ACFS Community Education and Feeding Scheme by Sheila McCallum

ACFS

Community Education and Feeding Scheme 2018/2019 Annual Report

Contents SITUATION OF CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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CHAIRMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MESSAGE

6-8

ACFS OVERVIEW AREAS OF OPERATION

9 10

PROJECTS COVERED BY THE ACFS

11-13

FEEDING PROGRAMME

14-18

HEALTH EDUCATION PRPGRAMME

19-22

FOOD GARDENS PROGRAMME

23-25

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

26-28

Nutrition Rehabilitation- ECD

29-30

CARE-FOR-CHILDREN PROGRAMME

31-34

OUR PEOPLE

35-36

PARTNERSHIPS 37-43 ACFS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

44-60

Situation of Children in South Africa Inadequate child care and feeding practices, household food insecurity, unhealthy living conditions and poor access to health care, services contribute to the high levels of stunting in South Africa which continue to compromise childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health and cognitive development which leads to compromised educational outcomes in many cases children just drop out of school all together thereby perpetuating the vicious cycle. If Trevor Huddleston were to return to SA today the situation of children he was confronted with in 1945 has not changed much.

65% of children live below the food poverty line

58% of children cannot read fluently and with comprehension at the end of grade 4

42% of children have experienced some form of maltreatment (whether sexual physical, emotional or neglect

27% of children unde five are stunted

Executive Summary Growing Giants B e rt h a Ma g o g e

When stepping into the ACFS Community Education and Feeding Scheme, I was filled with a huge sense of quiet expectation, it felt like I had walked into a special place, where I could partake of the treasure of a long,

well-preserved heritage of care and compassion for South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the children. I was honoured and extremely enthused as it dawned on me that I had become a part of this gigantic organisation with a wealth of history

spanning seventy-five years. What a remarkable and solid achievement of community service through nutrition, educational support as well as skills development.

As the new Executive Director from the 1 of February 2018, I immersed myself in a journey of discovery, to explore and find the rich nuggets of community service history, as well as the staying power that this organisation has inculcated over many years. My journey has, to date, been an exciting one where I encountered immense love and passion for vulnerable children and communities that matched my own. I find myself in that uniquely privileged position where my work is absolutely my passion. A rare occurrence which only a few are lucky to experience. I feel exclusively privileged to join an organisation that continues with my lifelong passion of advocating for the rights of all children, at all levels and in all circumstances while pursuing the ideals of a world in which children achieve their full and unique potential. My wealth of experience in child rights programming as well as an impressive record of networking and advocating give me a unique advantage as I now get to steer this great organisation and position it for the next 75 years and beyond.

Together with the ACFS management staff and board, we have embarked on a 5-year strategy development process where we seek to ask ourselves some rather tough but important questions regarding the direction in which we want to steer the organisation. We want to stay relevant to the changing world of children who are our focus. We want to better understand the 21st century challenges and opportunities that confront vulnerable children and their families and in so doing place ACFS community Education in a strategic position to lend the best possible hand to every child so that the Giant in each of them can manifest. It is no surprise that the team is running with the #ACFSGrowingGiants, #Fullpotential and #sustainability as the overarching principles to our strategy. The organisation recognises, that the rights of the child as prescribed in the South African Bill of Rights, The African Charter on the Rights of the Child and the UN Charter on Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rights (of which South Africa is a signatory to both these charters respectively), is a fundamental starting point in child

development and places an obligation on organisations such as ACFS to work more deliberately in ensuring that these rights are indeed protected enabled and exercised. The rights-based programme holds the following child development domains at the centre of ACFSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work: The ACFS programme model to grow giants requires that all children need nurturing care. It calls on caregivers who are sensitive and responsive to childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs for health, nutrition, safety, emotional support and stimulation. These five elements are essential across the life course of the child and into adolescence and are mutuallyreinforcing. Together they protect children from adversity, toxic stress and marginalisation thus promoting optimal development and unlocking the human capacity so that ALL children reach the full potential needed to drive national and citizen development. While it is of course good to look into the future and dream of new heights and possibilities, we cannot forget the battles that were fought in the past. To this extent, I want to acknowledge the work

that ACFS has accomplished in this past financial year which has been nothing short of outstanding. As you read this Annual Report there are numerous practical examples and stories of impact that have been realised in service delivery to children and families. ACFS has used different platforms including radio, print, social media to inform a wide cross-section of audiences to strengthen the message on the need to support children from poor and vulnerable households. The past financial year has been characterised by a period of consolidation in order to deepen the impact on all children who interact with the organisation. It would be remiss of me if I did not take this opportunity to pay tribute to my predecessor Phindile Hlalele who together with her excellent management team has managed to steady the ship

sometimes in extremely difficult and choppy waters. Well done Sis Phindile. We will continue to cherish your many years of tireless service and dedication to ACFS. Finally, I want to acknowledge the board who have given selflessly of their time and commitment to ACFS. Without this group of amazing individuals who show up every time in their volunteer capacity our organisation would not be what it is today. Long may we continue to bask in the comfort of your truly capable leadership. I want to end this message by inviting all stakeholders, staff, and Board of Governors to stand by ACFS as we seek to grow Giants. Bertha Magoge ACFS Executive Director

Growing Giants

Chairman’s Message Lwa z i Ba m has high levels of child malnutrition despite its status as a middle-income country with a relatively high per capita income compared to other countries in the region. Poverty, violence, hunger and lack of appropriate educational opportunities continue to compromise the development of South Africa’s children and that of future generations. The following statistics according to SA ECR 2019 continue to be the reality for the majority of South African children: • • South Africa remains a highly unequal society and there are vast inequalities in children’s circumstances and opportunities from the moment they are born (SA ECR 2019). ACFS Community Education and Feeding Scheme has understood from its very beginning that it was critically important to provide children an equitable start in life to ensure that all young children get to realise their full potential. There are key challenges facing children in South Africa today, which continue to impede the opportunities that might be available for children. South Africa

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65% of young children live in households below the poverty line 57% of young children now live in urban areas 27% of children under five are stunted – a sign of chronic malnutrition that compromises children’s health, education and employment prospects 42% of children have experienced some form of maltreatment (whether sexual, physical, emotional or neglect 58% of children cannot read fluently and with comprehension at the end of grade 4.

It is against this backdrop that ACFS, established over 74 years ago continues to find relevance in working

with children in the under resourced townships and communities of Soweto, Alexandra, Thembisa and Tsakane. ACFS as a large child focused organisation provides access to a variety of services for children and their families in predominantly poor communities. ACFS aspires to be a giant in the provision of support to children to enable them to reach their full potential and become productive and contributing adults. The bulk of ACFS work, involves a targeted identification and assessment of children and families from poor and food insecure households with an aim of ensuring access to a welcoming and enabling environment where nutritional support and a variety of other early foundational support services delivered to the children as appropriate with age and unique needs. As the fourth industrial revolution is firmly knocking on our doorstep, we see that technology is fundamentally changing the World, as we know it. Educational systems and labour markets are fast changing and, in some instances, even rendering some professions obsolete. The future social landscape for today’s children is uncertain. The challenge for ACFS as I see it is to understand our fast-

changing context and to adapt as an organisation to ensure that we position to best prepare children for a diversity of potential in the future. We find ourselves urgently needing to conduct serious reflection work and to embark on a journey to professionalise the organisation, staff and the suite of services we offer to children and communities. This should result in our ability to enhance our capacity to enable us to be more efficient and relevant to the ongoing technological changes as well as challenges likely to face children in particular. We must therefore see ourselves as having the mandate to future-proof the success of all our children who are the future leaders. Having been engrossed in a major exercise of refocusing and strengthening the organisation last year, I am pleased to present the 71st Annual report, which indicates that despite the economic challenges in the country, ACFS Community Education, and Feeding Scheme has achieved some pleasing results in the year ended 31 March 2019. FY2018 was a year of challenging global conditions, which are reflected in the performance and decrease in donations. The donation received significantly reduced from R14 043 921 in 2018 to R10 740 766 in FY2019. However even with the challenges faced we managed to control our expenditure and achieve a surplus of R855 385.

It is evident that some of the tough operational decisions that the board and management took in the previous year to restructure and refocus the operating model was bearing fruit. Although, the refocusing decisions were tough, we see that the interventions were timely and have continued to safeguard the organisation until such time that we increase the donations. ACFS embarked on an organisation-wide strengthening process that resulted in a carefully crafted change management and succession planning for the organisation. Our wish in this process is to ensure that ACFS further consolidates its services to ensure that our targets are better defined and that the change we can make as an organisation is firmly articulated. A few key interventions have unfolded in order to satisfy this purpose: 1.

As of 1 February 2019, ACFS recruited a new Director, Bertha Magoge who has hit the ground running in implementing some of the board decisions taken in restructuring the organisation, as well as infusing some new ideas which will ensure that ACFS continues to prosper long enough into the future. It is expected that one of her urgent priorities would be to reopen some of the closed centres (in line with availability of more funding and support) so that

more children can continue to benefit from the organisation. 2.

Target Group Data Validation and Digitisation. Knowing how crucial data is in the decision-making process, ACFS management has embarked on the development of a digitised file management system which allows the organisation to make data driven decisions as well as manage activities in real time. Once online, the system will be able to give real time data across all ACFS centres. The board as well as donors will have access to this information online and therefore, be informed in the decision-making processes.

Based on the recommendations of the assessment sponsored by the DGMT, ACFS will further develop several strategic organisational products that will assist the organisation to chart a pathway of focus in the next 5 years. The process is to develop the Strategy Plan, the Theory of Change as well as Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework is critical to the success of a relevant, inclusive and meaningful product that adds value to the organisation. The process that management has embarked on is therefore a participatory process that involves the different

structures of the organisation including the board. To this end, ACFS management is conducting a series of reflective workshops and dialogues, which are crafting the focus for ACFS in the next 5 years. At the end of the process, ACFS will have a well-defined and agreed Strategic Plan, Theory of Change, Organisational Indicators and the M&E Framework. 4.

Sustainability Framework. Learning form the hard lessons of 2015/16 ACFS understands the value of creating a sustainable pathway to ensure that the experiences of 2016 do not repeat themselves. As such, the change management and succession planning has also focused on the creation of an endowment facility, as well as ensuring a vigorous diverse funding basket. The funding drive will be intensified through the placement of a qualified and experienced fundraiser. The organisation is also looking to collaborate with some social sport and charity events that can assist the organisation in the generation of unrestricted funds.

I would like to thank the Executive Director Ms Bertha Magoge and her entire team for their passion and

commitment to ensuring that ACFS continues to grow and achieve more despite the obvious hardships. I would also like to thank our outgoing Director Mrs Phindile Hlalele for her many years of dedication to ACFS. We wish her well in her retirement and look forward to continuing working with her in different ways across the organisation. Finally, I want to say a special word of appreciation to all the donors who have committed to our work in ACFS. Without their support and dedication, we could not have accomplished anything. I want to invite all our friends to continue to support the good work of ACFS. We believe we have done some critical reflection and refocusing work that I think will inextricably excite you as you endeavour to support the disadvantaged South African Child. May I urge you to read the accompanying Executive Directors report, Audited Financial statements for more detailed information regarding the activities of ACFS. I know Bertha will soon be reaching out to you to discuss all the exciting new developments and new products that I alluded to earlier. I thank you!

ACFS Overview

Overview This is an annual integrated report of the ACFS community Education and Feeding scheme for the financial year ended 31 March 2019. The report is prepared to provide all stakeholders with the organisations performance, impact and challenges encountered for the period of 12 months. The report will give a deep impact for our people who make a difference in our communities. For 74 years, the organisation strived to take care of the children’s basic need, which is nutrition. However, as the years progressed, other supporting programmes came on board to support our core programme, which is feeding.

VISION To address malnutrition, HIV/ AIDS, poverty and hunger and to play a leading role in empowering disadvantaged communities with skills that lead to self-reliance and independence.

OBJECTIVES The organisation’s main objectives are: • To provide nutritious meals to malnourished and underprivileged children, orphans and HIV/AIDS infected and affected children • To educate children and adults on health and nutrition related issues and diseases • To empower disadvantaged communities with the skills and knowledge that will eventually make them financially independent • To ensure the ongoing sustainability of the feeding centres by establishing Food Gardens and Skills Development Projects.

AREAS OF OPERATION The organisation is operating in the Gauteng region in the following areas:

The South Western Townships (SOWETO) including informal settlements

C hal l e nge s:

Central Johannesburg (Alexandra)

Emndeni, Jabavu, Meadowlands, Naledi, Pimville and Zola

Thembisa (two high schools) Ingqayizivele and Ivory Park High School

ACFS capacity constraints which forced the temporary closure of some ACFS Centres

A huge number of children and families needing support as unemployment continues to grow in our operational areas High cost of seeds for the food gardens which has reduced productivity in some areas

High cost of maintenance of old the old building infrastructure

Poor access to markets for the skills programmes

Inadequate training of the ECD practitioners

PROJECTS COVERED BY THE ACFS ACFS has seven separate but interrelated projects that are talking to our objectives. These are: • • • • • • •

Feeding Health Education Food Gardening Skills Development Malnutrition Rehabilitation/ECD HIV/AIDS Awareness Programme Care for Children Programme

All these projects are directly linked to our core business, which is Feeding. ACFS is impacting communities through their seven Key Focus Areas.

FOOD GARDEN

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT HEALTH EDUCATION

FEEDING MALNUTRITION REHABILITATION CARE FOR CHILDREN

HIV/AIDS AWARENESS

ACFS managed to provide nutritious meals to different categories of children

FEEDING

Types of feeding

Peanut butter sandwich and milk

Children served with two meals per day at the day care centre

Children provided with food in Thembisa schools (Ingqayizivele and Ivory Park High School)

Monthly food parcels

1 . 1 Pea n u t-b utter sandwich & mil k Who is benefiting? • Children in marginalised and poor communities in Soweto, Alexandra, Thembisa and Westbury • Children from 2-18 years of age • Target children (malnourished, orphans, HIV/AIDS infected/ affected and children from poverty-stricken families • Children on school holiday programmes • Children attending after school and skills development programmes

Opportunities • Identify children with challenges • Identify children with talents • Assist children with homework especially those who live with grannies and those who have no writing space at home • Collaboration with local clinic nurses • Collaboration with other organisations (United Way & GoMaths) Challenges • Rising cost of bread, milk and petrol • High rate of unemployment

Impact • This programme minimises hunger in the community • Malnutrition is gradually inversed • Feeding has a positive impact on children’s emotions • Feeding improves children’s selfesteem • Regular school attendance • Improved school performance (see attached report for Thembisa schools)

1 . 2 E CD Fe eding Who benefitted? • 92 children served with two cooked meals per day • 920 meals served per week • 3–5 years • Target children (malnourished, orphans, HIV/AIDS infected/affected as well as the children from the extremely needy families. Opportunities • The service is offered freely with no cost to parents/guardians

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The service is of great value to the extremely needy families ACFS collaborates with the nursing staff who weighs the children on a monthly basis.

Challenges • Rising cost of bread, milk and petrol • High rate of unemployment

Impact • Noticed reversed malnutrition • Improved overall health and wellness of children • Those on ARVs are able to take medication on full stomach • Children’s energy is boosted. That is noticed during playing activity times • Children are able to concentrate and grasp the learning programmes • Parents are able to focus on other children’s needs.

1 . 3 T he m bisa High Schoo l s - Go-Ma th s Su p port through nutrition p r ovis ioning Who benefitted? 300 grade 11 learners • 100 learners from Ingqayizivele High School • 200 learners from Ivory Park High School Opportunities • Collaboration with United Way • Opportunity of serving Thembisa Area • Opportunity of contributing towards educational impact Challenges • Distance from Head Office to Thembisa on Saturdays • Attendance is extremely bad during examination time.

Impact • Over 7 000 meals served • Created job opportunity to the lady preparing food for learners • Provision of food motivates learners to attend Saturday and school holiday classes • 93% of the 100 learners from Ngqayizivele High School that started with the programme have proceeded to grade 10 • 97% of the 200 learners from Ivory Park High School that started with the programme have proceeded to grade 10 • There was an improved academic performance in Mathematics, English, and Natural Sciences • Provision of nutritious meals assisted in building learners confidence, that in turn built confidence in the challenging subjects.

1 . 4 M o n t hly Food Parcels Who benefitted? • 315 families with an average of six individuals per family • Extremely needy families that are meeting our meals test from 0–R1500 monthly income. Opportunities • ACFS is able to reach out to families and equip them with other skills apart from just receiving food parcels e.g. Food gardening skills, skills development, health education • Opportunities to hold club days with beneficiaries and get to know them intensively • Opportunity to teach people how to prepare nutritious, healthy food during school holidays.

Challenges Increasing number of people who need such a support due to unemployment rate. Impact • Food parcels reduce poverty in families supported • It reduces stress to families in need. • Food parcels play a major role in supporting child headed households • Beneficiaries have an opportunity of providing a balanced diet to their families • Needy families have enough food to provide on weekends • Well-fed children are able to cope at school (see letters from the child headed households).

HEALTH EDUCATION

Health education is an important project that is supporting the feeding programmes. ACFS offers this project to educate the beneficiaries and communities on communicable and non-communicable diseases including nutrition and hygiene.

Who benefitted? • Children and adults from our programme • Ordinary community members Opportunities • ACFS had an opportunity to collaborate with professional nurses from local clinics • Local clinics are able to refer cases to ACFS • Bring health facilities to our doorstep by means of community health days conducted at our feeding centres. Impact • Beneficiaries are knowledgeable on different diseases • HIV infected are increasingly disclosing their status, taking medication as prescribed and engaged in support groups

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Knowledge on HIV/AIDS has prolonged the lifespan of the infected beneficiaries We experienced fewer visits to the clinics which is the result of good nutrition and parents understanding of on health issues. This was mostly observed at the ECD centres.

2. 1 Hea l th Education on Cl ub Da ys Adults are learning about health issues such as: • Immunisation • Childhood illnesses • HIV/AIDS • Nutrition & Hygiene

2. 2 Hea lth Education d u r i n g School Holiday Prog ra m me Children are learning on health issues such as • HIV/AIDS • Teenage Pregnancies • Substance abuse • Nutrition & Hygiene • The importance of physical exercises

2. 3 Co m m unity Health Da y

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During these days ACFS collaborated with local clinics and professional nurses who came to our centres and screened our beneficiaries & communities on different diseases like Hypertension, Diabetes, HIV etc. and to educate communities on health-related issues 305 Beneficiaries are attending weekly health education sessions Beneficiaries attended the arranged community Health Days that were held in two areas Alexandra and Soweto Adults are now taking responsibility for their own and their children’s health HIV Infected people are increasingly disclosing their status and taking medication as prescribed People are coming forward for voluntary testing

FOOD GARDEN

The food garden project is one of the most important projects that empowers beneficiaries to grow their own food to supplement the food parcels donated to them and to empower them to have small gardens that can eventually lead to an income generating initiative. All families supported by ACFS have food gardening patches at the feeding centres and are encouraged to have home gardens as well.

3 . 1 F o od g ardens at the centr e â&#x20AC;˘

310 families were trained on how to start different types of gardens and to maintain them. That was done in all seven feeding centres.

Areas

Number of beneficiaries

Number of vegetable patches

Alexandra

98 tyre gardens

Emndeni

31 and 62 tyre gardens

Jabavu

68 and 99 tyre gardens

Meadowlands

98 and 122 container gardens

Naledi

101 and 47 tyre gardens

Pimville

134 and 23 tyre gardens

Zola

86 and 18 tyre gardens

310

518 patches and 469 container gardens

3 . 2 ‘’A re l emeng” initiative “Arelemeng” is Sesotho word meaning – let us plant. Arelemeng day was done quarterly and hosted in different feeding centres, Meadowlands, Naledi, Pimville and Jabavu. On these days, ACFS gave more training to our beneficiaries and open to the community members who are interested in food gardening. This also included schools and other organisations who want to start the food gardening projects at their sites.

Areas

Jabavu

Meadowlands

Pimville

Naledi

Attendees

Topics dealt with

ACFS beneficiaries

Types of gardens: container, trench and tower gardens.

City Property ACFS beneficiaries Tiger Brands ACFS beneficiaries Food and Trees for Africa ACFS beneficiaries

Herbs, ways of watering pest control and general maintenance of the gardens.

Training on all food gardening issues. Training on all food gardening issues especially the importance of establishing home gardens.

3 . 3 Hom e Gardens It is our measurement of success to see the numerical growth of people taking the food gardening skill to their homes. That is also an indication that our people are motivated and are maximising food in their families. This part of the exercise is reducing poverty and hunger in families.

Area

Number of families with home gardens

Emndeni

Jabavu

Meadowlands

Naledi

Pimville

Zola

Opportunities • Our gardens have motivated communities to eventually start their own • ACFS interacted with communities and other organisations • Opened channels for collaboration. Challenges • Water cuts • Expensive seedlings • Lack of space.

Impact • Increase the family food supply by adding vegetables • Emphasis on nutrition in daily meals • Income generation through sellinghave started viable food gardens • More people are trained through “Arelemeng” initiative.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Through skills development, ACFS is meeting one of its objectives of empowering beneficiaries with skills that will eventually lead them to self-reliance or independence. Our beneficiaries are doing peer training in the following areas: • • • •

Sewing Crocheting or knitting Beadwork Craftwork through utilising recycled items

Opportunities • Afford an opportunity of generating an income • Encourage team spirit among beneficiaries • Project allows ACFS to discharge independent beneficiaries. Challenges • It is not an accredited project • Lack of proper knowledge for the use of sewing machines thus the organisation experiences frequent dysfunction of the sewing machines • Marketing is still a challenge.

Impact • The skills contributed to the growth of self-esteem and confidence • 26 ladies are now able to generate an income for themselves through: • Sewing and beading ANC branded clothing • Sewing traditional African attires • Crocheting shoes and door mats • Sewing school uniforms • 3 ladies are making a living on making fat cakes and scones for selling.

Malnutrition Rehabilitation/

Through the programme, ACFS assisted 92 children from the age of 3 years – 5 years. These are children with different needs.

ECD

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Some were malnourished, referred by different structures Some were admitted because they are orphans staying with unemployed guardians and grandmothers Others came from the extremely needy families ACFS assisted these children by providing them with two nutritious meals and a fruit per day Provided Early Childhood Development Programme to those 92 children Provide children with a safe space that will keep them away from abusive environments.

Opportunities • Service is offered freely to parents/ guardians • The service is of value to unemployed parents/guardians • ACFS has collaborated with Lindani Sizwe Organisation that weighs children on a monthly basis to monitor their growth. Challenges • The need for this service is huge in our communities • ACFS has capacity constraints.

Impact • Noticed reversed malnutrition • Children’s confidence has developed • 46 children were school ready • Fine and gross motor skills were developed • Children’s social and emotional skills were developed.

Care-forchildren programme

This programme is specifically looking at taking care of child-headed households. We are happy to report that the rate of parents dying after being diagnosed with HIV has dramatically decreased. That is through constant awareness programmes on HIV/AIDS that take place at the feeding centres. Currently, we have five child headed families in our programmes.

Opportunities • Service is offered freely with no cost to parents/guardians • The service is of value to unemployed parents/guardians • ACFS has collaborated with Lindani Sizwe Organisation that weighs children on a monthly basis to monitor their growth. Challenges • The need for this service is huge in our communities • ACFS has capacity constraints.

Family 1.

Age

Grade

Mpoporo

Address 03 Citizen Farm

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Matsoha

2 year UJ

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Motema

Grade 11

Ngwenya

0100 Kliptown

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Banele

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Ayanda

Grade 6

Mkhwanazi

3275 Pimville

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Mlungisi

Grade 9

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Unathi

Grade 8

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Buyisiwe

Grade 2

Radebe

N165 Holomisa

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Madikgetho

Grade 11

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Thabang

Grade 1

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Refiloe

Makhathini

8293 Pimville

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Zanele

Grade R

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Noluthando

Grade 6

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Sibusiso

Attends LSEN (learners with special educational needs)

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Mbali

Grade 4

ACFS had 14 children under this category. They are supported with the following: • Daily meals served at the centre • Monthly food parcels • Stationery and school bags at the beginning of the year • Space for completing their homework • Get first preference when we receive clothing and blankets donation • Monthly home visits by area manager to check on their well-being • These children become more independent at an early age.

ACFS had 14 children under this category. They are supported with the following: • Daily meals served at the centre • Monthly food parcels • Stationery and school bags at the beginning of the year • Facilities for completing their homework • Get first preference when we receive clothing and blankets donation • Monthly home visits by area manager to check on their wellbeing • These children become more independent at an early age. Challenges • They are more vulnerable • Lack of family role models in their lives.

Impact • 14 children are assisted • 11 of them are still attending school • 1 of them is studying at the University of Johannesburg doing her 2nd year in Bachelor of Education • These children are more independent • Due to the basic need support; these children are kept away from getting food through illegal ways, e.g. Crime.

Growing Giants

Our People

PARTNERSHIPS The ACFS has partnered with a number of organisations, corporate entities and individuals to whom we are extremely grateful. It is through their support that the organisation is able to achieve its set goals and objectives.

Tiger Brands For 15 years this company has been supporting the organisation with peanut butter, bread, monthly food parcels and food gardening support. During this reporting period, ACFS is grateful that Tiger Brands supported our daily feeding by providing the organisation with food that covered school holidays as well. •

Monthly Food Parcels 315 Families were supported with food parcels that were catering for an average of 6 individuals per family and we are grateful that children were able to be fed even on weekends through that support

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Food Gardening Through Tiger Brands, ACFS received food gardening support from Food and Trees for Africa. FTFA trained

our beneficiaries for the duration of twelve months. At the end of the training 75 beneficiaries received the certificates of attendance and the cherry on top was the erection of the shade net that protected the garden from the sun •

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Skills Development Tiger Brands donated an industrial baking oven that was to be used for training communities in baking. The aim for this training is to equip communities with skills that they can use to sustain themselves. Currently the ACFS is working with Eskom to upgrade the electricity capacity We are grateful to have partnered with this leading food company that has the foresight for sustainability of the organisation.

Deloitte (Technical Support) Deloitte has been working with ACFS since 1990 under the leadership of Martin Show. Today under the chairmanship of Lwazi Bam, Deloitte has continued to support ACFS in various ways which has continued to grow the organisation from strength to strength. This accounting Firm has a pillar of the organisation, providing the organisation with technical support, venue for our quarterly board meetings and fundraising activities. The company has been supporting the organisation with developing and printing of annual reports for 5 years.

Vodacom Foundation When the name Vodacom is mentioned, most of the time we just think of IT, but this Foundation catered for the basic need of the children, which is feeding. The Foundation has also provided nutritious meals to Meadowlandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needy children. We are pleased to report that children were able to have food even during school holidays.

Gala Dinner For two years, the company has hosted two fundraising Gala Dinner events that accumulated funds that were raised during 2018. Payroll Giving It is also a great pleasure to acknowledge the support we receive on a monthly basis through payroll giving. This support plays a major role in supporting the running costs of the organisation, ACFS appreciates the support from Deloitte and through its support, the organisation saved many lives.

Vodacom Payroll Thank you to all staff members who are generously supporting the organisation through payroll giving. This support is playing a major role in supporting all the needs of the organisation because it is an unrestricted fund.

Makro Feeding is ACFS Core business and Makro made a major contribution in supporting the feeding project. Through

this project ACFS was able to sustain the feeding project and we managed to fight hunger and support vulnerable children.

Dischem Foundation Food Gardening is one of the projects that is increasing food at the feeding centres and at individual homes. Dischem Foundation has supported the Food Gardening Project of the

entire centres. Through the Dischem Foundation, ACFS has maximised the food commodities, fought poverty and hunger, and allowed beneficiaries an opportunity to generate income as well.

JHB Mini & Junior Councillors These are learners from different schools in Johannesburg who primarily work towards a good cause by assisting needy communities. These learners are led by two powerful ladies Avril & Avrille who are teaching these learners responsibility and how to assist vulnerable communities.ACFS greatly appreciates the support we received in 2018 • 5000 Easter eggs • Kids Carnival that catered for 200 children

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Grannies Party for Mandela Day, for 240 senior citizens Christmas Party for 200 children, where school bags with stationery for the new school year was donated to the children ACFS wants to convey our sincere gratitude to the leaders of the councillors, their parents and the learners themselves who are working very hard to put smiles on our children’s faces.

DeBeers The ACFS has an ongoing partnership with DeBeers, which has been a consistent donor that we heavily rely

on for the donation of food and milk. we greatly appreciate their ongoing commitment to the ACFS..

AppexHi There is a long-standing relationship between the ACFS and AppexHi in supporting the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme. The funds have assisted and enabled the

ACFS to continue providing nutritious meals to vulnerable children and to take care of the learning programmes at the ECD space. The organisation acknowledges and appreciates your commitment and support.

The Charity Calendar The Charity Calendar has been supporting our Early Childhood Development Programme since 2005. They started Zola Centre and eventually covered both the Zola and Alexandra Centres. Their aim was to improve the

lives of vulnerable children at the day care centres. This support has been ongoing through the proceeds they get from calendar sales. We appreciate their financial support and periodic visits to our centre.

The Adele Drechmeier Trust The Adele Drechmeier Trust annually assists the ACFS to achieve their main objective of providing one meal per day

to children in communities we serve. They are a reliable donor that we can rely on when drawing up a budget. We are grateful for this partnership.

Strate Charity Shares ACFS has a long-standing relationship with the Trust. We are grateful of the support we receive annually from the

Trust. Through that support, we were able to achieve the set goals and because of their reliability ACFS is able to budget on them as well.

Davies Foundation Davies Foundation is one of the trusts that consistently supports ACFS work.

Their support has assisted the organisation with running costs that brings big relief to the organisation.

United Way At the beginning of the year 2018, ACFS collaborated with the United Way in providing nutritious meals to two Tembisa High Schools: Ingqayizivele and Ivory Park High school. We are happy that through that support, ACFS was able to make

a difference in supporting Maths and Science Saturday classes. This has proved to be a motivating initiative to encourage learners to attend extra lessons and that has improved the performance in the supported learning areas.

BDO South Africa Incorporated (Formerly Grant Thornton (Jhb) Inc This audit firm takes CSI very seriously and besides other forms of support, it also performs pro bono audit for various Charity Organisations of which AFCS is

one. ACFS is grateful and acknowledges the annual audit performed for the year under review as well as previous years. Our sincere gratitude goes to Paul Badrick and his PA Beverly Preddy.

Service partners Downes Murray International (DMI) DMI is a fundraising organisation that has worked with ACFS for more than three decades, assisting ACFS in fundraising through communicating with individuals from our donors data base. Through their support ACFS has received

monthly donations in different forms: debit orders, credit cards, cheques and bequests. We are pleased to report that together with them, we had two donor tours and we were able to offer donors an opportunity to visit our centres and interact with our beneficiaries.