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This organisation was inspired by the South African President,
Thabo Mbeki’s 2002 National Address. In this address he urges
citizens to “Vuka Uzenzele”, which means “wake up and do something
for yourself”. This is a life-long programme that will try to
eliminate poverty; nurture, love, protect and care for the
children.
DNCC Start Up
Doornkop Needy Children’s Centre aims to create jobs for its
community, assisting Government to empower people with skills. We
believe in “Bana Pele” meaning “the children first”. The children of
today are the Government of tomorrow. Today the school has a total
of 14 staff (appendix 1), two Principals, a deputy Principal, 10
care givers, and two cooks. The DNCC was registered as a Non Profit
Organisation on the 17th March 2003 and the registration number is:
025093 N.P.O. It has a project manager: Sipho Moumakwe, a board
which is about to be renewed in line with registration as a PBO
(Public Benefit Organisation (appendix 2) and a patron.
DNCC Staff Compliment
Our staff consists of 14 permanent staff and a number of
dedicated volunteers recruited from the various Doornkop township
extensions - mothers who have the love of children and their
community at heart. The volunteers are aware that the
organisation cannot yet afford appropriate remuneration but are
nevertheless prepared to continue offering their services. Currently
the 14 permanent staff are paid a very modest monthly stipend
ranging from R1000 (USD 160) for the Principal to R400 (USD 65) for
the care-givers, it is our hope that we will increase these amounts
as the crèche becomes better funded through word of mouth and
greater awareness. It is also our immediate intention to continue
providing the volunteers with weekly food hampers to alleviate their
own desperate circumstances as well as to provide some form of
school uniform for the kids.
Doornkop Development Centre (Overriding
Project)
From government’s perspective, The Doornkop
Needy Children’s Centre project is one component of the total
Doornkop Development Centre project. The overall DDC project site is
situated at Erf 3206, Thulani extension 1, Doornkop and the planned
scope of work for which R4M has been allocated by government,
includes the following activities:
First Phase
- Admin facility
- Ablution facility with lockers, showers and dressing area
- Sewing classrooms (for theory and practical work catering for
approximately 25 learners per classroom)
- Baking classroom (one room for theory and a domestic studio
for practical work with lockable storage area, washing up area
etc)
- Welding facility (one classroom for theory catering for 2 x 25
learners, one workshop for 50 learners and one covered area for
practical work)
- Brick making (one undercover area for storage of materials and
manufacturing of bricks where over one million bricks will be
produced specifically for the construction of a number of
buildings in the area including the crèche)
- Admin offices
- Trading office
- Testing laboratory
- Open storage area
- Security office
Future Phases
- Satellite offices for government departments
- Facilities for informal education
- Crèche with adjacent fenced off (protected) vegetable
gardens
- Handcrafts and other occupational therapy facilities for the
elderly
- Multipurpose hall for mainly youth activities
- Occupational facilities for HIV patients
DNCC Funders & Sponsers
As mentioned in 2.1 above, the following organizations have
teamed up and pooled resources in support of project manager Sipho
Moumakwe to ensure that the crèche is a sustainable and successful
project.
DNCC Project Team Members
The DNCC project team holds monthly recorded meetings at the
offices of DigiPoS Systems in the Kyalami Business Park, the first
of which took place around May/June 2005. The individuals that
have made up the core project team are.
| Sipho Moumakwe - |
DNCC Project Manager |
| Nonkqubela Tomsana - |
Governing Committee |
| Mary Makananise - |
DNCC Principal (Head Mistress) |
| Pauline Lesibe - |
DNCC Deputy Principal |
| Steuart Pennington - |
SA The Good News (Pty) Ltd |
| Paul Jules - |
DigiPoS Systems (Pty )Ltd |
| Mike Foonk - |
DigiPoS Systems (Pty) Ltd |
| Lehandrie Freeman - |
DigiPoS Systems (Pty) Ltd |
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