An update on our Projects
The following projects are new within the ECNGOC and are implemented together with a number of NGOs and CBOs in the districts where they have been selected to take place. These are:
1. The Premier's Priority Projects previously called the Premier's Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), new funding has been approved and 7 organisations/projects have been supported. These are:
. Chalumna Youth Development Centre,. Embaleni Child and Youth Care Centre,
. Mabaleni Community ( in Amathole District),
. Isolomzi Home Based Care organisation ( in Chris Hani district),
. Masabelane Centre (in Joe Gqabi district)-Peddie Development Centre (in Nelson Mandela Metro). This project is in place for 12 months from January 2011 to December 2011-03-072.
New Zealand Experience
The ECNGOC Programmes Manager, Duduzile Radebe was supported by the NZAid SAFE fund to visit New Zealand in December 2010, to facilitate a workshop on Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and meet several other organisations to reflect on community development approaches. The trip was also very instrumental in collecting information and experiences relating to philanthropy and how organisations in New Zealand are implementing ideas on philanthropy to sustain development activities.
- Lessons Learnt include:
The Asset Based Community Development Approach is increasingly impacting various parts of the world, used to deepen the footprints of development through putting development back in the hands of communities and individuals