Lifeskills 2,743 vulnerable children South Africa

Avuxeni (Avusheni) and many Greetings from Keep The Dream196!!

I am very grateful and happy to share some GREAT NEWS!! 

Keep The Dream196 South Africa is Vetted, Superstar, Effective & Top Ranked By GlobalGiving in 2020 !!  What this means is that you can know with confidence that as an organization, we do what we say we are doing, we comply with all national and international laws in relation to governance, financial administration and staff management. We also work with a variety of other organizations such as the US Embassy, National Development Agency and Kindernothilfe (German Donor) and so our protection policies for children are regularly examined and adjusted as international and national laws change concerning child protection.

Thank you, KTD196 Community of Supporters and GlobalGiving for your Valuable Support & Guidance over the years.  We remain immensely grateful for the amazingly support and we are thankful to you from the core of our hearts. Together we are saving lives and building futures! You have made all possible! We couldn't accomplish any of this without your support.

KTD196 has been working on sensitive issues such as Gender Based Violence, women empowerment, prevention of violence against women and children and Sustainable Development Goals such as Environment conservation, literacy promotion and poverty alleviation. Your valuable support for these activities assures that together we are saving lives!

Last weekend we held a Color Fun Run and advocacy event where 350parents and children ran through the streets of Burgersdorp demanding an end to Gender Based Violence (GBV). Everyone learnt about what is GBV and how it is impacting society and what can be done. For example: every 8hours a woman is killed by her intimate partner and recently there has been a young medical intern and a social worker at our local University murdered by their boy friends. We need to change as a society and condemn this action. Advocacy is one of the activities we do through your support. Please go to our YouTube Chanel and view our video of the day.

Nkomo Sweneni Ngopfu (thank you so very much!)

Elizabeth

Links:

• View the children marching through Burgesdorp Village
• Why not visit our website?
• Or follow us on Facebook!

I am ecstatic that you have chosen to partner with Keep The Dream196 to continue to change the life outcomes of these amazingly beautiful children in Limpopo Province. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANKYOU! Children are the future, their ability to dream determines their future and because of you, the children we work with are not just dreaming but realising those dreams!

I am happy to share with you how your funds are stewarded. As a partner, we believe it is important to let you know your resources are well managed and truly serving the children.

If you would like a complete copy of our Annual Financial Report, please just email me on keepthedream196@gmail.com

Last year in 2019, close to 90% of monies raised was used to deliver the children's program, the parenting program and the Induna’s program (village leadership).

Over the years we have worked diligently to deliver impactful program effectively and stewarding your generous support continues to our goal as well.  We have a goal to expand our reach this coming year ensure we successfully reach even more children in need of Keep The Dream 196 program. The need is so great but we have the solution! Together we can do this thing!

Under project costs we have activities such as:

• Implementation of the Children's Program
• Leadership Training for children
• Leadership Training for the adults to be able to run our program
• Sustainable Development Goals awareness and advocacy including: Zero Hunger (the children who participated in this activity created a community food garden for their villages (55 villages); Improved wellness and health (the children attended training on health education and health promotion principles which they apply to their lives); Improved literacy (the children on a monthly basis read to other children in their local creches or preschools)
• Boys2Men training - this training helps the boys understand what is the role of a man in todays society. Sadly only 10% of the boys who attended the training had fathers. Of this only 1% had fathers they viewed as role models. The lack of real fathers and real men that are willing to step up and mentor, guide, lead and provide for their families is so obvious when we hear the heart breaking stories of these young men who often act out in violence and abuse because that is what they know. This training helps them understand the patterns associated with abuse and how to decide to be a different man and not fall in to the same pit falls their fathers had.
• We also have implemented training for over 300 parents on Child Protection and helping children move on their journey without being hijacked on their road. Parents find this training very confronting when understanding the depth of their role in parenting and supporting their children.
• We also have worked with over 60 Induna's (village Chiefs) in creating safe spaces for children in their villages. We challenged the Induna's to create action plans which they will implement in their villages to ensure the safety of the children who reside there.

To name just a few activities.

What this means in terms of outcome is that we, our programs and services, have been an important part of the many communities in which we work, and with your continued help, we can continue to provide lasting impact in the lives of these children, their families, the townships and beyond. Thank you! We could not do all that we do without you.

Thank you so much for your continued support and encouragement it really is very special. To those who are wondering about my mum, she is doing well. As you can imagine she is struggling to adapt to her new surroundings but apart from that she is physically getting stronger every day.

Thank you once again all

Blessings

Louise

"Everything you have taught us has been very helpful. There were two children in my community who were labelled as thieves; the community disliked the two young boys. I remembered one of the training KTD196 did with us about children that children are not bad once they start stealing it is their way of communicating with us that they need help. I decided to adopt them, I would cook for them every single day and showed them love and respect. The community tried to warn me against the idea and told me to stop but I continued taking care of them.

One day I asked them why they steal and they told me that they stole because they are hungry and just want to eat. Their mother is an alcoholic and doesn’t have time for them that is why they steal. Now they are all grown up, they are responsible young men. One is working and the other one is currently studying in Phalaborwa. Their mother is also doing so much better; she has a house and has better relationship with her family and relatives. She is happy and respected by the community. The boys still visit me and have kept in touch. KTD196 has taught me another way“ Induna from Nkambako Village

Links:

• Why not view our YouTube Channel
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