PROGRESS REPORT: 2004/2005-2005/2006 PDF Print E-mail
  1. Transformation
 Report progress on transformation as stipulated on the transformation report. Indicate the achievements and hindrances (challenges).
Transformation Issue
Specify the area of transformation.
Achievements
How to measure the transformation achievements?
Target reached
Beneficiaries from this process?
Challenges
What challenges/ problems/ concerns did you encounter?
Remarks
Provide any additional information that you would like to bring to the attention of the Department. State any further plan of action.
1. Short term to long term care
·    Counseling to children & families
·    Shelter
·    Education and;
·    Rehabilitation/Reintegration
·    Children
·    Family members and community at large
·        Insufficient funds
·        Finding the families of the children and necessary documentation e.g. birth certificates, etc.

2. HIV/AIDS Awareness activities
·      Through network with other organizations
·    Children
·    Family members and community at large
·        Access to ARVs and other related drugs
·        Lack of trained staff to do the counseling

3. Increased Areas of Operation
·     More recognition from other communities, Institutions and Government Departments.
·    Children
·    Family members and community at large
·      Distant places need transport
·      Funding to buy our own transport

4. Skills training for children/orphans
·     Children will gain more skills when they reach the stage whereby are phased out of the centre
·     Learn to be independent
·     Self confidence
·    All vulnerable children staying at the centre
·      Funds
·      Infrastructures
·      Facilities

5. Broader services to be rendered to the community
·    Children will apply for Identity documents
·    Grants
·    Children
·    Family members and community at large
·      Communication with various Gov Departments.

4. Business Plan Implementation

Complete a separate sheet for each objective in the following table. Refer to item 2 above for the identified set of objectives.

Objective 1: Preventative services to children and falilies

Activities

What did the Service Provider do to achieve the objectives?
Achievements
What results did the Service Provider get?
Challenges
Report issues for concern/ problems/ challenges experienced with regard to implementation.

Remarks

Provide any additional information that you would like to bring to the attention of the Department. State any further plan of action.
1.  Social Workers and Admin Officer did the filling and assessment of every child through attendance register and networking with other organizations.
1% of children and families have been assisted with food, shelter, education including reintegration back to their families.
Some of them are hard to re-integrate them and sometimes those who should be phased out is not easy to find them referrals due to lack of other institutions suitable for their specific needs.
The Basic Income grant  (BIG) should be implemented as a matter of urgency to ensure that those above the age of 18 are assisted through skills training projects.
Objective 2:   Early intervention (level 2)

Activities

Achievements
Challenges

Remarks

1.  To provide comprehensive pre-statutory and early intervention services to children at risk and their families
·  Visited near schools for early education about child trafficking
·  Official Opening of the Eikenhof Centre
·  Radio/TV shows
·  Attending other stakeholders' AGMs
·  Immediate attendance of reported cases
·      Poor attendance by the community to the awareness campaigns and related activities

Objective 3:   Statutory services (level 3)

Activities

Achievements
Challenges

Remarks

1. To provide statutory services to children and their families
·  Counseling of children and  their families
·  Children's reunification  and home visits to investigate/assess their care needs
·  Doing referrals to the nearest Government departments, e.g. Department of Home Affairs and Department of Social Services
·      Distance to surrounding areas to reach the families
·        Placing children according to their condition, e.g. substance abuse, etc

Objective 4:   Continuum of care (level 4)

Activities

Achievements
Challenges

Remarks

1. To provide residential care programmes as prescribed in Section 15(1)(c) of the Child Care Act 74/1983 as amended.
·  The number of admissions increased from the initial 10 to 54 children in need - orphans and abused
·  Were able to register them to the school while still at the centre
·  Succeeded in reunifying them to their families
·  Children absconding before the process of helping them
·  Communities not co-operative/hold back information to assist the children

2. To provide alternative care and placement programmes for children as prescribed in Section 15(1)(c) of the Child Care Act 74/1983 as amended.
·  Referrals to other institutions Schools, Police, and community.
·  Telephonic referrals to Rehabilitation Centres for those with signs of substance abuse
·   Children above the age of 18 with no where to go but making progress with their  school work
·   Getting foster parents for those who have no families
·   Illegal children (trafficked) e.g. Mozambique and Swaziland
·   To get feedback on the rehabilitated children
 
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