youth empowerment action in franschhoek

“ 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

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

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!

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4.1. Streetwork 4.2. Potential Development Programme 4.3. The president’s award 4.4. Family in focus 4.5. YESprogramme 4.6. The holiday programme 4.7. casework 4.8. traumaroom 4.9. 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

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

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.

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.

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

A full-day programme we run every school holiday

Teach the children life skills and expose them to sports, arts and crafts, compassion work,...

The social worker doing home visits within the community

and, if necessary, sets up programmes to help children and/or families in need.

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

Homework assistence for primary and secundary schoolchildren

Create a learning culture, empower them from 14.30 p.m till 16 p.m

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

Policestation: traumaroom

Streetwork TPA

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

(In April 2012)

Non Profit Organization: funded by different instances

Streetsmart Dilbeekprogramme (Belgium) FCW Free donations

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

pre-statutory role main job = casework Coordinate the team Administration role Homeworkclub Searching for funds

Only pre-statutory social work organization in the area

Next to the YEA: ACVV (statutory social work organization

To many cases lack at organizations