DILBEEK REPORT 2011
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INTRODUCTION
This year was the first year of our current three year strategic agreement. Although Stellenbosch
and Dilbeek municipalities have a long standing relationship, this year was the first time we made
use of the current format of planning and objective setting. The format of this report will thus also
change to be in line with that of the strategic plan 2011-2013.
The foundation of this plan was laid during the previous years with not only consultations between
Stellenbosch and Dilbeek, but also through extensive consultations between the municipalities, the
community and existing service providers. These consultations gave way to feelings of excitement
as the partnership was extended from one between two municipalities to one including the
community as the third circle. The result of this way of thinking and doing will be discussed in the
report under the strategic objectives.
INTERNATIONAL DELEGATIONS
Apart from the practical placement of two social work students from Artevelden Hogeschool that
will be discussed in the report, we also had two opportunities for the north-south partners to meet.
1. 17-24 March 2011: Stellenbosch received a delegation from Dilbeek. The purpose of the
visit was to evaluate the implementation of the strategic plan as well as meetings with
existing and possible new service providers. It was also the first opportunity for Ms Mariet
Volkaert to familiarize herself with the programme, partners and the community of
Franschhoek. The delegation from Dilbeek consisted of: David Robberechts and Mariet
Volkaert.
2. 17-26 October 2011: A delegation from Stellenbosch joined the delegation of Dilbeek for
the third and final conference called “Winning through Twinning” in Ghent. The report on
this conference was mailed to Dilbeek at an earlier stage. The conference was organized by
VVSG and included delegates from all international partners in twinning relationships with
cities in Belgium. The purpose of the conference was to conclude discussions between all
north-south partners, learn from each other and prepare towards the establishment of new
federal partnerships. Currently Stellenbosch and Dilbeek is not part of a federal programme.
The
decision
was
however taken at this
conference that we
would engage in such a
programme and plan
towards it in 2012. This
international visit was
also used to evaluate
the implementation of
the current strategic
plan and to do planning
for
the
2012
operational plan. The
delegation
from
Stellenbosch consisted
of:
Clr. Johannie
Serdyn, Hanlie Linde
and Michelle Aalbers.
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2011 OPPERATIONAL PLAN PROGRESS REPORT
Result 1.1: A well know youth facility catering to the needs identified by the youth in the
Franschhoek community that is utilized on a daily basis.
2011 objective: A youth facility at the Mooiwater Farmstead that is still shared with the housing
department and ward office rendering services from a restricted space.
1.1.1: Maintenance of library and marketing drive at the different youth organizations through
information sheets indicating the content of the library and rules relating to checking out
equipment.
Eleven youth groups registered, making use of the library
on regular basis. Both sport and music equipment are
being used. Music equipment still in good condition, but
some of the sport equipment needed to be replaced due
to the use. (See expenditure) We still need to do
marketing drive to make the resource more known in the
community.
1.1.2: Identification of other suitable offices for the housing department and ward office
As previously reported, a council decision was taken to dedicate the Mooiwater Farmstead to a
youth facility. Funds were also allocated on the Stellenbosch 2011/2012 budget towards this. We
did however experience two incidents (2 days apart) of break-ins. We suffered huge losses including
2 computers, the projector and video camera.
Apart from the youth house, the community of Franschhoek also identified a community library and
an ECD facility as a need. Stellenbosch was then approached by KUSASA and Hope through Action
(UK based) to investigate the possibility of an indoor sport complex. A proposal was put forward and
the space at the Groendal Sport Grounds was identified to combine all the different community
facility needs into one complex. Hope Through Action then chose the proposal as their preferred
site to build and operate an Indoor Sports Complex to the value of approximately R 15 million in
capital alone. The main purpose of the facility is the development of youth through sport and
investment in young people with the potential to change their own environment and communities.
More regarding Hope Through Action and an already similar existing partnership in SA can be found
on their website: www.hopethroughaction.com.
This possible partnership fits perfectly with the objectives of the Stellenbosch-Dilbeek Strategic Plan
and it was therefore decided that the plan to upgrade the Mooiwater farmstead should be put on
hold to utilize the funds together with the other partners for this multi purpose community facility.
The fist steps in taking this process forward should happen in January 2012 by taking the proposal to
the Development Facilitation Committee regarding practical arrangements for the agreement
relating to free use of water and electricity and then for approval to the standing committee.
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1.1.3: Compilation of information relating to learnerships and bursaries from the internet and
displaying them on notice boards.
 Design of a CV template to be on the desktop of the computer.
 CV writing workshop
Twenty five youth make use of the computers on a weekly basis. It is still mostly used to create CV’s
and the CV template helps in this regard. One person got a contract position through the youth
house and is now being employed by @heart. The CV writing workshop has not yet materialized.
1.1.4: One on one mentorship sessions, practical placements, peer learning and community
meetings keeping every one informed relating to the planning, implementation and progress made.
Mentorship: Msindisi was mentored by Henko Janse van Rensburg on a weekly basis. It assisted the
youth worker, but development has not yet taken place to the level that we feel he can manage the
youth house together with the activities and relationships with service providers on his own. The
current arrangement can no longer continue as Henko has moved to China. A new possible mentor
was identified. The process of appointing this person will start between the office of Dilbeek and the
individual soon.
Two south-south exchanges took place. One to
Franschhoek from Witzenberg en the other from
Franschhoek to Tulbach. Focus was on the kind of
activities run, how they run it and how the
volunteers motivate each other to stay part of the
programme. Marketing was biggest thing learned
on the Franschhoek side. They also picked up a
difference between the commitment from the
Tulbach youth and the Franschhoek youth.
Motivation and communication with volunteers is still a big need in Franschhoek. The concept of a
south-south exchange was identified at the first Winning through Twinning conference in
Bloemfontein. At this point it is still focussed around support between the officials of the youth
centres. The visits did lead to lessons learned, but the implementation of those lessons is still a big
need.
Monthly evaluation meetings were held, but poorly attended by volunteers and some of the service
providers. This contributed to the decision to not work with some of the service providers in 2012.
We are also looking at formalizing our agreement with all service providers’ part of the strategic
plan. The importance of organizations and communities seeing themselves as part of the agreement
was emphasized during the Oct’11 conference. Stellenbosch is still lacking in this regard.
Quarterly engagements between champions, youth worker and community were focused on skills
development and they reached 100 youth. Together they decided to draw up the skills
questionnaire. 150 questionnaires were completed that can now form part of the preparation for
the federal programme.
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Two social work students (Marlies Van Wielendaele and Emmeline Vandeputte) from Artevelde
Hogeschool were placed at YEA from February to April. The placement was a success and we are
looking forward to welcome the next two students in February 2012. The decision was taken to
place one student at YEA focussing on the animated playground activities and to complete the social
mapping started by the student in 2011. The other student will be utilized at the youth centre to
focus on skills development with Stellemploy and supporting Msindisi. The placement of students is
different to the placement of the volunteer of
the previous year as they still need supervision
and guidance. There is however value in this
arrangements for both sides. The students get
exposure to communities literally worlds
removed from what they are use to and learn
to be flexible in their thinking and doing. In
exchange, YEA received two extra pairs of
hands to assist with the work that they are
doing. This is often the most expensive
resource for organizations in South Africa.
Result 1.2: After school animated playground activities at the Mooiwater Farmstead
escalating to a programme for the holiday period with the focus of keeping children off the
streets and involved with positive leisure activities
2011 objective: Animated playground activities and holiday programmes that happen on a regular
basis after school at the public open space or Groendal sports ground
1.2.1: Training of 5 new animators
YEA has been able to train 21 volunteers as youth animators. This
forms part of the Presidents Award programme that YEA is
running. As part of the silver medal programme a certain amount
of hours needs to be done in community service. Twenty one
completed the silver medal. YEA is hoping that all of them will
continue with the programme next year as part of the gold medal
programme and then be available to her as volunteers in 2012.
We do not yet have the number of silver medal candidates for
2012 available.
1.2.2: Marketing and implementation of existing animator playground activities four days per week
The Potential Development Programme
(PDP) runs from Mondays till Thursdays (2:30
till 4:30) on the sports ground. These
programs are presenting the following
activities: sports, arts and crafts and life skills.
The facilitators also help the children with
their homework and assignments for school.
This programme reach +- 200 children
weekly. During this programme we have
students from the University of Stellenbosch
(ETA), specializing in sport and fitness. The
students are attending our PDP programme
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once a week to teach our children sport skills and exercises. The PDP programme was also the focus
of the students from Artevelden Hogeschool. One of the 2012 students will continue her placement
with this programme as her focus.
1.2.3: Story hours at the container library twice a week
We did one story hour every two weeks reaching between 15 and
30 children at a time. The children were encouraged to take part
in the stories through different activities. Sometimes they drew
what they heard and other times they would act the stories out.
This increased not only their listening skills, but also their verbal
and memory skills. See also the plan to include a community
library at the multi purpose centre under 1.1.2.
1.2.4: Holiday programme and camp during all four holidays with the inclusion of services from the
other priority areas
The objective of the School
Holiday Programme is to
keep youth from the
Franschhoek
area
constructively busy and to
keep them off the streets.
The second objective is to let
the youth play under adult
supervision in order to
ensure their safety. The programme is necessary during the holidays, since many of the youth have
parents who are working during the day, and therefore stay at home unsupervised. During the
festive season, the use of alcohol and drugs amongst parents increases, which puts children and
youth at greater risk.
During the April, June, September and December holiday the program was hosted in Groendal and
Bosbou. Each day of the holiday programme consisted of a schedule filled with dance, sports, free
play, modelling show and life skills. During the December holiday we also focussed on crafts with a
Christmas theme (gifts, cards and decorations) and a Christmas show and party. We were also
entertained by various guest speakers and stakeholders during the programme. All activities were
supervised by staff and volunteers.
A typical programme for the holiday programme would look as follow:
Time
10:00-11:00
11:00-12:00
12:00-13:00
13:00-14:00
14:00-15:00
15:00-16:00
Activity
Open with prayer and Scripture reading
Divided into groups and introduction
Group work
Lunch (sandwich and Cool drink)
Guest speaker (Clinic)
Evaluation, End the day off.
Highlights of the holiday programmes include the following:
 KOHAN an organization from Paarl visited our holiday programme in Bosbou La Motte. The
theme was peer pressure, decision making and different responsibilities of youth and teenagers.
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The aim and objectives was displayed through a fun but meaningful
role play with puppets. 300 parents and children from Bosbou and
Groendal attended this event. Thereafter we all went to the sports
grounds where our children were introduced to a new soccer game
utilizing a blown up, rubber soccer field.
The South African Police Service entertained the children of
Groendal with a dog show. The children were introduced to the
trained dogs and their skills regarding search and rescue were
displayed. Through this the children were introduced to a career
choice that some of them did not know exist.
Cape Nature did a presentation on Environment Education
involving nature preservation and caring for animals. A snake show
was also held for 100 children of Bosbou. The snake show was scary but the children enjoyed it
tremendously.
Students of Stellenbosch University entertained us
through drama and music. The message that they
brought was about people living with HIV/AIDS, how
we should treat them and the prevention of
HIV/AIDS.
The children learned not to be
judgemental towards people living with the virus. The
organizer of this event was @heart.
Joan Jefthas from the Live Craft Centre in
Franschhoek also joined us and did a presentation on
her different hand made items and beads. The
purpose of the presentation was to get more children
interested in the beading workshops.
Lovelife did a presentation in Bosbou La Motte
informing our children with regards to HIV/AIDS. Love
live did lots of ice breakers and fun games with the
children. The children enjoyed and participated very
well during the session.
Apart from our normal sports and games on a daily
basis our children were introduced to a new sport
which is uncommon in our community. Students from
the University Of Western Cape availed themselves to
teach the children how to play hockey. They were
very exited because this specific sport will help them
to achieve their silver medals in TPA. Franschhoek
High School was kind enough to borrow us their
hockey sticks, and the students were so pleased with
the children that they even donated their hockey
jerseys. The children will now go ahead focusing on
hockey and practicing once a week.
A “Kaskar” competition was held in
Stellenbosch on the 9th July 2011 where the
children as well as other organizations took
part. The aim of the competition was for the
children to build their own “kaskarre” where
they took part in a race that was an hour long,
they also build a “draadkar”. Although our
children didn’t win a prize they certainly
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enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to next year. Our children used their art skills to
make a banner of Franschhoek.
Another highlight in the holiday programme was when some of our youth went to visit the
Drakenstein Prison. The deputy minister of correctional services paid a visit to the prison. Our
children took part in a dialogue and the
discussion was about family, offender
reunification and how to prevent our
youth from becoming criminals.
Because we observed the interest in
dancing amongst our youth we decided to
take them to a higher level. Two
professional dancers from Cape Town
came to teach them new skills. These
skills were used effectively during the
dance competition that took place on the
last day of the holiday programme.
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Camp
30 Children and 5 Adults went to Tabakbaai Holiday
Resort, Saldanha Bay from 16 December 2011 until
21 December 2011. The camp is seen as a way of
motivation for the children to take part in the PDP
programme and animated playground during the
course of the year. The children who attended the
programme the best then gets to go on the camp.
The camp also focuses on fostering mentorship and
re-enforcing the skills acquired during the year.
Result 1.3: Co-ordinated HIV, substance abuse and crime prevention programmes
focussing on access to information, life skill training, group work and VCT testing in a
secure environment
2011 objective: Co-ordinated HIV prevention programmes focussing on access to information, life
skill training, group work and VCT testing in a secure environment
1.3.1:
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Love Life
Life skills programmes at Groendal Primary (50 learners) and Groendal Secondary (75
learners) twice a week by Dec 2013
Ongoing distribution of 200 information booklets per quarter by 2011
The Groundbreaker visited the schools of
Franschhoek and implements the Lovelife dialogue
programme. Distribution of pamphlets was done
continuously throughout the year at the schools and
through the Youth House and offices of @heart.
About 90 children in Groendal Primary, 24 children at
Groendal Secondary and 60 children from West End
primary were reached.
8800 booklets were
distributed throughout the year.
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Lovelife did not respond well regarding requests for feedback reports and did not attend the
monthly monitoring meetings well. This makes reporting on their activities very difficult.
1.3.2: @heart:
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Monthly VCT testing of 10 youth at Mooiwater Farmstead by Dec 2011
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Weekly girls club meetings reaching 20 girls by 2011
Daily psycho-social support services reaching 30 patients and families per week by 2011
Name of event/Project: @heart Help Desk HIV and AIDS Community Support Program
Date: 1 January 2011 – 30 June 2011
Target Audience Description: Broader Mooiwater,
Groendal, Langrug Community
Number of people reached: 478
Strategic objective: A collaborative and comprehensive
prevention and support program for vulnerable children
and those living with HIV and AIDS.
Report:
HCT HIV Counselling and Testing
Girls Club (28 Girls enrolled)
Girls Club Sessions
Food parcels/E-pap/Supplements
Youth Female (16 – 25) Support
Youth Male (16 – 23) Support
Children Female >16
Children Male >16
Home visits
162
Average of 14 attended weekly
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76
23
9
2
7
161
Evaluation:
 Girls Club – Attendance register kept and signed by
participants.
 HCT Targets reached, but monthly HCT to always viable.
 Poor attendance by Girls due to cultural differences and the
state of the facility.
Recommendations:
 Boys Club to be established
 Support group for newly HIV positive diagnosed persons.
 Awareness Programs – mini workshops for Wellness
Advocates and volunteers
Name of event/Project: @heart Help Desk HIV and AIDS Community Support
Program
Date: 1 July – 30 November 2011
Target Audience Description: Broader Mooiwater, Groendal, Langrug
Community
Number of people reached:
Strategic objective: A collaborative and comprehensive prevention and
support program for vulnerable children and those living with HIV and AIDS.
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Home Visits
Male Condoms
Female Condoms
Support Group Session
0
69
4
4
1
0
0
6
1
Aug
58
61
2
2
53
2
1
6
0
1
8
9
Sept
60
105
4
1
47
17
11
11
0
0
5
9
Oct
28
32
0
0
38
9
6
200
0
0
0
4
Nov
32
44
0
0
26
7
5
27
0
0
0
11
Total
224
277
6
3
233
39
27
245
0
0
19
34
July – November 2011
Boys/Girls Club
Sessions
Children Male >16
0
Children Female >16
35
25)
Youth Male (16 –
46
Female
July
Male
Youth Female (16 – 25)
Networking/Meetings
Report:
Evaluation:
 Girls Club – Attendance register kept and signed by
participants, October no girls attended transition
from Female Support Worker to Male counterpart,
Thuso Mpopo. Two volunteer workers contracted
to assist with Girls.
 Boys are interested in Boys Club. 4 Boys started
attending sessions.
 No of walk-ins have increased.
 HCT Targets reached, but regular monthly HCT
should be implemented. This service is costly and
the HCT team not always available. See chart, 14 under 15’s participated. 216 tested.
Groendal Help Desk HCT
Site
Date
Franschhoek Help Desk
22.9.2011
Groendal Jamboree
28 - 29.9.2011
Total
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<15
0
14
14
≥15
20
202
202
M
3
45
48
F
17
171
188
A collaborative service approach re Adherence support, home visits is pivotal. Mr Mpopo has
secured a service relationship with the local Government Clinic.
Recommendations:
 Monthly HCT clinic secured with @heart Outreach Service, instead of HCT events
 To secure Boys Club.
 Paint outside of building with children.
 More outdoor activities
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1 December 2011: World Aids Day
In celebration of World Aids Day, @heart together with the
volunteers of the youth house arranged a march from the Groendal
Clinic, through the community of Langrug and Mooiwater to the
Youth House. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness and
address the stigma attached to HIV within the community. 150
people took part in the event.
1.3.3: Established substance abuse prevention programme in 2 schools and substance abuse
prevention information available at the Mooiwater Farmstead by March 2012
Substance Abuse sessions were held with our Family In Focus Parents and also Presidents Award
Candidates to render preventative services in the form of educational talks targeting our parents and
youth. Workshops were well attended and took place every second week at various locations
(Homes). Discussions focused on the Types of Substance Abuse, Prevention and Treatment thereof,
Dependency and of course more statistics. Supporting Substance Abuse Centres and there contact
details were also communicated to parents.
Feedback received from participants and parents were very inspiring and positive. Our Programme
will continue in 2012.
1.3.4 Established crime prevention programme at the Mooiwater Farmstead reaching 30 children
by Dec 2013
Crime Prevention Information sessions were successfully held with our YEA Presidents Award
Candidates. Topics which were discussed included: Social Crime Statistics, Violence Against Women,
Children and Men, Rape, Domestic Violence and Victim Empowerment.
Candidates were also informed about the Domestic Violence Act and guiding steps to what to do
when being faced in such circumstances.
Result 1.4: An arts and culture programme that allows for the development of local talent
and exposure to different cultures and skills
2011 objective: An arts and culture programme that allows for the development of local talent and
exposure to different cultures and skills
1.4.1 Franschhoek Life Craft: (FLCC)
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Beading classes to 20 youth once per month by 2011
Mosaic classes to 15 youth once per month by 2011
Three mosaic classes were arranged with 12 youth attending.
The intention was to establish a programme that runs weekly
that many children could take part in. The following
problems were experienced that lead to only 3 workshops
taking place. Due to the factors mentioned below, we have to
rethink our approach with this objective and might have to
cancel the objective until we can find suitable solutions to the
problems:
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Venue: The idea was to run the workshops / classes
at the Groendal Community Hall. This would have enabled the children to get to them with
ease. The problem we experienced was that the venue was not suitable due to the fact that
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we could not store the projects there until finished. (Tile cement needed time between
sessions to dry.) We thus moved the activity to the facility of Franschhoek Life Craft. This
however brought about extra cost as the children did not want to walk to town and the
transport made the project more expensive. During winter none of the children were willing
to go to the centre.
The Franschhoek Life Craft Centre did not present the classes themselves. The contracted
service providers from outside which lead to more cost for the travelling of the crafters to
come and present the classes and their fees. We were under the impression that the FLCC
would present the classes with their own staff.
It was problematic to procure the material needed for the beading and mosaic. The material
is very specialized and we had no service providers registered on our database. Our buyers
also found it difficult to procure the precise material needed – they were unfamiliar with the
equipment needed and struggled to answer the questions of prospective suppliers. This
made obtaining quotations problematic. In an effort to address this, we asked FLCC to act as
a service provider, but they indicated how
difficult it was for them to deliver the
service and only get paid once the service
was delivered. This caused problems
with the implementation the municipal
finance management act. FLCC does not
have the cash flow and is entirely
dependant on the funds allocated from
the Dilbeek project to deliver the
services. This is not a sustainable way in
which to deliver the services.
In the light of the above the rolling out of a craft programme needs to be reconsidered.
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Drama classes:
Love Life: Drama classes on a daily basis to 50 youth by 2011
Youth Affairs: 3 drama workshops per annum reaching 25 youth per workshop by 2011
Lovelife: This objective was identified by the previous groundbreaker of Lovelife who had a personal
passion for drama. The new groundbreaker has no background in drama and could not deliver on
the project identified by her predecessor.
Youth Affairs:
On 2 April, The Youth Affair held its first workshop for the year focusing on
scriptwriting. 6 participants attended the workshop and the small group worked very
well as individual attention could be given to all.
This was not an open workshop and attendees were hand picked as we were
specifically looking for those who are already in the habit of writing. This was an
opportunity for them to learn more about the literary industry and to look critically at
their own work. Franschhoek is now also renowned for the 2nd largest literary festival
in the world and this offers various prospects for our writing and poetry enthusiast.
Jeremy Davids’ chairperson of The Youth Affair was the facilitator on the day and we
invited 3 guest speakers who concentrated on different educating topics.
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Professor John van Zyl retired head of media studies at the University of Witwatersrand
spoke of translation. He described why it is important to have your work translated, how to
translate your work and translation as a career.
Barbara Nussbaum is a poet and author. She focused on how to form a story and being
creative. Part of the exercise was that the participant had to choose a picture and with
guidelines they had to write or start writing a short story within 20 minutes
Each participant had to bring a short story or a poem with to the workshop which they have
written themselves. Cynthia Hendricks an Afrikaans teacher at Groendal Secondary and
Department Head then had the task of
analyzing and giving feedback on their
work.
Partakers all received a pencil, rubber,
highlighter a notebook and a flip file that was
fully made use of in the workshop as it was not
only theoretical training but also practical. All
this stationary they can continue to use for
their personal writing endeavours.
The workshop was very well received and
extremely useful as per the feedback we
received from the attendees. The Youth Affair
is grateful for the contribution from the Dilbeek Agreement and we look forward to our next
workshop in June.
Please find included in this report the following: Feedback from a guest speaker and some of the
participants.
I was fully briefed by Jeremy Davids in a one hour session on what the expectations were of my
contribution to the workshop. This was a few weeks before the workshop so I had plenty of time to
prepare. When I arrived at the venue I was impressed by the fact that tables had been arranged
carefully and that there was writing pads and pens set out on the tables. The preparations were
exceptionally good. I also appreciated the fact that both Lindy April and Jeremy sat in on the
session as active onlookers.
The theme was “Translation in Poetry” and I was told
that as translation was a viable job opportunity it would
be useful to point out the demands and rewards of
translation. I subsequently found a book of the poetry
of Elizabeth Eybers in which she had translated a
selection of her Afrikaans poetry into English. We used
this as a basis for discussion as well as a selection of
other well-known English and Afrikaans poems.
There were seven young participants who joined in the spirit of the workshop and contributed
enthusiastically to the discussion. They then read some of their own poetry, explaining the genesis
of the poem and how it had affected them personally. I was both moved by the chronicle of the daily
lives of the young people, who are so close to violence and abuse, but manage to transcend it
through their writing and by the quality of the work. It was generally good, with two
contributions being outstanding.
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I believe that the young people got a good idea of what translation entails and that some of them
might indeed think of that as a career. Hopefully, they also received a new insight into how poetry
works.
I was very impressed by the event.
Prof John van Zyl
Professor Emeritus, Witwatersrand University.
5 April 2011
Feedback from some of the participants:
Jerome Julies
Today’s workshop:
Was a lot of fun
Informative
Constructive for the writing process
I met new people, all positive and vibrant with unique characteristics
Coming to the workshop learned me to be on time
Don’t be afraid to open up about how you feel about certain things/people
Be willing to learn and listen.
Portia Bokwe
For to day I learn a lot from each other. Fantastic day for me to attend this work shop
cause where I stay during weekend people are fighting so today my eyes are not seeing
those things even my ears not listening those things
Theena Duncan
Ek het vandag regtig geniet. Ek wou vanoggend glad nie uit die bed uit op staan nie. Ek is
aangenaam verras want ek het gedink dit gaan ‘n mors van tyd wees. Dit was lekker om te
hoor dat hulle van my gedig gehou het. Ek het gedink dis nie goed genoeg nie. Die ander se
gedigte was fantasties. Dit was insiggewend. Ek het baie geleer. Ek hou altyd daarvan on
skrywers te ontmoet en mese wat oor Afrikaans voel soos ek daaroor voel.
9 July 2011
La Motte Bosbou Community Hall
The Youth Affair Acting workshop, its second workshop of the year, was aimed at
young people between the ages of 12 to 30, those who had and is still showing
interest in the Dramatic Arts. The Youth Affair's Membership was invited to the
workshop and all other young people were invited through other organisations,
groups and schools. The workshop was planned to be a joint venture between The
Youth
Affair
and
the
Youth
Empowerment Action. The reason for
this venture was to enhance opportunity
for these two organisations to work
together, share knowledge and resources to the benefit
of our Youth.
The Youth Affair approach the Youth Empowerment
Action two weeks before the workshop. The
Chairpersons of both Organisations was present,
including members of its working committee's.
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It was confirmed that La Motte Bosbou Community Hall should be the venue, as this venue was the
Youth Empowerment Action's venue for its Holiday Program. It would also be of noteworthy that the
workshop would bring the Dramatic Arts to this community and open up the doors for young people
in this community to be part of the opportunity, without having to travel. The Youth Affair would be
responsible to bring all tools, equipment and facilitators for the workshop.
On the day of the workshop, only 9 young people attended the workshop. The workshop was
formed around intense dramatic practices such as, Ensemble Building, Improvisation, Contact
Improvisation and Text Analysis. The workshop was good as those who attended worked hard and
participated well. However The Youth Affair was really disappointed as once again, only Youth Affair
members attended the workshop and the idea was to get other young people in.
Youth Affair – Directing workshop
October – December 2011
Number of people reached: 15
Strategic objective: To expose more youth to direct plays and give participants the
opportunity to be directed by different directors. This prepares them to work with
different personalities in the drama world.
Report: Production of our Christmas play started October 2011. The cast consists of
10 members of which we have casted two new fresh faces. The production process
started off with team building activities which are crucial considering the new
members. The first 9 sessions were spent around the table doing text analysis. During
these sessions the cast familiarise themselves with the code of conduct, rules and
regulations, theatre terminology and their roles and characters within the team. Unfortunately two
weeks ago we had to cancel the show due to two of our cast members not being able to be part of
the production any more. Naythan Wooding who would have played two parts’ training programme
at Le Quartier Francais commenced earlier then originally scheduled and we could not let such an
opportunity pass him by. We also had Asive who fell terribly ill with measles and it was too late
down the line to replace both of them. This
was highly debated by the rest of the cast
members and the production team who really
did not want to cancel but we could not take
the risk of going to stage with a play that was
less then perfect especially for the new
comers who are not use to theatre and who
does not understand the pressures of a
production. Alternatively we have decided to
continue with the twice weekly sessions and
we then started tackling social issues such as
public behaviour and social media. This is one
of our 2012 goals to start youth dialogue and
accidentally this has now started. The group
themselves decided that they would rather still get together every week because of the team bond
they have formed during rehearsals for the play.
We however will not completely disregard the Christmas production; we have already done most of
the prep work and will definitely do the play in 2012. This is the first time that we had to cancel a
production and however sad it was for the cast we and they believe that it was done for the right
reasons.
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Youth Affair – Awards Function Workshop
Date: 8 December 2011
Number of people reached: 80
Strategic objective: To give recognition to
the youth that has been part of the drama
workshops, plays and other activities during
the year. To highlight youth leaders (the
work they do) and those achieving in the
Valley.
REPORT
Not only is this an awards function but still a workshop where the youth could
showcase their talent and interviewing those who makes a contribution to youth development in
our valley. The parents of the youth were also invited to
the event so that we can thank them for supporting their
children to participate in the performing arts and to give
them an idea of what it is that we are doing and the
results of our work. The Stellenbosch Municipality as part
of the Dilbeek programme linked up with this event. The
councillor for community development at the
Stellenbosch municipality also attended and she handed
over the certificates to those volunteers who assist the
Youth House as well as the Dilbeek partners.
EVALUATION
The event was specifically aimed at making the youth feel special and important and in essence it
was their evening to enjoy. We made the theme and dress code costume and therefore we had a lot
of fun dressing up. A special bus was rented to pick
the kids and their parents up and we had a lady
who welcomed and interviewed them on the bus
with a video camera. The evening was even more of
a success when we handed over an Honorary award
to the family of a youth leader who tragically
passed on earlier this year and also a surprise was
arranged for our director and chairperson who on
the morning received his PhD in Drama at the
University of Stellenbosch. We hope to keep this
exciting spirit amongst the youth. This was also
very possible because of the assistance from
Dilbeek.
1.4.3
Youth House: Monthly movie nights focussing on different cultural themes and light
entertainment alternately by 2011
Movie nights at the Youth House was held every second Friday evening. We rented DVD’s from the
local library. On average, 15 children attended these nights. Since the projector was stolen, we
were not able to continue with this project. The burglary set us back this year and we thus decided
to re-allocate funds planned for other activities to buy a projector and a video camera again.
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Result 1.5: A sustainable environmental programme driven by the youth focussed on
improved quality of life
2011 objective: A youth environmental group identified and trained to drive programmes in the
community
1.5.1 Cape Nature:
Identifying 15 youth interested in environmental education and training to form a community
environmental group by Dec 2011
This project did not get off the ground. During our monthly planning
meetings we tried to strategise together as a group and get Cape Nature
involved through the other more established projects. Through this they
were able to do environmental education sessions with the kids as part of the
holiday programme. They were however not able to establish a community
group focussing on this. Towards the second half of the year Cape Nature
stopped attending the monthly meetings and we had trouble making contact
with them.
1.5.2 Identification of 2 DEAT programmes that could be extended to the Franschhoek Youth by
Dec 2011
We experienced the same problem in getting DEAT further involved. The troubles in getting a
reliable partner for environment issues lead to the decision to focus on only four priority areas
during 2012.
Result 1.6: A programme of sport development focussing on basic skills that allows for the
identification of local talent and incorporation of that talent into formal sporting codes
2011 objective: A programme of sport development focussing on basic ball and physical skills
involving one
1.6.1 Practical placement at the Franschhoek Youth House of one 3rd year student from ETA on a
continuous basis to manage sport development programme by Dec 2011
Four students from ETA (Exercise and Training Academy) were placed as part of the Youth House
activities. They came through to Groendal once a week and worked as part of the animated
playground and PDP programme of YEA.
1.6.2 Basic weekly sport and physical skills development sessions with exposure to different
sporting codes to 50 boys and 50 girls focusing on ball skills by Dec 2011
ETA activities included different sporting codes (soccer, netball,
cricket and rugby), but also focussed on ball skills, hand-eye
coordination and working together in a team. On average the
reached a 100 children per day.
Funrun: LaMotte & Groendal
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To entertain the kids during school holiday we hosted the annual funrun. This year we also included
children from La Motte. In Groendal there were 97 participants and in La Motte 83 children took
part. This activity does not cost a lot of money as we still have t-shirts left over from the previous
year. It has however become an institutionalized activity as part of the sporting focus area and the
kids mostly run to get a medal. As with previous years, they ran 5 kilometres.
Soccer Tournament:
As with the funrun, the soccer tournament
with the trophy has become a talked about
event. It is difficult to imagine that a small
area like Groendal – Langrug has 17 soccer
Clubs, but this is the case in an area where
people who for some or other reason do
not get along anymore start their own club.
Due to this most of the clubs are very small
and do not get an opportunity to take part
in an organized tournament. The Dilbeek
trophy has thus become sought after. The
tournament was held over three days and the winners for the third Dilbeek Soccer tournament were
as follow:
First place: Franschhoek United
Second place: Scorpion Football Club
Third place: Black Aces
Pool tournament:
Pool is still played once a week at the Youth House. During the
year, the talk and boasting around the pool table focuses on
who will win the pool cue. As with the above two activities, the
kids and community has started to build a tradition around the
annual pool tournament. The secondary aim of this
tournament is to build a bridge between the Afrikaans and
Xhosa speaking communities. The winner this year was Elvis
Nyobole.
Result 1.7: A sustainable entrepreneurship programme aimed at assisting the youth to
become economically active
2011 objective: A service provider that can provide sustainable entrepreneurship development
services is identified
1.7.1 One service provider who is committed to become part and form a partnership in the
development of entrepreneurship programmes is identified by the end of Dec 2011
During November 2011 (after the conference in Gent) where we spent some time on evaluation and
operational planning for 2012 and with the view of entering a federal programme in 2013, we
explored the possibility of utilizing an organization called Stellemploy as partner for skills
development and entrepreneurship. Exploratory consultations lead to the commitment from
Stellemploy to be part of the 2012 operational plan in doing the needed research to establish the
basis of a skills development/entrepreneurship programme for the federal programme. We also
hope to involve one of the Artevelde students as part of this research.
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In preparation of this, the volunteers for skills development designed a questionnaire regarding the
needs of the community. Before we established the possible partnership with Stellemploy we also
tried to involve one of the local chefs at the Mt Rochelle Hotel to become involved in an internship
programme. This was however not successful as the chef took up other employment and the
management and new chef did not feel it was the best
time for them to become involved in a project of this
nature at the time.
20 young people attend peer to peer training which was
hosted by Koinonia.
They received attendance
certificates for the four day workshop, but were not
able to implement any programmes as the follow-up for
the training was not readily available.
Compiled by the Manager Community Services using reports from all service providers.
January 2012
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