Transcript Badisa Strand - Youth Empowerment Action

“ To ensure that Franschoek have a safe and
healthy environment for children to grow up
in”
Core values:
 Accept people for who they are
 Humane treatment of people on the street
 Recognizing the inherent human rights
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The main goal of the Youth Empowerment
Action is to integrate all children from the
street back into society and their homes.
SLOGAN: Don’t make beggars of our people
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History
Children are begging and living on the streets
 work with families of disorientated youth
(parenting skills)
children needs an safe and healthy
environment
 Integrating into society and homes
Preventive approach
Charity is not a structural solution for
poverty, education is!
3. organogram
Project Manager
Minnie Petersen
Social Worker
Streetworkers
Home visitors
Social
Auxiliary
Worker
Volunteers
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Streetwork
Potential Development Programme
The president’s award
Family in focus
YESprogramme
The holiday programme
casework
traumaroom
afterschoolcare
walk once or twice a week to identify if there
are children on the street
 Early intervention (PDP)
 Profile streetworker:
- a trained laycouncillor employed by us
- a substitute mother for the children who’s
parents are absent due to emotional reasons
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Goal: develop the potentiol of children trough
constructive means (play, dance, drama, arts
and crafs,…)
Daily after school programme for all the
children (14h30-16h)
Teaches life skills and provides a safe and
healthy environment for recreation and
learning
prevention
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a registered non-profit organization, which has
been operating in South Africa since 1983
The core is based on self-development.
The programme consists of skill development,
physical recreation, community service and the
adventurous journey.
Empowered youth can make considered choices.
To reach the different goals for the youth to receive
their bronze, silver or golden award, we organizes
a camp on a yearly basis.
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FIF, a subsidiary of YEA, focuses on families
with children between 0 and 6 years old.
FIF is a project of FCW, the Western Cape
Foundation for Community Work. FCW
supports the FIF employees by trainings and
materials.
Homevisits to get the children at the same
level as children that goes to a creche.
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Youth Empowerment Scheme is an intervention
programme for youth at risk developed by the
National Institute for Crime Prevention and
Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO)
8 sessions with different themes
Each session starts with an icebreaker and
goes on with a variation of games and
discussions.
Assist youth to make wise decisions and to
enjoy a happy childhood
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A full-day programme we run every school
holiday
Teach the children life skills and expose them
to sports, arts and crafts, compassion work,...
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The social worker
doing home visits within the community and,
if necessary, sets up programmes to help
children and/or families in need.
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trauma assistants in the police station
primary service where abused children get
therapeutic support
Qualify as trauma assistent: to do a training
of 8 sessions
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Homework assistence for primary and
secundary schoolchildren
Create a learning culture, empower them
from 14.30 p.m till 16 p.m
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5.1. Groendal / Mooiwater
5.2. Bosboufarm
5.3 Franschhoek town
Prevention programs
• Casework
• Streetwork
• PDP
• Holiday programs
• Compassion day
• TPA
Prevention programs
 Holiday programs
 casework
Prevention programs
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Policestation:
traumaroom
Streetwork
TPA
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Casework:14 cases
FIF-programme:155 families
PDP: 40 to 60 children
Holiday Programme: 200 children, at the end
there were 60 to 80 children
TPA: 19 participants
Homeworkclub:12 participants
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(In April 2012)
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Non Profit Organization: funded by different
instances
Streetsmart
Dilbeekprogramme (Belgium)
FCW
Free donations
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ACVV: statutory intervention, assist them
Youth house: using venue for the PDP + use
of resources
Police: streetwork + assist victims in the
traumaroom
Stellenbosch municipality: fundings +
training for YEA staff
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pre-statutory role
main job = casework
Coordinate the team
Administration role
Homeworkclub
Searching for funds
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Only pre-statutory social work organization
in the area
Next to the YEA: ACVV (statutory social work
organization
To many cases  lack at organizations