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P O Box 3506 Cape Town 8000Tel 021 465-4829 . Fax 021 461-0530

email [email protected] . website www.onsplek.org.zaNPO No. 009-578 . PBO No. 930-001-457

Affiliated to Cape Town Child Welfare Society

Ons Plek Projectsproviding hope instead of street life

We extend a warm invitationto everyone in the area to attend our

Annual General Meetingon Thursday 29 September 2011Thursday 29 September 2011Thursday 29 September 2011Thursday 29 September 2011Thursday 29 September 2011

at the

Rosebank Methodist Church HallRosebank Methodist Church HallRosebank Methodist Church HallRosebank Methodist Church HallRosebank Methodist Church HallChapel Road, off Main Road, Rosebank, Cape Town

from 17h0017h0017h0017h0017h00 for 17h3017h3017h3017h3017h30 until 19h3019h3019h3019h3019h30

Ons Plek girls and staff will entertain you andthe refreshments will entice you!

Please help us cater for everybody by bringinga plate of eats.

RSVP:Tel 021 465-4829/72 orFax 021 461-0530


Ons Plek ProjectsDirector:

PAM JACKSON

Unit Manager:YUMNA VAN DER SCHYFF

Our assessment centre and intakeshelter ONS PLEK, and ourOFFICES, are situated at

4 Albertus Street, Cape TownTel: 021 465-4829Fax: 021 461-0530

email: [email protected]: www.onsplek.org.za

Our second-stage shelterSIVIWE, is situated at7 York Road, Woodstock

Tel: 021 448-6529

Our Prevention Programsin Community:

UKONDLA 1 is situated atCity Council Community Hall,

Browns Farm, Philippi.UKONDLA 2 is situated

on the premises of SizakuyenzaSafe House, cnr Eisleben and

Phumelele Roads, Philippi.UKONDLA 3, our newly initiated

program, is situated on thecorner of Eisleben and

Phumelele Roads, Philippi.

We invite you to visit ourProjects and meet

the staff members andthe children

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Management Committee of

Ons Plek ProjectsNominations for election to the Management Committee

must be received at our office by23 September 2011 at 17h00.

These nominations must be in writing and must havebeen seconded. Your nomination form is included

on the back page.

If you are in need of more nomination forms,they are available from Sharon at our office.

ONLY MEMBERS of Ons Plek Projects are entitled tonominate and second persons for election.

(Member’s list appears on page 10)

We thank the following current CommitteeMembers who are willing to stand

for re-election:Ruth Andrews, Rutendo Chiweshe,

Roland Hudson-Bennett, Valerie Julies,Jane Lawrence, Joanne Miller, Christiana Nel,

Fiona Ross and Leslie Witz.

Tsiliso Tamasane will no longer be availableas Committee Member, but will remain a friend

and supporter of Ons Plek Projects.We thank you, Tsiliso.

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Do join us ...Come prepared to celebrate the children in our projects. Again this year bypopular demand our AGM gives an opportunity for supporters to hear, notonly from staff members, but from our children.

The Ons Plek and Siviwe children want to show you their school work, tornbetween wanting the attention and nervous of being judged. Your support andinteraction with them will be valued. A small team of children from Ukondla,Philippi will attend to show you one of their favourite activities.

... from Committee Members and Staff of Ons Plek Projects


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Ons Plek Projects consist of:Ons Plek intake shelter for girls doing comprehensive assessment and developmentcare with reunification as a priority.

Siviwe second-phase shelter for girls focusing on therapeutic and developmentalchildren’s home with reunification as a priority.Ukondla – Community Project with prevention as a priority run at three venues inPhilippi for boys and girls at risk of becoming street children.

Mission StatementOns Plek Projects has a simple and passionate mission:

To make a substantive improvement in the lives of female street children.Ons Plek is a place where girls find an opportunity to re-build their lives and their self-esteem.

A place where a sense of belonging helps them to take responsibility for themselvesand for others.

The preparation for life of each child takes into account the innate potential of the individualwithin the realities of her life circumstances.

These realities are mirrored in all aspects of our project which enables us to model copingmechanisms; girls participate fully in decisions about their lives; residential staff members

share the lives of the girls, and office staff members make do in cramped quarters withonly the essentials for the job.

Ons Plek is not an escape — it is a real home in a rough life

Key Information with regard to the Work,Key Information with regard to the Work,Key Information with regard to the Work,Key Information with regard to the Work,Key Information with regard to the Work,and the Context of the Work, of Ons Plek Projectsand the Context of the Work, of Ons Plek Projectsand the Context of the Work, of Ons Plek Projectsand the Context of the Work, of Ons Plek Projectsand the Context of the Work, of Ons Plek Projects

• Ons Plek is the only comprehensive program for girls on the streets in the Unicity of Cape Town.• Our intake shelter is situated in the CBD of Cape Town, because it is central and is where children and youth run to for

relative safety if city security systems allow them.• The sources of the children’s problems are not easily solved – deepening poverty, abuse, lack of affordable safe housing,

unemployment, crime, family instability, alcohol abuse, family violence, etc.• Girls come or are referred to us from different areas. Some girls roam around their home community with inappropriate

friends, often hanging around cheap local liquor and entertainment centres, before seeking help further afield.• Girls who seek help are often teenagers, but also younger girls, sometimes girls with babies.• Children tend to cope with an inordinate amount of trauma before leaving their home environments. These psychological

scarsmay take a long time to heal for many of the girls.• Those girls who find it the most difficult to reintegrate with mainstream society are often also living with learning

difficulties and even severe mental health problems.• Unaccompanied foreign minors are very vulnerable, and are ending up in the ‘street children’ sector.• Ons Plek works with an average – 100 to 150 girls per year.• Our community based prevention programs successfully keep ‘at risk’ children from running to the streets. They provide

a support structure in community for children from the shelters when re-unified with their families.• The work of our three main facilities is all interlinked. The three programs integrate to form a whole.

Ons Plek’s Vision ...That female street children will be successfully re-united with their families and that

failing that, they will be sufficiently empowered at Ons Plek Projects to grow intohealthy, independent functioning members of society.


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Dear Pam and Staff of Ons Plek Projects,Thank you for all the organisation and hard workthat went into the event, from the preparation ofthe Newsletter, which is a great example to otherOrganizations to emulate as a marketing strategyin terms of what happens at Ons Plek;* for the warm welcome at the hall by the staff;* the smooth running of the actual meeting;

* the input of the UKONDLA presentation anddramatization of their understanding of the rightsof children.* It was excellent, in terms of the content andunderstanding of the information being portrayed* and then of course the interpretation anddramatization by the learners was very clearlyprojected and very real.

* Thank you to the facilitators of this exercisefor a task well done with great meaning andunderstanding.* Thank you too for the morning school and theexercise of allowing the learners to share theirextent of their written work and the opportunityto articulate what they are doing. A very goodexercise in integratingskills such as communicationskills and confidencebuilding skills.Thank you to everyone atOns Plek for an authenticexperience.God bless the work you alldo.

Love Jane

We acknowledge with gratitude thevaluable support of our

MAJOR DONORS

BLUEBIRD INTERNATIONAL TRUST

CENTRAL METHODIST MISSION(in the form of a very reasonable rental)

CITY OF CAPE TOWN

D G MURRAY TRUST

GLOBAL MINISTRIES(Indianapolis) Africa

GLOBAL MINISTRIES(Institutional) USA

HENNIG FOUNDATION

NATIONAL LOTTERY

PAWC

S.A. HONG KONG ASSOCIATION

STICHTING STRAATMEIDENKAAPSTAD

STREETSMART

THE COMMUNITY CHEST

We strive to make our AGM personal, authentic portrayals of our work so that our supporters can reallysee what they are supporting. Last year Ons Plek/Siviwe girls shared their individual school work withsmall groups of supporters and Ukondla children presented a role play they had devised as one of theiractivities.

Jane Lawrence, long term supporter of Ons Plek and currently a committee member, had this to sayabout last year’s AGM:

Self DefenceLesson


Introduction to ContentsIntroduction to ContentsIntroduction to ContentsIntroduction to ContentsIntroduction to ContentsIn order to show how programs are actually interfaced in thelives of the children, our Annual Reports traditionally godeeper than a presentation of our aims, objectives, methodsand achievements. We hope some of the flavor of ourworking with real people in a real world is conveyed. We hopesome of our passion, the joys, the sorrows, the commitmentand the laughter, which the work engenders in staff members,is conveyed. This year we provide a smorgasbord of reflections and

comments on various aspects of our work to provide some ofthe larger context in which we work. This is followed by a case

study which illustrates and brings life to the Aims, Programs and Statistics found at theback of the Report.

Smorgasboard of Reflections andCommentsOns Plek in 1989 and in 20111989 : Children in Child and Youth Care Centers(Children’s Homes) are placed there by the courts.When a child is found in need of care by aninvestigating social worker, she must presentevidence of this fact to the Children’s Court. Parentsaccompany social worker and child to court and allparties give their view point.

The old Children’s Act of 1974 was geared tochildren living at home when they were discoveredto be abused or neglected by their parents. Thesocial worker of an agency in that area would beresponsible for the investigation and court reportand once the child was legally in a Children’sHome, for building the family so the child couldreturn home. The Children’s Home would providecounseling to the child, education and physicalcare.

Ons Plek and other projects for street childrendid not fit nicely into the law. Firstly, the childrenwere not living at home, therefore, there wasalways an argument between the courts as towhether the court hearing the case should be theone where the child was found or the one where hehad previously lived at with his parents. Socialworkers of NPOs were also reluctant to investigatebecause they had enough work to do in their ownareas. Ons Plek did not want to have childrenillegally. Therefore although a Children’s Home wasnot supposed to do statutory work we went tocourt to “open” or register the case. I wouldtelephone the area social worker and negotiatewith her. I would do all the investigations to ‘open’the case, write up all the information and send it toher. She would then finalise the case in court andOns Plek would do all the reunification family workand keep her informed. This meant the child wasstill the NPO’s responsibility if she left us. It didn’twork very well. So much time was wasted

telephoning social workers many of whom neverdid the court work or the reunification work. In theend Ons Plek took responsibility for everything.This worked well because we knew the childrenand the parents well. When a child is with you 24hours a day their interests are constantly on yourmind which is different to an area social workerwho seldom sees the child.

2011 : When the new Children’s Act was beingworkshopped we campaigned for the right to do ourown social work for the children in our care. Thenew regulations now allow us to apply to dostatutory work. The courts and Social Developmentare interpreting this in a most unhelpful way.

We are geared up to do comprehensive workwith the whole child integrating all the social workcounseling and other therapies with the necessarystatutory work. We only have capacity to do this forthe 120 plus children in our care that particularyear. Now if we go to court the court requires us todo all cases we ever did the statutory work for. If achild leaves us they sometimes pop in for someadvice. We can cope with this. We cannot cope withthe comprehensive and delicate decisions requiredby statutory work for all children who were ever inour care. Once a child leaves our care she shouldbecome the responsibility of NPOs in the area whoare set up to do this e.g. ACVV, Child Welfare, andPAWC.

If the area social worker does the statutory workshe decides on reunification, foster parents etc. Thesocial workers will often focus on her crisis cases

Pam JacksonDirector

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rtand not keep up with the social work needed forthose children already in care because a child out ofsight is a child out of mind. In most cases, therefore,we will still do all the reunification work with thefamilies. But if it is formally her case we can onlymake recommendations to a social worker aboutwhen and to which family member a child shouldbe discharged to. Yet we may be in a better positionto make a wise decision because of our frequentcontacts with relatives. The social worker who visitsonce can be very impressed with a family member.Yet we know when what that relative says and doesare two completely different things. She may notbelieve us when we report that the child alwaysreturns to us exhausted after visits because she ismade to do all the housework. She has the power toplace the child with that relative against ourrecommendation.

There is a strong case to be made for Childand Youth Care Centers doing their own statutorywork.

So in 2011 we are back to begging and pleading(when we can actually telephonically locate therelevant social worker) with the social worker tofinalise our cases in court. If they do not the courtsdismiss the case, the child is illegally in our care, welose the subsidy for that child. Are we supposed toreturn the child to the abusive parents or keep thechild illegally? No one will tell us.

In 2011 we are back to thesame statutory challenges

we had in 1989!

Monitoring and Evaluation Visit— Passed again!Ons Plek and Siviwe had our 2 days Monitoring andEvaluation visit in February from the Department ofSocial Development Western Cape to which allNPOs are required to comply with.

Two gentlemen and a social worker came andchecked our accounting procedures, our social workfiles and reports, our personnel procedures andpolicies, health and safety procedures, adherence toour constitution. Board members compliance withgovernance principles, you name it, it was allscrutinized. Although we have yet to receive thewritten report, we were told verbally we had againpassed with flying colours.

Social Worker as a scarceresourceWe have known for some years there is a criticalshortage of social workers in South Africa. Thisyear in February our top class, caring, up to dateand efficient social worker, Carmen De Vos felt theneed to change from the very intense emotionalwork at Ons Plek to a different field and reluctantlyleft us.

Nine social workers responded to ouradvertisement. Before we could even interview 3experienced South African black applicants said theycould earn a good deal more at the Department andwithdrew (NPOs have long complained that the highDepartment salaries considerably weakens thebuying power of NPOs). Of the remainingcandidates four were newly graduating blackZimbabweans. When asked where their fellowgraduates were we were told “the whites can’t getwork here so they go overseas, the South Africanblacks had bursaries so they went straight into theDepartment and we Zimbabweans are left.

This pattern repeated itself again when we hadcome to advertise again a few months later.Homestead had a similar response to theiradvertisement.

Difficulties in the field are:Due to the shortage of social workers theDepartment began giving very generousbursaries to would be social workers.Many are not interested in social work butany sponsored degree will do for them.These social workers are now providing,in many cases, not all, a half heartedsocial work service.

NPOs cannot compete with salaries ofthe Department so are often left withoutsocial workers.

NPOs are heavily pressurized to haveSouth African black social workers yetthe social workers prepared to work forNPO salaries are white, coloured orZimbabweans.

Funding — also a scarce resourceFunding, need I say it, is a scarce resource.Corporate Social Investment policies havebackfired on NPOs! Corporates’ used to give money,some demanded accountability through reports,others not. Now corporates are compelled or feelcompelled to be meaningfully involved, not just togive. This usually involves 1 day of staff involvementwhich means NPOs get many offers at year end topaint the property or treat our children.

We need our property painted desperately butwe need it painted by experts in painting to whom

There is a strong case to bemade for Child and Youth Care

Centres doing their ownstatutory work.


we can go back to if we have a complaint. We alsoneed personnel who are trained to work withchildren and do so on a consistent reliable basis. Forboth of these we need money. Our children needtreats but not within a context which either makethem feel entitled to receive or make them feel “poorrecipients”.

There is also the worry corporates have thatNPO’s will waste their money. Yes, some do! Thoseare the ones you don’t give to! The giving of moneyto pay someone’s salary is a definite socialinvestment. It skills the employee who did not havework before and enables one more person to sendher children to school and the work gets done!

Corporates do have a responsibility towards theSouth African society they operate in. There is goodreason to give their contribution to professionals whoknow what they are doing and are accountable inhow they use the money.

Corporates now are giving less money and doingone or two activities a year.

The Lottery can still take 2 years before an NPOeven hears the money is on the way. The recentlytouted idea to simplify the requirements for the Lotterywill not help. The Lottery forms and requirements areless demanding than most other funders.

Funding from many overseas trusts havedropped considerably during the recession.

And the children — yet anotherstory to break our hearts but ahopeful end is in sightAs always our cases have similarities and anyonethinking they recognize the case many well bemistaken.

Some of our children read this Report so I havechosen a case from the previous year in the hopesthat memories will be dim. In addition identifyingdetails have been changed. This case illustrates bothhow a family is preserved by providing support tokeep children at home and the reunification of achild already in care.

“A” was found by a shopkeeper who noticed achild sitting in the park all day. A social workerbrought the 13 year old girl to Ons Plek. She criedfor 3 days begging to go home. The girl was veryneglected, her hygiene was almost non-existent, herschoolwork very bad. A phone call to the girl’sschool revealed she bunked school frequently andher granny could not control her running around atwill.

An Ukondla staff member took her home tolearn more about the family and the possibility ofever returning her home (re-unification and homevisits programs). The girl’s two grandparents, one ofwhom is disabled, were attempting to care for 5children aged between 3 and 17 years. Both themothers of the children had died and their fathershad never supported them.

There was no furniture in the house and bedswere made of piles of old clothing. On arriving athome the child immediately picked up a broom andbegan cleaning and later started preparing a verybasic meal for the family. The reasons for herrunning around were immediately apparent but itwas also apparent there is love and responsibilitybetween family members. The grandparents aretrying to care for their grandchildren despite theodds. The child, noticing the dirty house began tohelp them without being told to.

What’s needed to be done?Firstly “A” had to stay in our care as she wasendangering herself by running around andparticipate in our Education Program, our SocialSkills Program and our Counselling Program.

Secondly a decision had to be made about removingthe other children into care. Easy to say a Child andYouth Care Centre would be the best place. However,only “A” was running around, the other children wereattending school, they felt loved, as did “A ”, they hadrecently lost their moms and their psychological health isas, if not more, important then placing them in betterequipped places with strangers. There were no otherrelatives who could take the children.

Thirdly the grandparents’ co-operation andinsight into their own motivations and behavioursrequired very sensitive, non judgmental, enablingcounseling. They already received every kind ofgrant they were eligible to receive. We needed toengage them in relooking at how the money wasspent and as no one likes to have interference intheir financial affairs our childcare workers had togain and keep the grandparents trust. They have todecide how to spend their money because we haveno power to supervise the spending of it. (We didimmediately deliver clothes for the children on theunderstanding we would not make a habit of this).

Fourthly their other school going children weresqueezed into Ukondla’s over subscribed after schoolprogram.

The result of the interventions was that “A” settleddown and stopped running around. She caught upwith the school work she had missed, while runningaround, in our informal morning school programs andreturned to formal schooling. She used the counseling

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Pam Jackson and Renée Rossouwon the website

for more details about howa home visit is done.

Also see the section at endof this report.


program to disclose that a man in her neighbourhoodhad been making inappropriate advances to her andbecause she knew her disabled grandfather could notprotect her she tried to stay out of the area.

The other siblings attended Ukondla on a dailybasis after school. They received lunch everydaywhich relieved the pressure a little bit on the grand-parents. Ukondla staff got to know the family verywell through the children. Home visits to discusshomework progress with the grandparents provideda way of also providing support and counseling tothe grandparents. They used the sessions to workthrough their own bereavement of their twodaughters, their worries about their grandchildrenand discipline issues.

The children also received counseling atUkondla and meaningful activities and relationshipswith caring adults which kept them keenparticipators of Ukondla and off the streets(Prevention Program).

There are moves afoot now for an older siblingto return home to help care for the children. “A” isnow at home and attends Ukondla where we keepan eye on the family (Reunification Program).

Thus the family was (and continues to be)preserved through support to the grandparents inkeeping their grandchildren at home despite terriblepoverty. The one child “A”, had to be in care toenable her to settle down and by maintaining familyrelationships she was then able to move back intothe family when she was solving her problems moreconstructively. Having Ukondla in the area was agodsend because we could offer and still do ongoinghelp when needed to the family.

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When I look back on my first few days at OnsPlek, I remember how vague the picture was ofwhat awaited me. I had already met the girlspreviously, but did not have a clear picture of theiracademic development and abilities orpersonalities.

They were unsettled because of the transitionand openly defiant towards me. Since then wehave built up a wonderful raport. Because thereare currently six girls in morning school, I had thechance to assess them individually as timeprogressed. I can now give work they are capableof doing, preventing them from feelingunaccomplished.

My aim is to instill certain, much neededaspects in them. I can barely fill in the gaps intheir education, as some of them lack evenfoundation phase skills, but I can do exercises withthem to help them focus and concentrate better.We do some balancing exercises in the morning,which the girls love. It has an uncanny way ofenergizing and focusing them rendering themready for any work I give them.

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I can also give them goals and the means toachieve them.

Great things have happened! One of the girlswho has serious concentration problems, hasdiscovered word search. Because she was allowedto spend time with it, she is now able to concentrateon a whole page of Maths, can do two digit sub-traction and asks for more work when she is finished.

All in all it has been a wonderful experience sofar and I look forward to assisting the girls into anew and hopefully brighter future.Estee FourieEducator

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In order for our membership to be accessible to everyone, we consider any donations in cash or kind fromINDIVIDUALS in the course of the year as sufficient to cover our annual membership subscription. You may alsobecome a member by paying a specific subscription of R5 per annum. If you have donated and your name is notlisted below, please contact Sharon at Ons Plek immediately in connection with your membership before theAGM. You will also have the opportunity to sign up as a member at the AGM on Thursday, 29 September 2011.

MEMBERS ON RECORD:

A: Abdullah Mrs S+R, Abreu I, Achmat A, Adams F, Adams M, Adams N J, Adams Z, Affaa M, Alassane, Albertyn Z, Allen J, Alley Mr+Mrs S,Amadi J, Andrews Dr B , Andrews L, Andrews R, Anyamene H, Anyamene Mr+Mrs, Appelt Mr+Mrs M, Arendse Mrs G, Arendze Mr+Mrs A,Armist T.

B: Baguley H+G, Balmer D (Switzerland), Baluta D, Baradien R, Barfield S (England), Barry C, Barthis G, Bassier L, Bedford Mr+Mrs,Bedford N, Beer S, Bennett S, Benseler M, Beukes K, Botha S, Botha S R, Bowen C, Brache J, Britz R, Brocchetto L,Broelinckx Mr+Mrs (Belgium), Brouche Julie, Broumels Ms M+K, Brown P, Brown R, Buchhorn B, Buckley J (UK), Byliefeldt J.

C: Cain Mrs, Cain V, Carelse S, Cecsarini L (USA), Chanka T, Chan-Sam S + friends, Charles A, Chase P, Chimonjo, Chorley P (UK),Chukwanonso E, Clarke Mrs, Claassen A, Clay R, Cleal Mrs L (UK), Cogels S, Cohen A, Cohen M, Cole A, Coleman E, Collins C, Colsell K,Cook S, Cornelius Z, Cornell Mr+Mrs J, Cornish J+L, Court R, Cupido C, Cupido S, Cupido T.

D: Da Costa A+G, Da Costa Dr. L, Da Silva T, Damons S, Daniels Mr+Mrs, Daniels N, Darries F, De Beer J, De Beer Mr, De Beer S,De Chazal J, De Jager A, De Vos D, Du Plessis S, Dideriksen T, Dlamini N, Dolby N, Duncan C, Du Plessis S, Dyasi B.

E: Ebden C, Edwards A, Elendu M, Elsener A, Ememike Ken, Engel V, Esau S, Eze P.F: Farrell Mr+Mrs, Feldman T, Fells N+R, Filippi M, Firus M (Denmark), Fisher L, Fletcher J, Fountain R+S (UK), Foyn T, Frater A,

Fredericks A, Freedman R, Filander M, Fresen L, Friedman Mrs G, Furno N –Estate Late.G: Ganfie K, Gasant A, Gelderbloem U, Geraldine, Gerdien, Gevers W, Gillian C, Giliomee P, Glickman F (USA), Glickman J, Godwin,

Goldsmith G, Goldstone-May C, Goodwill R, Govender K, Gorringe B+R (Australia), Gram C (Norway), Green M, Grobbelaar K (Wilson),Grobbelaar P, Grobler I, Guy A.

H: Hagens N, Halliford Mrs O, Hamilton F, Hamilton J, Hare E, Haschick C, Hassenstein U, Häßner C (German), Henderson L,Hendricks Mr+Mrs M, Hendricks Y, Hennessy K, Henrietta + Gladys + Joylene + Thembi, Hermanus A, Herselman M, Hey B,Hickman J (England), Hicks M (UK), Higginson J+D, Hill P, Holditch Mr+Mrs (UK), Holland Ms, Hoosain E, Hoosin Z,Hoschele L (Switzerland), Hoyte M, Husson E.

I: Ibekwe C+P, Ishmael N, Isralls family, Ivana A.J: Jabaar R, Jack, Jackson M, Jacobs B, Jagers J, Janet, Jansen van Vuuren N, Jasmine + Aunty Jess, Jedelkin J, Jongens A,

Janse van Rensburg J, Jongens N, Judge M.K: Kannemeyer E, Karjiker Dr M, Karpas Y, Keel J (England), Keen J, Kelland B, Kenneth Mr+Mrs E, Kenny M, Khan N, Kingsley O,

Kleinhans M, Klippel R, Klitzner A, Kobra Aunty, Koranteng I, Kramer A, Krige S, Kruger P+V.L: Labia Count + Countess, Lambrechts R, Lamkin J E (Manitou Foundation), Larney I+T, Latimer Mrs, Lawrence J, Lawrence N+M,

Lawton A, Lazarus N, Lee-Wright A, Leriche Mrs, Lewis C D -Estate Late, Litten K+S, Lorenzen A, Lucas B, Lucas L (Australia), Ludwig S,Luyindula P.

M: Mackill T, Madden P, Maggie + Jess, Magnus A (UK), Magwaza K, Maharaj A, Majiet A, Malan G, Manterfield T, Mariana, Marks B, Marks Mrs,Martheze S, Maziarz K, Mbegby C, McBride R, McKenzie J, McNaught J+D, McShally G, Meadows M (USA), Mess D (Germany), Meyer L,Meyer M, Mgbojikwe Mr+Mrs N, Michels M, Miller J, Milmidsky A, Minchener P, Mini M, Misha, Mitchell A, Mitford L,Moabelo S (UCT Students), Mohamed P, Moffat G, Mokoena M, Moore A, Morie C, Morizu O, Morris M, Moses R, Mqaba N,Muller Rev B, Muna N, Munk M (Denmark), Muranda T, Murray S, Myburgh T+W, Myers A, Myers O.

N: Naicker N, Natasha, Ndaliso Z, Nesbitt R, Nitsckie D, Nizam N, Njengele A, Nwakuba S.O: Oberholzer M, Obi P I, October S, Okafor E, Okafor F M, Okeke A, Okoligwe C, Okolin E, Okorie C, Okoye Mr+Mrs, Okoye P, Olwage-Smit M,

Onyemauche O, Oreyi C + family, Overgaard H (Denmark).P: Palmer T, Pat Aunty, Perry S, Petersen J, Phillips M, Pike M, Pick L, Pillay C, Pillay Mr, Plaatjes S, Plaatjie D, Plaatjies L, Pocock E (USA),

Poswa J, Prescott E (UK) , Pretorius L, Price N, Pupa D.R: Rabinowitz Mr+Mrs B P, Rae D, Ramroop S, Rank Sharp, Rasdien K, Rasheedah, Ratemane S, Rees B (Wales), Rehbock L, Richardson A (USA),

Ricken Mrs, Robertson G, Robinson S, Ronquest L, Roodbol A, Ros Z, Rosenmann J, Ross F, Rowston D, Rüfli A, Rynhoud J.S: Salie S, Sambu T, Sammy S, Saunders J, Saya Z, Scello F, Schmidt A, Schmitt C, Schutte C, Schwartz M, Schwarz U, Schwarzenbek L,

Scott J (USA), Scultetus C, Searl A+L, Settler Dr. F + Mrs S, Settler H, Shapiro Y, Shepherd H+L, Shunmugan V, Sickle W, Simamkele,Simon H, Simons N, Singh N, Slabolepszy F, Slamang M, Smith D, Smith E D , Sokal A, Solomons M, Solomons Mr, Soutschka I, Srubis E,Starke P, Strauss M, Stekhoven-Schuurman, A P, Steward G, Stowell P (USA), Strong G, Stuart D, Sulayman R, Sylvester Mr+M.

T: Tanja + Natalie + Mark + Connie + Sarie, Tayler S, Temple P, Toefy A, Toms M (England), Tonono M, Tough J, Trimm R, Trollip K,Tromp M (Holland), Turner J.

U: Umcokoli E, Uwaoma C, Uwaoma S.V: Van Breda Z, Van de Laar Rev D, van den Berg H, Van Der Heijden I, Van der Ross F, van der Schyff F, van der Schyff L, van der Schyff W,

van der Schyff Y, van der Schyff Z, Van Eck S, Van Eyssen O, Van Jaarsveld M , Van Niekerk J, Van Niekerk L, Van Tonder T,Van Tonder Tanya, Van Wyk B, Van Zyl L, Van Zyl M, Vaughan B, Vickers C, Visser M, Vroom G.

W: Wagner L, Wagner U, Wahab S, Wakefield N, Waller D, Ware Mr+Mrs J (England), Webber N, Weichmann B, Weiss Dr M,Wertheimer K+T (Australia), West K, West L, Wigglesworth K, Williams L (England), Williams M, Wilson B, Wilson K, Winkler family,Windvogel, Wisel D, Witz C, Worthman U, Wright A, Wright Mr+Mrs G (England), Wyatt H, Wynne L.

Z: Zaida.


It was a Thursday afternoon, and we were sitting inthe office at Siviwe, both trying to get a fewminutes of peace before the onslaught of girls camehome from school. We both poured a cup of coffeeand pondered all the things we had to do next.

There was a knock on the door, and it wasMichelle, one of our smaller girls, six years old. “Iwant to talk to you!”, she demanded, pointing atJenny (Educator). “And then, I am going to talk toyou”, she said, pointing at Gina (Counsellor). Wehave gotten used to this with time; our little onessee the bigger girls having private talks abouteducation, etc. in our office upstairs, and they toowant to be privy to this kind of chat.

Another little one, Lisa (also six years old),stood shyly at the doorway as Michelle wasdirecting us. Soon she was brought into the plan aswell.

“Come! Come in!” Michelle said impatiently.She jumped onto Jenny’s lap and told Lisa to sitwith Gina. After a moment of hesitation, Lisaclimbed onto Gina’s lap. There we sat, facing eachother, each with a little girl on our knees.“What would you like to talk about?” Gina asked.“I want to talk about friends”, Michelle said.“Okay, what about friends?” Jenny asked.“Just friends”, Michelle said.“Well, who is your friend?” asked Gina.

“Lisa is my friend”, Michelle replied.“And why is Lisa your friend?”, Jenny questioned.“Lisa is my friend because she is nice”, saidMichelle.Then it was Lisa’s turn.“Michelle is my friend because she makes mehappy”, Lisa said.

Both girls looked very serious, looking at oneanother reassuringly. There was nothing more tosay as they had both expressed very importantfeelings and trust for one another. This was anemotionally dense moment for all of us. When theselittle girls arrived at Ons Plek, neither spoke a wordof English, they had not been exposed to any kindof education, they were very neglected, and theyprobably had no idea what friendship actually was.

Now, they are both doing well in school, theyspeak English fluently, and they have grown in astunning manner,behaviourally, emotionallyand socially.

Most importantly,they have found what theymay have never hadbefore — a friend.by Gina Jagers and JennyGlickman

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Our holiday programs at OnsPlek Projects are designed toempower — the children areinvolved from the planningstages.

Our holiday programs areplanned by the Ukondla staff everyschool holidays. The staff take timeto sit down and reflect what exactlythey can teach or reinforce on thechildren and create an awarenessabout our social issues in ourcommunities. This is an opportunityto liaise with the children themselveswhat they would like to do for theholidays. By doing that we createopportunity for them to learn tocompromise and also to learn theimportance of budgeting and alsocome up with ways of fundraisingfor a specific event or activity.

On the program we included aChristmas party for the children andthe parents were invited to comeand see and hear what their childrenare doing at the homework programfor the whole year. We had a goodturnout of parents coming. Theyassisted in the lunch preparationsand they got to know each other asparents. They also interacted wellwith all the children. The childrenperformed for the parents in theform of music, dance, speech andthey showed their communicationskills with confidence. The childrentook the responsibility to welcometheir parents in their environment.

The parents were amazed at howthe children were being empoweredto take responsibility of their ownlives. The parents also got the

chance to say how they felt of theprogram as a whole. They can seethe difference it brings to theirchildren’s lives and also thedifference in their communities!

As it was holidays we expectedmost children to be away, but insteadwe had about 37 children in almosteveryday. They all came with a lot ofenthusiasm bringing with themmaterial for the activities. Theexperience of seeing the childrenlearn and also wanting to know moreabout things makes it easier for us asstaff to convey what we know tothem, and for them as well to pass iton to others in their communities.Vuyisa – Ukondla CommunityWorker(the writer is a second languageEnglish speaker)

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A Brief Descriptionof Ons Plek’s Programs

A summary of the programs is presented for those not familiar with our work. More detailedinformation on these programs can be found in previous Annual Reports or on our website.

Implementation of the programs is illustrated by a case in our Director’s Report.

Family Reunification ProgramFamily reunification is one of the core functions of thework at Ons Plek. In some cases it requires months oreven years of painstaking work to make a homeplacement possible.

24-hour Accessible Early InterventionIntake ProgramThe first stage of reunification begins with the processof weaning the child off the street. Girls are referredto Ons Plek Intake Shelter within hours or a fewdays of arriving in the Cape Town CBD. Usuallythey are running away from abuse or neglect athome. Most of the time they are running aroundtheir own communities returning home every fewdays. We are able to intervene before they becomepermanent street children. The girl’s circumstancesare assessed immediately on arrival. The girl is thenreferred to our family preservation or familyreunification programs. Statutory services areprovided by our social work staff members.Siviwe — second stage Residential CareSiviwe, meaning God has heard us, provides the2nd phase of treatment. Once the girls have weanedthemselves from street life at Ons Plek, they leaveto be accommodated at Siviwe for the next phaseof treatment. Separated from the girls at Ons Plek,who are still making the transition to a structuredlife, girls at the Siviwe shelter can focus moreintensively on building their lives.

Our statistics for this year are an interestingreflection of what is happening in society as well ashow effective our treatment is.

Usually we have approximately 130 girls in careat Intake (Ons Plek) and Second Stage Shelter(Siviwe).

In 2010/2011 we had 118 children (although itseemed much more, each child with their own dailyconcerns and crises). We helped a number of adultswho were homeless with young children who hadjust been forced to leave abusive homes and neededa few nights shelter while we found facilities for them.

It is our core aim to reunify children with theirfamilies. The number of children we were able to dothis with this year was 27. Three children went intofoster-care — a very complex process, 11 children weretransferred to other Child and youth Care Centres.Thirty two children were in care with us at the yearend. Of these 11 are long term residents many of whom

we ensure maintain family contact but due to familycircumstances they are unlikely to ever return home.Seventeen children refused help, 3 to the streets wherethey are still living most of the time. The rest ran awayto family members. After considering the situations theywere left there in their best interests. We may thinkthese children should be in care. However, if the childis so unhappy being in care that they are destructiveto others and to themselves but are happy at home itis sometimes better to allow them to remain home.These children are usually about 15 years plus. Thesedecisions are only made after numerous problemsolving attempts. All children who run away from homeare followed up and fetched unless the circumstancesdictate as above.

The use of drugs and an attitude of ‘we haverights’ without an understanding of responsibilitiesto balance this is the reason many children arerefusing any authority, running away from home andfrom us. This was the case with 17 children this year.

Of these 15 were drug users whom neither wenor anyone else could help. There are almost nofree treatment centres for girls on drugs in theWestern Cape. Many came having had shorttreatment courses — now closed down — and beganusing again. Three of the 17 ‘failures’ were habitualstreet children who moved between home and streetfollowing a family tradition of doing so. Only 3 ofthe 17 had a caring family member who repeatedlytried to help.

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17 Refused help (down from last year's 25) 27 Re-unified home (up from last year's 20) 3 In foster care 11 Transferred to other care 32 In care as at 31 March 2011 17 Children with their parents (11)


rooms and the house in general, school uniformsare washed, and ironed in the afternoon. The girlsprepare a weekly shopping list and actively do theshopping as well as cooking the meals for thehousehold.

Counselling ProgramTrauma counselling

Life Story sessions toroot the child in herhistory

Family Therapy sessions

Social Skills ProgramHouse MeetingsHouse meetings take place at least once a monthand/or as determined by household needs. Duringmeetings the girls have to practice and learn listeningskills, respect each other’s opinion and share ideasin an accepting and non-judgmental way.

Church/Mosque/Youth AttendanceMost girls attend the local Methodist Church onSundays where they interact with the communityand experience a sense of inclusion and acceptance.

Cultural and Traditional Activities

Groups on Relationships, Friendships,Sexual Relationships and Body CareThe purpose and content of the groups is to educatethe girls on positive ways to deal with people in theirlives and to gain self respect. Topics include bodychange and growth, good relationships/badrelationships, teen pregnancy, contraceptives andHIV/AIDS.

Education ProgramFormal Attendance at Formal SchoolsIf the children can cope at school it greatly increasestheir chances of fitting in and being accepted by theirfamily and their community. Girls attend formal andinformal schools after attending our own bridgingprogram ‘Morning School’ while their educationabilities are assessed and they learn to re-adapt toroutine and structure and gain confidence in theirabilities.

Morning School Assessment and BridgingProgram for girls not yet ready to returnto schoolThe school runs from Mondays to Thursdays 09:30to 12:00, with a baking or other creative programon Fridays from 08:00 to 12:00.

Homework SessionsThe girls at formal schools attend our home-workprogram every afternoon from Mondays toThursdays.

Reunification and Preservation ProgramIn both programs, family interviews are held as soonas possible to resolve the breakdown in the family ifpossible.

While the girls adjust to a structured environment,our Social Worker and Childcare staff memberscontact and interview families and investigate homecircumstances before the child can live successfullywith family. Those children whose families and/orthemselves require intensive therapeuticinterventions will be allocated to the re-unificationprogram. See the following programs which are partof the Re-Unification Program.

Children who have only been away from thefamily for a day or two weeks, would fall under thepreservation program. If the family bonds are stillsufficiently intact for the child to return home whilethe problems are worked on, it is called familypreservation. Staff members hold family meetingsand family building sessions with families. OurUkondla Program focuses primarily on preservation(see below).

Twenty out of 82 children were returned homepermanently, 2 children went into foster care, 5children were transferred into other care.

Home Visits — local and ruralHome visits are important in making familyreunification possible. We have done very few longdistance visits to the Eastern Cape due to fewerEastern Cape children this year.

Intervention Programs, Life Skills andSkills Training as related to ReunificationA healthy self image and feeling of belonging andmastery is crucial to the girls’ willingness to engagein problem solving with their families and theircommunities.

If re-unification fails, the same processenables them to engage constructively

in society.A range of skills training and develop-ment programsare provided while the reunification processproceeds, however long that may take. Every activitywe offer has a goal and purpose in the children’slives.

Social and Practical Skills — HouseholdDuties

On a daily basis the girls do individual cleaning dutiesas decided by the Childcare Worker. The girls areresponsible for making their beds, cleaning the

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Melody Meadows and Jessica Scott. A calculatedfinancial risk was taken to open Ukondla 3 (when thisvenue was found after a 4 year search) because theneed is so great. The response to Ukondla’s work fromteachers, parents and children has been amazing.Teachers beg us to open a centre in their schoolsbecause Ukondla’s children’s school performanceimproves so markedly. The parents notice the changein their children’s behaviour and several have changedtheir parenting techniques after discussions with ourstaff who are trained in parenting techniques. Thechildren themselves are enthusiastic about theactivities. Several reveal very traumatic stories in theircounseling sessions and healing can begin to takeplace. The partnership with Sizakuyenza has beenfruitful. We hope to build more Ukondla projects withthem.

Holiday ProgramAs with all other programs at Ons Plek, the HolidayProgram’s aim is to include preparing the girls forlife in their homes and communities, and to givethem opportunities for development — intellectually,socially and emotionally. The aim is never to lurethem away from the streets with elaborate treats.This would be counter-productive, maintaining thepattern of alternating over-excitement and apathywhich can trap children in street life.

Most vacation days at Ons Plek are spent at home— playing games, doing puzzles, playing “poppiehuis”, chatting, walking to the local park, and justbeing children.

Volunteer ProgramRecruitment, Orientation,SupervisionThis year we continued to make intensive use oflocal and international volunteers and studentinterns (26 in total) who work part-time or full-time for Ons Plek for periods ranging between 3and 10 months. They provided a range ofactivities, including computer skills training,reading, art, drama, education, leadership training,swimming and baking. As we had many girls informal and informal school this year, the volunteershad to work hard at supporting the girls in theseprograms.

Prevention ProjectUkondla Program in Philippi (Browns Farm) Community

In addition to our overall strategy for dealing withgirls vulnerable enough to dwell on the streets ratherthan in their homes, we are running preventativeprograms in Philippi community to preserve families.As children drop out of school before they drop outof home, a homework support program helps themstay in school.

At Ukondla I, a group of 24 children attendedhomework support, enrichment programs and weeklycounselling sessions regularly. The program runs onMondays to Fridays, is similar to the in-house supportprogram at Ons Plek, except that the children live intheir own homes. Staff members regularly visit all thechildren’s family homes and their parents are now verysupportive of the program.

Last year we opened a second homework supportprogram situated on the grounds of Sizakuyenza, ina tiny, but sturdy steel prefab building. This cateredfor 20 children who had been on our waiting list aswell as for children of battered women during theirstay at Sizakuyenza. When the women leaveSizakuyenza their children can continue to attendUkondla 2 while their mothers establish themselvesin a new life.

In January 2011 we opened Ukondla 3 in a similarstructure also on Sizakuyenza’s property. This prefabwas partly funded through our 1 year long interns

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Vuyisa Blom running a discussion at Ukondla 3

If you’re wanting to own a copy of Ons Plek’sbook written by Pam Jackson and Renée

Rossouw, please contact our officeat 021 465-4829

The story of Ons Plek Projects Girls Shelterin Cape Town


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ReportSchool: Spring Dale ~ Grade 4The teacher was very happy to tell us (Ukondla) that the childis doing very well since the schools are open. She said she waswondering why the child improves so quickly. She said she evenasked herself what happened.

Teacher’s ReportShe said the boy is the repeater because he was not coping lastyear, he could not speak English and he was shy not even try andalso he was not doing his homework. She said if he (the child)wanted to say something to the teacher he used to ask anotherchild to speak on his behalf. She said she tried to call theparents to talk to them but the parent always send someoneelse instead of coming. The teacher said the child now is open,he is doing his homework and he is even trying to speak English.

The teacher was speechless and said we are doing a greatjob and she is happy that there are people who are assistingthem to build the children’s future and she is happy to workwith us (Ukondla) and she can see where she is going with thechild. She asked us to continue to do good job and assist thechildren because most of the parents are not there to helpthem.Vuyisa Blom : Ukondla Community Worker8 February 2011


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Transport costs for the girls for school.Transport costs for the girls for educationaloutings/camps.Medical expenses for the girls eg. eye tests.

TOILETRIES:TOILETRIES:TOILETRIES:TOILETRIES:TOILETRIES:Roll-on deodorant, body spray, bath soap, toilet paper,Vaseline, hair straightener (must be mild), tooth-paste, shoe polish (black), shoe brush, Nitagon liceshampoo (clinics no longer supply this), flannel nappies.

UNDERWEAR: UNDERWEAR: UNDERWEAR: UNDERWEAR: UNDERWEAR: BRAND NEW PLEASE!BRAND NEW PLEASE!BRAND NEW PLEASE!BRAND NEW PLEASE!BRAND NEW PLEASE!PANTIES and BRAS for young girls aged 5 – 18yrs,panties for teenagers, socks for winter.

STATIONERY:STATIONERY:STATIONERY:STATIONERY:STATIONERY:Photocopy paper (white), A4 coloured paper, PrittStick (large), plastic sleeves, Flip Files, examinationpads, A4 hard cover books, calculators (scientific).

SCHOOL STATIONERY REQUIREMENTS:SCHOOL STATIONERY REQUIREMENTS:SCHOOL STATIONERY REQUIREMENTS:SCHOOL STATIONERY REQUIREMENTS:SCHOOL STATIONERY REQUIREMENTS:Pritt (40gm), space case, ballpoint pens (black, blueand red), homework diaries.

CAMERA and FILMCAMERA and FILMCAMERA and FILMCAMERA and FILMCAMERA and FILM 24 exp.

GLOBESGLOBESGLOBESGLOBESGLOBES (energy-saving)

POWERPOINT PROJECTORPOWERPOINT PROJECTORPOWERPOINT PROJECTORPOWERPOINT PROJECTORPOWERPOINT PROJECTOR— please contact us first regarding this item

KIDDIES/TEEN DVDsKIDDIES/TEEN DVDsKIDDIES/TEEN DVDsKIDDIES/TEEN DVDsKIDDIES/TEEN DVDs

Have you moved?Have you moved?Have you moved?Have you moved?Have you moved?Please advise us of your change of address, if you have moved house or office ...

it’s such a pity when the girls’ ‘thank you’ letters or our Newsletters/AGM Reportsare returned to us! Many thanks ...

ons plek projectsonsplek.org.za/.../03/2011-ons-plek-annual-report.pdf · ons plek is not an escape...

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