KAIROS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOUNDATION

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Art 18 a Registered Public Benefit Organisation 

Not the answer

It is terribly wrong to think that we can relief poverty just by handing out food parcels, clothing and blankets.

I was thinking a lot about the reason why people just want to help with handouts. The only conclusion is that people don’t want to feel guilty. As long as I give a few loafs of bread or macaroni and sometimes old clothing, it is O k.

This way of thinking is not going to solve growing poverty in our country. The only thing that we accomplish is, to help people to wait for somebody to help them. I have been involved in poverty relief for the past 14years and did find that hand outs are not the answer. We all know the Chinese saying, “Teach a person how to fish”. It is very nice, but what will a person do if you teach them how fish, but he does not have the proper means to do it.

The only solution to poverty is to teach people how to help themselves through work creation and skills development projects. Projects like basic skills development and work creation have been very successful in many instances and at various places.

The very important thing that we must keep in mind is, people are homeless and jobless and they do not have transport, therefore a facility has to cater for housing, feeding, health care, counseling, and childcare as well as work creation and skills development on the same premises. There is proven success of an all in one facility situated on the same premises. Help for people to gain back self respect must also be available on the premises. They will also be educated in family care and planning as well as how to manage their finances.

When people are trained in different skills, the centre will assist them to find a job and as soon as they can support themselves, they will leave the centre.

The problem!

The problem we are confronted with is that we do not have a facility where we can help the people and therefore we can only help with food parcels and other handouts. We do find that all the same people are continuously coming back for more handouts. The problem we do find with continuous handouts are, that the people are starting to sell the items we handout. The other problem arising with handouts is that the food is non perishables and it is always the same items. and is also not balanced meals.

The answer

To find a suitable premises to use as facility to accommodate all the different projects in one centre. We can then give a roof with bathroom facilities and prepare balanced meals. Then we can start with skills and work creation projects. If you can feed people and give them a place to stay, they feel secure and the rest of the road to success will follow.

We all know!

We all know that we will not be able to help all the homeless and jobless people. A fact is also that not every jobless or homeless person wants to be helped, but the people who really wanted to be helped, can be helped with success. We also know that projects like this can only be successful with proper control and strict discipline. The rules at a facility like this must be very strictly at heard to.

Part of the solution

I would like to ask you to be part of the solution. It is an impossible task for me alone to handle and therefore need people to help me to make this vision a success.

I need a person to take charge of the fund raising department to plan and help with fund raising events.

Then I need a financial officer to help with the management of the foundations funds.

We also need a person to take charge of the welfare department.

You can also be part of the solution by donating funds on a monthly basis. You can help us as a registered organization to make the difference in the life of poor people. By donating to us you can be sure that the right people will be helped.

 DO YOU CARE ENOUGH ? ? !

 TO HELP OUR CHILDREN IN DEVESTATING NEED ! ! ! !

Yes, are you brave enough to help our children that are hungry, cold because the winter is here and they do not have blankets or a house, in poor health condition and not going to school, running around in the streets.? We will all ask, how did this happen. It is actualy not so difficult, the parents lost their jobs and can no longer support their families. The loss of income cause that no food can be purchased and and poor nutrition is a fact, the parents can no longer pay the rent of the house, no money for water and electricity, school fee's can no longer be paid and when the children are sick, there's just no money to take them to the doctor.

WE CAN HELP, YES YOU ALSO ! ! ! ! ! 

BY MAKING A DONATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS INTO OUR BANK ACCOUNT YOU CAN HELP US TO START OUR WORK CREATION PROJECTS AND THE NUTRITIONAL FEEDING SOUP KITCHEN.

HELP US BY DONATING R100.00 PER MONTH AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS ALSO TO DO IT. CHALLENGE THEM TO BETTER YOUR DONATION.

 I would like to thank the people who donated blankets and warm clothes, sadly we could only help a few, because we could not get enough. Thank you for all the people who donated funds to the organisation.