Sasol held a celebratory graduation ceremony for their Institutional Capacity Building Programme 2020 attendees
Secunda, Mpumalanga – Today, Sasol Secunda hosted a celebratory graduation ceremony, honouring the 2020 attendees who successfully completed the Institutional Capacity Building programme. The graduation ceremony was held at Sasol Secunda Club.
Sasol over the years has been building trust-based relationships especially, to uplift communities close to its operations. These relationships enabled Sasol to partner with various community structures and organisations to drive interventions that benefit their fence line communities
For more than 30 years, Sasol has been investing in several projects within the Govan Mbeki Municipality (GMM). Through our partnership with the community and Department of Social Development (DSD) a need was identified for Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) to be capacity strengthened – hence the concept of Institutional Capacity Building. The partnership with the DSD so far has capacitated 86 NPOs in Govan Mbeki Municipality, with Early Childhood Development Centres being the main focus.
In the past financial year (FY/20) Sasol Social Investment appointed Siyakhula Trust as the implementing partner for this programme. There were 10 NPOs from eMbalenhle that were identified to go through this intervention.
The programme included the following interventions:
- Conducting organisational audits
- Conducting an accredited board training
- Conducting other relevant training interventions
- Reviewing the NPO Constitutions
- Ensuring NPO compliance with NPO Act
- Obtaining SARS exemptions for PBO status for the NPOs,
- Offering mentorship and organisational development support to the NPOs; and
- Offering accredited certificates.
The training implementation was informed by the training to be offered which had specific outcomes and which also took into consideration the expectations of learners. The programme involved ensuring that participants develop practical workplace-based documents that they can and will use at their various NPOs. Participants who fully attended, compiled and submitted Portfolios of Evidence on the accredited training (board orientation) were awarded certificates of competency. For all other programmes not accredited, learners that attended and successfully completed the programme received certificates of attendance.
“Sasol believes in the empowerment of societies, especially those around our operations. Having this celebratory graduation ceremony and handing over these certificates symbolises the ongoing progress of sustainable development in communities,” said Rethabile Ndjibu, Acting Head of Community Affairs: Sasol Energy Operations.
Sasol also handed over funding to Topy Foundation, the implementing partner of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Care and Support Programme.
The Orphans and Vulnerable Children Care and Support Programme was established in Grootvlei, Dipaleseng Municipality four (4) years ago to address Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs). This programme has five child-centred components which provide the basic support to vulnerable children.
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During the 2019/2020 financial year the following was achieved through this project:
- 27 ECD centres, with 2 000 learners were supported with educational resources such as books, toys and puzzles and medical intervention
- More than 6 779 households were supported through the establishment of community gardens to create sustainable support,
- Further support with counselling, documentations for social grant were facilitated, clothing, blankets and intensive parental capacity building foster parents
The programme is in collaboration with Department of Education, Department of Social Development, and other partners such as Dischem Foundation, Raymond Ackerman Foundation, Rise Against Hunger, and Zingaro etc.
Photo Caption1: Rethabile Ndjibu Acting Head Community Affairs, Sarah du Toit, Topsy Foundation and Mpume Mdakane Acting Sasol Social Investment during the Funding handover to Topy Foundation, the implementing partner of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Care and Support Programme
