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environment in which they operate. We have seen significant impact where our students were employed and would love to see more students become part of our programmes. Impact • Lay leaders empowered to equip the body for Kingdom expansion • Teachers living for Christ and inspiring children to discover their identity in Christ • Pastors with an understanding of Kingdom expansion through community transformation • Business leaders with a Kingdom perspective having an impact in their organisations for Christ. Investment opportunities • Bursary fund for students in our programmes. We are reaching out to underprivileged communities and want to give students with potential an opportunity to study at CCI. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT – POPUP [Skills Development/BEE SED/ BEE ED/ABET/Tax] The suffering of people as a result of inadequate or a lack of education and skills prompted Doxa Deo to become part of the solution to turn the tide from despair to hope. POPUP, the People Upliftment Programme, was established to empower the disempowered. South Africa is in need of significant investment in human capital to raise people from a sense of disempowerment, to a future filled with hope and promise. Students pay a small registration fee after which all the skills programmes are free. Skills Development Centre in Salvokop, Pretoria Seven skills programmes are presented at this centre: • Business Practice • Computers and Office Administration • Early Childhood Development • Forklift driving • Garment making • Home-based Care • Hospitality Services Skills Development Centre Edendale (situated on a farm of 830 hectares close to Mamelodi) Two skills are currently presented at this centre: • Painting – in partnership with the Prominent Paints Group. • Plumbing – in partnership with Dawn Limited. The intention is to establish a training centre here which will cater for skills training in the building trade. POPUP has the capacity to train more than 700 students per year at present. We realise the need for placing students in jobs and as a result we have partnered with a recruitment agency to assist in this regard. As part of this partnership we have the services of a consultant on site. We have placed 913 people in jobs, both temporary and permanent, over the last year. We are excited about this achievement as it means we have been able to find employment for students from previous years as well. Impact • A significant number of our learners make a first time commitment to Christ • Our learners experience inner healing and restoration • The majority of our learners have found employment Investment opportunities • Funding a skills programme • Capital investment in the establishment or upgrading of facilities. • Investment in our ABET programme – it is critical for us to empower people who have been deprived of opportunities to literacy and therefore hope of a better future. Page 4
SOCIAL UPLIFTMENT [Welfare/Healthcare/Poverty Alleviation/BEE SED/Tax] People in our country are often suffering on an unimaginable scale. We felt compelled to move from concern to compassion and alleviate the plight of this section of our community. We have taken the initiative to reach out to address several areas of need: MEDICAL SUPPORT Medical Unit – Salvokop A full time nurse provides primary healthcare as well as advice on basic healthcare issues. Services and medicines are provided free of charge. Dental unit – Salvokop POPUP in partnership with the Dental Department at MEDUNSA provides free dental care to our students and the community. Eye Care unit – Salvokop Volunteer optometrists supply a subsidised service to the community. Patients are screened before an eye test is performed and, if needed, glasses are provided at very low cost. WELFARE OUTREACH – FOOD, CLOTHING AND COUN- SELLING Doxa Deo and POPUP are involved in caring for our communities by providing in basic needs: – Doxa Deo has established outreaches at many of our campuses where food and clothing are provided to people in need. Doxa Deo campuses are involved in reaching out to their communities and specifically those in need. – POPUP provides meals to all our students on a daily basis. We also provide 200 meals per day to unemployed and homeless people in the Inner City of Pretoria. – POPUP operates a clothing service where people can obtain clothing free of charge. Hundreds of people, from babies to adults, are assisted every year. ROPE (Reach Out Port Elizabeth) ROPE is a Section 21 company operating in the Port Elizabeth area. Unemployed people are served by ROPE in the provision of food, clothing and training. Three training courses are presented by volunteers. The courses are: – Introduction to computers; – Waitering; and, – Cooking and baking. Impact • In excess of 3400 people treated at our medical clinics on an annual basis • Thousands of people from underprivileged communities have been assisted with food and clothing on a regular basis • 500 people receive per meal a day from POPUP Investment opportunities • Financial support for provision of basic needs • Donations of medicines and equipment AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION [Education/HIV/Aids] Doxa Deo is conscious of the fact that our country is suffering because of the scourge of this disease. We have partnered with various community based organisations to serve in the education and prevention in this challenge facing our nation. • University of Pretoria – Doxa Deo has partnered with Reaching a Generation (RAG) and Hope Education Foundation to study attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and develop a programme to influence behaviour. This programme is sponsored by the United States Government Centre for Disease Control. • TREE – Involvement in 55 schools in Tshwane where as part of our programme we address HIV/ AIDS education and prevention. • Soshanguve – we are in the process of finalising the development of a project, Beacons of Mercy, which will provide day care centres where care will be given to AIDS orphans. These day care centres will also provide education and counselling. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT – METAMORPHO [Leadership/Discipleship] Metamorpho is a year of your life programme started in 1998. Young people are assisted to establish their life mission and approach life with a Christian worldview. As part of this they are equipped with leadership principles to ensure that they are enabled to make a difference in the world. As part of the programme they stay in families, a group of students in a house, for the duration of the programme which contributes toward teambuilding and healthy social interaction. Areas of empowerment include character development, conflict management, developing potential and many others. Impact • Young people with their identities established in Christ Page 5
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