TABLE OF CONTENT - Emfuleni Local Municipality
TABLE OF CONTENT - Emfuleni Local Municipality
TABLE OF CONTENT - Emfuleni Local Municipality
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3.5.10 Disability Desk<br />
The desk has been established in the executive mayor office. ELM has formed<br />
partnership with at least thirty disability organizations that are operating in <strong>Emfuleni</strong><br />
<strong>Municipality</strong> Jurisdiction. The desk promotes the employment of disability people in all<br />
levels of the municipality.<br />
Challenges<br />
• Unemployment<br />
• Sustainable, accessibility and affordable community facilities and services to<br />
people with disability<br />
• Ensure that all providers of construction projects employ people with disability<br />
• Ensure that disability issues are mainstream in the municipality strategic planning<br />
process<br />
• Establish mechanism to link and liaise with civil society<br />
3.5.11 Gender Desk<br />
The desk has been established in the office of the Executive Mayor. The Desk is<br />
responsible for the following:<br />
• Implementation of the 50/50 percent National resolution<br />
• Eradicating poverty through Economic Empowerment initiatives<br />
• Focus on Government and other stake holders projects and Programmes<br />
• Deepening women’s participation in governance Diversity , tolerance and men’s<br />
role in the <strong>Local</strong> Government Gender Agenda<br />
• The strengthening of the section 79 of the Municipal Act<br />
• Human Rights Mainstreaming as an approach to accelerate Gender Equality<br />
3.5.12 HIV/AIDS Desk<br />
The primary goal of the desk is to reduce the number of new infections and to reduce the<br />
impact of the epidemic on individuals, families and communities.<br />
• Mobile clinic to the value of R60 000 is bought VNG International through<br />
Eindhoven <strong>Municipality</strong> for <strong>Emfuleni</strong> <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Municipality</strong> to be used in Evaton<br />
West.<br />
• There are still negotiating regarding the purchase of another mobile clinic for<br />
Bophelong and semi rural areas of ward 25.<br />
• On the 01 October 2008 ELM established a partnership with Bophelo Impilo<br />
project (PPP), Clinix, Asselo, Mittal Steel and Sedibeng <strong>Municipality</strong>. The project<br />
was piloted at ward 17, 36 and 02 and 45 volunteers are now working.<br />
The following projects are ongoing and funded by Netherlands <strong>Municipality</strong>:<br />
• Training of HIV/AIDS Intersectoral Forum in project management and<br />
communications at Vaal University of Technology<br />
• Pilot project for Intersectoral Forum to establish a one stop shop for HIV and<br />
AIDS.<br />
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