Tembisa Child Welfare has been in existence for 38 (Thirty Seven) years. The organization’s major aim is to look after abandoned, abused, and lost; HIV/AIDS infected and affected orphaned, neglected and battered kids. These kids are then placed with foster care or adoptive families. Those who are not having foster care or adoptive families are looked after in our two Children’s Homes.

A, INTRODUCTION:

For the year 2023 we have made plans to help not the children in our care only but to also extend our projects to the community due to high unemployment rate and poverty within the community of Tembisa, Phomolong and Winnie Mandela Areas.

B, PLANS:

1. Early Childhood Development:

• We need to increase more kids in our Pre-schools. Therefore, we need to employ 2 qualified Teachers.

• We also need to take 4 existing Teachers to study NQF level 4 in ECD and 3 Teachers to study NQF level 5 in ECD.

We have a certificate to teach Grade R at our 2 (two) Pre-schools.

2. Protection of our OVCs (Vulnerable Children) and their families:

• Besides children in our 2 Children’s Homes, we have foster-care children in approximately 1500 families. Some of these families are very poor to an                extent we had to augment their survival with “food parcels”. Therefore, we have planned food gardens using Urban Farming for 100 (hundred) families          as a start. We need Garden tools and seeds for these families to seriously learn food production in their small gardens. We desperately need a young              man and a woman to supervise that these gardens to become a success. This will help families not to depend on hand-outs like food parcels!

• We are going to recruit 20 people (man & women) to learn sewing skills, i.e. clothes production. Both the food garden and the sewing group will be                trained on entrepreneurship skills to be able to sell what they produce. We will need raw materials and cottons to teach this groups.

• We will also recruit 20 man & women at a group of 5 people per 6 weeks to learn Baking at our centre. We will need ingredients like flour, margarine,            eggs, pans, mixing bowls, etc, to teach the Baking group. They will also be taught entrepreneurship skills.

NB:   As we do our normal work of foster care among the communities, we also come across survivors of GBV (Gender Based Violence). We will also include                  these groups in our training, partnering with POWA (People Opposed to Women Abuse). As we train people we hope to get Cooperate World’s donations              of Sewing Machines, Small Gas Stoves (for Baking); Gardening Tools & Seeds.

C, COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS:

• Once a quarter our Social Workers will visit Schools to talk against Teenage Pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and saying “No to Drugs”!