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1 NET VIR PRET ANNUAL REPORT 01.04.2014 – 31.03.2015 Registered as a Public Benefit Organisation with the Dept. of Social Development NPO 055 086 PBO 930049465 8 Renonkel Avenue Barrydale 6750 Tel: 028 5721131 Email: [email protected] Website: www.netvirpret.org
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NET VIR PRET

ANNUAL REPORT 01.04.2014 – 31.03.2015

Registered as a Public Benefit Organisation with the Dept. of Social Development

NPO 055 086

PBO 930049465

8 Renonkel Avenue

Barrydale

6750

Tel: 028 5721131

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.netvirpret.org

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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Executive

Shane Petzer – Chairperson

Hendrik Plaatjies – Deputy Chair

Carol Morris - Treasurer

Suzette Plaatjies – Secretary

Additional Members

Hermanus Bron

Norma Brönn

Hannes Majola

Janice Mentz

Staff

Youth & Community Director – Peter Takelo

Youth Development Co-ordinator – Sudonia Kouter

Sports Co-ordinator – Angelo Endley

Assistant Youth Worker – Herman Witbooi

Assistant Youth Worker – Clarisa Jonas

Administrator – Derek Joubert

Interns

2014

Davina du Toit - Elton Esau - Elzana Fluks – Clarisa Jonas

David Kees - Marlin Phillips - Peter John Takelo

2015

Hermanus Braaf - Merencia Britz - Conroy Europa

Conray Festus - Violet Higa

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Under the competent supervision of builder, Nigel Hewitt, the extension to the Net vir Pret premises

was completed at the end of July 2014. The new accommodation has made a huge difference to our

work and has enabled us to expand existing programmes and open new ones.

Downstairs is a spacious children’s room where up to 50 youngsters

crowd in for afternoon activities. We particularly wanted wooden

flooring because the children are often barefoot and thank Peter

Simon for making this possible, as well as for providing carpetting

upstairs. Alongside, under the stairway, a nook provides office space

for our Director and next to this is a pottery, complete with work

tables and kiln.

Over the stairwell is a joyful print of

Madiba, in memory of whose life

and legacy the building is

dedicated. Upstairs is an elegant

reception and general office area,

leading to the meeting room which provides a base for Interns

and Young Leaders and houses the E-Learning Toolbox donated

by CoZaCares through the PETS Foundation, where learners can

download a big range of educational material.

Alongside, above the pottery, is the music studio.

Funding for the building extension came from the kindness of a wide range of people, starting with

author Zoē Wicomb, whose substantial donation from her Windham Campbell Literature Prize

Zoë Wicomb on site with Peter Takelo

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provided the initial impetus to get the project going. Further donations, large and small, came in

over the following months and the names those who contributed appear below.

We would particularly like to acknowledge Brian Wides and Michael Chanarin who both gave

generously, as did Anne Page, an anonymous donor, and

Marion Barton who ran a fundraiser at home in

Canterbury which paid for the construction of the

staircase. EDSA chairperson Ann Harries and director Judy

Brown called on their circle in Britain several times for

support and there were donations in memory of Lyn Alison

who had been an enthusiastic member of the initial

building committee.

The King Baudouin Foundation in Brussels came to

the rescue when it seemed that work would have to

be suspended and donations from the DG Murray

Trust as well as from Marina McClure and John Bair

in the US brought the project to completion.

Ladies from the Renosterbos Committee presented

us with tables and chairs for the Children’s Room,

Cedrico Rhode secured a greatly reduced price from

Plascon for the exterior paint and the Barrydale Fire Team dropped round to pledge their support

and make a donation.

In all, a total of R584,627 was raised. The very heartening fact is that R441,027 of this, a full 75%,

came from private individuals and the 25% balance of R143,600 from the Foundation and Trust

mentioned above. To everyone, we offer our deep thanks. With your help we have put in place a

permanent structure that will change the lives of children and youth in Barrydale for the better in

many years to come.

Donors to the Building Fund

The late Lyn Alison; the King Baudouin Foundation (BE); the DG Murray Trust; Education for Democracy in South Africa (UK); Zoë Wicomb;

Michael & Carmel Chanarin; Brian Wides & family; Anne Page; Marion Barton; Peter Simon; Geoff Budlender; Lynn Hilton; Sharon Dean;

the Barrydale Fire Team; Clive Strawbridge; Andrew Whittingdale; Daniel Barton; EA Storey; P Gurney; A Stone; M Wyld; Clive Nel; Joachim

Bittkau; Willie van der Berg; Enrique Zapata; R Brown; M Whitman; Janet Vaux; Ruth Thackeray; A Ockleford; Tela Zasloff; David & Susan

Hall; Cherryl Walker; Oona Xoxo; Tanya Barben; D-Tox Cycling Club; Loraine Cripwell; Shirley Shaw; The Dragon School (UK); The Orchard

School (UK); Pierre le Grange; Joyce Minnie; Daniel Southey; Jean du Plessis; Atma; Kim van Lingen; Mitzi & Nils Hugo; Riekie Harm;

Chabad de Jaeger; Nigel Hewitt; Heidi Nel; Richard & Heather Glasstone; Dick & Leila Pointer; Leon McLintock; Dennis Riley; Adrianne Blue;

Terri Williams; Leslie Howard; John Sacks, Chris & Margie Middleton; Jenny Parsons; Rebecca Spence; Christopher Beer; Rene Weinum and

a group of US tourists.

The children's room

Our building team - Deon Williams, Earl Bron, Patrick Esau, Greg Claasen, Bernard van Rooi.

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ACTIVITIES Net vir Pret continued its work with children and youth in Barrydale and on the surrounding farms

and ran 12 different programmes during the year under review; these are described below. Both the

Pottery and the Bike Programmes were new ventures.

THE 2014/15 PROGRAMME Programme Activities Time frame No. participants

After-School

Care

Programme

Story-telling, reading, art & crafts,

puppet-making, play-building, drumming,

riel dance, toy-library

Mon – Fri

14h00-17h00

50 children daily

(age group 5-12)

Sports

Programme

Summer: cricket, handball, bowling, tug-

of-war, tennis

Winter: rugby, soccer, netball, bowling,

table tennis

Matches on Saturdays

Mon – Fri :

Farm schools

10h00-12h00

Barrydale: 14h00-

17h00

Barrydale: 30

(ages 5-15)

Farm schools: 200

(ages 5-12)

Holiday

Schools

Arts & crafts, play-building, games, sports During the school

vacations

150 (ages 5-17)

Farm school

outreach

Story-telling, reading, art & crafts, play-

building

3 farm schools visited once a week

10h00-12h00 Mon-

Thursday

150 children over the

3 days

(ages 5-12)

Young Leaders Structured 2-year course in weekly

workshops. Occasional residential

weekends & educational excursions

Fri

14h00-17h00

26 participants

Matric

Outreach

Final year high school students are

offered individual counseling in career

pathing and are assisted with

applications to tertiary institutions & for

bursary support.

Group motivating

sessions; individual

counseling

throughout the

year.

26 participants

Internship

Programme

Interns are on a one year placement at

Net vir Pret where they learn new skills.

1 Nov. 2013-16 Dec

2014.

1 Mar-31 Dec 2015

7 interns – 2014

5 interns - 2015

Jazz

Programme

Individual and ensemble instrumental

tuition provided over 4 weekly sessions.

Tuesdays to Fridays

14h30-16h30.

15 participants

Art Group Weekly tuition leading to an end-of-year

exhibition and market.

Wednesdays

14h30-16h30

5 participants

Pottery

Programme

Studio work twice a week leading to an

end-of-year exhibition and market.

Mondays &

Wednesdays

15h00-18h00

12 participants

Blikkies Band

& Riel Dance

Programme

Training in drumming and riel dance

three times a week with participation in

competitions and festivals

Mondays to

Thursdays 15h00-

17h00

50 participants in 5

groups based at NvP

(2), Vleiplaas (2),

Lemoenshoek (1)

Bike Club Cycling and training in road safety and

bike maintenance three times a week;

participation in marathons.

Tuesday, Thursday

15h00-17h00;

Saturday 10h00-

13h00.

18 participants

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Holiday Schools

Easter

Four Holiday Schools were held during the year under review. The first, during the Easter recess,

focused on sport and games because at the last minute the school premises was not available – the

Department had sent in a building team to do renovations , and the Holiday School had to move to

the township sports field.

However, the event ran successfully in spite of some rain and 148 attended (89 boys, 59 girls).

Luckily the sports field has a small hall and a kitchen and we were able to set up chess and tennis

table tournaments.

Winter

The second Holiday School ran for the three weeks of the July

winter vacation. The first week was held at the BF Oosthuizen

School and 153 children attended. They were divided by age

into 9 groups and

the Net vir Pret

staff, assisted by 24

Young Leaders,

guided each group

through the process of scripting and rehearsing a play on

a theme of their own choosing, rehearsing,

designing and constructing props and costumes and

performing for parents on the evening of the final day.

In the second week the Holiday School moved to the

Weltevrede Farm School where a similar programme was run with the children perfoming their

plays on the final day. 66 children participated and, as ever, Net vir

Pret depended on Young Leaders to help with facilitation.

In the final week 16 young teenagers from the farms (8 boys, 8 girls)

were invited to a live-in workshop at the Farmhouse facilitated by

Cape Town volunteers

Hazel and Errol Davids-

Ruiters and Berenice

Hilario .

The event was structured

to focus on the problems

and anxieties typically confronting

their age group and it was clear on the

Friday afternoon when it was time to close and go home

that no-one, neither participants nor facilitators, wanted to and that the week had been a great

affirming experience for the farm children especially who seldom get the opportunity to experience

anything outside of their isolated and impoverished world.

We thank Hazel, Errol and Berenice for their generosity of spirit and extraordinary skill in ministering

to the needs of our most vulnerable youth.

Making a graphic representation of their personal values.

A night-time trust game

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Spring

In mid-year, a chance remark at a staff meeting concerning The First People sparked interest and

soon there was a structured weekly seminar on Thursday

mornings to find out more about the KhoeSan, the original

inhabitants of our part of the world. Who were they? How far

back can we trace them? How did they live? What were their

beliefs? What were their values? What happened to them?

Who and where are their descendants?

Discussion grew in intensity and depth with participants

undertaking research into particular aspects and reporting

back. In this we were joined by 5 Barrydale enthusiasts - Ulla

Mussgnug, Dawn Bernard, Janice Mentz, Shirley Marx and Di

Chappell – each bringing their own unique and valuable input. Atma attended when she could and

provided encouragement and Michelle Berry helped the Young Leaders understand the principles of

San rock painting.

Soon it became clear that we had stumbled on the theme for the

December Reconciliation Parade. We consulted with the Handspring

Trust – our partners in the Parade and work began in earnest.

It was agreed that a start would be made at the September Holiday

School by introducing our children and youth to the KhoeSan culture

so that they could appreciate their importance in the history of our

country, and indeed in the history of the world.

Seventy children participated and we were assisted by our team of 21

Young Leaders. Day 1 focused on historical aspects and after lunch

children made their own versions of San rock paintings –

examples of which are present in the Tradouw Pass, 15 minutes

outside of our village.

Next day each group began design and construction of KhoeSan

artifacts (bows and arrows, spears, straw huts, headdresses, the

kaross) and on Wednesday work began on improvising a play

using these as props for performance at the end of the week.

Thursday was spent rehearsing and adding songs and dances and

performances took place on the Friday.

By the end of the week everyone had a good idea of who the

KhoeSan were and how they lived and also of the differences

between them - the San were hunter-gatherers and the Khoe

pastoralists and herders – although if the Khoe lost their herds

through famine or disease they would revert to a San mode of living.

December

The highlight of the Net vir Pret year is the December Parade to mark

the national Day of Reconciliation, presented in partnership with the

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Handspring Trust and the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape.

As mentioned above, preparations had begun way in advance of the

event and intensified as December approached. The Thursday

meetings continued and several Saturday workshops were held with

all stakeholders to thrash out a narrative for the performance and

identify the giant puppets which would lead the parade.

In the end the story told of a confused and alienated local young

man (Booi) who took shelter from a storm and fell asleep in a cave

where there were San rock paintings. He woke to find the rock

paintings come to life and stumbled out to find himself in the world

of the KhoeSan many, many thousands of years back in the past.

The giant puppets were the

Eland, beloved of the San, and

the Mantis, or Kagg’an, the San

creator of everything and the

event was named Kagg’an

Dreams. The Eland was designed

by Beren Belknap, the Mantis by

Luyanda Nogodlwana. We

revived the Ostrich from 2013.

Booi is initiated into the KhoeSan way of life and in a rite

of passage, eventually tracks and spears the Eland, whose

spirit rises to bless the world and call for peace and

brotherhood.

The event

brought

together the

skills and

energy of

many people. Jill Joubert came for a week to train the

Young Leaders in construction of the hand-held puppets

(bokkies,

dassies, the

rock painting

images) which

the 150 children made in the week of preparation and took

into the performance. Each child made and carried a

puppet.

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The show was directed by Aja Marneweck with help from Kelly-Eve Koopman. Net vir Pret’s Jazz

Monkeys and their teacher Gari Crawford provided the musical backing.

The event was a great success with a huge crowd

following the giant puppets in parade to gather at

the BF Oosthuizen school for the performance.

All agree that Kagg’an Dreams took this annual

event to new heights and it is certain that in the

exploration of ancestral heritage and cultural

roots, it had a decided impact on community

esteem and personal identity and that the

participants took part in an experience they will

remember for the rest of their lives.

The After-Care Programme The afternoon After-Care programme ran as usual under the supervision of our Youth Development

Officer, Donna Kouter, who has constructed a carefully crafted day-by-day programme for the year

incorporating a range of developmental elements. The art and craft class employed a different

theme each week and the children produced many beautiful

objects which were taken home as gifts; the reading component,

run with support from the Cape

Town Nal’Ibali programme,

continued to flourish and indeed

apart from the Reading Club at

Net vir Pret, there were 5 others,

two on the farms and three run

by Young Leaders for children in

their street. On World Read

Aloud Day the Reading Clubs

gathered in the grounds of the farmhouse to join in and celebrate

the event.

World Read Aloud Day

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The Jazz Programme Under the guidance of Gari Crawford, the Jazz Programme grew from strength to strength. Apart

from the original Jazz

Monkeys, a second band

emerged during the year

with a girls’ band also

forming. The Jazz

Monkeys have an ongoing

booking to play at the

Barrydale Art Hotel on

the first Saturday night of

the month.

In May the two groups were privileged to be able to play at the hotel in an

event sponsored by Concerts SA with visiting Cape Jazz legend Errol Dyers

who had four other musicians with him including the renowned Swedish saxophonist, Anders

Poulsen. The visiting musicians ran a teaching workshop with our youngsters in the afternoon before

performing.

The programme got a big boost from the donation of a piano by Juan Maloney which came with

three conga drums.

The Art Programme The Art Group taught by Joan Peeters continues to make

good progress.

Apart from their

weekly class, they

held a one-week

workshop during

the winter

vacation.

They made very

attractive cards for

sale at the Barrydale Blooms open garden event in October

and held an exhibition of work with Joan at her studio in

December.

In performance at the hotel

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The Pottery Class The Pottery Class opened in March 2015 under the direction of Barrydale potter, Jean Bittkau. The

class has its own studio in the new building, complete with kiln.

Jean teaches twice a week and

offers an intensive 4-day

programme during the school

vacations.

Her students have been making

hand-built pots, bowls and mugs

and also pottery chimes which

they took home for Mother’s Day.

John Sachs makes regular and much-appreciated donations of

clay.

The Bike Club In October we were the fortunate and grateful recipients of 50 bikes which were donated as the

result of a sponsored bike ride from George to Cape

Town undertaken by UK couple Kevin and Noëlle Ablitt

the previous year. Kevin and Noēlle visited soon

afterwards and we were able to thank them in person

for their wonderful gift.

The donation has made possible the formation of a Bike

Club under the supervision of staff member Angelo

Endley and intern Hermanus Braaf. With 18 members,

the Club meets three times a week with Angelo and

Hermanus providing training on road safety and bike maintenance.

The Christmas Toy Ride On 23rd December, the Net vir Pret bakkie and no fewer than three Father Christmases took to the

road to pay a surprise visit to children on local farms. On board were just over 200 presents, half of

whom had come from

Louise Pharo and family and

the rest collected at the OK

Grocer from warm-hearted

Barrydale residents. The toy

ride took all morning. Nine

farms were visited and toys

distributed to close on 200

children who were delighted

to receive their gifts.

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The PETS Programme Sponsored by the Joel Joffe Charitable Trust, work with local teachers through the PETS Programme

(Putting Educational Technology into Schools) went forward in 2014 with Net vir Pret as the

facilitating partner. Under the leadership of Dr. Michael Rice, the programme has attracted the

interest and support of both the MEC and the DG of Education in the Western Cape. In essence,

PETS is testing the viability of a model of in-service training using Information Communications

Technology as the means of communication. In 2013 the programme delivered material on the

learning and teaching of fractions at Grade 3 and 4 levels and in 2014 the Number Line and

Percentages were similarly presented.

A total of 17 teachers participated, drawn from the two local schools (Barrydale High and BF

Oosthuizen Primary), three farms schools (Vleiplaas, Weltevrede and Lemoenshoek) and Net vir

Pret. The Understanding Fractions course is the first of its kind in Afrikaans and English, developed

for teachers by teachers to address their needs and intended as digital content. Veteran Maths

teacher, Mary Debrick, developed the material and the translation into Afrikaans was done by

Riekie Harm. An interactive website has been created where participants can work through the

material and test themselves. Mr. Roy Auret, principal of Barrydale High, played a leading role in the

venture; Jean Rall, principal of Vleiplaas, Helene Fullard, principal of Lemoenshoek have been

enthusiastic participants and Mr. Gerald Davids, principal of BF Oosthuizen, has brought his staff on

board. The undertaking has generated much excitement and enthusiasm and is clearly having a

beneficial effect on teaching and learning in Barrydale.

PETS will tackle the teaching of decimals in 2015.

The seven internships sponsored by the Department of Social Development which commenced in

November 2013 were extended to 16 December 2014. Funding from the DG Murray Trust allowed

for taking on a new batch of 5 in March 2015.

In the year under review the Interns were involved in the following activities:

COMMUNITY WALL NEWSPAPER – under guidance from Dr. Michael Rice of the PETS Foundation,

they interviewed local people on their opinion of the April 2014 election, wrote up the interviews

and published these in the form of a community wall newspaper.

BOOK-MAKING PROJECT – Facilitator Jill Joubert

spent a week with them teaching the techniques

involved in designing and stitching together a hand-

made book. Some beautiful work was produced and

they used the opportunity to create booklets

capturing the fairy tales which had been scripted by

children during the Holiday School in January. They

also each produced and illustrated personalised

alphabet books for children.

The M and N pages from an alphabet book

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ORAL HISTORY PROJECT – with support from Shirley Marx who has considerable experience in the

field, the Interns conducted interviews with

eight old people in the Barrydale township and

on the surrounding farms. The interviews

focused on the early life stories of the old

people and they were also asked to remember

tales which their grandparents had told them

when young. Much fascinating material

emerged and this

was written up and

edited with the help

of Riekie Harm and

also of Rina de Villiers of the Barrydale Library and her staff. Annette

Loubser spent a week teaching the principles of layout after which the

group published the eight oral histories in their own hand-made booklets

using their new skills. A ceremony was held in August to present each

interviewee with a copy of their own story - sadly three had passed away

in the interim and relatives came in their stead. Copies were also

presented to the Barrydale Library and the Centre for Humanities

Research at UWC.

JUNE 16 SPORTS DAY – as an exercise in event management, the Interns assumed responsibility for

organising a Sports Day on the public holiday of June 16. This was held at the municipal sports field

in the township and a variety of games from rugby to chess were provided for the huge crowd that

attended. The old people of the village were also invited and a special programme was laid on for

them. Lunch was provided for all and all arrangements were managed by the Interns, including the

gathering of sponsorships for the day.

Rina de Villiers accepting copies for the library

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SKILLIE DIE SKILPAD – as a fifth project, the Interns took over the children’s puppet play which had

been developed by Derek and the Staff with input from Mongi Mthombeni. Skillie die Skilpad

concerns a young tortoise who more than anything wants to learn to fly. The action takes place in

and around a pond in a field and apart from Skillie there are

also two frogs, a rooster, a hen and a bird. The play is full of

humour and carries a moral about being true to yourself

and

never

giving

up. The

Interns

lifted the production

to new levels and

performed at 17 schools and créches, in

Barrydale, on the surrounding farms, as far afield

as Suurbraak, Buffelsjag, Ladismith, Zoar and

Swellendam, the Barrydale Library and the Ebenhaezer Old

People’s Club. Wherever they went, they received a rapturous

reception and entered the piece at the Montagu Makati Festival in August where they were

awarded a silver medal.

METH AMPHETAMINE - In September they researched Tik (meth amphetamine) which has become a

growing problem in Barrydale and other rural villages in recent times. Gathering information about

the drug (how it’s made, what it looks like, what draws people to its use, what its long-term effects

are, what symptoms worried parents need to look out for, what can be done to break addiction),

they constructed a wall information newspaper and also a take-home pamphlet on the drug and its

dangers. The wall newspaper was displayed at the Barrydale Library, both schools and also at a

succession of local churches.

They then compiled 3 questionnaires to gauge public awareness of the tik problem; one targeted 12-

15 year olds at the schools, the second they took to parents and the third was for drop-out youth

standing on street corners. Some of the statistics were startling – a third of the 12-15 year olds said

they knew someone who used tik and 18% of them said they knew where it could be accessed.

KAGG’AN DREAMS – As a final project, the Interns focused on research into the KhoeSan people and

again constructed a portable wall newspaper providing information for the public to prepare them

for the December parade. Barrydale librarian Rina de Villiers and her staff provided invaluable

resources and encouragement. The Interns all played leading roles in the Kagg’an performance.

Their internships came to an end on December 16 after 13 months with us during which time they all

learned many new skills and indeed contributed in no small way to Net vir Pret’s achievement in

2014.

Skillie address the audience...

...who clearly enjoy what he's telling them

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War Horse Thanks to the efforts of Jaqueline Dommisse and Yvette Hardie of ASSITEJ and funding from Rand

Merchant Bank, 60 young people from Barrydale were able to travel to Cape Town to see the

production of the celebrated

Handspring puppet show, the War

Horse. Among them were all the Net vir

Pret Young Leaders and Interns and the

experience provided them with

inspiration for their own Kagg’an show

which followed a week later.

All young people attending the

performance were required to attend a

workshop in the weeks before to

prepare them for the experience. This

was designed by Jill Joubert and delivered with the assistance of Net vir Pret’s Angelo Endley to

schools in Cape Town, in Barrydale and at Net vir Pret.

Staff Development Staff members Peter Takelo, Donna Kouter, Angelo Endley and Herman Witbooi all successfully

completed the Diploma in Early Childhood Development (Level 4) through the Boland College in

Caledon in 2014, and except for Angelo who hopes to access further training in specifically sport

education, they are nearing the end of the Level 5 course at the time of writing.

Herman Witbooi attended a three-day conference in Durban organised by the Rural Education

Access Programme (REAP) with whom we have a partnership. The conference focused on access

problems faced by youth in rural communities and presented guidelines for

REAP’s Early Intervention Programme which aims at identifying possible

candidates for tertiary support as early as the Grade 11 year.

In May Nal’ibali facilitators Malusi Ntoyaphi and Bulelani Futshane came

to conduct an all-day workshop aimed at strengthening our reading clubs.

It was attended by our club leaders and also by teachers from three farm

schools. Malusi and Bulelani delivered valuable input and the day was a

powerful learning experience for all.

Angelo Endley attended a 5-day workshop run by ASSITEJ South Africa

(the International Association for Theatre for Children and Youth) which

provided training for facilitators to prepare youth for Handspring’s War

Horse production.

Matric Outreach Programme The Matric Outreach Programme targets youngsters in their final year at school and motivates them

to make plans for further study at tertiary level. Through the Programme, learners have access to

individual counselling which aims at:

Ensuring they make realistic choices

Identifying appropriate institutions and courses

Bulelani shows how to do it!

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Submitting timeous applications for admission

Researching and applying for financial support.

We are pleased to report that our partnership with REAP (Rural Education Access Programme)

continues to provide valuable support. The top two 2014 matriculants at Barrydale High (Charleen

Britz and Simonia Ernest) were both awarded full-cost support from REAP and are training to be

teachers at the CPUT campus in Wellington.

The following students were counselled in the Programme and are currently engaged in tertiary

study as indicated:

Name Course Institution

Cecil Levendal B Com 3 Univ. of the Western Cape

Mickhyle Jooste B Com 3 Univ. of the Western Cape

Franco Afrika BA 3 Univ. of the Western Cape

Marisca Marais B Ed 2 Univ. of the Western Cape

Zayne Michaels B Ed 3 Univ. of the Western Cape

Rowann Snyman B Com 2 CPUT*

Fiogen Joubert B Tech (Tourism) 2 CPUT*

Vanessa van Rooi B Tech (Hospitality) 2 CPUT* (Hotel School)

Clarence Moses B Admin 2 Univ of the Free State

Herschelle Swart B Admin 2 Univ of the Free State

Charleen Britz B Ed 1 CPUT*

Simonia Ernest B Ed 1 CPUT*

Callen Windvogel Nat. Dipl. Management 3 Boland College (Wellington)

Grace Nel Nat. Dipl. Safety & Security 3 South Cape College

Deslin Pekeur Nat. Dipl. Office Technology 2 West Coast College

Davina du Toit Nat. Dipl. Management 1 Boland College (Paarl)

Earl Bron Electrical Engineering N4 West Coast College

Peden Swart Electrical Engineering N4 West Coast College

Nuroshaan Koppies Nat. Dipl. Management 1 West Coast College

Jeandre Hopp Nat. Dipl. Marketing 1 Boland College (Worcester)

*Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Funding Nothing would be possible without the support of our donors and we extend to them our deep

grattitude for their generosity.

DONOR SUPPORT 01.04.2014-31.03.2015 R’s

DG Murray Trust 380 000

Claude Leon Foundation 200 000

King Baudouin Foundation (BE) 185 888

Stichting Projecten Zuid Afrika (NL) 125 000

Education for Democracy in South Africa (UK) 77 500

Other donations 97 034

Building Fund 88 472

Dept. Social Development (Intern stipends via Handspring Trust) 187 148

Dept. Social Development (After Care subsidy) 63 360

TOTAL 1 404 402


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