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OVERVIEW OF
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CONTENTS OUR MISSION OVERVIEW OF LIVING HOPE From the Founder Spiritual Report Recovery Programme PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Health Care Centre COMMUNITY HEALTH HARVEST TRAINING INITIATIVE TEAMS VOLUNTEERS FINANCIAL REPORT HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT STATS AT A GLANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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LIVING HOPE
Living Hope has a number of programmes 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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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 programmes.
report from the FOUNDER This year has really been a year of nurturing roots for Living Hope – we have been busy establishing the Harvest Training Initiative buildings on the Capri Campus, building our relationships with the Departments of Health and of Social Development, and working off a deficit which had been created in previous years due to our Agricutural programme. More importantly it is a year in which we have sunk our roots deeper into to God as our foundation for all we do at Living Hope and the source of all we need. I am so grateful to God for all He has been able to do through Living Hope. I am grateful for the staff He has sent us, both paid staff and volunteers as they continue to serve God faithfully through Living Hope, often in harrowing situations. Twice during the last year we have had groups from companies and universities who have come to do organisational studies on Living Hope. Both groupings reporting that our staff really embody the mission we have and know and live our Mission and Vision. I am thankful to God for each staff member, volunteer and Trustee who have sought to live our God’s call to bring hope and break despair through Living Hope. As you read this report and see the number of people we have been able to reach this past year is 56 003. My plea to you is not to see the numbers, but see the people and their stories behind the numbers. It is a privilege to have been physically able to touch these folk in some need. We serve all in our communities, irrespective of culture, race or creed. Everyone without exception needs compassion. I continually hear from people just how much the care and love they receive at Living Hope and what Living Hope means to them. It can be so easy to get caught up in the challenges of running a vibrant growing organisation like Living Hope that the joy of serving people can be lost. But I thank God for each story I hear of how
lives have been touched and changed through our staff and volunteers. When I hear the testimonies at graduation days of our various programmes, I am encouraged to keep Bringing Hope and Breaking Despair by serving God through serving people. There have been heart breaking moments in this past year – a lot of community unrest and a general despondency in the community about injustice and oppression. It reminds me that we do live in a broken world, broken by sin. At Living Hope we believe that God can break the yoke of oppression and set people free – our task is a long way from being finished but we thank God for every person who have been introduced to the hope we have through Jesus. Through Living Hope, through its partners and supporters, many, many lives have been changed. Thank you for the part you have played in that. John V Thomas: Chairman and Founder
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SPIRITUAL report Living Hope staff are encouraged to share the good news of Jesus Christ to all our clients and staff. This is the main focus of our organisation, and we train staff on how to share their faith. We thank God for the close to 25 people who accepted Christ as their saviour. The Bible says, “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents” (Luke 15:10). We hold corporate prayer days and our staff are committed to participating in devotions and prayer days, at which they share their heart with the Lord. Spiritual programmes help us to keep focusing on reaching people for Christ, bringing hope and breaking the despair of poverty and disease. Many of our staff are excited about sharing their faith. Health Care Centre Patients and staff are seen daily and receive prayer and the word of God. Church services are held every Sunday for patients and staff. We thank God for the pastors and leaders from Biblical churches in the valley who volunteer to minister to our patients and staff every Sunday morning. We shared the gospel with all 206 of our patients and placed them with their local churches. We thank God that we are not only ministering to patients, but that we also get the opportunity to share with patients’ families. The relationship we build with the patients and their families makes it easier for us to share the good news. We thank God that He opens doors for us to minister to patients in their dying stage, when they are truly hungry to hear about the Lord and be comforted as they prepare to meet the Lord. Community 4
Most of our ministry takes place in the community, serving the needy with the love of Christ. Every day our staff have an opportunity to share the good news, and they are passionate about it. The evangelism training that 105 of our staff members received makes them more confident to share the good news, and Pastor Errol Wesson and Letson Kamwana still continue training staff that have not yet been trained. The Chaplain receives referrals and visits from the community on a monthly basis. Prayers, encouragement and hope in the Lord through the word of God keep them strong and carrying on. Staff We have daily devotions, where each staff member has a chance to share the word of God. We use the Impact Bible during our devotion and are going through it in its entirety. Last year we were dealing with different topics under GC2 Love God – Love Others and Make Disciples. They were very challenging topics and our staff are very excited about the Impact Bible, reporting that they are growing spiritually. They are using the Impact Bible in their churches too, as they appreciate the ready-made devotions. This year we are looking at the characters of the Bible, which also makes them feel blessed and grateful to God for the knowledge He has blessed them with. In devotion we share the word of God and pray and sing together. Thanks once again to John Vining and Intimate Life Ministries for the wonderful gift of an Impact Bible for each and every staff member at Living Hope. We are using it in the foundation of our organisation and in helping in the lives of people in the communities we serve.
We are very grateful for the facilitation of Gail Wingreen , a volunteer. We thank Doug Porter for the work he is doing in sending us monthly newsletters and weekly updates on the Impact Bible. We are grateful as the Living Hope body. We thank God for the people who have come
to know Christ through our organisation and been able to join churches. It is encouraging to be part of an organisation that brings hope and breaks despair. Noloyiso Mzizana, Chaplain 5
RECOVERY PROGRAMME report “Today I am stepping across the line. I’m tired of waffling and finished with wavering: I’ve made my choice, the verdict is in and my decision is irrevocable. I am going God’s way! There’s no turning back now…” These are the opening words of The Recovery Pledge publicly shared by clients who graduate from the Living Hope Recovery programme, and for which we give God all the glory for the privilege of having seen Him at work in the lives of our clients and their families in the past year (II Cor 5:17). The Recovery Programme reaches out to people impacted by substance abuse and provides a structured programme of recovery as well as awareness and prevention programmes, with after-care support groups for clients and their families. The programme is divided into three components: admission (Phase 1), treatment (Phase 2) and support (Phase 3).
women admitted increased, although woman clients continue to face special challenges - with responsibilities for young children and their homes - which hinder their full participation in a treatment programme. Phase 1 of Living Hope’s Recovery Programme continues to be a place where relationships are built with clients and issues of ambivalence and denial are dealt with. It is most gratifying to see how clients bond with the programme in this phase and gain motivation for treatment in Phase 2 – and lifelong recovery. Many clients report that at graduation they become encouraged and motivated to persevere with treatment through the example and the shared encouragement of other clients graduating. Phase 2
This is the formal structured treatment phase of the programme. We have continued with in-depth lectures in the We rely very heavily on a small salaried morning together with weekly individual staff, but are blessed to have international counselling sessions. The afternoon and local volunteer support. Without the activities would either be arts and crafts volunteers, it would be exceedingly or a screening of a Heartlines DVD, difficult to provide the scope and quality followed by group discussions or that we do. We truly salute our volunteer structured games and recreation with a team for a year of outstanding service. specific focus on physical, mental and They have all been excellent emotional recovery. Here our volunteers ambassadors for their countries, churches play a significant role through their and families. However, this year has seen dedication to the programme. the blessing of our woman volunteers having to leave the programme for maternity reasons, and this created Focus groups have been very effective added challenges with vacancies to fill. in giving clients a safe space in which to ask meaningful questions. The groups are Phase 1 gender groups (male and female), parenting groups and non-parent groups. We are delighted to report that As the majority of our clients do not have admissions to the programme increased any role models in their lives, they over the previous year. The number of appreciate the guidance and 6
mentoring they receive in these focus groups. A client was overheard saying, “I wish my father and mother had attended parenting classes”. Phase 3 Treatment without ongoing support offers a limited prognosis for sustained recovery. Spiritual, emotional and physical support are vital components of recovery. Clients are taught that their recovery rests on three legs: spiritual growth, support group attendance, and a good relationship with a sponsor. We are most grateful that an increased number of churches have understood these principles and provide these services to clients who have graduated from the programme and others in their communities. The Recovery Programme at Retreat continues to provide a valuable service to clients and members of the community in partnership with Lakeview Community Church. The weekly programme comprises a family programme (Mondays), addiction insight classes
(Tuesdays), exercise (Wednesdays), Bible study (Thursdays), recreation (Fridays), community outreach (Saturdays) and worship services (Sundays). The community feeding scheme run from the church on Wednesdays provides clients with an opportunity to serve and “give back” to the community. Living Hope supports this ministry through food donations. Statistics on the Muizenberg programme so far: • 229 clients joined the programme • 84 clients completed the programme • 20 clients where released/self released • 126 clients did not return • 8 clients refered to another programme • 1085 drug tests were completed • 4 clients committed their lives to Christ in the programme • 92 clients, 47 children, 70 family and friends attended our family day. 7
Statistics on the Retreat programme so far: • 83 clients joined the programme. • 20 clients received Jesus. Six clients were baptised. • 19 drug and alcohol awareness programmes were conducted throughout the Peninsula. • 3 920 people were reached through the drug and alcohol awareness programmes. • 51 families attend family support group on Monday evenings. In February this year, the Surfers Church partnered with the Recovery Programme and started a support group meeting on Thursday evenings in Muizenberg. This has proven to be very popular and greatly beneficial to clients that attend. They also ran a holiday programme, effectively ensuring that the Living Hope Recovery Programme did not have to close over the December holiday period. A further expansion to the programme was made possible through the funding of a programme in Ocean View by the City of Cape Town. Ward Councillor Simon Liell-Cock has been very supportive, and in the near future there will be a help desk for people impacted by substance abuse as well as support groups and family programmes for the Ocean View community.
have enabled us to continue to provide nutritious meals to our clients and to support other community feeding programmes. These include the Lakeview Community Church soup kitchen and the Springwood Baptist Church soup kitchen. Needs and Challenges • •
Funding remains a major challenge, and we are on constant alert to possible funding opportunities. Without funding, our programme and all that is achieved through it could simply not exist. Property renovation remains a serious challenge. We are close to the sea and while this does have its benefits, the corrosive sea air and the wind in summer make for a very damaging environment. The interior and exterior of our building need urgent renovation.
Conclusion A sincere word of appreciation must go to Hidden Treasures in Simon’s Town for the excellent, loyal support over the past year. Their contribution is greatly valued. Our prayer is that this blessed partnership will long continue – and expand.
Some of the concluding words of The Information and Awareness Programme Recovery Pledge state: “I will keep running my race with my eyes fixed on The Living Hope Recovery Programme has the goal. When times get tough and I been kept busy with many requests for get tired, I won’t back off, back down or information and training regarding backslide. I will keep moving forward by substance abuse and recovery. Although God’s grace...”. we are not funded in any way for this service, we feel it crucial to provide At Living Hope Recovery Programme, we information on the hope of healing and echo these words and sentiments and recovery. Requests for help come from a look forward to another year of Bringing wide variety of organisations. Hope and Breaking Despair. Food Share Programme The number of food donors has reduced, with some larger grocers diverting their donations to Food Bank. But we remain grateful for the remaining donors who 8
Peter Lovick – Manager
PREVENTION PROGRAMME report We are so grateful to the Lord for His faithfulness to us as a team. There have been many changes and challenges throughout the year in all divisions and programmes. It has been extremely rewarding and humbling to work alongside a dedicated, committed and faithful staff team that has constantly and consistently worked together to meet the needs and challenges that have come our way. I am thrilled, too, for the development of leadership that has taken place and to be handing some of my responsibilities over in the coming months. It has also been a great year of growing and strengthening our networking partnerships, which has resulted in bringing a more holistic and integrated approach of support and empowerment to our staff and clients. Life Skills Educators Up until this year, the ministry facilitated by our life skills team has been predominantly funded by individual donors through our DOLLAR A DAY programme. We are so grateful to our faithful and committed DOLLAR A DAY donors for enabling us to continue the roll-out of programmes in a way that is Biblically-based, with a strong spiritual component, and encouraging our clients to live a lifestyle that is pleasing to the Lord, amidst their various challenges. This year, however, we are thrilled to share that we had some parts of the life skills ministry partly funded by larger donors. We are grateful to Orphans Heart for committing to cover the costs of a healthy snack at our afternoon and holiday clubs for one year; to the Department of Social Development for partly covering the costs of the parenting workshops being rolled out in all our communities; and to the Au-
rum Institute for providing financial assistance to provide a more comprehensive and holistic family strengthening programme to the orphans and vulnerable children we serve. This has been a great blessing and enabled us to focus more intentionally on these programmes this year and do what we have always longed to do – to be more intentional with children and their families in their home environment. As a life skills team we are motivated every day by young people who rise to the challenges of their situation and choose to follow Jesus and His choice of lifestyle. Over the years we have sought to develop strategic interventions that will help young people break the cycle of disease, poverty, unemployment, gangsterism and crime – which is rampant in the areas in which we work, and which negatively impacts the young people we work with. We seek to support and enable these young people to lead a transformed life in Christ in their community. Our afternoon and holiday clubs have become more relational and intentional to encourage our children to share their feelings and what is going on in their lives. When a situation or incident is highlighted during discussions with the life skills educators, it is flagged and referred to someone who is more adequately equipped to deal with the situation and bring healing in Jesus’s name. Our Moms and Tots programme continues to make an impact in the community and we have begun to develop an antenatal curriculum which will more effectively cover the First 1 000 days of the life of our children. Researchers have identified the first 1,000 days of a child’s life—from pregnancy through a child’s second birthday—as a critical window of time that sets the stage for a person’s intellectual development and lifelong health. It is a 9
period of enormous potential, but also of enormous vulnerability. Once again we give the Lord thanks for the wonderful opportunity given to us to care more holistically for mothers and mothers-to-be at this stage of life. During this past year, the life skills team has worked with 135 moms with babies; 5 299 children in afternoon clubs; 508 teens in the afternoon teens clubs; 308 children in pre-schools, 29 sessions of numeracy or literacy classes where 123 children were reached and 90 lessons were shared in primary schools. 2670 parents have been reached through our parenting talks and/ or workshops. Another highlight in the past year was the acceptance of young people from the communities we serve on an Expanded Public Works Programme. We had the privilege of introducing unemployed community members to the world of work and giving them experience on our farm, in afternoon clubs and assisting with community outreach programmes. This also aided us enormously as we were in dire need of more help in our afternoon clubs. As posts have come up at Living Hope, some of those young people have joined our staff team, for which we are most grateful.
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During the reporting year, 504 unemployed people were assisted by the Job Centre
programme, which uses the material covered in the Way to Work programme as the teaching foundation, at weekly Job Centre meetings. It had been our intention this year to roll out job centres in every community. This has not materialised due to low numbers accessing the service and a lack of resources. As a ministry we are also very grateful for the many international and local volunteers, as well as several teams who work with the life skills team during the year, bringing their refreshing energy, enthusiasm, insight and commitment to work alongside our staff in ministry. Thanks especially to Danielle Schneider, Gail Wingreen and Michelle Wanless who have mentored, debriefed and facilitated spiritual and programme development and courses with our staff on a regular basis. Thank-you again to our amazingly faithful donors to this programme who enable this ministry to continue through their sacrificial giving to our Dollar A Day programme. Thank you so much for giving to the Lord and enabling us to make a difference in the lives of children and their families in our communities. Without your financial support, we would not have been able to reach as many people this past year.
Health counsellors Our stable, faithful, committed and caring facility-based counsellors have continued to provide an excellent service in the facilities in which they serve by offering HIV counselling and testing, adherence counselling for HIV-positive and TB clients, and education on chronic diseases, HIV, STIs and TB. They have tested 21 483 people, of whom 668 were HIV-positive, and prepared 534 clients to start on ARVs. They have also provided 2 537 talks in the clinics. Our Living Hope facility counsellors serve in two local hospitals (False Bay Hospital and DP Marais Hospital), five clinic facilities (Fish Hoek, Ocean View, Masiphumelele, Muizenberg and Seawinds Clinic), and in two satellite clinics (Simon’s Town and Red Hill). Due to the integration of HIV and TB adherence and support, the workload of the counsellors has increased significantly. They nevertheless have taken up these new responsibilities and done a magnificent job in providing quality support and care. We were saddened to bid farewell to dear Lara Meyer as the counsellor coordinator at the end of 2015 and welcomed Sue
Schoultz as the new counsellor coordinator. Lara did an incredible job as a sounding board for our staff team and really encouraged them to always do their best. Sue has taken on the job extremely well and we look forward to having her on the team for many years to come. The growth in the number of MDR and XDR patients has continued to increase and we are blessed as an organisation to have a dedicated and committed counsellor in the field, Hilary Adonis. She has counselled and visited 86 MDR or XDR clients during the past year and has been privileged to see some wonderful miracles of salvation and healing take place. We were able to showcase some of our learnt experiences at the International TB conference in December 2015 and are also in discussions with HPCA in providing further support and care to the DR clients in our area. Our enthusiastic and committed mobile teams (wellness clinics) in Capricorn, Mfuleni and Kraaifontein tested over 15 854 clients (558 tested HIV-positive) during the year and continue to educate and impact on many lives as they offer health screening services (HIV counselling and testing, TB screening, BMIs, pregnancy testing, blood pressure and blood sugar
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testing) at community events, church events and local businesses. The model of basic community-based health screening and provision of basic services, I believe, is the way to go to improve community wellness and be effective in providing preventative health interventions. The mobile wellness clinics also provide a means of targeting specific groups such as youth and men who normally do not access the health services offered in a traditional clinic. Training is ongoing in the counsellors department and is mostly offered by ATICC (Aids Training Information Counselling Centre). We are indebted to the wonderful monthly mentoring and debriefing services of Michelle Wanless of the counsellors. Outreach activities beyond Cape Town Zimbabwe Danielle Schneider visited Gweru, Zimbabwe once during this year to train and mentor a team of children’s workers in running effective holiday clubs. This was extremely well received and she has been able to continue to encourage and mentor them via email and WhatsApp.
During this past year, the children and teen life skills programme reached 200 children and 76 teens. A total of 180 health talks were presented at the local Mzamomhle and Gonubie clinics and clients were sourced from these clinics to attend the mothers’, chronic disease and HIV support groups that we facilitate. The mothers’ support group continued to flourish and 103 moms and babies attended these weekly sessions. A total of 373 people attended the chronic disease support groups and nine HIV-positive clients completed the I ACT support groups. We are indebted to the Chets Creek Church, Jacksonville, who, together with the Gonubie Baptist Church, are the primary generous donors and founders of this ministry. We are truly grateful to the Lord for His opening of doors and opportunities to serve in Mzamomhle and look to Him for more exciting opportunities in the year ahead, especially with the local government departments in the area.
Matatiele Lumka Malima and Nandipha Dyan also travelled to rural areas outside Matatiele in the Eastern Cape to present grassroots East London Early Childhood Development programmes Danielle Schneider, Chantel Delcarme in partnership with the Kishugu project. and Nathan Panti have also visited our There has been a great response to the East London branch to provide support, training we offered and we are grateful for facilitate some training and encourage our incredible staff working in Mzamomhle, the opportunity to share our knowledge just outside Gonubie, East London. The East and expertise with others. London branch, under the wise and strong To God be the glory for all that has been leadership of Pumla Madliwa, has had a accomplished and we eagerly wait in very positive impact in the community of anticipation of the next season as the Mzamomhle. They have had 10 National formally known Living Right ministry will be Youth Development Agency Interns/ multiplied into three divisions: Life Skills, Volunteers work with them during this past HAST (HIV, Aids, STIS and TB) and year and have successfully been able to community outreach. provide door-to-door health education to every home in the area. They have also made referrals to the local clinic and other Thank you. service providers in the area. We primarily Avril Thomas - Programme Director run children’s and teens’ afternoon clubs and holiday clubs and have support groups for chronic disease, HIV and moms and babies. 12
COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE “Come Home to Living Hope” was our newly introduced theme for the Health Care Centre last year, and over the past 12 months we have taken big strides towards living out this theme. Our goal for our facility is to be a warm and welcoming place so that our patients, their families and our staff have a sense of belonging and comfort, just as they would if they were being cared for in their own homes. This is especially important for our Palliative Care clients, who spend their last days with us.
The Health Care Centre held its first annual fundraising event surrounding Mother’s Day, and we are very hopeful for this to be a successful repeated event in the future. We are thankful that God has allowed us to be used in this ministry. He has given us the resources and talent we need, allowed us to see the tangible benefits of the clients reached, and gives us unending hope for the long-term vision of His Kingdom come. This past year we served 206 patients, offering 107,592 hours in patient care and had 40 patients pass away.
Having again succeeded in reaching our goal of maintaining the highest level of accreditation with the Council for Health Amy Aaron, Health Care Centre Manager Service Accreditation of Southern Africa through to 2018, we were able to turn our attention to the gentler side of health service provision. This year, we focused on the quality of our food services and the beautification of the patient environment; streamlined our systems management, and improved in-service education opportunities for our staff. The Health Care Centre was painted for the first time in 10 years after a generous donation allowed us to do so, and its new look adds to the fresh sense of purpose we are feeling. All of this was done to add tangible value to the care, competency and commitment that we give to our patients. We pray that our smallest efforts shine through our daily tasks in a way that convinces people of Christ’s goodness towards them. We have also spent time this past year actively seeking networking opportunities with our local partners, learning from one another and using our differing skills, expertise and resources to work towards shared objectives and values.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH report Often visitors come to our main Capri site and see all the wonderful buildings that God has so graciously provided, and see all the new developments and think that this is a great organisation! Yes, Living Hope is a great organisation but where the rubber really hits the road is in the community when you are dealing skin to skin with clients and their families in the familiarity of their homes. Our Community Based Care programme does just this and has 3 different divisions; Home Based Care, Chronic Disease Lifestyle Support Groups and Adherence Carers. Together this team has touched 4,221 people with the life changing message of Jesus and the care and support of committed Living Hope staff. During this past year our communities have experienced a lot more civil and political unrest than in previous years and this of course impacts the work on the ground and the need for more support for our staff themselves. HOME BASED CARE Despite some staff turnover the Home Based Care ministry has continued to provide a meaningful service to 1,148 clients with more than 14,281 in-home visits. Carers nurse the sick, dress wounds, monitor patient health and offer advice on healthier eating and lifestyle changes. They also offer support to the families of patients and give medical and social referrals as required. We have run a successful wound dressing clinic in the Living Hope Masiphumelele offices three days per week and have served 779 clients with varying wounds issues until they are healed. The patients are usually referred from various hospitals
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while others are self-referrals. In-service training is given at least once per month to develop and hone the caring skills of our carers who often despite trying circumstances render a quality service to our clients. We have 3 lovely caring nurses who oversee the carers in each community and do the initial assessments and draw up the care plans for the clients. During this past year we have once again been blessed by 2 groups of nursing students from Azuza Pacific University who have shadowed some of our staff and assisted us on outreaches in the community. It is always a most welcome relief to have the students work alongside our staff and encourage and pray for them. SUPPORT GROUPS The support group staff provide chronic disease education and support to the community. During this year they have also been actively involved in the distribution of chronic medication to 1,887 patients as referred by local clinics and False Bay Hospital. This not only provides a more time efficient and accessible service but also reduces the load of clients in these facilities who are simply waiting to collect their chronic medication. At the monthly support group gatherings the 678 clients are given basic education and have their blood pressure, weight and blood sugar monitored. If any abnormality is detected they are referred back to the clinic to be seen by the doctor. Together with the Home based carers and the Adherence care workers the Support Group facilitators have quarterly
outreaches whereby they invite the community at large to receive health screening and education on how to stay well. Often visiting teams assist with these outreaches for which we are extremely grateful.
training for all the staff involved in these ministries so that they provide a more integrated and holistic service to the community, which ties in with the Department of Health 2030 plan and the 90 90 90 strategy.
ADHERENCE CARE WORKERS The objective of the Adherence Care Workers is to deliver HIV and TB treatment adherence support as well as prevention and promotion service to patients referred from the HIV and TB clinics. Our staff service all the clients from Military Road south, to Cape Point, and work very closely with the local clinics in the referral and follow-up of the clients. During this past year the Adherence care workers have provided adherence care and support to 508 clients.
Avril Thomas - Programme Director
Weekly MDT meetings are held with the Adherence carers and the various local clinic staff so that all gaps can be closed and every client is given the best support and opportunity to become completely well again. The adherence staff mainly do home visits, count pills, provide education to the client and their family and participate in community awareness and education initiatives. As an organisation we are grateful for the wonderful partnerships we have in the communities with the local clinics and False Bay Hospital – without these partnerships we would not be able to effectively serve our communities with the love and compassion of Christ. Living Hope is grateful to the Lord for the wonderful Community Based Service team of Home Based Carers, Support Group Facilitators and Adherence Care Workers who in difficult and sometimes dangerous situations serve and share the love of Christ by bringing hope and seeking to break the despair of poverty and disease with care and health education. As we look to the future we plan to integrate the three divisions of the Community Based Services by providing 15
HARVEST TRAINING INITIATIVE Our Focus We seek to break the cycle of poverty and despair through offering participants the hope of Christ and the opportunity to become economically active in a longterm career or as an owner of a viable farm or Agriculturally related business. The Agriculture and Business Training programme is a four-phase, holistic training opportunity for people who have a passion for farming and business. During this 15-month course, classroom study and practical experience in tunnel farming are synergised to equip students with the skills needed to start their own farming ventures. During the last year we have grown, having seen several breakthroughs and growing God’s kingdom by reaching people with the Word of God. The faith of our students, staff and volunteers continues has been great to see. Through
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our Agriculture and Business Training, our trainees have been able to better understand God’s plan for their lives. Through holistic teaching and transformation, they are better equipped as individuals who have been prepared to bear lasting fruit. Thirteen students have been through the ALPHA course, during the past year. Agriculture and Business Training This is a programme that continues to develop in structure and scope. We have had four intakes of students over the last three years. A total of 34 students have enrolled in our programme, and 25 students have had the opportunity to be involved in small business opportunities. In addition to our four-phase Agri-business training, we have started offering our curriculum and training to the local community in a series of short courses. We plan to expand these short-term courses. This diversification allows us to
provide all the streams of our curriculum in a condensed format to the local community, reaching people who may otherwise not be able to participate in all the facets of our programme. We have helped six folk from Masiphumelele to start their own small enterprises. They harvest leafy crops such as Spinach, Chinese cabbage and Giant rape from our farm, and then sell this for their own profit in Masiphumelele. Phases of the training Our training has four distinct phases that provide structure and empowerment. After each phase a graduation service is held and we celebrate the achievements of that phase.
Dirk Steenkamp, Jesse Brown, Neil and Beth Parmenter and Kirk Kneezle- for the great job they are doing with our students as volunteers on our programme. I have been a General Manager with the HTI programme since the beginning of 2014. It has been wonderful to be apply my background and experience to help launch holistic farming initiatives. Recently as a family we relocated to Fish Hoek and I was able to start working full time with HTI. Gerrit Kleynhans – Harvest Training Initiative Manager
As our programme extends its reach and we dig deeper into building sustainable businesses, we continuously develop new ways of creating opportunities and preparing the next generation of entrepreneurs. Our 2015 Phase Four students have graduated and both are doing very well. Einstein Sibanda is running his own free-range chicken business, and Patricia Thomas is successfully managing a hydroponic farm with four double-span tunnels. We are very proud of them. Staff and Volunteers In April we bid farewell to two American volunteers - Chris Benton, programme coordinator, and Taylor Nash, farm manager. Buzelwa Mandla took over from Chris and Samuel Sithole from Taylor. Although we miss Chris and Taylor a lot, Buzelwa and Samuel are doing very well. It has been great to place these responsibilities into the hands of local people from our area, Brad Stafford, a volunteer helps in the classroom and on the farm three days a week. Asavela Gxakuma, an intern from Lovedale College, is also helping on the farm. We thank our facilitators – Alan Burrow, 17
TEAMS report This year we hosted 16 teams with a total number of 158 people. It was encouraging to see a renewed interest in churches wanting to send teams and also new members on teams that have returned for a subsequent visit. Teams play a vital role in encouraging staff, lending hands to ministry, providing valuable resources and supplying expertise in fields that we cannot afford otherwise.
to our Ocean View office as well a fence built at our Capricorn branch. Other teams’ skills helped us with our children’s ministry outreaches, provided eye screening and health screening as well as sports outreaches. We welcomed the skills from the photography team that added valuable resources. We are continually encouraged with new partnerships that are formed and look forward to seeing these relationships grow over the years to come.
This year a big focus of the teams was to build up our staff. Not only did we have staff encouragement, but also staff leadership training and team building were offered by visiting teams. Some of our Karen Peiser - Teams Coordinator premises also received some much needed attention with renovations done
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VOLUNTEERS report Volunteers come to visit and serve with Living Hope from both “down the road� and all over the world. We are honoured to have them as part of the Living Hope family, making a lasting impact and making every effort to replicate themselves so as to not leave a void when they leave. We are incredibly thankful for volunteers who are willing to extend their time, talent and treasure, paving the way for vision to come alive where there is a lack of resources. Because of them, Living Hope is able to do abundantly more as we strive to make a lasting impact for the Kingdom of God. The past year has been a year of exciting transition as many of our international volunteers and volunteer families adjust to life back at home after fulfilling their commitments at Living Hope. We are thankful to Jesse Brown and the Benton and Nash families. Please pray for them as they continue to transition and to seek the Lord for what’s next in their lives. Please
also continue to pray for our international volunteers, who continue to faithfully serve in the Prevention Department, Health Care Centre, Harvest Training Initiative, Recovery Programme, Chaplaincy Ministry and Services Department. This year has also been a year of amazing provision, with an increase in local volunteers through greater recruitment and awareness strategies. Living Hope has also stepped into a greater role with local colleges and student programmes, hosting students who need to fulfil the requirements of their practical internships. These wonderful interns have filled vital roles within our organisation. We currently have many opportunities for prospective volunteers at Living Hope and we continue to prepare ourselves to process, select, receive and place volunteers within the ministries of Living Hope to ensure a mutually beneficial experience. Kenny Kneezle - Volunteer HR Co-ordinator
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FINANCIAL report In the 2015 to 2016 budget year, Living Hope received R23 678 397 in income and expended R17 641 723 on our Chaplaincy, Health Care Programmes, Prevention Programmes, Recovery Programmes, Skills Development, Harvest Training Initiative, Gonubie Project and General Services. We spent a further R5 199 899 on capital projects, which mainly comprised the construction of a Farm Barn and offices for the Harvest Training Initiative at our Capri campus. This accounted for a surplus after depreciation and adjustments of R5 697 610. Our income funding increased by 34% on the previous year, due largely to the funding of our capital growth. However, our expenses increased by only 7%, which reflects the continued efforts by our staff to be good stewards of our resources and reach out and help as many people as possible with what we have been given.
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The accompanying graphs depict the income and the expenses of each area of ministry and show in which categories these funds were received and expended. This year, 10 cents of every Rand or Dollar of funding covered administration costs – which means that 90 cents of every Rand or Dollar was directed back into our various ministry programmes and projects to impact our communities. Thank you to all our generous partners and supporters who stand by Living Hope and help us to help others. We cannot continue to do the amazing work that God has called us to do without you – and we truly thank you for it. For a more detailed Financial Report, please refer to the Audited Financial Statements in Appendix A. Jessica Bennett, Financial Manager
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HUMAN RESOURCES report Living Hope recognises that one of the most important resources it has at its disposal is people. One of the goals the HR department has focused on is equipping their staff through continuous job related, soft skills and spiritual training. We aim to continue to provide our staff with skill development plans, to identify areas for growth and improvement and monitor progress. We started the year with 195 staff members and ended with 187. The past year we have facilitated both internal and external training. Training programmes and workshops happen monthly and on the job training happen on an almost daily basis throughout the organisation. We have facilitated trainings such as: Evangelism training – how to share your faith, management skills training for all supervisors and those identified with
management potential, practical hands on training to assist our staff within specific programmes to provide much needed services, Health related training such as HIV, TB and DRTB training. We have had training provided by the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) for staff members who received certification in Ancillary Health Care. The HR department continues to support the building of a culture within Living Hope’s staff that reflects the mission and vision of the organisation. This starts with the recruitment process. We are very clear about being a faith based organisation and align our recruitment and selection procedures to ensure this very important value continues to be upheld. Kerry-Ann Ives - HR Manager
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STATISTICS at a glance
COMMUNITY HEALTH
total people reached
clients in recovery in Muizenberg
clients in recovery in Retreat
delegates spoken to
family members attending support groups
Support group clients in Retreat
654
total people reached
children
moms with tots
parents
clients tested for HIV
MDR TB clients in first month of treatment
people assisted by job centre
people in East London support group
patients treated
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HARVEST TRAINING INITIATIVE
PREVENTION PROGRAMMES
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5136 229 83 3920 250
56 003 46 406 5299 135 2670 37337 88 504 373 206 HEALTH CARE CENTRE Students through the programme.
RECOVERY PROGRAMME
Support Groups 2565 Home Based Care 1148 Community Care Workers 508
total people reached
acKNOWLEdGEMENtS We wish to acknowledge that all our programmes are made possible through the generous support of: PathCare Hidden Treasure
Justice and Mercy International Team House
Orphans Heart St Luke’s Hospice
And all of our other sponsors who contribute into our programmes. The Board of Trustees, Management and Staff of Living Hope wish to thank everyone for their contribution and would like to advise everyone that the content of our programmes are the responsibility of Living Hope and do not necessarily reflect the views of our donors.
tRUStEES John Thomas (Chairman) Gavin Williams Michelle Wanless Sizulu Moyo Peter Hawksley Devon Rietief
Jeremy Koeries Engela Du Preez Julie Buissinne (Treasurer) Ramos Uganja Wendy van Schalkwyk Neil Smith
cONtact LIVING HOPE SOUtH aFRIca
UNItEd StatES
UNItEd KINGdOM
Living Hope P.O. Box 1700 Sun Valley, 7985 South Africa
Living Hope Community Center, Inc, USA P.O. Box 1140 Grayson, GA 30017-1140
Living Hope International P.O. Box 99 Loughton, Essex 1G103QJ
Tel: +27 21 784 2800
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