Salesian Annual Report 2018

Secondary schools
In partnership with secondary schools, the Outreach programme provided leadership, goal setting and life skills to grade 11
and 12 youth in five target schools. The aim was to equip Grade 11 and 12 learners with the following skills:
• Improved leadership skills
• The ability to develop and formulate goals
• Resilience in the face of the challenges they will encounter upon completing their secondary studies
• Awareness of the additional skills courses on offer at SIYP.
This allowed them to have more options for starting to earn an income once they had completed their schooling.
Department of Correctional Services – Pollsmoor Prison
This programme was intended for pre-release offenders. It was a collaboration with the Pollsmoor Correctional Services
in Tokai. The aim of this intervention was to reduce recidivism by youth offenders. The programme incorporated work
readiness, goal setting, conflict resolution, trust building and life coaching into the life skills component.
Upon completion, participants were readier to be reintegrated back into their respective communities. A total of 249
inmates participated in this outreach programme.
Rehabilitation centres
The programme offered 158 at-risk patients in rehabilitation facilities workshops focused on life coaching, work readiness,
goal setting, conflict resolution and trust building. These interventions were designed to reduce the number of released
patients relapsing and returning to substance use. The programme also assisted in developing education, training and work
plans for post-release.
Blanket drive 2018
A total number of 287 blankets were distributed in six different geographical communities in the year under review. The
objective for 2018 was to build relationships in communities with NGOs, FBOs and CBOs, where community members could
continue to receive support. This ensured that the participants were not solely dependent on SIYP. The blanket drive was
kindly funded by the Bellairs Trust.
Serving communities, especially the most vulnerable, was humbling. The Outreach programme touched the lives of a
total of 2792 beneficiaries in 2018.
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Community outreach
In the communities we worked in, the life skills course was tailored to the needs of the partnering NGO, CBO or FBO
(Facility Based Organisation). It included leadership development, life coaching, work readiness, goal setting, effective
communication, conflict resolution and trust building for 237 participants.
Partnership engagements
The SIYP Outreach programme had many established partnerships in the community. These included partners who are
part of the Children and Youth at Risk Forum, as well as other NGOs who could not provide education and skills training
interventions. These organisations referred their youth to SIYP, who networked closely with social workers and schools
where a SIYP outreach worker attended regular meetings.
The worker networked extensively with community groups, community leaders, local libraries and ward counsellors,
to reach the most vulnerable children and youth that had dropped out of mainstream education. Older youth, who
attended youth groups in community halls, got to hear about SIYP at these gatherings. This provided an opportunity for
the youth to examine SIYP as a possible opportunity to improve their levels of development.
In addition to SIYP attending all these meetings and forums, the City of Cape Town also often invited them to present
their work to communities, all of which ensured that SIYP work was promoted to the youth they wished to target.
Relationships continued with Youth Shelters, the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID), Children and
Youth at Risk Forum, the National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW), the Western Cape Department of
Education and the Department of Social Development.
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