Social Upliftment Services by kerksondermure

Kingdom work on a social level

Why we are involved

Public Benefit Activities

How we operate

Badirammogo Old Age Foundation

Centurion Council for the Aged

Sing for Africa

Waterval Christian Centre â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Feeding the Nation Vegetable Tunnel Project

PEN and the children of the inner city

Safely housing youngsters at Gideon Place of Safety

CANSA-TLC Nicus Lodge

Echo Youth Development

Manna Sonder Mure feeding initiative

Reaching into Olievenhoutbosch informal settlement

Trust, Hope, Faith (THF) youth development project

Counselling Services in local community

Social support services

Contact information

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

~ Albert Schweitzer

Kingdom work on a social level KSM Social Upliftment Services (SUS) was established in 2009 as a section 21 company with the backing of churchwithoutwalls in Centurion. The view was to reach into and change the lives of people in our local communities. It was converted to a Non-Profit Company (NPC) in line with new legislation. The company’s main objective is to “raise funds and utilise the funds to uplift and enhance socially disadvantaged people through social development and poverty relief.” SUS is also registered as a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) with the Department of Social Development, and as a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) with the SA Revenue Services (SARS). Our vision is to contribute holistically to the expansion of God’s Kingdom by means of social upliftment in our communities via credible projects which we verify and continually support. At the same time people are being spiritually renewed. As custodians of finances for the Kingdom we do not just contribute money but also prayer, networking and knowledge sharing across all the projects we support. Contributing to SUS offers businesses the opportunity to meet corporate social investment (CSI) requirements through accredited projects, many of which are also B-BBEE accredited, and qualify for Art 18(A) tax deductions.

Why we are involved SUS community projects empower people by transferring skills and knowledge which are both practical and underpinned by the spiritual growth of the people involved. All of the projects reach right into where local needs are and meet them at source â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether they reach the hungry, the poor, children, disabled, traumatised or underprivileged people: all are focused on giving those in need a new sense of self-worth while empowering them to achieve self-sustainability. The projects represent a Kingdom vision put into action in local communities, with the focus on making an impact for Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kingdom. It is also faith in action. They aim to assist, uplift, support, and develop communities along Christian principles. The result of this is a greater sense of being able to develop local communities and their economies, making an impact on the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy at large by creating jobs and stimulating economic growth on a local level.

Public Benefit Activities Since its inception SUS has spread its wings into many areas of society. Vulnerable groups in our community and individuals in need are reached by the various projects and counseling initiatives. Food, skills and basic life essentials are provided by volunteers and dedicated staff. Aimed at supplying food and providing shelter, uplifting and transferring skills to the needy, underprivileged and jobless people – and assisting with counselling services where needed. Recognised Public Benefit Activities we are involved in:

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Welfare and humanitarian Healthcare Education and development Religion, belief or philosophy Providing financial assets and other resources to approved organisations carrying on public benefit activities.

How we operate SUS is governed by a board of directors consisting of fulltime staff of churchwithoutwalls as well as project leaders in the community. Its Memorandum of Incorporation stipulates that all (100%) proceeds and donations must be utilised for the benefit of Art 18(A) and B-BBEE approved and accredited projects. All management costs and overheads are funded by churchwithoutwalls. A dedicated volunteer or staff member is actively involved in the day to day running of all projects. SUS is audited annually by a SAICA-registered auditing practice and all its supported projects are certified and accredited every year.

Badirammogo Old The Badirammogo Old Age Foundation addresses the needs of the aged in the local community of Olievenhoutbosch, on the southern tip of Centurion. Disabled old people, with their more specialised needs, also find a place of safety that they can call home, where their medical and other daily needs are being taken care of. The facilities currently cater for up to 18 people to be accommodated fulltime and the Foundation is dependent upon donations and financial support from sponsors and donors. It has recently started a vegetable garden with the view to supply its own fresh produce. Primary Objective The aim of Badirammogo is to be a place older people can call home, where the quality of life and a sense of self-worth can be achieved. Legal status • Registered as a Non Profit Company (NPC). Other Attributes • Registered as a NPO with the Department of Social Development. • All SARS and Department of Social Development requirements are up to date. • Qualifies for B-BBEE scorecard points. • Qualifies for Art 18(A) tax deduction. Who benefits from the project 100% Black local elderly and handicapped elderly people.

Age Foundation Future Vision The Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to extend the current facilities to meet the growing need which is due to increasing urbanisation in the black communities. Plans are already being drawn up to build an annex which will extend its services to 34 people. The possibility for a government subsidy exists on completion and approval of the facilities.

Centurion Council The Centurion Council for the Aged is spreading its wings into areas touching not only older people, but other vulnerable groups. Not only in Centurion but also in nearby Olievenhoutbosch, the projects are growing in number as different needs are being brought to the fore and the Council is stepping into the breach. Care of the elderly is based at the municipal offices and takes place on three levels: • Active ageing activities • Social welfare services and • Home based care. Adjunct to caring for older people, a project aimed at people affected by HIV was launched to equip and educate these women while also offering home based care to the sick. Within the boundaries of Centurion itself, the Council is active in rendering assistance to underprivileged older persons with social welfare services which also include provision of food and clothing. In the case of frailty, home based care is rendered. Social workers and caregivers are active across the entire area. Primary Objective To render comprehensive services to older persons and other vulnerable people (HIV/Aids affected) to enable them to live in a dignified way and remaining in the community. Secondary Objectives • To provide prevention and promotion programmes (empowerment, recrea tion, balanced meals, Bible study, counselling and other) which ensure the independent living of an older person in the community in which the older 8

for the Aged person resides. • To provide home-based care to frail elderly in their own environment. • To render social welfare services and protect elderly from neglect, abuse and exploitation. • To network with relevant service providers in order to render a multi purpose and effective service in Centurion. • To function in the context of the Older Persons Act No 13 of 2006. Other Attributes • Registered as a NPO. • All SARS and Department of Social Development requirements are up to date. • Qualifies for Art 18(A) tax deduction. Who benefits from the project In the Olievenhoutbosch community: Older persons, HIV-affected individuals and pre-schoolers in day care. In the greater Centurion area: Older people who experience economic, psycho-social and age related problems.

Sing for Africa Sing for Africa was established in February 2007 to make a difference in the lives of less privileged children. As time progressed the organisation soon realised that children never exist in isolation and if you want to improve their lives their general living conditions and development need to be improved. This refocused the organisation to start right at the roots of their area of interest, with an Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) in Happy Valley, Cape Town. Soon the ECD Centre was simultaneously utilised as a community centre where the parents of the children and other locals from the community were equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to assist them to become selfsustainable in order to not only improve their own living conditions but to provide better for their children. Apart from reaching around 70 pre-schoolers more than a hundred women are involved in spiritual renewal and skills development programmes at the centre. Primary Goal • To spiritually and mentally renew and develop the local communities to improve and sustain their growth and self-worth • To successfully manage and operate the Sing for Africa Happy Valley Early Childhood Development centre to invest in the lives of young disadvan taged children. Secondary Objectives • To raise funds and support and distribute food, clothing and basic life necessities to needy communities. • To develop and support skills development and educational needs within their immediate community and farmworker communities of the ECD to stimulate growth. 10

in disadvantaged communities Legal Status • Registered as a Section 21 Organisation under the category Child care and development, and converted to a Non Profit Company. Other Attributes • Registered as a Non Profit Organisation (NPO). • All SARS and Department of Social Development requirements are up to date. • Qualifies for Art 18(A) tax deduction. Who benefits from the projects Local disadvantaged communities within the Happy Valley en Bottelary areas in Cape Town: 70% black, 20% brown and 10% White. Future Vision To enlarge the Sing for Africa footprint (Impact/difference that they make in the community) by increasing the amount of classrooms, mentors and facilitators to accommodate more children in the ECD programmes and to activate more skills development opportunities within the community.

Waterval Christian Centre - Feeding The WCC Feeding the Nation Vegetable Tunnel Project grew from a call from God and involves the erection of vegetable tunnels and the growing of fresh produce in these tunnels. They are erected in townships and rural areas where poor people struggle to look after themselves. The focus is mostly on schools since most children receive their only daily meal at school. The tunnels give people the opportunity to cultivate, harvest and perhaps even sell vegetables, thus true social upliftment can take place in these communities. The communities have to take ownership of the projects – this ensures success stories where communities can feed their own children. At least six months is spent alongside the locals at each project. Currently all funds are received from CSI funding – and any community, rural or in townships, who want to help itself, can apply for tunnels – provided that they meet with certain criteria, for example availability of water, security, enough space, and a reasonable distance to enable aftercare visits and guidance of the communities. There are currently more than 800 tunnels in operation countrywide. Primary Goal To eradicate poverty by assisting communities to feed themselves through their own efforts. Secondary Objectives To be able to erect 500 new tunnels every year – and train the local community to sustain them successfully.

the Nation Vegetable Tunnel Project Legal Status • Registered as a Non Profit Company (NPC). Other Attributes • All SARS and Department of Social Development requirements are up to date. • Qualifies for Art 18(A) tax deduction. Who benefits from the project Mostly black disadvantaged communities in townships and outlying rural areas. Future Vision To eradicate hunger – and see at least five vegetable tunnels at every township school in the country.

PEN and the children

Children, especially inner city children, are among the most vulnerable groups of our society. PEN works in the inner city of Pretoria and its activities reach far and wide into many corners of the city. More than 3000 children are directly reached by the organisation’s programmes on a weekly basis. Its wholeness programme aims at improving the life quality of people through spiritual and cognitive support, and the childrens’ programmes include both outreaches and regular care groups which meet weekly. Selected inner city schools are visited regularly, where both younger children and teenagers are impacted. Early childhood development is being done at two nursery schools and another 17 struggling inner city pre-schools are assisted with the training of their staff and with resource development aimed at improving the quality of education at these institutions. SUS supports some of the PEN projects and often helps out in times of crisis, such as when food parcels are needed for traumatised victims. Apart from helping people in times of crisis, and their ongoing outreach programmes, PEN is working towards self-sustainability through various business ventures. Primary Objective PEN focuses on the needs of children in the city, providing basic needs and enhancing their quality of life. Secondary Objectives The organisation is working at self-sustainability through various business ventures.

of the inner city Legal Status • Registered as a Non Profit Section 21 Organisation and converted to a Non Profit Company (NPC). Other Attributes • Registered as a NPO. • All SARS and Department of Social Development requirements are up to date. • Qualifies for Art 18 (A) tax deduction. • Qualifies for B-BBEE scorecard points. Who benefits from the project Black children and people in the inner city. Future Vision To ignite change, nurture togetherness and heal communities – and to continue expanding our activities in these areas.

Safely housing youngsters House Gideon is a foster home for teenaged children in Lyttelton in Centurion, run under the auspices of Gideon Place of Safety. Children, mostly teenagers, are placed in the facility by Social Welfare Services upon an order of the court. Here they find a safe emotional environment in which to equip themselves with life skills and, where needed, are assisted through behaviour modification programmes. The belief is that giving them a proper home setting would be conducive to their growing into responsible adults. The home can foster six children, who have to leave the home when turning 18. Primary Objective To reach out to orphaned youngsters, mostly teenagers, and foster them in a loving Christian environment. The home aims to create a safe family environment where the children can feel at home. Secondary Objectives To council and mentor abused children to emotional and mental stability in order to allow them the opportunity to function as happy children in a normal world. Legal Status • Registered as a Non Profit Company (NPC). Other Attributes • Registered as a NPO. • All SARS and Department of Social Development requirements are up to date. • Qualifies for Art 18 (A) tax deduction. 16

at Gideon Place of Safety Who benefits from the project Children between the ages of 5 and 18 irrespective of race or creed. Future Vision To continue impacting teens and rendering a safe environment and assisting them with practical and emotional needs.

CANSA-TLC

Cancer is devastating emotionally, physically and mentally. The illness takes its toll not just on the patient, but also on the immediate family. The CANSA TLC project reaches out to children with cancer and their parents/caregivers. The parents reside free of charge at Nicus Lodge on the hospital’s doorstep, while their children receive treatment at Steve Biko Hospital. Their lives are turned into a life living with illness day in and day out, and at Nicus Lodge these parents are given the opportunity to not only have a place to live, but also to be able to share their experiences with others and find a place of rest. Church members of churchwithoutwalls supply cooked food delivered to the Lodge on a weekly basis and also renders further support in the form of gifts of grocery items and even clothing. This is done in conjunction with the church’s Manna Sonder Mure initiative. Nicus Lodge also renders general support with daily living as well as support for pain control and prosthetics, emotional assistance and other needs of those in this unenviable life situation. The needs for the upkeep of the Lodge are ongoing: apart from day to day running expenses there are also maintenance needs such as refurbishment and repairs to the building and fixtures. Social Upliftment Services grants have already made a mark at Nicus Lodge and will continue to do so. Primary Objective To reach into the lives of those affected by childhood cancer and touch children and parents with love and support.

Nicus Lodge Secondary Objectives To uplift family members and impart skills such as handcraft, crochet and knitting. Legal Status • Registered as a NPC. Other Attributes • Registered as a NPO. • All SARS and Department of Social Development requirements are up to date. • Qualifies for Art 18 (A) tax deduction. Who benefits from the project Family members/caregivers of children who are receiving oncology treatment mainly at the Steve Biko, but families from other hospitals who battle to cope with accommodation costs, are also assisted. Future Vision To extend the TLC (Tough Living with Cancer) support in different ways in other regions in South-Africa. It has a hospital ward in Polokwane with live-in facilities for moms, trauma support facilities in Kimberley and Port Elizabeth and is expanding support into the new Port Elizabeth ward and lodging facilities in Durban.

Echo Youth Development The Echo Youth Development alternative community care centre is based on the motto: “don’t tell them Jesus loves them until you’re ready to love them too”. The teens and young people touched by this project range in age from 14 to 24, all lacking the necessary emotional and/or physical support systems. Currently nine houses are functional where accommodation is available: in Villieria, Centurion, Melville and Table View – but Echo’s reach extends much further. Their holistic approach also touches on scholastic development, and these teens, often also affected by drug-related problems, are challenged to reach out into their communities in turn. The Echo Community runs a number of other community programmes. Echo Kids manage weekly programmes at primary schools with 35 volunteers. These programmes address present-day topics like bullying and dangers of drug abuse. Youth camps and other events reach into the lives of more than just the needy – anyone involved in a camp can attest of that. The Echo office in Pretoria functions as a youth crisis centre providing counselling for both youth and parents in need and reaches out to struggling families. Primary Objective To turn teens from youth in need to youth that lead. Alternative Community To motivate these teens to reach out to others in turn, and thus changing their view of the world and encourage their growth into responsible adults.

touches teens Legal Status • Registered as a Non Profit Company (NPC). Other Attributes • Registered as a NPO. • All SARS and Department of Social Development requirements are up to date. • Qualifies for Art 18 (A) tax deduction. Who benefits from the project Youngsters between the ages of 14 and 24 from all race groups. Future Vision Echo’s vision is to extend its work into more communities to make a difference and to continue making an impact on young people’s lives.

Manna Sonder Mure

Those without food are also without hope. Children who are hungry cannot learn and are at greater risk of disease – a proven fact. Manna Sonder Mure brings hope and food to children at nine schools in Centurion – and also hot meals to other projects like Nicus Lodge, on a weekly basis – reaching into lives affected by poverty and tragedy. Volunteers and cell groups participate on a rotation basis to prepare and deliver food to the various schools and places and much interaction is enjoyed while preparing the food for the outreaches. Primary Objective To alleviate hunger by supplying food to the various schools/projects served by the initiative. Legal Status Project of KSM Social Upliftment Services.

feeding initiative Other Attributes Qualifies for Art 18 (A) tax deduction. Who benefits from the project Various schools and projects in the community. Future Vision To join hands with others to extend the efforts to alleviate hunger and uplift societies by helping them to find sustainable sources of food.

Reaching into Olievenhoutbosch Olievenhoutbosch Christian School and also the Trust Hope Faith Ministry, an aftercare centre run from the school, underpinned by its managing organisation Blue-O –, are reaching into the surrounding community and changing the lives of children. The school has close to two hundred foundation phase children and the education is based on the CAPS curriculum of the National Department of Education, but based on Christian values. Extracurricular activities include netball, soccer, athletics, cricket, music classes and an annual concert. The school was an initiative of a church cell group, who recognised the need for education in the Olievenhoutbosch community, while simultaneously spreading the gospel message. THF (Trust, Hope Faith ministry) and also the HIV support programme run by the Centurion Council for the Aged, make use of the school’s facilities. Primary Objective To offer a quality, holistic, Christian-based education to learners. Secondary Objectives To assist the parents with material and emotional needs and to serve the broader community with among others, a feeding scheme, training (parents’ development) and also a clothing project. Other Attributes • Qualifies for Article 18(A) tax deduction. • Qualifies for B-BBEE scorecard points. 24

informal settlement Who benefits from the project Black children, parents and community members of the disadvantaged community surrounding the school. Future Vision Plans have already been drawn up for a new school building which is to be built in the near future. The school aims to reach full primary school status and to register with the Department of Education as a semi-private school in due course.

Trust, Hope, Faith (THF) Trust, Hope, Faith not only refers to a project, but describes the essence of what the Trust Hope Faith (THF) Youth Development Project hopes to instil in the lives of the youth they encounter. THF believe the poorest person on earth is not the one without money, but the one without a dream. Situated in Olievenhoutbosch informal settlement and attached to the Olievenhoutbosch Christian School, the project focuses on youth development. This takes place in an aftercare centre where sports activities, mentorship and leadership development, music and art classes and much more are part of every day in the lives of the youth who attend. Training and development as well as youth camps are done through high schools in the community, from where potential leaders are invited to join the project as volunteers. They are then prepared for adult life and some of them earn bursaries for further studies. Primary Objective Its main imperative is to reach underprivileged learners and make a difference in their growing-up years, by rendering assistance to empower and uplift learners with programmes based on Christian principles. Secondary Objectives Identifying those with potential and developing them with a view to their future Legal Status • Part of the Blue-O Non Profit Organisation (NPO).

youth development project Other Attributes • Qualifies for B-BBEE scorecard points. • Qualifies for Article 18(A) tax deduction. Who benefits from the project Black youth in Olievenhoutbosch. Future Vision The project’s vision for the future is to build a youth centre and also to establish an Artisans & Skills Training Centre, adding to the existing computer training facilities which have recently been established. Long term, to duplicate the project in other similar communities.

Counselling services KSM Social Upliftment Services, via the Network for Life centre, offer a range of counselling services through a network of counselors, social workers, therapists, psychologists and volunteers. Professional services are rendered to those within the surrounding local communities who cannot afford these services but are in need of assistance. Primary Objective To render professional counselling services to promote the emotional, spiritual and physical well-being of people in the greater Centurion area. Secondary Objectives To support and empower people through therapy, counselling, skills training and where necessary, financial support. Target Group Any person(s) or group(s) in the greater Centurion area, regardless of gender, age or nationality. Legal Status Project of KSM Social Upliftment Services.

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Social support services The Network for Life centre also assists with social assistance through a team of social workers, lending assistance and support through the provision of vital resources in emergency and crisis situations, throughout the greater Centurion area. Another initiative, Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Well, offers assistance and support to the unemployed and also people between jobs, by means of skills training, information sessions and personal empowerment. This is done by hosting weekly breakfast forums and support network sessions as well as advertising available positions and job seeker data. Primary Objective To render professional counselling services to promote the emotional, spiritual and physical well-being of people in the greater Centurion area. Secondary Objectives To support and empower people through counseling, therapy, skills training and also financial support where necessary.

in local community Target Group Any person(s) or group(s) in the greater Centurion area, regardless of gender, age or nationality. Legal Status Project of KSM Social Upliftment Services.

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