for children
Food security for children
c. Computer Literacy Classes
Early exposure for kids to competency to prepare them for school
3.Environment
a. Recycling project with Pickitup in JHB
Different bins were introduced at the Kingsway Campus at the University of JHB to separate waste from sources. The project was expanded to the regions 25 suburbs surrounding UJ. Clean-up days were also introduced in the area.
b. Parks Alive Project with the University of JHB and SA Birdlife
Two parks were the focus here: the Westdene Dam and the Kingston frost park in Brixton
The focus was to make the parks a safe area. The parks were cleaned and the historic wealth of these parks were established:
Water impact study was introduced at the Westdene dam
Fauna and flora were identified and labeled
A memorial stone was erected to commemorate an accident that took place at the dam
Community fun days were held to bring people back to the park
Community committees were established to run these projects
c. Clean-up days
Monthly clean-up projects to teach communities to care for their own environment
d. Greening project
Tree planting
Garden competitions
4. Poverty Alleviation
a. Winterhoop project
This was a national initiatives with Newspapers and radio stations, with the focus on providing drop- off points for people to donate clothes and blankets in winter time for NGO’s to use in-house for clients.
b. Food Kitchen
The establishment of a space where people could receive a proper plate of food but that was not just a hand out. A space where proper records were kept of individuals and families receiving food security. This was used by Child welfare organizations to ensure that food security was intact for high risk families and individuals.
c. Food Gardens
Two major projects – one with Street children and one with Gogo’s caring for other elderly people and small children
d. Training
Home base care with young adults as the first stepping stone to inter into nursing – People that took this course was not formally employed but had their own “business” by caring for the sick and elderly and receiving a stipend from government
Computer Literacy training
Beading training
Cooking/Baking classes
5. Crime prevention
a. Crime awareness days with all role players in crime prevention
b. Sports Development
c. Drug addiction prevention training
d. Holiday programs to keep kids in high risk child abuse areas out of harm’s way
6. Health Care
a. AIDS Education
b. First aid training for young mothers
c. Sports days for the Elderly 1999 – 2011
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