Thusa Yoo...! is our Poverty Alleviation Initiative recently renamed. Thusa Yoo..! in direct and literal translation means “Help that One”. We put it this way: Since you are there…There next to that One…Please lift that One up…Help that One out of that situation!

 

Thusa Yoo..! is a broad-based, versatile, structured and impact driven poverty alleviation initiative established to support the Needy – especially children and young people from resourced poor families of the age of 0 – 18 years.

 

The purpose of the programme is to ensure the most disadvantaged children and young people of between 0 – 18 years, receive support in the form of Food Vouchers or Food Hampers. Over the past five years, the organization has successfully delivered the service in partnership with the Department of Social Development (Gauteng Province).The programme also receives support in the form of a mix of different food items from organizations such as Joburg Market’s Food Bank, Shoprite and Woolworths Foods. The food items get re-packaged in convenient Food Hampers for our beneficiaries who are not or do not qualify for Food Vouchers.

I Can..! is our learner coaching and mentoring programme named from our perspective on positive thinking. The perspective says positive thinking yields positive results from decisions that could possibly be made by an ordinary learner hailing from the most unfortunate background. To the best of our experience, positive thinking and self-trust are key factors to one’s success. Possibly, an ordinary learner whose mind is being focused on the principles of positive thinking may say “If they made it, I can make it too”.

 

The programme aims at discovering and building talent by applying the principles of Role Modelling. The programme is offered by imparting learners with career orientated skills in various ways that include amongst other things the following:

• Career Guidance

• Mathematics Literacy

• English Literature

• Electronic Media

• One-on-one with role models

 

The services are offered to children aged 6 – 17 years who are the neediest of external support and basic educational accessories to fulfil and realize their true potential in pursuit of their careers. The emphasis of the programme is on Career Guidance to create enabling environments for learners to make informed and well-guided career choices.

Discuss It..! is our support and counselling programme that aims to offer various kinds of services to people who suffer from incurable illnesses such as diabetes, cancer and HIV/AIDS. The services are offered through formation, facilitation, coordination and management of Support Groups in various areas. Most of our Support Groups are formed in partnership with government clinics, hospices and residential shelters around the areas of focus and priority.

 

The groups are established to consist of a manageable number of participants not in excess of five (25) persons per group. The activities of the programme entail amongst other things the following:

• Regular group gatherings

• Income generating programmes

• Facilitation and coordination of extramural activities such as-:

• Fun walks or runs

• Gym activities

• Mental exercise sessions

• Social reading sessions

Family Day At The Park simply just FamilyDay is an own initiative of VUCODISA. It is an Annual Fun and Entertainment Event with the main aim of creating social cohesion, motivating, encouraging and building confidence in people from poor communities, especially poor and vulnerable children.

 

The Event is meant to build confidence and commitment amongst the poor towards positive drive and participation in education. It mainly focuses on bringing social, fun and entertainment activities to young people aged between 3 – 18 years.

 

The Event is made up of a series of social and fun activities that include amongst others the following:

• Fun Run

• Fun Track Athletics

• Leisure Karting

• Mountain Climbing

• Jumping Castles

• Motivational Speaking

• Stage & Music Performances

Through this program we offer a comprehensive home-based-care service to T.B. patients executed in such a manner that encourages patients to take their medication on regular and consistent intervals as prescribed in the procedures for T.B. treatment.

 

In terms of our DOT procedure patients take their medication in direct observation of our well-trained care givers. To fully deliver the programme we are working directly with government facilities and other state-owned institutions such as clinics and hospitals.

The main aim of the programme is to plan, organise and facilitate Capacity Building Seminars aimed at capacitating Non-Profit Organisations in the areas of:

 

• Governance

• Compliance

• Finance (Including budgeting)

• Customer Service

• Bookkeeping or Record Keeping

• Fundraising

Bokamoso is a community development programme aimed at fund raising specifically for the enhancement of standard of living and resources in historically poor communities to encourage positive participation in education. The programme focuses in enhancing and improving learning environments and facilities for historically poor communities, with emphasis on rural areas. The products are presented as follows, but not limited to:

Learners Development Fund (LDF)

 

• Bursaries

• School Uniforms

• Books

Facility Development Fund (FDF)

 

In this unit VUCODISA recruits appropriate stakeholders depending on the project, facilitate and manage the project concern from the commencement to completion. The main target is people living in remote or previously disadvantaged areas and still lives in poverty.

 

The fund will be facilitated for specific needs such as building of social houses, schools, community resource centres and such facilities that might arise as a need within the areas concerned.