what is kwanda?… national television that communicates a powerful social message a major community...
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What is Kwanda?…
National television that communicates a powerful social message
A major community development project that impacts on hundreds of thousands of lives
A tool for the television audience to participate in a network or community of people changing and improving their communities
Kwanda partners Government Dept of Social Development, Dept of Health,
SALGA, 6 municipalities and CWP
Professional expertise
Crew of Development professionals and training professionals, many drawn from Soul City Training Partners, media professionals, and other specialists
Community Social capital
Networks of institutions within each community, formal and informal, churches, schools, CBOs…
Participants Teams of community members working together to make a difference, initially 50 from each community which will grow over the next six months to around 1,000 people in each community
Sponsors and Media
MTN, BP, DfID, CDC, PEPFAR, and SABC1 to create engaging television and contribute to empowering citizens to improve their lives
Kwanda objectives Project Objective
Increase social capital to enable communities to address their own challenges, and engage with government structures more effectively
Project Message
‘Working together we can transform our communities’
Television Objective
Inspire audience to take action in their communities
Network Objective
Connect active audience to resources that can help them and to those who they can help
Challenges that Kwanda teams addressed
Economic Development Creating enterprises - sewing, baking, farms, establishing community work programmes in each community; Kwanda Klothing Fashion show
Social Development Support for OVCs - creating feeding schemes, getting families registered for grants, getting children to school - addressing HIV prevention, especially multiple concurrent partnerships, addressing alcohol abuse and alcohol related violence
Building social capacity Strengthening relationships with municipalities, businesses, local NGOs, faith-based and community-based organisations
Working with Local and provincial structures
Working with Councillors
Ward Councillors were involved in initial recruitment of teams
Economic and Social Development
Teams have worked with social workers, community and economic development workers, municipal managers, SAPS and CPFs, Schools and SGBs
Community Work Programme
Community Work Programmes being implemented in each site with municipal support
Kwanda’s Reach
500 participants 500 participants
200,000 members of host communities benefit
500,000 people communicate with Kwanda via sms, letters, print, online
2,000,000 viewers and listeners each week
Locations
Mpumalanga Tjakastat
Eastern Cape Pefferville
Limpopo Lephephane
North West Meriting
Kwa-Zulu Natal
Mthwalume
Free State Koppies
What happened in Rustenburg?
OW learning process
Mass training method that enables participants to organise themselves
Experiential learning
Activity based learning, engaging participants in issues affecting their communities: HIV and Aids, OVCs, Alcohol abuse and poverty
What the Kwanda teams do?
Prevent new HIV infections
Organise HIV testing in their community. Support One Love Campaign. Launch PMTCT campaign
Support vulnerable children
Drive SNOC agenda - transform the local school into a place that not only educates but also helps protect vulnerable children - plant a food garden and create a feeding scheme to make sure every child in their community is eating properly
Improve incomes
Create new sewing, agriculture and building enterprises
Address violence and alcohol abuse
Build capacity to act against unsafe drinking and violence, ensure alcohol-free schools and safe places for children, Ensure shebeens and taverns stick to their licensing conditions and improve safety in and around taverns.
Episode 12Episode 12Episode 12 initiates the Kwanda Week.
Presented from the LIVE show (Ep13) site as it is being assembled, and the stage is being built.
We invite viewers to vote for their favourite community.
We take a look at the series and the community and end each community profile with in an update – what has happened since we last saw them?
We throw forward to next week’s LIVE show
Episode 13Episode 13
… and we award prizes recognising the individuals and teams that have made the greatest impact on their communities…
And finally…
Watch the series Be inspired by others like ourselves changing
their worlds through working together
Respond Comment via sms
Act … and then tell us via sms or email what you have done. We might come and film your work and you could be invited to take part
Participate in the network
Contact kwanda via sms and get access to information, and to other people and organisations that could help you in your work
Activist contacts organisations directly
Contacts DirectoryAvailable Services Database
NGOs
Gov agencies
Local organisations
Other activists
‘Activist’
Kwanda provides contact info to activist
Activist Contacts Kwanda