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Health. Opportunity. Partnership and Empowerment in Africa NPC

                                                                       Annual report 2017

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                                                                 CHRIST
                                                               ALIVE IN US

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Staff of HOPE Africa
                         Contents                                                  Notes
CEO: Delene Mark
Louda Delcarme
Mari Lotvonen
Sabelo Mashwama
Maropeng Moholoa
Kholiwe Dlali              HOPE Africa highlights                              1
Jeanette Dick
Ignatius France            Archbishop’s Message                                2
Thandeka Mashwama          Message from the Board and CEO                      3
Donna Mcutshenge
Bronwyn Damon              HOPE Africa overview                                4

Nokubonga Tyiwa            Leadership Development Programme                    5
Ziningi Zwane
Phindile Manqele           Siyalingana Sonke Gender Programme                 13

Ndumiso Duze               DREAMS                                             20
Nomusa Zulu
Sthembiso Zungu            Church and Community Mobilisation Process (CCMP)   22

Zodwa Gumede               Hands on Health                                    25
Zodwa Langa
                           WIL Progamme                                       26
Pasika Kunene
Welleminah Mooi            TB Management Programme                            29
Matsiliso Ntho
                           Special Projects                                   31
Nomavela Mona
Rudzani Ratshimolo         Annual Financial Statements                        33
Mahlomola Phiri
Matshidiso Gabautlwele
Dieketseng Lekhotso
Faith Nchoboko
Motena Jankie
Samuel Magoera
Bernice Moerane
Portia Mateu
Timothy Mokgwatjane
Zenzile Mabitsela
Matshidiso Stuurman
Velile Lebatle
Nobathembu Mbange
Gloria Moshampa
Emily October
Sinoxolo Delanto
Siboleke Martin
Nabeelah Shabudien
Nwabisa Dasha
Pamela Nyakala
Aseza Nxengane
Boitumelo Motjetje
Vuyelwa Ntunzi
Lindi Grootboom
Silindile Thabede
Leadership Development Programme | Programme highlights

                DREAMS                      Siyalingana Sonke
        2588 reached through                Gender Programme
    Community mobilisation & Norms       2 361 direct beneficiaries
     change (Stepping Stones peer
                                             32 900 indirect
        education programme)
                                              beneficiaries
                                                                                          Church & Community
        318 clients were seen by
                                                                                          Mobilisation Process
         provided psycho social
                support.                                                                 215 direct beneficiaries
                                                                                            25 700 indirect
                                                                                             beneficiaries

  Special
  projects
  1 500
beneficiaries

                                                                                                   Leadership
                                                                                                   Programme
                                                                                             148 direct beneficiaries
                                                                                                 3 700 indirect
         Work Integrated                                                                          beneficiaries
       Learning Programme
     300 graduates received
      workplace experience
                                                       TB Management
 32 graduates found employment                           Programme
    136 NGOs and companies                      3824 people screened for TB
       hosted graduates
                                              7 people tested positive for TB and
                                                   initiated on treatment
                                                  166 people tested for HIV
                                          6 people test positive for HIV and initiated
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                                                        on treatment
                                                  29 people referred for STI
                                                       Management

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                                                                                             Archbishop’s message

                                                                                             “Christ alive in us”
HOPE Africa | Overview                                                                                                                                                         Leadership Development Programme | Programme highlights

                                 Health Opportunity Partnership Empowerment                                                                              The focus on leadership development stems from the belief that by inspiring and equipping leaders and
                                 (HOPE) in Africa is a social development programme      HOPE Africa’s mandate is:                                       lay leaders within churches, the impact within the churches where they are placed as well as any churches
                                 of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA). It    ◗◗ To promote and implement poverty alleviation                 they may come into contact with in future would have a sustained focus on improvement and development.
                                                                                            programmes within Anglican churches and church
                                 was created to enhance the work of the church in           structures, encouraging church members to reach out to
                                 living out God’s mission in the world. HOPE Africa, a      the community;                                               Leadership development includes the opportunity to engage in          Leadership Development and Capacity Building have shown to
                                                                                         ◗◗ To challenge inequality, injustice, disempowerment and       the Poverty and Development course which provides the basis for       provide longer-term sustainable change and is therefore crucial in
                                 South African Non-Profit Company (NPC), registered                                                                                                                                            any programme we undertake, whether at an individual parish level,
                                                                                            discrimination;                                              development work in any community; the Church and Community
                                 with the Department of Social Development in South      ◗◗ To ensure that the poor and marginalised are able to         Mobilisation Process (CCMP), which allows for church and              Diocesan level or Provincial level. It is in the building of relationships
                                                                                                                                                         community engagement and offers the opportunity to undertake          and common understanding that true change becomes a reality.
                                 Africa as a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO), and has a       access government services that are aimed at improved
                                                                                            living conditions;                                           a project or programme best suited to the needs and wants of          The process used to start engagements within each Diocese, has
                                 BBBEE Level 1 status. The organisation is governed                                                                      each particular community; and being offered support when             usually included discussions with Diocesan Bishops to gain an
                                                                                         ◗◗ To encourage the church to be an active role player in the
                                 by a Board of Directors whose composition is a team        development of policies that address poverty, inequality     undertaking strategic planning and development processes within       understanding of their vision for their Diocese. HOPE Africa then offers
                                                                                            and injustice;                                               their constituencies.                                                 various strategies to gain a broader understanding of the Diocese
                                 of individuals with diverse skills and capabilities                                                                                                                                           such as Diocesan Profiling; inviting leadership to training and capacity
                                                                                         ◗◗ To encourage the church to be involved in public witness     The focus of the leadership programme is: Diocesan Capacity
                                 from Dioceses within the ACSA. The Board is elected                                                                                                                                           building sessions; Strategic Planning sessions for the Diocese as a
                                                                                            through public campaigns; and                                Building, the Diocesan Training Programme and the CoTT exposure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               whole or for specific institutions within the Diocese or doing site visits
                                 by majority vote at the Annual General Meeting of       ◗◗ To work in partnership with the public and private           visit. The desired outcomes of the leadership programme is for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               to existing projects identified by the Diocese. These engagements
                                                                                            sector on programmes that are aimed at sustainable           lay leaders and clergy to respond to become agents of change,
                                 the organisation.                                                                                                                                                                             offer opportunities for partnering in specific areas of development or
                                                                                            development and ensuring the dignity of all people.          community transformation and catalysts of development.                in institutional strengthening in a more sustainable manner.
                                                                                                                                                         Capacity building is offered to Dioceses and church institutions to   A Diocese, parish or individual is able to engage with HOPE Africa
                                                                                                                                                         continue engagement after initial training has been provided. This    in a number of ways. The first would be through the Diocesan
                                                                                                                                                         process strengthens the interventions undertaken by Dioceses          engagement process described above; or it may be by attending
                                               Health                                                 Opportunity                                        and assists them in prioritising their programmes. HOPE Africa        a course relevant to an interest held; participating in a campaign
                                                                                                                                                         walks alongside Dioceses, offering continual support, advice and      supported or initiated by HOPE Africa or affiliations or bodies to
                                                                                                                                                         guidance and assisting in the mobilisation of resources to support    which it belongs; or by donating to any of the programmes or
                                               ◗◗ HIV and Aids                                        ◗◗ Work placement
                                                                                                                                                         these interventions.                                                  projects which we support financially or in kind.
                                               ◗◗ TB                                                  ◗◗ Internships
                                               ◗◗ Malaria                                             ◗◗ Education and training
                                               ◗◗ STI’s
                                               ◗◗ Food security

                                                                              Empowering
                                                                              communities
                                                                            through integral
                                                                                mission
                                               Empowerment                                            Partnership
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                                               ◗◗ Gender                                              ◗◗ International development organisation
                                               ◗◗ Youth                                               ◗◗ GDI
                                               ◗◗ Women                                               ◗◗ FBO’s
                                               ◗◗ Unemployed                                          ◗◗ Civil society
                                               ◗◗ Rural                                               ◗◗ Anglican Development Agencies                     Bishop Ellinah Wamukoya with Davidson Solanki and Tim Harford
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Davidson Solanki from USPG and Bishop Adam Taaso - engaging
                                               ◗◗ Leadership                                          ◗◗ Local communities                                 from USPG meeting to dicuss the viability of work in The Diocese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               on project impact
    4                                                                                                                                                      of Swaziland                                                                                                                                         5
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                                 Poverty & Development Course                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mother’s Union Conference
                                 The Poverty and Development training was held with 35 delegates         Interventions in ACSA                                                                                                                                      The Provincial Mothers Union invited HOPE Africa to facilitate
                                 from the Dioceses of Pretoria, St. Mark, Christ the King, Highveld                                                                                                                                                                 their strategic planning session. We were excited to work with the
                                 and Mpumalanga. Delegates now have a greater understanding                                                                                                                                                                         Mothers Union because their priorities include CCMP and Gender-
                                 and knowledge about holistic ministry and the impact it can                                                                                                                                                                        Based Violence.
                                                                                                                                                     Diocese of Zululand                   Diocese of Christ the King
                                 have on society. We hope that church leaders and members will
                                 continue with development work in their respective churches and
                                                                                                                                                                DREAMS                     Poverty & Development Course; Visioning
                                 communities.                                                                                      Diocese of Umzimvubu                                                 Diocese of False Bay
                                                                                                                                 Work Integrated Learning                                               Good governance support; Gender sensitisation;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stop Human Trafficking
                                                                                                                         Diocese of Highveld                                                                       Diocese of George
                                                                                                              Poverty & Development course                                                                         Healing of Memories workshop;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Stop Human Trafficking
                                                                                                              Diocese of Free State                                         21        01
                                                                                                                                                                                                   02
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Diocese of Grahamstown            Diocese of Namibia – Agriculture &
                                                                                                                    TB Management                              20                                                                 Work Integrated Learning;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Poverty a Development course;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Agribusiness Training
                                                                                                                                                     19                                                       03
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stop Human Trafficking
                                                                                                           Diocese of Swaziland                                                                                                       Diocese of Johannesburg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        04
                                                                                                             Strategic Planning;           18                                                                                         Survivor Mapping, Gender
                                                                                                            CCMP; Food security                                                                                                       Coordinators Conference
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                                   Poverty & Development course participants with
                                                                                                      Diocese of St. Mark
                                   Bishop William Mostert                                                                                                                                                                                   Diocese of Kahlamba
                                                                                                           the Evangelist
                                                                                                             Poverty &               16                                                                                       06            Work Integrated
                                    Reflection from participant:                                                                                                                                                                            Learning
                                                                                                          Development
                                    I will forever be grateful to my Diocesan Bishop for giving me
                                                                                                                Course
                                    and others an amazing opportunity to attend HOPE Africa’s                                                                                                                                                                       The Basic Agriculture and Agribusiness training was conducted
                                                                                                                                          15                                                                                 07
                                    Poverty and Development Course. There is a lot that we can              Diocese of Pretoria                                                                                                       Diocese of Lesotho            with a group of aspiring farming entrepreneurs in the Diocese of
                                    learn from HOPE Africa, especially about practical ways to           Poverty & Development                                                                                                        CCMP; Hands on health;        Namibia at the Onekwaya Church and Conference centre. The group
                                    eradicate poverty as well as the church’s vision and mission.                        course                 14                                                                 08                 SGBV                          faced different challenges and the training was used to introduce
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    or improve good planning techniques, decision-making strategies
                                    The course enabled me to practically achieve my goals in
                                                                                                                                                                                                         09                                                         and personal well-being. The training also looked at how to keep
                                    the work that I do as a coordinator of the Homeless Ministry                                                          13
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    businesses competitive and sustainable. Three main aspects were
                                    within the Pretoria CBD.                                                   Diocese of Port Elizabeth                               12                    10                                                                     focused on, namely, crop husbandry, animal husbandry and building
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                                    I will definitely try and educate homeless persons and other                                                                                                                             Diocese of Mbhasha                     an agricultural business. The intention of the training was to shift
                                    civil society groups that I work with about how to achieve                                      Diocese of Natal                                                                         Work Integrated Learning               participants’ approaches to farming methodologies to facilitate
                                    one’s vision and mission within a project or a program, and                                                                                                                                                                     increased production. The workshop concluded with participants
                                                                                                                            Provincial Mothers Union
                                    on tackling conflict within the various organisations as we                                                                                                               Diocese of Mphumalanga                                pledging their revived commitment to return to the homesteads
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                                    learnt a lot on conflict management during the poverty and                                                                                                                Poverty and Development course                        and try out some of the techniques learnt and to work closely with
                                    development course.                                                                                         Diocese of Namibia                                                                                                  the convent as a “centre of agricultural demonstration” especially
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    when it comes to orchard and vegetable farming. Certificates of
                                    Once again, I want to say thank you to HOPE Africa for such                                    Visioning; Agricultural training;
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Diocese of Mpumalanga                                             participation were awarded by the Bishop Luke Pato, the Diocesan
                                    a wonderful course.                                                                                 institutional strengthening
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Poverty & Development Course; Visioning                           Bishop and farming tools and equipment were also presented to
                                    Stay blessed!                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the participants. by the Bishop. Bishop Luke thanked HOPE Africa
                                                                                                                                                          Diocese of Mthatha
                                    Albert A Wright.                                                                                                 Work Integrated Learning                                                                                       for the generous support to the Diocese through this project and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    for journeying with the Diocese in this critical ministry of socio-
                                    DIOCESE OF PRETORIA.
    6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               economic justice and food security.                                        7
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                                 C. COTT Exposure Visit
                                 25 Final year CoTT students visited various community projects in the greater Western cape to add a
                                 practical dimension to the knowledge gained during the Leadership course. Projects included the OWL
                                 Haven shelter, Fikelela Children’s Home, Holiday Clubs, Abigail Women’s Movement, and Sweet Home Farm.
                                 The visit also included meeting with Braehead staff and a visit to Bishopscourt.

                                                                                                                                                                                Gender sensitisation workshop                                             Fikelela Children’s Home

                                       Story                                                                                                                                        Story
                                        #1                                                                                                                                           #2
                                                       Lethwayinkosi Ndwandwe                               The work that they are doing there touched my heart. Most of
                                                                                                            the projects initiators saw the need, asked themselves what
                                                                                                                                                                                                   My most valuable learning was the exposure
                                                                                                                                                                                                  to community development and empowerment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            vulnerability and increase efficiency. I have learnt that it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            is possible for members of different faith traditions and
                                                                                                            they could do, and then started doing something. Most of                          projects that the Diocese of False Bay is currently           different structures in community leadership to live and
                                          In the exposure visit to Cape Town, particularly in the diocese
                                                                                                            people today just wait for government to do something for                 involved in. Development in action differs a bit from theory          approach each other with openness and respect, to share
                                          of False Bay I learned a lot about the practicality of what we
                                                                                                            them. That means they never see themselves as the agents                  as you encounter real people getting their hands dirty                their vision for sustainable livelihoods. They can come
                                          normally learn in theory.
                                                                                                            of their change. I think in the diocese or parish that I will be          after years of perseverance at times in seemingly hopeless            together and confront the painful conflicts in their history
                                          I learned that development starts from what you have. At          placed, I will try by all means to motivate or empower people             situations.                                                           and overcome theological misconceptions.
                                          Masikhanye food garden they used their own assets first           that they can do something for themselves.                                I have learned that it might be difficult for an outsider to come     There are quite a few ways in which I would try and use what
                                          before they looked for the external help. They used the land
                                                                                                            Hope Africa is a good wing in motivating and opening the                  into a particular community with the aim of development               I have learnt in this exposure trip. In communities where
                                          at their homes, the school’s land, and their own tools in
                                                                                                            eyes of people that they have potential to make things                    although it is possible. It seems as if development occurs            religion has sometimes brought more hatred than love, more
                                          doing the work. They then went to agriculture asking for help,
                                                                                                            happen.                                                                   when those involved are actually part of the community and            conflict than collaboration, the contextual Bible studies offers
                                          and now have a big well fenced garden, and they never go
                                                                                                                                                                                      being present in the midst of their challenges to hear their          a way for people to voice their concerns and experiences. I
                                          hungry because they use their potential.
                                                                                                                                                                                      stories, get to understand the core causes of their problems.         hope that will be my tool for reconciliation and hope for a
                                                                                                                                                                                      I have learnt that people transcend their religious differences       better inclusive community. Another one would be trying to
                                              This experience enabled me to gain an insight                      I learnt that a project that does not initiate dialogue                                                                                    initiate dialogue on how people can better their homes or
                                                                                                                                                                                      and learn to respect and live with others without losing their
                                              in how the church co-works with other                              between the beneficiaries and project agents                                                                                               even build stronger ones, based on what I observed at the
                                                                                                                                                                                      own identity.
                                              community structures, such as government and                       will potentially be ineffective as it will not have a                                                                                      Warehouse Trust.
                                              other NGO`s.                                                       communication base from which to keep the project                    For me Fikelela is one of the most inspiring stories of
                                                                                                                                                                                      development projects. Where the collaboration of various              Sizwe Ngcobo
                                              Sthembiso Mbatha                                                   contextualised.
                                                                                                                                                                                      sectors from private to government are involved to lessen
                                                                                                                 Simon Seteso
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    8                            COTT students visiting Bishopscourt                                        Mandela Day with the Kids                                          Masikhanye Food Garden                                                 Holiday Club – Diocese of False Bay                                          9
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                                 Celebrating 25 years of                                                                                                                                                                                                                         change and accept change. These gifts from God – together with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 love and compassion – enable progress.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 God is not stuck in the past, rooted to the spot, as it were, in Biblical
                                 Women in Ordination!                                                                                                                                                                                                                            times. God is here today, the mother and father of all, fervently
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 hoping we take the fairest and most sensible decisions in our
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 everchanging world.

                                                                                                                                                                              Photo: Sumaya Hisham
                                 An intrinsic part of the gender programme was to celebrate the Anglican Church
                                 of Southern Africa’s 25th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood.                                                                                                                                                                                          PLEDGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    We will, promote, normalise and regularise inclusive practices
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     across our organisations, policies, structures, and hierarchy.
                                 A conference was held in Gauteng, South Africa from 25 – 27
                                 September with 120 female clergy and leaders from all 29 ACSA           Excerpts from: Writing Faith – My ongoing                                                                                                                                  We will continue to strive for both gender equality and gender
                                 Dioceses within South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Angola, Namibia
                                 and Mozambique, and sought to:
                                                                                                         journey – Betty Govinden                                                                    Excerpts from Archbishop Emeritus
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             equity in ACSA.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    We will work toward universally set minimum basic standards
                                                                                                         At a collective level, given our past history, memory, remembering
                                 ◗◗ Commemorate the years of struggle leading up to the first
                                                                                                         and testimony are important at this moment in South Africa. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Desmond Tutu’s message of support,                                              and criteria for levels of education and skills required for
                                    ordinations of women to the priesthood in 1992;                                                                                                                                                                                                                 deacons, priests and bishops.
                                 ◗◗ Celebrate the anniversary as a victory over exclusion, inequality    Truth and Reconciliation Commission valued testimony. More                                  South Africa June 2017
                                    and injustice in the church;                                         gestures, acts – some less significant and extraordinary than                                                                                                               We will prioritise theological education and formation and
                                                                                                                                                                                                     There is no space for prejudice or discrimination in God’s family.
                                 ◗◗ Cry over the continued exclusion, inequality and injustice that      others - are necessary, alongside and against official memory, as                                                                                                            ensure continuous education, training, development and
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Yet, in 1992, when we voted to include women in the ranks of the
                                    remains in the leadership, structures and practices of the church;   we recall the past and build for the future in different ways. We                                                                                                           mentoring of Deacons, priests and bishops, for our church
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Anglican priesthood in Southern Africa, it was by no means a cut
                                 ◗◗ Critically consider the nature of these practices and how they       also need to remember, because at different historic moments,                               and dried decision. Indeed, at the previous synod the proposal had              to have a leadership that is fully equipped to deliver God’s
                                    continue to marginalise women; and to                                with new learnings, sensitivities, identities, we remember                                  been – very painfully – defeated.                                                            mission holistically in our society.
                                 ◗◗ Commit to working collaboratively for the transformation of          differently; we look at the past with different eyes and grasp the                          Twenty-five years later, the sky is still showing no signs of falling on        We commit to the use of affirming and inclusive language,
                                    church structures and practices to truly become an inclusive         import of our experiences as if for the first time.                                         our heads.                                                                        when teaching about God and about human beings.
                                    and life-giving church.
                                                                                                         But while I testify with thankfulness for my own opportunities                              Quite the opposite: Our clergy have been significantly enriched by               Never keep silent. Trust women. Work for equity at
                                 This celebration noted the richness of diversity and experience that    and experiences to grow through writing I should like to end with                           opening our doors to a wider pool of talent; our community has                   every level. Be prepared to become leaders
                                 women in ordained ministry had brought to the Anglican Church
                                                                                                         an excerpt from my reflections written a long time ago - at the                             been enriched through knowing that men and women are of equal
                                 in Southern Africa. This has also contributed to the strengthened
                                                                                                         time of the launch of our first book Women Hold Up Half the                                 worth in God’s eyes; and our society has been enriched through the               I am happy with the outcomes it motivated me to be
                                 response of the church with respect to Sexual and Gender-Based
                                                                                                         Sky edited by Denise Ackerman, Emma Mashinini and Jonathan                                  unstitching of regulated discrimination – as it benefitted from the
                                 Violence (SGBV) and the way in which the church is able to respond                                                                                                                                                                                   more open for change and take my rightful role as a
                                                                                                         Draper [1991]:                                                                              unstitching of apartheid.
                                 with compassion to victims of these abuses. The celebration of the                                                                                                                                                                                   women priest and not to stand back and allow others
                                 25 years of women in ordination will continue until September 2018.        … we need to remember that there are many women who                                      And, certainly, we celebrate the potential of women leaders to do                to take leadership roles but that I must avail myself
                                                                                                            do not have the time nor the access to opportunities for                                 a more considerate job – a better job – than history records that                to take leadership roles
                                 Participants stories can be found at the following link: https://web.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     men have done.
                                 facebook.com/ACSA-25th-Anniversary-of-Women-Ordination-to-                 writing and reading in the way that some of are accustomed
                                 the-Priesthood-227667387641081/?_rdc=1&_rdr                                to. There are thousands of women out there - landless,                                   We thank God for equipping us with the means to evolve our thinking;             I was happy to learn how prior 1992 clergy women
                                                                                                            illiterate, untrained - who are writing with their bodies. They                          for open, inquisitive, reasoning minds that can be persuaded to                  were treated. We see a lot of improvement.
                                 HOPE Africa is thankful to all the sponsors, donors and friends
                                 who have made this conference possible, particularly Trinity Wall          are writing against the inscriptions and marks of apartheid
                                 Street, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Archbishop Thabo           and oppression that they bear on their bodies and in their
                                 Makgoba’s Development Trust, individual Dioceses and clergy.               spirits in different ways. They are writing with their strength
                                                                                                            and their silence…they are writing with their actions…
                                                                                                            their fearless voices. These are the women…living under
                                                                                                            the heat of the sun, struggling to be sun again, who are
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                                                                                                            ‘holding up half the sky’…This book, I believe, is dedicated
                                                                                                            to them. (Govinden 1991b)
                                                                                                         It is sometimes pointed out that Jesus never wrote a book. One of
                                                                                                         the things that struck me when I saw Mel Gibson’s controversial
                                                                                                         film, The Passion Of Christ, was the stripes - the innumerable
                                                                                                         markings, latticed, criss-crossing - on the Body. The body of
                                                                                                         Jesus was a living script - there was writing all over…there were
                                                                                                         signs [in the Derridean sense] ….and they were composed in
10                                 Betty Govinden with scarf, seen with conference delegates             Blood…the Sacrament of Word made Flesh…                                                     Conference delegates                                                       Delegates engaging in discussion                                             11
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                                 Reflecting on past and questions to ponder                                                                                                      The Siyalingana Sonke Gender Programme aims to empower survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
                                                                                                                                                                                 (SGBV) and focuses on building the capacity of faith leaders and church organisations to address gender
                                 The Rt Revd Margaret B. Vertue, Bishop of False Bay and Hope Africa Liaison Bishop
                                                                                                                                                                                 imbalance and SGBV in their communities.
                                 It was indeed a privilege and honour to be part of the conference
                                 and celebrations last September of the Ordination of Women to the
                                                                                                                                                                                 The programme seeks to mobilise and support the local faith sector to become active role players in addressing gender inequality as well
                                 Priesthood in ACSA, particularly as Wilma Jakobsen had made the
                                                                                                                                                                                 as sexual and gender-based violence through capacity strengthening, the facilitation of community conversations, education, networking
                                 pilgrimage from the USA to be with us.
                                                                                                                                                                                 and awareness raising.
                                 After Grahamstown, Wilma and I were the next to be ordained in
                                 the then Diocese of Cape Town. Women clergy from every Diocese                                                                                  The past year has seen the collective VOICE of the faith sector, survivors and individuals who refuse to accept SBGV as the accepted norm
                                 in ACSA were represented as also leading lay women who were                                                                                     INCREASE in volume. Survivors have learnt how to share their personal stories to raise awareness about the scourge of violence against
                                 part of the ‘‘struggle” towards the Ordination of Women, as also                                                                                women and children. These sad and painful stories can no longer be ignored.
                                 international guests.
                                 It was particularly special for me and a humbling experience,             Bishop Margaret Vertue and Revd. Wilma Jakobsen
                                 to preach at PSC on the actual day of our Ordination by then
                                 Archbishop Desmond Tutu in St George the Martyr Cathedral, being
                                 29 September 1992. We will never forget the day. It was a weekday,      We need to be asking ourselves, how intentional are we about
                                 it was pouring with rain and the Cathedral bells were joyously          raising up and encouraging more and younger women to consider
                                 ringing. God willing, Wilma and I will be making a thirty day retreat   whether they are called to the ordained ministry. Are we conscious
                                 this coming July at Saint Raphaela Mary Center, in Haverford, PA.       of gender sensitisation issues and inclusive language? Why do we
                                                                                                         find it uncomfortable to not call our male counterparts `Father’ and
                                 The conference was running simultaneously with the Synod of             not “Revd” as we do our women colleagues? Do we consciously
                                 Bishops, so I was not in attendance the whole time. It was a truly      groom clergy and lay women for middle management and senior
                                 ‘Ubuntu” experience, where our humanity as women clergy was             positions in the church?
                                 bound together: I Am Because You Are. There was much that was
                                 positive and wonderful about the conference. For the pockets            I thank God for the big hearts of our male and female clergy who
                                 of time that I was there, it was sad to observe that some of the        fully embrace the ordination of women. We enter the next twenty
                                 clergy did not feel free to really express how they felt and how they   five years of the Ordination of Women with strong determination to
                                 experienced ministry as a woman. It was almost as they expected         leave a better legacy for the next generation of the church. Together
                                 someone more senior to give them permission to speak or to speak        we need to stand up for the rights of women.
                                 on their behalf. They have not found their voices as women clergy;      I sincerely thank Hope Africa and the organising team for a
                                 they live in the shadow of their male counterparts.                     necessary and blessed conference.

                                  Excerpts from Dr. Mamphela Ramphele’s sermon
                                  Following the conference, Mamphela Ramphele gave a powerful sermon to the Diocese of False Bay at their synod. Excerpts of this
                                  sermon have been included here:
                                  Twenty-five years ago, the then undivided Diocese of Cape Town, ordained the first women priests: Margaret Vertue and Wilma Jacobsen.
                                  Today we celebrate Bishop Margaret’s presiding over the second Synod of the Diocese of False Bay. We have come a long way, but we              Healing Memories
                                  have a very long way to go still.
                                                                                                                                                                                 It is not often that SGBV survivors are given the opportunity to
                                  Today women are again being called to lead the healing of our nation. We have to break the silence over the wounds of humiliation that         engage in a facilitated healing process. With the assistance of the
                                  the legacy, and continuing racist patriarchal system has, and is inflicting on all of us. Women are called to bring their feminine empathy     Institute for Healing of Memories, HOPE Africa was able to offer this
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                                  and sympathy to end the cycle of humiliation and violence.
                                                                                                                                                                                 opportunity to 15 survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
                                  Women priests need to connect more effectively with, and help Mothers Unions and Women Federations, to break the silence about                 in Bredasdorp last year. The workshop enabled survivors to gain a
                                  gender-based violence in their homes and communities. With such support women in our church could become more effective wounded                better understanding of themselves and each other in a safe and
                                  healers and run community level ministries of healing broken homes. Women as mothers need to be helped to nurture girls and boys               supportive space with guidance from expert facilitators. They were
                                  into becoming more confident informed citizens of a gender equal democracy.
                                                                                                                                                                                 gently helped to confront personal suffering, sources of alienation
                                  Male priests need to challenge the toxic masculine culture in our nation. Men need to challenge the idea of manhood as being defined           and misunderstanding. While the support provided has yielded
                                  by dominance over women and children. Healing men’s humiliation in a white male dominated society is essential to stopping the                 great benefit to these participants, there is a long way to go as
                                  carnage in our homes and communities.                                                                                                          there has been an increase in numbers of persons attending the          Institute for the Healing of Memories facilitation team with
12                                Mamphela Ramphele ReimagineSA 29/8/2017                                                                                                        support groups in this region.                                          Thandeka in Arniston                                                13
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                                 Consultation at Bishopscourt
                                 HOPE Africa took part in a consultation that was graciously hosted by Archbishop Thabo Makgoba at Bishopscourt. Participants at this
                                 meeting reflected on the escalating violence against women and children in South Africa, as well as how individuals and civil society
                                 organisation could contribute to end the violence on women and children. The following are some of the outcomes of this meeting:
                                 ◗◗ Use sacred text to teach people about the dignity of women and children
                                 ◗◗ Advocacy - take the necessary steps to raise awareness i.e. bring men and women together to courageously talk about the challenges
                                    of gender violence.
                                 ◗◗ Create safe spaces in Churches, Mosques and Synagogues for women and girls to receive counselling and pastoral care.
                                 ◗◗ Form meaningful partnerships that will promote the dignity of women and children.

                                                                                                                                                                         Participants in a group discussion                                    One of the guest speakers talking about culture and the role of men
                                    Mother Union marching
                                    for change                                                                                                                           MEN and BOYS
                                                                                                                                                                         The Mati Seed Grant has provided the necessary boost to assist         under the theme “God’s purpose for a man in the context of sexual
                                    ‘Wathint’ abafazi, wathint’mbokodo!’ When you strike a woman,                                                                        HOPE Africa in engaging with ecumenical leaders in the Cape            and gender-based violence”. The dialogue was attended by 36
                                    you strike a rock! These words from a famous South African                                                                           Agulhas region in the Western Cape around gender sensitisation. The    participants between the ages of 13 – 45 years of age. Contextual
                                    resistance song were echoed by the Mothers Union in the                                                                              partnership also enabled us to arrange a march to commemorate          bible studies enabled participants to discuss the following themes:
                                    Diocese of Cape Town as they marched through the streets of                                                                          the brutal murder of Anene Booysens in the region. More recently we    ◗◗ Sexual Violence
                                    Cape Town. The march followed a spate of numerous femicide                                                                           have hosted a Men’s focus group discussion using the Contextual
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ◗◗ Human sexuality
                                    incidences across the City of Cape Town.                                                                                             Bible Study Manual on Transformative Masculinity and One Man
                                                                                                                                                                         Can manual from Sonke Gender Justice.                                  ◗◗ Challenging popular interpretation of masculinity
                                    Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, the keynote speaker at St. George’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ◗◗ Recognising diverse male sexualities and challenging gender-
                                    Cathedral, spoke against the scourge of violence against women                                                                       The participants in the focus group discussion expressed the need
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   based violence
                                    and children. He called upon representatives of various faiths                                                                       to have regular workshops around these issues and were grateful to
                                                                                                                                                                         have an opportunity to listen and learn from each other.               ◗◗ When men drunk with power make decisions
                                    and Civil Society Organisations to engage in national dialogue
                                    to identify ways to end the violence.                                                                                                                                                                       ◗◗ Culture and the role of man in society
                                                                                                                                                                         Amadoda eBuhlanthi                                                     One participant remarked that “this initiative is not only good for
                                                                                                                                                                         HOPE Africa partnered with the Anglican Youth Fellowship (AYF)         us men but it is also good for women. It is an initiative for us men
                                     Top right: A mother speaking out!                                                                                                   in the Diocese of Cape Town to facilitate a dialogue with men          to stop the abuse of women and children while also creating a
                                                                                                                                                                         and boys. The dialogue took place at Holy Cross parish - Nyanga        network of men to help each other”.
                                     Bottom left and right: Mothers Union March participants
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               A participant saying men should be mindful of advice they give to others
                                                                                                                                                                         Bible study group discussions in progress
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                                 “Waiting to Speak”                                                  No One Heard My Voice!                                               Gender Coordinators Conference
                                                                                                     Putting my feelings into words
                                 In March and April 2017, HOPE Africa conducted a survivor needs     It’s my way of releasing the pain                                    HOPE Africa hosted the annual ACSA Gender Coordinators’ conference in Johannesburg. The conference was attended by 33 delegates from
                                 research mapping and produced a “Waiting to Speak” report on the    Friends ask...Why relive the past                                    24 dioceses and 3 provincial organisations.
                                 findings of the research. The study was conducted in the Gauteng                                                                         The conference enabled HOPE Africa to highlight the critical role of the local church in ending sexual and gender-based violence.
                                                                                                     Where there’s nothing to gain
                                 Province of South Africa. This research focused on the views of
                                                                                                                                                                          A survivor of sexual and gender-based violence graciously shared her personal experience with the delegates. The delegates committed
                                 young and older women regarding the ongoing sexual and physical     I remember in my childhood days                                      themselves to towards a safe and equal society for all.
                                 violence perpetrated against women and the role of the church in
                                                                                                     Feeling I didn’t have a choice
                                 (not) addressing violence against women. The study was conducted
                                                                                                     And through all my screaming
                                 in focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews (IDIs)
                                                                                                     No one heard my voice
                                 with a total of 78 women. The findings will enable HOPE Africa to
                                 do the following:
                                                                                                     So much heartache back then
                                 ◗◗ Give a voice to the survivors of sexual and physical violence    Watching my life fall apart
                                    against women and children                                       The only way to survive
                                 ◗◗ Support the survivors in their journey towards healing           Was by shutting my heart
                                 ◗◗ Strengthen and modify the church’s approach when confronting
                                    violence against women and children                              I remember asking God
                                 ◗◗ Involvement of the church leadership in advocacy work and        Please help me forget the past
                                    public witness                                                   He didn’t answer my prayers
                                                                                                     And life went so fast

                                                                                                     So here I am in the present
                                                                                                     Living life day by day                                                Gender Conference – Thandeka Mashwama                                Bishop Margaret Vertue
                                                                                                     Nothing has really changed
                                                                                                     Still can’t find my way

                                                                                                     How can I make them understand
                                                                                                     That what I feel is not a choice
                                                                                                     As I try to let go of pain
                                                                                                     By letting others hear my voice.

                                                                                                                                   xxx Thembeka.... # Survivors voice..

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Delegates observing Thursdays in Black Campaign - Towards a
                                                                                                                                                                           Gender Conference delegates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                world without rape and violence
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                                 Stop Human Trafficking Awareness Workshops                                                                                              Gender Sensitisation
                                                                                                                                                                         Following a very successful gender conference in June, HOPE Africa was involved in sensitizing dioceses, parishes, provincial bodies around
                                 Human trafficking is a global crime affecting countless victims around the world - yet its actual scope
                                                                                                                                                                         sexual and gender-based violence. The below tabled provide of the gender sensitization:
                                 remains a mystery. Human traffickers trick, transport, trap and use victims for their own selfish gains.
                                                                                                                                                                          Parish/ Diocese/ Institution                 Target Group                                Topic(s) Covered
                                                                                                                                                                          Diocese of False Bay                         100 confirmation camp delegates             Sexual & Gender Based Violence and STOP
                                 HOPE Africa facilitated the STOP Human Trafficking awareness          involved in the following:                                                                                                                                  Human Trafficking
                                 workshops at the Simon of Cyrene Anglican Church and St Paul’s                                                                           College of the Transfiguration               25 students during their Exposure Visit     Sexual & Gender Based Violence and STOP
                                                                                                       ◗◗ Prevention of trafficking in persons
                                 Anglican Church.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Human Trafficking
                                                                                                       ◗◗ Protection of victims of human trafficking
                                                                                                                                                                          Diocese of Lesotho                           400 young people attending their            Sexual & Gender Based Violence, Gender
                                 These workshops focused on: what human trafficking is, how people
                                                                                                       ◗◗ Prosecution of trafficking offenders                                                                         annual youth conference                     Norms and Gender Fish Bowl
                                 get trafficked, the signs to look out for and what people can do to
                                 help. The participants of these workshops were encouraged to be       HOPE Africa remains committed to educating communities about       St Mary’s Church – Woodstock (Diocese        Parishioners in a Eucharist Service         Sexual and Gender Based Violence
                                                                                                       the dangers and signs of human trafficking. The need to address    of Cape Town)
                                                                                                       and raise awareness on human trafficking remains high.             Holy Spirit and All Saints (Diocese of       35 young people                             Gender roles, How violence is learnt, identifying
                                                                                                                                                                          False Bay)                                                                               violence they experienced and violence they
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   inflicted on others and understanding the
                                                               St Paul’s Anglican                                                                                                                                                                                  notion of consent
                                                               Church – Phillippi                                                                Simon of Cyrene          Diocese of Zululand                          70 clergy attending the clergy school       Presentations of the DREAMS programme
                                                                                                                                                 Anglican Church –                                                                                                 which seeks to reduce gender-based violence
                                                              Diocese of False Bay
                                                                                                                                                    Rosemore                                                                                                       and the risk of HIV among adolescent girls and
                                                                 46 participants                                                                                                                                                                                   young women
                                                                                                                                                 Diocese of George
                                                                                                                                                  33 participants        The HOPE Africa Board Chairperson, Rev Dr Vicentia Kgabe, represented ACSA and HOPE Africa during a live radio interview on Power FM
                                                                                                                                                                         radio station. Power Perspective is a slot on the radio station that covers topical issues affecting South Africans in general. The interview
                                                                                                                                                                         created awareness around the 16 Days of Activism campaign against abuse of women and children. It sought to seek the church’s
                                                                                                                                                                         response to victims of GBV and how we could empower our congregations to address these issues.

                                          Actors performing the Worst of Both Worlds - a show
                                          about human trafficking

                                                                                                       Participants in a group discussion
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                                 Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-free                                                                                        Emadwaleni group initiating an income generating activity
                                 Mentored and Safe (DREAMS)                                                                                                      Ten women, aged 35 and above in the Emadwaleni area were inspired to do hand craft to support their families after going through the
                                                                                                                                                                 Stepping Stones Peer education program. Hand craft keeps the group occupied in an income generating activity which has boosted
                                                                                                                                                                 household incomes in Emadwaleni, a rural community characterized by high levels of unemployment and poverty.
                                 HOPE Africa in partnership with the Diocese of Zululand’s Masinakekelane Development Agency
                                 implements the Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-free Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) girl child
                                 programme in the Umkhanyakude district municipality. The programme aims to reduce gender-based
                                 violence (GBV) and the risk of HIV among Adolescent Girls & Young Women (AGYW).

                                 In 2017
                                 2 588                        youth participated in the stepping
                                                              stones peer education programme
                                                              facilitated by HOPE Africa              318           individuals received Psycho Social Support
                                                                                                                    from HOPE Africa

                                                                                                       Lesson Topics
                                    What is Stepping Stones?
                                                                                                       A. Let’s Communicate.
                                    Stepping Stones is a workshop series designed as a tool to
                                    help promote sexual health, improve psychological well-being       B. How We Act
                                    and prevent HIV. The workshops address questions of gender,        C. Sex and love
                                    sexuality, HIV/AIDS, gender violence, communication and
                                                                                                       D. Conception and Contraception
                                    relationship skills. In doing so they recognize that our sexual
                                                                                                       E. HIV
                                    lives are embedded in a broader context of our relationships
                                    with our partners, families and the community or society in        F. Safer Sex and Caring in a time of AIDS                 A story of young woman affected by gender-based violence and the impact the psycho social support
                                    which we live.                                                     G. Gender Violence                                        aspect of the DREAMS programme
                                                                                                       H. Let’s support Ourselves
                                                                                                       I. Let’s assert Ourselves
                                                                                                       J. Let’s Look Deeper                                      Psychosocial support assists family to heal
                                                                                                                                                                 Sindi*, an 11-year old primary school learner was sexually abused by her father in November 2017, and she shared that it happened when
                                                                                                                                                                 she went to visit her father at his home. Her father had openly told his family about his HIV-positive status and had Multi-Drug Resistant
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                                                                                                                                                                 (MDR) TB. After the sexual abuse, Sindi informed her mother, who took her to the clinic and reported the case to the police. The police took
                                                                                                                                                                 over and sent Sindi for forensic assessment which confirmed that she was indeed raped.
                                                                                                                                                                 Her mother then decided to confront Sindi’s father over the phone but he denied everything and said that Sindi was probably already
                                                                                                                                                                 sexually active and was looking for someone to blame. The day after the confrontation, her father committed suicide.
                                                                                                                                                                 Sindi was referred for psycho social support and attended the first session with her mother, who also seemed very depressed by the
                                                                                                                                                                 situation. During the session, Sindi shared that she wanted to take her life as well and she feels bad seeing her mother stressed in this way.
                                                                                                                                                                 After the fourth session, she was no longer suicidal and did not have the fears she presented in her first session. She understood that her
                                                                                                                                                                 father’s decision to take his life was not her fault, as she stated: “I think my father took his life because he was afraid to go to jail”. Sindi’s
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                                                                                                                                                                 mother received counselling as well.
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                                 Church and Community Mobilisation Process (CCMP) or Umoja (a Swahili word meaning – togetherness) is
                                 about giving the local church a vision for their community. Through Bible studies and interactive activities,                            Case
                                 CCMP is about enthusing and empowering the church to go out into the community and help people                                           study
                                 identify and address their needs with their own resources.                                                                                            Diocese of Zululand
                                                                                                                                                                                    The CCMP facilitators of St. Cyprian’s - Nkandla in the Diocese of Zululand have come up with creative ways of
                                                                                                                                                                           empowering one another. They decided to start beadwork projects at their homes and come together once a week to do CCMP
                                 HOPE Africa facilitated the CCMP envisioning workshop in the Far Eastern Free State Archdeaconry of the Diocese of the Free State and
                                                                                                                                                                           Bible Study. They also use this opportunity to sell their creative work among each other and to community members. It is also
                                 in the West Archdeaconry of the Diocese of Swaziland. The Dioceses of Lesotho and Zululand continue to implement CCMP. HOPE Africa is
                                                                                                                                                                           here that people share patterns and ideas and help those that are struggling. Before the group started the beadwork project,
                                 grateful to the CCMP Facilitators in Lesotho and Zululand for the work they do in these dioceses.
                                                                                                                                                                           everybody was just busy in their own food gardens. There was no time to sit with neighbours and share experiences, joys and
                                                                                                                                                                           trials that affect their households. It has also been helpful that they are able to talk to one another about their problems and
                                                                                                                                                                           together find solutions. They bring extra income which enables them to better provide for their families. The group has recently
                                      Case                                                                                                                                 started to transfer their skills to women of surrounding villages. In turn, they have also started receiving a new skill from one
                                      study                                                                                                                                of these villages. They are currently being taught how to make wonder bags. This is definitely a win-win situation.
                                                     Diocese of Zululand: Youth                           plenty of land that was not utilised to its full potential. A
                                                                                                          committee was formed, and the group of 9 young people
                                                   involved in Agriculture                                started preparing the land for crop production. The parish
                                         When Nontokozo Buthelezi attended CCMP training she had          has approximately 10 hectares of land that is currently used
                                         little idea that her knowledge and skill would inspire a group   for crops i.e. maize and beans. The group decided to also
                                         of young people from her parish to start a vegetable and         produce butternut, cabbages and potatoes on the grounds
                                         maize garden at their parish – St. Stephen’s Mahlabatini.        of the rectory, since it is fenced.
                                         Many young people in Nontokozo’s community have finished         They now provide fresh produce to St Mary’s Hospital,
                                         school and were just sitting at home with no prospect to         Nkonjeni, on a monthly basis. They also enjoy much needed
                                         further their education and chances of finding formal            support from local street vendors. The group also use some
                                         employment very slim.                                            of the fresh produce for personal consumption. The funds
                                         The CCMP training on Resource Mobilisation enabled the           from the sales enable the group to purchase seeds, manure
                                         St Stephen youth to look at what resources they have             and small implements. Some of the funds are also used to
                                         available in order to start a small business. The parish has     pay stipends to the 9-young people working in the field.

                                                                                                                                                                             A participant demonstrating her             Jenny being taught how to weave by       Ekwandeni participant with her
                                                                                                                                                                             weaving skills                             a participant                             handiwork
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                                           CCMP young people food garden                                                                                                     Diocese of Zululand – Food gardens in Ekwandeni
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                                                                                                                                                                     HOPE Africa in partnership the St. James Mission Hospital implements the Hands on Health Programme.
                                   Case                                                                                                                              Hands on Health is a process of community SALT (Stimulate, Appreciate, Listen/Learn, Transfer) visits and

                                   study                                                                                                                             conversations which encourages members of the community to take control and charge of their health,
                                                 Diocese of Lesotho                                                                                                  wellness and destiny.
                                              Before CCMP, Rev. Thomas Ntsiniyi of St. Michael’s Parish, Mokhotlong, Diocese of Lesotho was just involved in
                                     the parish life, not concentrating on the communities around him. CCMP changed the way he interacted with his parish,
                                                                                                                                                                     The hospital established a Steering Committee to oversee the programme in 2017. This resulted in one Community Engagement taking
                                     outstations and the surrounding communities. During one of the CCMP training sessions, members of his parish saw an
                                                                                                                                                                     place at Ha-Long village in October. The meeting was attended by about 78 community members and participation was very good. The
                                     opportunity to have rental homes. Most people working in Mokhotlong stay in very far outlying areas. The parish raised enough
                                                                                                                                                                     efforts of the Local Facilitation Team (LFT) members were appreciated and the community wished that the group could be formalised and
                                     funds for the building of apartments which are rented out to sustain the parish. They have discovered that while the process
                                                                                                                                                                     the LFT members work closely with the local chief.
                                     has been long and hard, they have become aware of the power they have within themselves to make a meaningful change.

                                                                                                                                                                          Case
                                                                                                                                                                          study             My name is Makhoboso Koebu, an LFT
                                                                                                                                                                                           member at Ha Long which is about 10km from
                                                                                                                                                                                      St. James Hospital. I do not regret joining the Local
                                                                                                                                                                             Facilitation Team because my mind gets refreshed! My
                                                                                                                                                                             involvement with the LFT helped me to rethink my approach
                                                                                                                                                                             to life, especially during SALT visit in the community. The
                                                                                                                                                                             challenging questions resulted in constructive dreams on
                                                                                                                                                                             both sides of the interviewer and the interviewees. I then
                                                                                                                                                                             decided to start an income generating project focusing on
                                      Grace Masilo giving instructions for the energiser - Making
                                                                                                                                                                             the production of potatoes and grass brooms to improve           I gave potatoes to my neighbour and he gave me wheat in
                                      the longest line
                                                                                                                                                                             my life and that of my family. I mainly produce potatoes         return!
                                                                                                                                                                             for family consumption and selling to meet other family
                                                                                                                                                                             requirements. In rural places, some people do not have
                                                                                                                                                                             cash, that is why sometimes we go for barter system.

                                      Adam with participants during envisioning of the North
                                      Archdeaconry, Diocese of Lesotho                              Rev Thomas inspecting the building project

                                      HoH Joint Facilitation Team preparing for Community
                                      Engagements
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              HoH steering committee
                                      Diocese of Lesotho – participants engaging in training        Envisioning in the South Archdeaconry, Diocese of Lesotho                  Engagements
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                                 HOPE Africa in partnership with the National Skills Fund located in the Department of Higher Education,
                                 has continued to implement the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Programme in the Western and Eastern                                                       Story
                                 Cape provinces.                                                                                                                                        #2                                       Ngudle Olwethu
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  townships (Masibambane High school).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The H.O.P.E Africa program helped me as it took me away
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Originally from the Eastern      from an irrelevant field of work to the exact field of my career
                                 Objectives reached/achieved thus far:                                      Training sessions were provided to participants with the overall aim
                                                                                                            of developing the area of soft skills. Key topics were identified and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 cape, I was raised by a single   interest where I got exposed with real life experiences of my
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 mother in a family of 6. Even    position as a teacher. The program was beneficial to me and
                                 ◗◗ More than 300 graduates from TVET colleges, Universities of             developed into training workshops which were conducted in both                                                       though I was not enrolled in     the moulding of my career at large, I’ve been exposed to the
                                    Technology and Universities have received workplace experience          provinces on a quarterly basis.                                                                                      one of the best high schools     professional trainings that the program provided to its interns
                                    over the past year                                                                                                                                                                           in the province, I managed       as well as the departmental trainings that were delivered to
                                                                                                            While conducting exit interviews with interns completing their work
                                 ◗◗ Each participant received a monthly stipend which provided                                                                                                                                   to pass my matric with a         educators as professionals at the school I was placed.
                                                                                                            placements thus far, we were able to establish that 41 interns
                                    increased financial security in terms of household income                                                                                                                                    bachelors pass and made
                                                                                                            successfully completed their work placements and have gone into                                                                                       The teaching process became real to me due to enrolment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 it through to university for a
                                 ◗◗ Placements were facilitated with 136 host employers to provide          permanent or contractual employment; returned to further their                                                                                        to the H.O.P.E Africa program, the mentorship that kept the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 4-year degree in Education
                                    opportunities for interns to hone their workplace skills                studies; or are seeking employment. About 35 interns dropped out                                                                                      intern as well the recruiter in contact and in relation was felt
                                                                                                                                                                                            at Walter Sisulu University. I am now a qualified B.Ed. Economic
                                                                                                            of the programme and we have not been available to conduct these                                                                                      and of not vain that I personally not felt alone when even the
                                 ◗◗ 12 University professionals are in the process of completing                                                                                            Management Science educator.
                                                                                                            interviews with them. Feedback with respect to the programme has                                                                                      difficulties are encountered in the field.
                                    their articles and qualifying                                                                                                                           I arrived in the Western Cape in 2016 and found a job as
                                                                                                            been overwhelmingly positive at these interviews and even in cases                                                                                    My contract for internship was to end on January 2018 and
                                 ◗◗ A significant number of 32 participants have found employment                                                                                           a teller; a few months later I managed to get an assistant
                                                                                                            where the placement has not gone well, participants commented that                                                                                    during festive holidays, December 2017 I was contacted by
                                    which has contributed to decreasing the number of unemployed                                                                                            manager’s position at an Engen garage in Durbanville. It was
                                                                                                            they had grown as individuals and in their ability to deal with conflict.                                                                             the Western cape department informing me of my permanent
                                    young people in the two provinces                                                                                                                       during this time that I fortunately got to know about H.O.P.E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  position that I am appointed for in Lotus High school (Ottery)
                                                                                                                                                                                            Africa and never hesitated to hear more about how I could
                                 ◗◗ 136 NGOs and companies were assisted in terms of staff                       I am now very aware of how a person should conduct                                                                                               at which am now serving.
                                                                                                                                                                                            be part of the program. In November I was informed that I
                                    capacity and 9 of these host employers retained interns as staff             themselves in a professional environment. Also, I am now                                                                                         H.O.P.E Africa brightens the Hope for my career’s prosperity!!
                                                                                                                                                                                            was going to be placed at a school in one of the Kraaifontein
                                    after their contracts had ended.                                             more computer literate which is a huge demand in the work
                                                                                                                 market.
                                                                                                                 Nomazangwe Beyi, Mfesane, Eastern Cape                                     Ms Ngudle reported for duty on the first day of the opening
                                                                                                                                                                                            of school and since then she has not been absent a single
                                       Story                                                                                                                                                day except when she had to attend Hope Africa orientation
                                        #1            HOPE Africa assisted Zandile Kulati with a              even afford to take herself out and eat at some restaurant
                                                                                                                                                                                            workshops. In the beginning she experienced problems with
                                                                                                                                                                                            learner discipline. A group of learners complained that they
                                                     stipend for her in-service training in Komani at the     or even afford to buy herself data for social networks. As she
                                                 Department of Economic Development, Environmental            reflects on the impact this programme has had on her life,                    were unable to focus on Ms Ngudle because other learners
                                          Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) Chris Hani Region. Zandile was         she says “HOPE Africa really brought hope in my life as I                     were disruptive. I suggested to Ms Ngudle that she discuss
                                          doing her diploma in Environmental Management at the Cape           began to sparkle with happiness again”.                                       the matter with the class and come up with a solution
                                          Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and needed to do                                                                                        rather than me intervening so that the class sees her as the                                             Mr Naidoo – Principal
                                                                                                              Zandile has now graduated with her Diploma in Environmental
                                          in-service training in order to qualify and get her diploma.                                                                                      authority figure and she does not become dependent on the                                                of Masibambane High
                                                                                                              Management, and currently doing her BTech.
                                                                                                                                                                                            management to discipline her class.                                                                      School
                                          She lived far from her workplace, this meant travelling money
                                          was an issue before she joined the WIL programme. She had                                                                                         I have not heard anything from those learners since, which
                                          to take two taxis to get to work and the transport fare per                                                                                       was about two months ago. Fortunately Ms Ngudle is situated           With the support of Hope Africa by giving us intern, Ms Ngudle
                                          week was R290 and per month it was R1160; that had a                                                                                                                                                                    you have made it possible for us to have one extra class unit
                                                                                                                                                                                            in a classroom that is neighbouring senior educators such as
                                          huge strain on her mother as she was the one responsible                                                                                                                                                                which means smaller numbers overall. The difference may
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Mr Booysen and Mr Smith and they are constantly mentoring
                                          for her travelling and sometimes would run out of money                                                                                                                                                                 not seem significant seeing that we are so far away from the
                                                                                                                                                                                            her.
                                          in the middle of the month. Being part of the HOPE Africa                                                                                                                                                               ideal but every little bit adds up. With smaller classes there
                                          WIL programme gave her some kind of financial freedom                                                                                             Ms Ngudle has an indomitable spirit, she never for a single
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  is quality interaction between educator and learner, whereby
                                          and independence as she was able to afford her own                                                                                                moment succumbed to the pressures of learner indiscipline
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  educators are able to give learners individual attention.
                                          transportation, running out of transport money was never an                                                                                       and diligently met every submission date, including question
                                          issue again. It also played a major role in her social life and                                                                                   paper and marking submissions. Ms Ngudle goes about her               I am certain that Ms Ngudle would report that her experience
                                          her happiness because before she received a stipend she                                                                                           work quietly yet efficiently, if I did not already have an excess     as fully teacher at Masibambane Secondary has contributed
                                          was always stressed about where transport money would                 Kholiwe Dlali, Zandile Kulati, Onke Mayipheli, Ayabulela                                                                                          massively to her development.
                                                                                                                                                                                            of commerce educators I would be the first one to nominate
                                          come from and was also stressed by the fact that she did not          Klaas (Exit interview with HOPE Africa).
                                                                                                                                                                                            her for employment.                                                   Mr. Naidoo
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Programme highlights | WIL Programme                                                                                                                                                                                     TB Management Programme | Programme highlights

                                                                                                                              Working for a company like Siyabonga as           TB is a contagious bacterial infection of the lungs which is spread by small droplets containing TB bacteria.
                                 Host employer experience                                                                     an intern gave me the opportunity to work
                                                                                                                                                                                TB is preventable, treatable and curable; however, it remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
                                                                                                                              hands on in a professional environment.
                                 The Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA) reflection
                                                                                                                              This experience finally opened my eyes to
                                 My expectations coming into the programme were that we would receive students                the real world. I have come to realise that
                                 who had just qualified and were looking for work experience in their field of study.                                                           TB is the leading cause of death in South Africa. Some of the               HOPE Africa implements the following services in the select
                                                                                                                              responsibility sets a good employee apart
                                 We, as host employers, would provide them with the needed exposure and training in                                                             existing challenges in the fight against TB include but not limited to:     communities:
                                                                                                                              from an excellent employee.
                                 their desired field.                                                                                                                           ◗◗ High relapse rates                                                       ◗◗ Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACSM)
                                                                                                                              Alet Green, Siyabonga, Western Cape.
                                 As an NPO we had just been allocated a tender and there were needs within                                                                      ◗◗ High TB and HIV co-infection rates                                          – Education and distribution of material on TB, HIV and STIs
                                 each of the departments (Logistics, Operations, Warehouse and Administration) to
                                                                                                                                                                                ◗◗ Increased rates of drug resistance                                       ◗◗ Comprehensive Prevention Package (CPP) on TB, HIV and STl
                                 strengthen staff support. It was based on the needs of each of these departments
                                 that interns were placed and job descriptions drafted. All interns were interviewed                                                            ◗◗ Poor linkage to treatment                                                   – TB screening + Sputum Collection
                                 in a one-on-one manner. Of the 4 interns accepted, 3 have stayed. The one got                                                                  ◗◗ Poor retention in care                                                      – Referral for TB testing and treatment
                                 a bursary to study further on a permanent basis and we encouraged him to do
                                                                                                                                                                                HOPE Africa’s TB Management Programme, therefore, seeks to                     – Linkage to care for TB+ clients
                                 that. All the interns have a supervisor that they report to and have shadowed their
                                 individual persons for a month before starting to work individually. Departments                                                               ensure early diagnoses, successful treatment of tuberculosis (TB)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               – HIV counselling + Testing
                                 have had different types of training relevant to their work and the interns have             This programme has motivated me to                patients and strengthening of partnerships between local and
                                                                                                                                                                                provincial health authorities and citizens, to eliminate the threat            – Linkage to care for HIV+ client
                                 been a part of these trainings.                                                              encourage other students to take part in such
                                                                                                                              programmes. I have been doing research about      of TB in South Africa. HOPE Africa implement the TB Management                 – STI screening
                                 Interns come with new ideas and think outside of the box. Applying some of their
                                                                                                                              similar programmes, and I found Work Away         Programme in select informal settlements in Mangaung Metro and                 – Referral for STI management
                                 processes and learnings from college has been beneficial to the organisation.
                                 Sinethemba has been a great asset in developing a new warehouse system,                      Internationals and informed other Hospitality     City of Cape Town. The funding period for this programme is until
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ◗◗ Provision of nutritional support to TB patient
                                 processes and the writing of new policies for dispatch. These will remain with               students to have a look at it and even assisted   March 2019.
                                 the organisation long after he has left and will form part of our ISO certification.                                                                                                                                          – Still on hold until further directives from NRASD and NDOH
                                                                                                                              two who were very interested to apply and I       The stakeholders involved in the TB Management Programme are
                                 It would be in our best interest to try and find the funds to increase our staff             hope it will be a success.                        as follows:                                                                 HOPE Africa is expected to reach the following targets:
                                 budget to include a Sinethemba. Each intern has brought great benefit to their
                                                                                                                              Boitumelo Buyambo, Ikhala TVET college,           ◗◗ Donor: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria                     Out of total persons reached (131 040), it is anticipated that
                                 respective areas of work and the organisation as a whole.
                                                                                                                              Aliwal Campus, Eastern Cape                       ◗◗ Principal Recipient: National Department of Health (NDOH)                ◗◗ 12.6% of persons will be TB symptomatic
                                                                                                                                                                                ◗◗ Sub-Recipient: NDOH TB Control and Management Cluster                    ◗◗ 1.2% of persons will be TB+ and treatment-initiated
                                                                                                                                                                                ◗◗ Sub-Sub-Recipient: CDDC Trust: National Religious Association
                                                                                                                                                                                   for Social Development (NRASD)
                                                                                                                                                                                ◗◗ Service Provider: HOPE Africa – on behalf of the Anglican Church
                                                                                                                                                                                   of Southern Africa

                                 Induction training at HOPE Africa offices                               Participants planning their presentation
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                                                                                                                                                                                Dr Mafanya and Very Revd Dlamini (in the middle) with community            Nurse from the local clinic with community members who brought their
28                               PRASA participants in training                                          Khayelitsha induction training                                         members                                                                    children for immunisation                                              29
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