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Who We Are
Kotulong Community Centre (KCC) was established in 2001 as a Corporate Social Investment initiative of Samancor-Manganese. The centre is situated in the Midvaal, a municipal area in Meyerton, south of Johannesburg. A feasibility study was conducted to explore the viability of the project and the needs of the community. The study revealed that the Midvaal community would benefit substantially from a multi-purpose community centre which reesulted in Samancor – Manganese donating its old hostel complex for conversion into a community centre.
In the year 2002, Bhp Billiton Development Trust (BBDT) engaged in negotiations with government departments such as Department of Health and Social Development for partnership and future involvement with the centre. The negotiations resulted in the establishment of a relationship between government and Kotulong Community Centre. It’s in that very year that Bhpbilliton SA invested R6, 6 million towards the centre that is now known as Kotulong Community Centre (KCC). A further R1, 2million was donated for operational costs of the centre during the first year of its operation while waiting for the approval of funding from government.”
Main Programmes
Child and Youth Care Centre (CYCC)
The Child and Youth Care Centre of KCC provides alternative residential care to children found in need of care and protection by the Children’s Court. This through the recommendation of investigating Social Workers from designated Child Protection Organisations or from the Organisations of Social Development.
• Child and Youth Care Centre
(CYCC)-
Foster Units for HIV/AIDS infected/affected
children (CRC)
• Community Home Based Care (CHBC) ⁃ Effective patient care and hunger restraint
• Sustainable Livelihoods (SLH)⁃ Poverty alleviation through skills development and entrepreneurship. (Development Centre)
The Child Residence Centre has 7 care units that provide accommodation for up to 60 Children who are given care and protection on a day-to-day basis. Each unit has a trained, qualified Child Care worker referred to as a house parent who is designated 8 children. The children receive counselling and therapy from a qualified social worker to deal with their loss and stressful circumstances. They attend schools in the nearby community where they build friendships and advance academically. Our whole approach is to give them a sense of belonging and the ability to build healthy, normal lives.
The Residence Centre has a full time social worker who renders therapeutic and family re-unification services. There are developmental programs for children such as Life Skills, Behaviour Management, Arts and Culture, Education, as well as extra lessons offered by volunteers from the community.
The annual budget for the residence centre is R1 400 000.00. The department of Social Services subsidises the residence centre and provides a subsidy of R850 000.00.
Community Homebased Care (CHBC)
The centre also gives Community Home Based Care (CHBC)
services and food parcels. The Homebased Care services are for patients incapacitated by illness. Home Based Care workers are trained to source out, give help and also make follow ups with TB and HIV/AIDS patients who are on treatment such as Anti-retrovirals to ensure adherence. These services have resulted in the decrease of TB related deaths in the area and families of the HIV/AIDS infected and affected are helped to be able to cope withtheir situations and lead better lives.
Another of the CHBC’s services is the giving of food parcels instruggling communities. They provide 100 parcels every month to these communities in an effort to curb the effects of unemployment and poverty.
Sustainable Livelihoods(SLH)
Sustainable Livelihoods is the wing in the centre that over the course of many years offered skills and training courses to the community. Over 200 beneficiaries (youth) a year were able to access Life Skills to help them with goal-setting and planning, interview skills, effective communication and a number of other subjects to enhances their interpersonal skills. Given the computer training, job seekers preparation and business skills offered during computer classes. A large number of our beneficiaries were able to move on to successful careers and start their own businesses. A selected number of these were also fortunate enough to further receive technical skills from the centre.
These are the three branches that have over the years made KCC what it is. A home, an armour against hunger and the key to success and opportunities to Meyerton and beyond.
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