We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

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Registered Public Benefit Organization (PBO) no: 930031412

Registered Non Profit Organization with department of Social Development (NPO) no: 075-214

Chartered Accountants

 

Orphan Care Foundation Newsletter

Dear Partners, supporters and Friends

This is the end of another amazing year of growth and God's continued provision and blessing on the Orphan Care Foundation. This was a highlight year in which all our objectives were met and tangible progress could be observed in some areas of our ministry to children in need.

WITHOUT YOU OUR MINISTRY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE; THANK YOU.

Highlights and Progress:

This year was undoubtedly the year in which the work of the past 3 years in the Westlake community started to show clear signs of the impact of our efforts.

Our areas of impact: 

• Our weekly commitment with the kids club show that we really care for all the children of Westlake with approximately 400 attending.
• Our support for uplifting of the most needy orphaned and vulnerable in this community through the Thursday program run by Di Forester, Veronica and the team.
• Support for individual children in need of school clothes and food.
• Rescue food packs.
• Love and self respect packs (Hygiene packs)
• Raising, training and mentoring of young leaders.
• Life skills training for orphaned and vulnerable children.

 

Summary of progress and accomplishments for the year 2011

 

Kids Club 

• The highlight of the year: Christmas party for 400 children held on 02 December 2011.
• Our kids club attendance stabilized at around 360 – 400 attending on a Friday.
• Running such a big program is in itself a huge task and responsibility. This year was a big success regardless of challenges along the way.
• Our meetings have now grown to a small youth church for which we urgently need assistance from youth ministries in our area.
• We have young leaders from the community in training to be role models for the younger kids and to assist in the Friday program.
• Another highlight of this term was a session with a group of rehabilitated drug addicts and gangsters who ministered to these children.

 

Thursday’s orphan and vulnerable group 

We experienced an extraordinary year with these children. The group has grown from 15 last year to 35+ this year. 

Projects conducted during the year:

• Weekly program on Thursdays run by Di Forester and her team.
• OCF support with school uniforms and shoes to 15 children.
• Blankets sponsored by SALT ministries Ron and Terri Martin.
• Life skills Camp organized and planned by Christiane from OCF.
• Food packs.
• Love and self respect packs.

 

First foster care house in Westlake – Home from Home 

Home-From-Home provides supported and supervised community-based foster care for orphaned, abused, neglected and vulnerable children through a network of small, family homes in disadvantaged communities in South Africa.  

Their vision: "We believe that living in a small family unit with a dedicated foster mother or parents and no more than six children, is the next best place for children who can’t be cared for by their own biological families. Our children grow up in their home communities and culture, where their home language is spoken. They have a foster family to support and care for them and we hope that one day they will either be reunited with their biological families, or failing that, that we have provided them with the necessary grounding to lead happy, successful lives." 

We started discussions to partner with Home from Home to help raise funds and to sponsor individual children in this house. One of the children we have in our kid's club program was placed in this home.

 

Sponsorship for Children to participate in national wrestling championship 

The OCF sponsored 4 boys from Westlake to participate in the SA national championship for wrestling. Sergio, who is one of the young leaders in training, won a bronze medal.

 

Miracle kids safe house 

• Provided school transport funds
• Donated a fridge, household needs, cupboards, and a computer
• Last month's article in a German Christian Magazine "DRAN" done by our friends in Switzerland (Roger and Nadine Morf)

 

Linawo Foster House 

• We raised funds for birthday party for all kids.
• We bought pajamas for all the kids.

 

Bed for a child project 

This project was launched this year in March. Aluref, a company from Richards Bay, offered to help us with this project. They supply industrial services to BHP Billiton in Richards's bay and make use of imported products in wooden crates. We are working on designs to recycle this wood into beds for children.

 

Rescue food packs 

We identified a need amongst the Thursday group of children to have rescue foods packs available at two outlets in Westlake, where children can ask when in need of food.

 

Love and self respect packs  

We also have stock available of hygiene packs we call Love and Self Respect packs at the same outlets for children in real need.

 

Sponsored children 

We continue to sponsor individual children with food, clothes, school fees and transport.

 

OCF Statements 

The OCF Financial statements for the year ending February 2011 have been audited and completed by Greenwoods chartered accountants. 

Our report as a Non-profit organization has also been submitted to the Department of Social Development.

 

We look forward to continuing in our successful partnership into next year with God’s guidance.

 

I wish you and your families a joyous, peaceful & blessed Christmas and New Year.

 

Blessings

 

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