Sizakuyenza is registered as a South African Non Profit Organisation (NPO 043672) with the Department of Social Development’s NPO Directorate.
A Board appoints a director to run the organisation on their behalf, including a full time staff compliment of 17. A Project Leadership team of five run a combined team of 12 staff and coordinate the three main projects of the organisation.
Our reach into the communities we serve is extensive as more than 50 percent of the staff live in Philippi itself. Since its inception, Sizakuyenza has built strong relationships with multiple stakeholders in this community including the South African Police Service, local schools and clinics, nearby community based organisations and NGOs as well as several churches not only in Philippi but also Gugulethu.
We have a good relationship with the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business through the Bertha Centre Solution Space facility in Philippi Village and regularly make use of the Bertha House in Mowbray. Our closest organisational associate is the Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC), which was Sizakuyenza’s incubator organisation, and we are a member of the Western Cape Women’s Shelter Movement (WCWSM).
Objective 1 Victim Empowerment: Survivors of IPV and their children receive shelter and social work services in the Casa Del Sorriso (House of Smile) Safe House to ensure their safety and wellbeing, reduce the negative impact of the abuse they experienced and ensure their reintegration as functional members of society.
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Objective 2 Substance Abuse Services: Philippi community members are provided with counselling and/or motivational interviewing to mitigate at-risk behaviour associated with misuse of substances and are referred to services provided by NPOs and DSD in order to re-integrate them back to communities after completion of treatment.
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Objective 3 Children and Families Project: Children and families affected by loss and grief as the result of interpersonal violence are supported.
Activities:
Andisiwe Magingxa
Social worker
Vuyiswa xati
Auxiliary social worker
ZANELE MABINA
House mother
BONGEKA NYAMELI
Relief house mother
Nokwandisa matyolweni
Relief house mother
ZIKHONA DINGAAN
Social worker
Thozama Mlindazwe
Social Worker
Langazelelwa Gcwabe
Coordinator
Andiswa sogiba
Facilitator
Thandi Ndlebe
Facilitator
Nonyameko Sono
Facilitator
Miranda Sovasi
Facilitator
Andisiwa Moso
Facilitator
Olwethu Bushula
Facilitator
Thato bereng
Operations Manager
