Jamboree comes to Dunoon
On the 23rd and 24th of June various government departments came to provide their service to the people of Dunoon.
The Masincedisane Advice Office assisted 338 clients at their information desk by referring them to the right desk and to Affidavit if they wanted to apply for social grants.
Home Affairs assisted 137 clients, SAPS assisted 201 client, Social Development managed to see 26 clients and SASSA screened 177 clients and processed 90 applications.
We really appreciated the great success of the jamboree and would like to see that in the future the government provides one-stop-services on a regular basis in Dunoon.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Disaster
11 shacks burned down
Two days ago a devastating fire occurred in Dunoon where eleven shacks burned down and 35 people were directly affected. The community leader Monde Maninjwa reported the happenings to our Advice Office and so we called the Disaster Management and the Property Control from the City of Cape Town for fast help on the site.
20 minutes later Gerrie from Disaster Management arrived at our office with eleven food parcels and 60 blankets. We escorted him to the affected people so we could distribute the parcels and the blankets and afterwards confirm with our signature that all people received their goods.
The Property Control came the next day to provide material to reconstruct the shacks. Each family received twelve poles, five roof sheets and one plastic tarp.
Two days ago a devastating fire occurred in Dunoon where eleven shacks burned down and 35 people were directly affected. The community leader Monde Maninjwa reported the happenings to our Advice Office and so we called the Disaster Management and the Property Control from the City of Cape Town for fast help on the site.
20 minutes later Gerrie from Disaster Management arrived at our office with eleven food parcels and 60 blankets. We escorted him to the affected people so we could distribute the parcels and the blankets and afterwards confirm with our signature that all people received their goods.
The Property Control came the next day to provide material to reconstruct the shacks. Each family received twelve poles, five roof sheets and one plastic tarp.
Job Creation and Skills Development
40 Women trained in table cloth making
One of our goals is to empower Dunoon community members to become independent and provide for themselves and their dependants.
Two weeks ago Masincedisane Advice Office approached the Limani Women from City of Cape Town to capacitate the Dunoon women. After their confirmation we informed the community women about the training on waste management. 20 women from Dunoon and Dornbach attanded and learned about fabric painting and how to use their creativity.
After the training the Advice Office field workers assisted those 20 trained women to do other waste management projects like netting plastic bags, plastic shoes and jeweler box using Coke bottles.
For a second round the Advice Office invited the Limani group again to cooperate with us and informed another 20 women to add on the first 20. Those 40 women were trained how to make painted table cloths and aprons using stencils and how to do decorations like candle holders and glass holders using waste. At the end of the training they were given fabric to make their own curtains to sell. This way they are able to buy their own material, fabric paint, stencils etc. and the women were introduced to certain factory shops so that they could buy material cheaper.
One of our goals is to empower Dunoon community members to become independent and provide for themselves and their dependants.
Two weeks ago Masincedisane Advice Office approached the Limani Women from City of Cape Town to capacitate the Dunoon women. After their confirmation we informed the community women about the training on waste management. 20 women from Dunoon and Dornbach attanded and learned about fabric painting and how to use their creativity.
After the training the Advice Office field workers assisted those 20 trained women to do other waste management projects like netting plastic bags, plastic shoes and jeweler box using Coke bottles.
For a second round the Advice Office invited the Limani group again to cooperate with us and informed another 20 women to add on the first 20. Those 40 women were trained how to make painted table cloths and aprons using stencils and how to do decorations like candle holders and glass holders using waste. At the end of the training they were given fabric to make their own curtains to sell. This way they are able to buy their own material, fabric paint, stencils etc. and the women were introduced to certain factory shops so that they could buy material cheaper.
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