About Living Hope From the Founder and Chairman Spiritual Report Ministry Reports -足 Living Right -足 Living Grace -足 Living Care -足 Living Way Teams and Volunteers Report Financial Report Development Report Living Services Report 2
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OUR MISSION To spread the good news of Jesus Christ in a life changing way and to encourage people to follow Him. To play a vital role in the prevention, care, treatment and support of people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS and other chronic illnesses. To undertake community development, inter alia through education, social and health related programs. OVERVIEW OF LIVING HOPE Living Hope has a number of programmes under four ministries that seek to impact the Western Cape, South Africa and parts of Africa, through a holistic approach that works to support and empower those affected and impacted by poverty and disease.
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John V. Thomas Living Hope Founder & Chairman of the Board of Trustees
:KDW D \HDU %\ WKH JUDFH RI *RG , FDQ ORRN EDFN DQG UHà HFW RQ WKH SDVW year. It was one in which we were facing some major cuts in funding, and DV D %RDUG WKRXJKW ZH PLJKW KDYH WR PDNH VRPH YHU\ GLIÀ FXOW GHFLVLRQV regarding possible closure of the Health Care Centre and/or possible re- trenchments. Yet God provided and we continued to serve the sick in our community and the Health Care Centre is still caring for those who need them. With God’s grace and the incredible work of the Living Hope staff, belts were tightened and hard work put in to ensure the continued shar- ing of the love of Jesus. Despite all this we achieved 22% growth in
serving 35626 people.
During the course of the year we celebrated accreditation by 2 groups which gives Living Hope a lot more credibility. The COHSASA (The Council for Health Services Accreditation of Southern Africa) which gives us Inter-Â national accreditation and rating us amongst some of the best facilities in South Africa. It was a a lengthy process and our congratulations go to all involved in the process. We also received SETA accreditation for our Work-Â er Readiness Programme. Despite the challenges, it was an exciting year of growth for Living Hope. The Agricultural Training Program was busy growing both farmers as well as vegetables that were sold through major supermarkets in our local area. :H H[SDQGHG ZLWKLQ RXU ORFDO DUHD RSHQLQJ RIĂ€ FHV DQG SURYLGLQJ VHUYLFHV in Retreat (Living Grace) on the other side of Cape Town in Kraaifontein 4
(Living Right) as well as gearing up for the launch of a new branch of Living Hope in East London, in the Eastern Cape. This branch is in partnership with the Gonubie Baptist Church and Chets Creek Church in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. In order to provide funding stability and to focus on the development of QHZ IXQGLQJ VRXUFHV ZH DSSRLQWHG RXU Ă€ UVW HYHU 'LUHFWRU of Development to oversee and guide this process securing more funding. Opportunities have also arisen for Living Hope to possibly expand our territory and so possibilities have been explored in Zimbabwe and Kenya. What a privilege to be able to reach more and more people with the love of God, bringing hope and breaking despair. Towards the end of the year we embarked on a wonderful adventure with God and set about making an offer to purchase the vacant farm land of 7.7 hectares around Living Hope. Through a series of meetings and God-Âappointments we had a number of wonderful donations given towards the purchase of this land. We paid R6.3m and R5.3m of that has been given while a further R1m is in interest free loans for 3 years. The Lord KDV UHDOO\ FRQĂ€ UPHG DJDLQ DQG DJDLQ WKDW +H VWLOO KDV ELJ SODQV IRU /LYLQJ Hope in the south peninsula of Cape Town even while we are growing elsewhere. Yet while God keeps bringing us all these exciting opportunities for expansion to us He reminds us again and again that Living Hope only exists to share His love and care for the communities we work in. We are con- stantly reminded of the burden of poverty and disease around us. God’s love compels us. So while it has been a challenging year and a stretching \HDU LW KDV DOVR EHHQ D \HDU RI UHDIĂ€ UPLQJ ZK\ /LYLQJ Hope exists – that is to reach people for Christ, bringing hope and breaking the despair of poverty and disease. Even as Living Hope changes and grows, that will never change. My deep thanks to all the donors, partners, staff and Trustees of Living Hope in South Africa and Living Hope USA for the incredible role everyone has played. We are so blessed by each one of you.
Prayer-足walking our new land.
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we have monitored the following areas: Living Hope staff spoke 3716 times about Christ’s love for them. Living Hope staff have issued an invitation 1437 times to people to follow Jesus Christ this year. 237 people have come to know the Lord through Living Hope’s ministry this year. Living Hope staff have prayed 4939 WLPHV ZLWK FOLHQWV EHQHÀ FLDULHV DQG patients. Graham Haddam - Chaplain Jeremy Koeries - Living Leadership
A key verse for the organisation this year has been Hebrews 12:1-Â3, “Therefore since you are surrounded by such a great cloud of witness, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked RXW IRU XV /HW XV Ă€ [ RXU H\HV RQ -HVXV WKH DXWKRU DQG SHUIHFWHU RI our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorn- ing its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.â€? The encouragement of this verse is not to grow weary and lose KHDUW 7R DFFRPSOLVK WKLV ZH Ă€ [ RXU VSLULWXDO H\HV DV DQ RUJDQLVD tion on Jesus as well as getting rid of those things which can so eas- ily trip us up. We strive to maintain the fact that our guidance and marching orders come from Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Monitoring Living Hope’s chaplain, Graham Haddad (who transitioned out of his role this year) developed a new spiritual monitoring tool in order for us as an organisation to gauge our effectiveness and impact. This has helped us maintain focus around our number one priority, which is “reaching people for Christ�. Therefore since August 2012 6
186 people have been referred to local churches through Living Hope this year.
Evangelism & Discipleship Training In August and September 2012 and again in February 2013 we facilitated evangelism training for our staff. This will be an ongoing focus and we are looking forward to having staff who are well equipped to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. The Discipleship Ministry Training continues to be a wonderful tool in helping our staff to keep growing in their level of spiritual understanding. This enables them to make a greater impact in their service as they are able to apply the truths they learn into their daily lives. It has been wonderful to see the growth in the leadership of our men’s discipleship group as one of the men in the group took over the leadership responsibilty from Graham Haddad. This year has seen a strong increase in the number of staff participating and leading our daily devotions. This growth is encouraging and stretching and we are blessed each morning to start our day in the presence of God. Our thanks goes to Graham Haddad for all he did while he served as a part time Chaplain to Living Hope.
This year the Chaplaincy has had some wonderful volunteers from *HRUJH :KLWÀ HOG &ROOHJH )LYH VWXGHQW SDVWRUV KHOSHG E\ SUD\LQJ DQG visiting clients in their homes and our Health Care Centre.
Local Churches We are constantly aware that for lasting impact to happen we need to be networking and partnering with the local church. Living Hope has had the wonderful opportunity of leading many people into a relationship with Christ. We seek to involve them in a local church, near their home and believe that this is the key to the continued support and discipleship they will need. We feel blessed to have been able to help refer 186 people to local churches for this support. Our partnership with the local church is also bearing fruit in that every Sunday our Health Care Centre is blessed to have a church service which ministers to patients and staff alike. Finally as Living Hope ventures into a new year, with new opportunities and new challenges, we remind ourselves once again that we are not to “grow grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” .” – Galations 6:9 We thank God that we are able to celebrate King of Kings as our primary local church and look forward to their continued input into the ministry of Living Hope.
EQUIP’S MINISTRY In 2012, Living Hope saw the re-launched of the Living Leadership initiative. The ability to rise up leaders amongst the community and to empower the local church ties in so closely with the mission or Living Hope to reach more people for Christ to bring hope and break despair. Having just transitioned out of my role as lead pastor of Ocean View Baptist Church at the end of 2011, I was approached by John Thomas, Living Hope Chairman and Peter Hawksley, General Manager of Living
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Services to serve as catalyst and provide impetus for this. Together we aimed to re-Âlaunch the EQUIPÂŽ Million Leaders Mandate (MLM) training with Volume 1, Notebook 1 -Â starting in Ocean View.
in these communities mentioned, but has also carried to other parts of the city as we have had other churches show an interest in the work that is being done.
Through a concerted effort to forge relationships with local church leaders our goal was to host leaders in a warm, non-Âthreatening environment where powerful fellowship, learning and prayer could take place.
During the course of the 2012, we also entered into extensive discussions with Brentwood Baptist Church (BBC) in the United States regarding receiving a training team from BBC. This team would be utilized to compliment the leadership development work Living Leadership is presently doing and we are excited that plans are underway to receive a team later in 2013.
Training ,Q $SULO ZH ODXQFKHG RXU Ă€ UVW OHDGHUVKLS VHPLQDU LQ 2FHDQ 9LHZ We had set a goal of 100 to register, but initial forecasts were indi- FDWLQJ FORVHU WR WR SHRSOH :H ZHUH EORZQ DZD\ ZLWK WKH Ă€ QDO UHVSRQVH OHDGHUV IURP GLIIHUHQW FKXUFKHV RQ WKH Ă€ UVW QLJKW (these churches would not normally mix at all, actually some of them have never mixed), and 120 leaders in total over the two nights - a FRPSOHWH Ă€ UVW IRU 2FHDQ 9LHZ :H EHOLHYH WKDW WKLV ZDV D UHDO EUHDN through for the Ocean View community. Our June training saw some 80 leaders from Ocean View (including some serving in Red Hill and Masiphumelele communities) return for two nights of training. The April and June training events and the new desire for networking among leaders also helped to serve as a cat- alyst for the re-Âestablishing a ministers fraternal in Ocean View – the Ă€ UVW RI LWV NLQG LQ DOPRVW \HDUV )HHGEDFN ZDV SRVLWLYH DQG LQFOXGHG comments from attendees such as: - “this was a real watershed moment for Ocean Viewâ€? - “we really sensed the presence of God during the seminarâ€? - “we have never seen so many leaders come together in Ocean Viewâ€? - “We have never received this kind of training beforeâ€? In July, one church who had missed out on the June training respond- ed to our ongoing offer of private training and/or consultation. Living Leadership met with 10 of their leaders and spent a Saturday training them. August saw approximately 50 leaders brave the cold and the rain to attend the two night training. The momentum and excitement generated by the Living Leadership initiative has not only been seen 8
7KH FDUU\ RYHU HQHUJ\ IURP WKH HQG RI FRQWLQXHG LQWR WKH Ă€ UVW part of 2013 and new training kicked off in February. Around 40 leaders from the Ocean View community were in attendance and Living Leadership expanded its facilitator presence with an additional staff member from Living Hope taking on the role. $V WKH /LYLQJ /HDGHUVKLS VWDII UHYLHZHG DQG DQDO\VHG WKH Ă€ UVW \HDU RI the re-Âlaunch we observed many things that will help set the future for our continued initiatives to train up the leaders of tomorrow. We now go forward with a renewed passion knowing the communities thirst for sound Godly lead leaders who can positively impact their communities. We are seeing attendees not only ask for additional training, but directly applying the principles they learn to real-Âlife ministry situations. We thank God for the gracious opportunity He has afforded us to be involved with His raising of a generation of Godly leaders, to change His world, for His glory.
Avril Thomas - GM: Living Right
We are deeply grateful to the Lord for His faithfulness over the past year and for the privilege of allowing us to be part of the process in which many of our clients received Jesus into their lives and sought to follow Him. We are also very grateful to the outstanding, committed and faithful team that the Lord has brought together within Living Right. For me personally, seeing our staff members growing as individuals and in their relationship with the Lord, is most gratifying. We have also been privileged to partner with many organizations in the areas in which we work to bring an even more holistic and inte- grated approach of support and empowerment to our clients.
To God be the glory for all that has been accomplished through this ministry to children. We are extremely grateful to our amazingly faithful donors to this programme who enable this ministry to contin- XH WKURXJK WKHLU VDFULÀ FLDO JLYLQJ 7KDQN \RX VR PXFK WR RXU 'ROODU D Day (D.A.D.) donors for giving to the Lord and enabling us to make a difference in the lives of children in our communities. Without your
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Ă€ QDQFLDO VXSSRUW ZH ZRXOG QRW KDYH EHHQ DEOH WR UHDFK RYHU children with the love of Jesus during this past year. The Life Skills team has worked with 2 441 children in Afternoon Clubs, 371 teens in the Teens Clubs, 2 263 children in pre-Âschools and 595 through the school ministry (primary school and outreach) bringing the total to 5670 children. Over 284 children have been referred for social need interventions and 1 336 parents have been reached through our parenting talks and/or workshops. Throughout the year we have had the privilege of praying the prayer of salvation with at least 44 children – for which we praise the Lord. Life Skill Educators have thus served 7006 parents and children during the past year. This number does not include many children who attended multiple Holiday Clubs in each of the areas in which we serve. All the programmes in this ministry are Biblically based and have a strong spiritual component, encouraging our clients to live a lifestyle that is pleasing to the Lord even amidst their social challenges.
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We had over 30 individual volunteers, both international and local, as well as several short term volunteer teams who worked with the Life Skills team during the year. We are always thrilled to welcome them to work with us and are grateful for their refreshing energy, enthusiasm, insight and commitment to work alongside our staff in ministry. All four young people who committed to our “Legacy Programmeâ€? completed the year and all seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed WKHLU WLPH DQG EHQHĂ€ WHG IURP WKH LQSXW DQG WUDLQLQJ WKDW WKH\ UH ceived from working in the Life Skills team. During this past year we employed three of the past Legacy programme members onto the Life Skills team. (YHU\ )ULGD\ FRQWLQXHV WR EH Ă€ OOHG ZLWK WUDLQLQJ IRU RXU /LIH 6NLOO (GX 10
cators (LSE) and a highlight of the year was the development of a mentor programme under the direction of Gail Wingreen. Each /6( KDG WR Ă€ QG D PHQWRU DQG RQ D UHJXODU EDVLV PHHW DQG SUD\ ZLWK their mentor. This developed and grew accountability and encour- aged spiritual development and discipleship that they in turn they can pass onto others. We were very sad to say good-Âbye during this past year to some of our longer standing staff, but also rejoice knowing that they leave their time here more skilled, equipped and able to continue the pas- sion of Living Hope wherever they go. We are greatly encouraged by the opportunities that have opened for the Life Skills ministry and look forward to using our resources to help capacitate churches and other NGO’s wherever God opens the door for us to minister in the future. We are committed as ever WR VRZ LQWR WKH OLYHV RI FKLOGUHQ LQ WKH Ă€ UP EHOLHI WKDW FKLOGUHQ DUH special to God and that it is better to build a whole child than mend a broken man.
Health Counsellors Our dedicated, caring and teaching Counsellors provided excellent service in the Clinic and Hospital facilities in which they serve and tested 13 819 people of which 899 were HIV+ and prepared 626 clients to start on ARV’s. Our mobile teams tested 5 435 people of which 328 clients were HIV+ during the year, bringing the total tested to 19 254 people who Living Hope tested for their HIV status. We trust that we will continue to impact many lives as our Counsellors offer health screening services at community events, church events, local businesses and literally on the side of walkways in various communi- ties. Living Hope Counsellors served in two local hospitals (False Bay Hos- SLWDO DQG '3 0DUDLV +RVSLWDO Ă€ YH FOLQLF IDFLOLWLHV )LVK +RHN 2FHDQ View, Masiphumelele, Muizenberg and Seawinds Clinic), two sat-Â
ellite clinics (Simon’s Town and Red Hill), as well as with our two 2 mobile teams: one working in the Southern sub-district and the other working in the Northern sub-district of the Cape Town metropole. Through these areas they provided HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), Tuberculosis (TB) screening, Body Mass Index (BMI) measuring, blood pressure and blood sugar testing. During Health Campaigns our Counsellors became involved in work- ing with the clinic staff in the community and in doing so strength- ened the health service provided to our communities. Through that collaboration, our Counsellors work hand-in-hand on a monthly basis with the Facility Managers to strengthen our working relationship and close the “gaps” in providing our clients with the highest quality service. Our Counsellors are also committed to continued training and receive regular training through Aids Training Information Counsel- ling Centre (ATICC). They have also undergone training facilitated by Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation and Desmond Tutu TB Centre, as well as the Integrated Access to Care and Treatment (I ACT) pro- gramme. The job description of Counsellors is constantly being re-assessed and adapted to bring it into line with the new Department of Health plans and requirements. We are indebted to the wonderful men- toring and skilling services of key volunteers who have provided monthly input into the lives of our Counsellors.
The Support Group Facilitators have excelled once again and have served a total of 4 893 clients during this year. They are amazingly creative in seeking how best to support and educate our clients with chronic diseases and special needs, and providing them with psychosocial and spiritual support. During this past year 4 352 cli- ents have attended a Chronic Disease Lifestyle or Mothers Support
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groups and 541 clients have attended our HIV exclusive Support Groups. Living Hope Support Groups piloted the distribution of chronic med- ication via three of its Support groups. We had hoped to rollout to many more groups, but due to pharmacy challenges this has not been realised. We look forward to being able to distribute medica- tion to all our Support groups in the coming year. The Support Group facilitators are very active in outreach to the communities and alongside many of Living Hope’s short term volun- teer teams as they held awareness events throughout the communi- ties. The health outreaches are always a highlight for all involved.
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The Western Cape Department of Health (WCDOH) has supported Living Hope in piloting the rollout of the I ACT training to the com- munities in which we work. Through this pilot we hope to generate results that will encourage the WCDOH to adopt the I ACT programme as its strategy, as has been done by the National Department of Health. Our I ACT trained facilitators continue to offer
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training and have trained 139 facilitators and have been mentoring them in line with I ACT protocols. 1146 clients completed the I ACT course during the year. We are seeking to draw up an impact study of the programme to provide some evidence on its impact. The Support Group facilitators are a vibrant and passionate group who have made the most of their opportunities to share the good news of Jesus with their clients and have had the privilege of praying with many of their clients as they recieved Jesus into their lives for the ÀUVW WLPH (YHU\ ÀUVW )ULGD\ RI WKH PRQWK UHJXODU WUDLQLQJ LV KHOG IRU WKH 6XSSRUW Group facilitators and cover sessions such as presentation skills, HIV, TB, Blood pressure, Nutrition, Infection Control, Domestic Violence and administrative and record keeping skills. To God be the glory for all that has been accomplished and we eagerly wait in anticipation as to the next step in each department of the Living Right ministry.
Peter Lovick - GM: Living Grace
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” - Nelson Mandela The above wisdom from our beloved Madiba captures the experi- ence for many of the clients that seek help at Living Grace. It is won- derful to report that for another year God has graciously sustained the programme and that many who have fallen have found the strength to get up again, this time stronger with faith in Jesus Christ as /RUG :H DUH GHOLJKWHG WR UHSRUW WKDW /LYLQJ *UDFH FRQWLQXHV WR IXOÀ OO the mandate of “bringing hope and breaking despair” and through our homelessness and recovery programme touched the lives of 986 clients.
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Meals (22,841), blankets/clothing issued (126), showering and laun- dry facilities used (486) together with daily devotions (486) and Bible study/discipleship classes/support groups (63) continued to meet such a need. Destitution does not discriminate and we are blessed to reach out to clients who come to us from desperate circumstances. Circumstances may change, but the central message of redemption through Jesus Christ continues. The faithful and generous donors who
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support through the giving of food, clothing, furniture and blankets are what make this ministry possible.
the branches which have made the distribution of meals much more HIĂ€FLHQW
Food Share Programme
Muizenberg Improvement District (MID) Project
The Food Share programme helps people in the communities of Capricorn, Ocean View, Masiphumelele and Red Hill who are unable to get to Muizenberg for a meal. This included 673 crates of fruit and vegetables and 554 bags of bread and rolls. When we have addi-Â tional food supplies it is distributed by the Home Based Care workers and Support Group facilitators in the above mentioned areas. This as-Â sists the Living Hope staff in their care of TB and HIV patients who need nutrition for recovery from ill health. In this way the integrated ministry model is being worked out and expanded as per our strategic plan for the future. We are delighted to report that with the support of an Australian church and an American donor, we now have three chest freezers in
The Street Cleaning project continued to be a valuable programme at Living Grace. In recent months four of the six cleaners were clients who had completed the Substance Abuse Recovery Programme. 7KH SURJUDPPH KDV EHHQ D UHDO ZLQ ZLQ VLWXDWLRQ DV LW KDV EHQHĂ€WHG the clients who desperately needed employment and the village of 0XL]HQEHUJ ZKLFK KDYH EHQHĂ€WHG IURP FOHDQ DQG WLG\ VWUHHWV 7KH street cleaning team clean 40 streets in the village and are often called upon to assist the local rate payers with other clean-Âup operations.
Volunteers Living Grace has been blessed with the support of outstanding
volunteers this year. People responding to God’s call on their lives come to us willing to serve and share. They have been a blessing and ZH GHHSO\ YDOXH ZKDW WKH\ KDYH GRQH IRU XV LQ VDFULÀ FLDO VHUYLFH 7KLV ZRXOG DSSHDU WR EH PXWXDOO\ EHQHÀ FLDO DV WKH YROXQWHHUV IUHTXHQWO\ share of the blessing they receive from their periods of ministry at Living Grace. Comment is often heard that they love the exuberance of worship in the morning devotions as clients sing and share in witness to the saving (Living) grace of Jesus.
Recovery Programme Living Grace Recovery Programme continues to provide the following services: o o o o o o o o
Awareness Programme Information Programme to local communities and business Counselor Training Programme Family Counseling Addiction evaluation and assessment Referral to appropriate treatment Community Based Treatment Programme (Out-Âpatient based) Aftercare programmes
In 2012 -Â 2013 we were invited to conduct seven Alcohol & Drug Awareness, Prevention and Training seminars. Opportunities to share sound, credible information on the impact of alcohol and drug abuse on the individual, family and community, together with an under-Â standing of addiction and recovery is presented.
Expansion to Retreat 2Q WK -XQH /LYLQJ *UDFH RIĂ€ FLDOO\ H[SDQGHG DQG ODXQFKHG ‘Living Grace – Retreat’ at an event with our partners at Lakeview Community Church. The launch of this expansion opened new op- portunities for Living Grace to expose its programme and ministry to new people and places. Clients and counselors participated in shar- ing their experiences through several areas around Cape Town area which opened the door for the launch of a support group in Delft. We thank God for what He is doing in Retreat through the referral and aftercare programme and we have had the privilege of ministering to over 200 clients in this reporting period.
Other Living Grace Recovery Programme continues to receive excellent reports on Monitoring and Evaluation audits conducted. Special gratitude to the Department Social Development for con-Â tinued funding for the Living Grace Recovery Programme. Without this funding the recovery work could not exist.
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The Recovery Programme has developed into a programme of FKRLFH IRU PDQ\ DJHQFLHV ZRUNLQJ LQ WKH À HOG RI VXEVWDQFH DEXVH and has been invited to participate in the Medical Research Coun- cil’s SACENDU Project and is now contributing to the national surveil- lance and data collection on Substance Abuse in South Africa. The process and three phase structure has produce excellent results with many clients experiencing long term recovery. This past year we had
202 clients enter into the programme. The majority of those (128) are on the wait list for the next intake, but we had 36 who success- fully completed the programme and graduated. We had 13 who GURSSHG RXW UHIHUUHG WR LQSDWLHQW WUHDWPHQW DQG Ă€ YH ZKR ZHUH unsuitable for programme. One of the most important stats we can share though is that the programme helped 24 clients make the deci- sion to receive Christ into their lives. A further and very pleasing aspect of the Recovery Programme is the IDPLO\ UH XQLĂ€ FDWLRQ WKDW WDNHV SODFH ,W LV KHDUWZDUPLQJ WR VHH WKH families attend the graduation ceremonies and to observe the re-Âac- ceptance of the “prodigalâ€? back into the family.
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Sandy Lovick - Interim GM: Living Care
This past year has been a year of accreditation and consolidation. The COHSASA accreditation was a stressful, but successful time as we were awarded 5 Stars from HPCA and full accreditation with COHASA. This is the standard we wish to maintain and we are continually reviewing our administration and day-to-day patient care to ensure that this is maintained.
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The plight of the members of our community, in essence, has not changed, but through our partnership with the Department of +HDOWK ZH DUH VWULYLQJ WR À QG ZD\V WR DOOHYLDWH WKH VWUHVV RI SHRSOH OLYLQJ ZLWK YDULRXV DFXWH DQG FKURQLF LOOQHVVHV DQG À QGLQJ ZD\V RI providing community based, patient-centred care. This is para- mount to the mission of Living Hope and our ability to bring hope to those in conditions of despair. This is ongoing, and there have been encouraging negotiations to have our Health Care Centre upgraded to function as an Intermediate Care Facility that will continue to provide palliative care, wound care, short term rehabili- tation, convalescent and respite care. The Health Care Centre was able to care for 308 individuals during the past year and show them the compassion and love they deserve. We continue to prioritize the care of the clients with HIV
related diseases. The decreasing number in this category is encouraging in that it can mean fewer patients need the care of our Health Care Centre. Unfortunately, non-Âcompliance to the Anti-ÂRetroviral (ARV) and Tuberculosis (TB) regime of medications continues to be the major cause for the admission of many of our patients. There is an ongoing effort to encourage and support those on ARV’s so that this crisis does not continue.
Home Based Care Department The Home Based Care team has continued to be an invaluable resource for 687 clients in the communities we serve. In the past year, the team was able to make 31,522 Home Based Care visits DFURVV WKHVH FRPPXQLWLHV 7KDW LV D VLJQLÀFDQW QXPEHU DV LW SURYLGHV such a needed service for those who can’t get the needed treat- ment and service outside their home. While we have had some VKLIWV LQ RXU VWDIÀQJ ZH DUH EOHVVHG ZLWK RXU VWURQJ OHDGHUV ZKR have ensured that that heart of Living Hope has not changed and patients are visited and cared for by the Home Based Care team. Due to continued criminal and gang activity there is a growing concern for the safety of the staff which, on a daily basis, walk in the communities and carry out their caring activities. We thank the Lord for his protection thus far and pray for our staff as they go DERXW WKHLU GDLO\ GXWLHV XQGHU VRPH YHU\ GLIÀFXOW FLUFXPVWDQFHV
Patients served by Living Care Altogether Living Care was able to care for 995 patients during this past year.
This has been a challenging year in regard to maintaining a full complement of staff. Every member of staff has gone way beyond what has been required of them in order to ensure that the patients are well cared for and that all the requirements are met. This has been heart warming and as a team we have become stronger
The Social Work Department This past year has once again proved the faithfulness of God in sustaining and enabling us to continue to journey along the path of caring and empowering both the staff and the patients with whom we have the privilege of working. One of the biggest challenges continues to be the lack of facilities available for patients in need of placement, more especially those under the age of 60 and those who are physically and/or mentally challenged. The majority of the social work input emanates from our Health Care Centre where we work, not only with the patients, but also with their families in order to facilitate a clearer understanding of the illness and the level of care necessary for each patient. Our commitment to the holistic approach enables our social worker to engage each client admitted to the Centre to help and assist.
Training and Development Training has become a priority to maintain the high standards set for us. It is important for us to encourage the development of our staff and do all we can to equip them, not only for the work at Living Hope, but for life itself. We have been encouraged in that 10 staff members have entered into training through the Expanded Public Work Programme (EPWP). This training is funded by the Department of Health and is a great resource for our staff.
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Staff and volunteer support
DQG FORVHU WKURXJK WKH GLIĂ€FXOW WLPHV ,Q WKH +HDOWK &DUH &HQWUH itself, we have been blessed to utilize the resources of volunteers to help complement the full time staff. We have several highly trained and experienced individuals who serve in the capacity of full time long term and part time volunteers. These volunteers serve as registered nurses, physiotherapists and support. Our thanks go to Leigh Snyman who led this ministry and who has now moved onto MSF. We are particularly grateful for all the preparation work she did for the COHSASA accreditation.
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Peter Hawksley - GM: Living Services
What a year of expansion and growth for Living Way in all facets of the ministry.
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Worker Readiness Training
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This has been another wonderful year for the WorkLife programme as we have been able to positively impact the lives of 67 students. As previously mentioned in last year’s report we began the process for accreditation with the Services SETA (Sector Education and Training Authorities). We are excited to UHSRUW WKDW LQ 0D\ ZH RIÀ FLDOO\ UHFHLYHG WKDW DFFUHGLWDWLRQ We also were accepted as a training partner for the Mr. Price Red Cap Foundation programme. This partnership accepts our Worker Readiness programme as a platform that properly equips people for the skills needed to receive work placement in a Mr. Price Store. We are then compensated by the Red Cap foundation for each graduate or placement and the partnership serves as a win-win for all parties. This is a three year SURJUDPPH ZKLFK ZH VWDUWHG LQ $XJXVW ZLWK RXU À UVW FODVV It is clear that not only does our Worker Readiness training pro- vide the foundation for a healthy work ethic, but combined with a Christian Biblical input it establishes a spiritual foundation for
all areas of life. This combination directly aligns with the guiding principle of Living Way which is teaching people how to live fruitful and productive lives.
Job Centre ,W¡V GLIÀFXOW WR XQGHUVWDQG KRZ VXFK D VPDOO LQYHVWPHQW RQ D Thursday morning like providing an internet connection, a fax line and willing volunteers can make a dramatic impact in someone’s life. This reminds us that when we give God our avail- ability and what little we have, He has the power to vastly mul- tiply. We were blessed in that this year 854 people made their way through Living Way’s job centre on Thursday mornings with D QXPEHU RI WKHP ÀQGLQJ JDLQIXO HPSOR\PHQW LQ DUHDV IURP domestic work to clerical work. Towards the end of the year a
more formalised training component was added to help job seekers develop good cover letters and CVs. This is paying divi- dends as more and more of these job seekers are being invited to interviews. Thank you to our volunteers who diligently give of their time for this wonderful opportunity, not only to help others ÀQG MREV EXW WR SUD\ ZLWK WKHP OHQG D OLVWHQLQJ HDU DQG RIIHU wise counsel.
6WDIĂ€QJ The team continues to grow and it is hard to believe that from just two years ago the full complement of staff and volunteers grew from three to what are now 16 strong. This is what you call exponential growth and it has allowed us to develop more opportunities in training and programming designed to
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enhance and strengthen our ministry to the communities we serve. We are thankful especially to our volunteers who have DQG FRQWLQXH WR VDFULĂ€FH LQ RUGHU IRU WKH *RRG 1HZV RI -HVXV Christ to be heard and shown practically in every arena of life.
Agri-ÂPlatform In April of 2012, we started production on the newly leased Glenhill property just down the road from our Living Way campus. This additional location has helped to expand our student training platform by approximately 4000 plants. We also started strategically to look at the curriculum and put together a more expansive training program that consists of 3-Âphases, each RI ZKLFK KDV D VSHFLĂ€F LQWHQGHG RXWFRPH $W WKH HQG RI HDFK phase students will either progress to the next phase or exit out depending upon their suitability and capability for DGYDQFHPHQW $OVR RQ $SULO WK ZH JUDGXDWHG WKH Ă€UVW WKUHH students who completed all three phases of the course. They have now gone to their respective homes to start their businesses and we look forward to seeing the blessing that they will be to their families and communities.
Summary Living Way has many challenges that lie ahead, but also huge opportunities especially as we look forward to what will happen in regards to the new land that our Chairman John Thomas ad- dressed in his report. Please pray for us to have wisdom to make God directed decisions and the courage to see them through. It’s truly an honour to minister God’s multi-Âdimensional grace to others and be part of the Living Hope family. Compiled by Peter Hawksley on behalf of Ron Clark and Richard Lundie
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Karen Peiser -Â Teams Coordinator
Every year we are encouraged by the number of churches that send teams on mission trips to Living Hope. While they are given the opportunity to experience missions and serve alongside us, we have the opportunity to grow the awareness of the organization and strengthen relationships globally. This year we had 30 teams visit us and we are truly thankful for their support. We have seen and increase in team members returning year upon year, encouraging new visitors to join them. There is opportunity for an increase in teams from within the South African borders, and we endeavour to increase WKLV VLJQLĂ€ FDQWO\ LQ WKH \HDU DKHDG 7HDPV WKDW YLVLW XV DOZD\V SURYLGH for opportunity to canvass volunteers that are able to spend longer periods of time in service to the Lord. Our Volunteers served in every ministry and in every community in which Living Hope works. Their time of service was anywhere from 2 weeks to muliople years. The role that volunteers play allows Living Hope tohave the additional resources to reach further as we live out our mission to bring hope to more people. The skills, experience and knowledge that is brought is a blessing to Living Hope. This year we saw 59 international volunteers, 41 local volunters, 16 Summer project volunteers and 30 internal teams serve at Living Hope. 21
In the 2012-2013 budget year Living Hope received R 20,382,619 in income and expended R 15,139,417 on our Chaplaincy, Living Care (Health Care Programmes), Living Right (Prevention Programmes), Living Grace (Recovery Programmes), Living Way (Skills Development Pro- grammes), Resource Development, Services & Capital Expense. This accounted for a surplus of R 5,243,202 which is being used to purchase a property adjoining Living Hope’s Capri campus and to fund various projects in the New Year that are strategic to the growth of our vision: “bringing hope, breaking despair”. The following graphs depict the income and the expenses of each min- istry area and show in which category these funds were received and expended. Only 10c per every Rand or Dollar of funding goes to cover administration costs. This means that 90% of funding we receive is directed back into our various ministry programmes and projects to impact the communities in which we serve in the greatest way possible. (For a more detailed Financial Report see Audited Financial Statements 2013;; Appendix A).
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Thank you to all our generous supporters who help make Living Hope what it is. We cannot continue to do the amazing work God has called us to do without your partnership and we truly thank you for it.
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Carl Queiros - Resource Development Director
This year saw the commencement of a Development Department VSHFLÀ FDOO\ GHGLFDWHG WR WKH JHRJUDSKLFDO H[SDQVLRQ RI WKH /LYLQJ +RSH ministries and programmes and to resource development which is the rais- ing of funds and other forms of resources.
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Living Hope’s ministry started in Masiphumelele and then quickly spread across the Southern Cape Peninsula. Over a year ago the Trustees decided to no longer limit the ministry to the Southern Cape Peninsula. Since then we have extended into other parts of greater Cape Town (such as Re- treat and the opening a new branch in Kraaifontein in the northern part of the Cape Town metropole);; we are in the process of opening a new branch in Gonubie-Mzamomhle, Eastern Cape;; and we have started exploring opportunities in Zimbabwe and Kenya. The new branch in the Eastern Cape is in partnership with Gonubie Baptist Church and Chets Creek Church (based in Florida, USA) and will initially con- sist of a Community Health education programme. We later plan to add Economic Empowerment / Living Way programmes. Programme expansion north of South Africa’s borders is likely to take the form of Living Hope implementing our programmes with and through local partners, particularly churches. Our role is more likely to be one of technical assistance, capacity building, training and programme oversight (rather than more direct implementation as is currently the case in the Western Cape). The loss of PEPFAR funding (The USA, Presidents Emergency Plan for Aids Re-
lief), the call to expand our ministries, and the desire to broaden the funding EDVH IURP D QDUURZ RQH KDV PHDQW WKDW GLYHUVLĂ€FDWLRQ DQG WKH IRUPDWLRQ RI 5HVRXUFH 'HYHORSPHQW FDSDFLW\ LV QRZ D SULRULW\ 7KH Ă€UVW VLJQLĂ€FDQW WDVN of the Development Director, Carl Queiros, was to develop a Sustainabili- ty, Fundraising and Development Plan (‘Development Plan’ for short). This SODQ RXWOLQHV IXQGUDLVLQJ JRDOV KRZ IXQGLQJ VKRXOG EH GLYHUVLĂ€HG WKH W\SH of funding to be sought;Íž resource partnerships;Íž the expansion of our global support base;Íž the necessary investment in organisational capacity;Íž and the critical initiatives and processes we must undertake for success. This plan was duly accepted by the Trustees and since then various activities have occurred, the most notable ones being: ‡ 7KH GHYHORSPHQW DQG ZULWLQJ RI D QXPEHU RI SURSRVDOV WR GRQRUV ranging from small and local ones to large ones. Funding applications have been submitted to international Christian organisations, foundations (in South Africa and the USA), South African government departments, and to US-Âbased churches. ‡ 5HODWLRQVKLS EXLOGLQJ ZLWK FXUUHQW DQG SRWHQWLDO GRQRUV DV ZHOO as implementers in the various sectors we operate in (health, education, substance abuse, skills training and so forth) is key. Some good connections have been made and promising relationships are being built, which – God willing – will later bear fruit in terms of expanding our programmes and acquiring resources.
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In summary, this is a new initiative in which much of the activity has been preparatory work and relationship building towards resource growth and GLYHUVLÀFDWLRQ :KLOH /LYLQJ +RSH KDV EHFDPH PRUH LQWHQWLRQDO DERXW resource development, our dependency still remains in God’s provision, so please pray with us that our practical efforts in this regard will be blessed.
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Peter Hawksley -Â GM: Living Services
Moving Forward despite Challenges $V , UHĂ HFW RQ WKH SDVW \HDU , UHPDLQ FRQYLQFHG WKDW 3KLOLSSLDQV VWLOO rings true and the Message Version says it so well, “There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this JUHDW ZRUN LQ \RX ZRXOG NHHS DW LW DQG EULQJ LW WR D Ă RXULVKLQJ Ă€ QLVK RQ WKH YHU\ GD\ &KULVW -HVXV DSSHDUV â€? Through all the challenges and potential crisis of the year, Living Hope continues to push forward and Ă RXULVK EHFDXVH WKLV ZRUN LV QRW RXUV EXW *RG¡V 7KLV FRQWLQXHG JURZWK is visible in that the number of people we touched with our diverse programmes has grown by more than 22%. It is hard to imagine that this year we directly touched 35 626 lives from pre-Âschool children in our Life Skills programme to the aged in our Community and Care programmes. We did this thanks to our wonderful staff, volunteers, community partners, generous funders (Grants & Donations), Trustees and an unshakeable faith in a BIG God. 7KHUH KDYH EHHQ D QXPEHU RI FKDOOHQJHV LQ VWDIĂ€ QJ RYHU WKLV ODVW \HDU :LWK WKH UHVLJQDWLRQV RI RXU +5 2IĂ€ FHU /LYLQJ :D\ 0DQDJHU 6HQLRU Chaplain and various other staff, pressure has been placed on our capacity to deliver. However, the employment of new staff and the growth of current staff and volunteers have softened and more than compensated in allowing us to still provide quality service in the midst 26
of dealing with high year of staff turnover. I am convinced that the Living Hope staff and volunteers are the most committed, loyal, passionate group of people who “go the extra mileâ€? in the service to others. This year our staff and volunteer complement was well over 200. Continue to pray IRU DOO WKRVH ZKR VDFULĂ€ FH HQRUPRXVO\ IRU WKH VDNH RI impacting the communities we serve in.
)LQDQFLDOO\ WKLV \HDU ZH IDFHG RXU WRXJKHVW Ă€ VFDO \HDU WR GDWH EXW +H who started the work will keep it going and by God’s grace we more than experienced that. Who would look to purchase property, or expand to other parts of the country or the continent during this time? These plans all began to be established in the midst of our greatest funding crisis in the last 7 years. A look at our statements (Appendix A) DQG Ă€ QDQFLDO JUDSKV UHĂ HFWV WKDW LQ HVVHQFH ZH KDG RQH RI RXU EHVW funding periods over the last 3 years. Are there challenges? Most GHĂ€ QLWHO\ 2XU VDODULHV QHHG WR EH UHORRNHG DW VWDIĂ€ QJ FDSDFLW\ needs to be addressed;Íž ageing equipment and vehicles need to be replaced and the list could go on, but these giants will be confronted and defeated. Looking forward I sense that like the children of Israel in Numbers 13 we have an opportunity to go in and possess the land (whatever that may look like). There are giants and walled cities (whatever challenges these may be), but we cannot, like the 10 spies, say it is not IHDVLEOH DQG ZH FDQQRW GR LW VR OHW XV WXUQ EDFN 1R In the same faith that Joshua and Caleb had in a BIG God, we will “go up and take the land – now. We can do it.â€? To all Living Hope’s staff, volunteers, Trustees, partners and donors thank you for journeying with us, but the best is still to come.
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Living Leadership
- 287 people trained Living Right
Living Grace
- 94 people counselled - 486 homeless people helped - 202 clients in recovery - 200 clients in Retreat Living Care
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- 308 patients treated in the healthcare centre - 687 patients treated through home-based caring
- 5670 children ministered to - 1336 parents trained - 19254 tested for HIV - 4893 in support groups - 139 trained for I ACT - 1146 support groups (I ACT) - 67 worker readiness students - 854 people helped at job centre - 3 x Agricultural Training Program graduates Living Way
And in addition...
- 31522 home based care visits - 22821 meals served to clients and support groups
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SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES
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Living Hope PO Box 1700, Sun Valley, 7985
Living Hope Community Centre, Inc. USA PO Box 1140, Grayson, GA 30017-足1140
Stewardship Sovereign Account: 20091389 PO Box 99, Loughton, Essex, 1G10 3QJ
Tel: +27 21 784 2800 Fax: +27 21 785 2414
Tel: 770-足879-足8411
www.livinghope.co.za