“ To ensure that Franschoek have a safe and healthy environment for children to grow up in” Core values:  Accept people for who they are  Humane treatment of people on the street  Recognizing the inherent human rights

 The main goal of the Youth Empowerment Action is to integrate all children from the street back into society and their homes.  SLOGAN: Don’t make beggars of our people

 History  Children are begging and living on the streets  work with families of disorientated youth (parenting skills)  children needs an safe and healthy environment  Integrating into society and homes  Preventive approach  Charity is not a structural solution for poverty, education is!

Project Manager Minnie Petersen Social WorkerStreetworkersHome visitors Social Auxiliary Worker Volunteers 3. organogram

 4.1. Streetwork  4.2. Potential Development Programme  4.3. The president’s award  4.4. Family in focus  4.5. YESprogramme  4.6. The holiday programme  4.7. casework  4.8. traumaroom  4.9. afterschoolcare

 walk once or twice a week to identify if there are children on the street  Early intervention (PDP)  Profile streetworker: - a trained laycouncillor employed by us - a substitute mother for the children who’s parents are absent due to emotional reasons

 Goal: develop the potentiol of children trough constructive means (play, dance, drama, arts and crafs,…)  Daily after school programme for all the children (14h30-16h)  Teaches life skills and provides a safe and healthy environment for recreation and learning  prevention

 a registered non-profit organization, which has been operating in South Africa since 1983  The core is based on self-development.  The programme consists of skill development, physical recreation, community service and the adventurous journey.  Empowered youth can make considered choices.  To reach the different goals for the youth to receive their bronze, silver or golden award, we organizes a camp on a yearly basis.

 FIF, a subsidiary of YEA, focuses on families with children between 0 and 6 years old.  FIF is a project of FCW, the Western Cape Foundation for Community Work. FCW supports the FIF employees by trainings and materials.  Homevisits to get the children at the same level as children that goes to a creche.

 Youth Empowerment Scheme is an intervention programme for youth at risk developed by the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO)  8 sessions with different themes  Each session starts with an icebreaker and goes on with a variation of games and discussions.  Assist youth to make wise decisions and to enjoy a happy childhood

 A full-day programme we run every school holiday  Teach the children life skills and expose them to sports, arts and crafts, compassion work,...

 The social worker  doing home visits within the community and, if necessary, sets up programmes to help children and/or families in need.

 trauma assistants in the police station  primary service where abused children get therapeutic support  Qualify as trauma assistent: to do a training of 8 sessions

 Homework assistence for primary and secundary schoolchildren  Create a learning culture, empower them  from p.m till 16 p.m

 5.1. Groendal / Mooiwater  5.2. Bosboufarm  5.3 Franschhoek town

Prevention programs Casework Streetwork PDP Holiday programs Compassion day TPA

Prevention programs  Holiday programs  casework

Prevention programs  Policestation: traumaroom  Streetwork  TPA

 Casework:14 cases  FIF-programme:155 families  PDP: 40 to 60 children  Holiday Programme: 200 children, at the end there were 60 to 80 children  TPA: 19 participants  Homeworkclub:12 participants  (In April 2012)

 Non Profit Organization: funded by different instances  Streetsmart  Dilbeekprogramme (Belgium)  FCW  Free donations

 ACVV: statutory intervention, assist them  Youth house: using venue for the PDP + use of resources  Police: streetwork + assist victims in the traumaroom  Stellenbosch municipality: fundings + training for YEA staff

 pre-statutory role  main job = casework  Coordinate the team  Administration role  Homeworkclub  Searching for funds

 Only pre-statutory social work organization in the area  Next to the YEA: ACVV (statutory social work organization  To many cases  lack at organizations