51255 Annual Report 2012

annual report 2012
Who Are We?
The domino effect
“Changed lives are leading to changed commuties, which is leading to a changed society.” This understanding
motivated Indlela to go through a name change at the beginning of 2012, to ensure that our image and name
accurately reflected this ‘domino effect’.
The name change does not reflect a change in our symbolic meaning of the name Indlela or ‘The Way’ in isiZulu,
but is a practical necessity driven by the confusion with so many NPOs with the word Indlela in their name.
Regardless of the name change, the Durban North-based non-profit organisation will continue to assist and uplift
the needy in surrounding North Durban communities as it has done over the past nine years.
The Domino Foundation is registered with the Department of Social Development as a Non-Profit Organisation
(037-703-NPO) and was constituted in July 2004. A copy of the constitution is available on request.
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Table of contents
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1. Organisational Overview
2. Chairperson’s Report
3. Project Reports:
3.1
Babies’ Home
3.2
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Feeding Programme
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1. Organisational overview
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Transition home
for orphaned and
abandoned babies
Life Orientation Classes,
Literacy Programme,
Boys and Girls Clubs,
Leadership
Development,
101 Counselling
Soup Kitchen,
Sandwich Kitchen,
General Feeding,
Crisis Feeding
Créche Development,
Educational Training,
Physical Development
Below is a list of the Management Team, including their designation and experience relevant
to the organisation’s work:
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Name
Designation
Relevant experience
Mickey Wilkins
Chairperson
Businessman
Laurence Stevens
Vice-Chairperson
Businessman
Mannie Chettiar
Treasurer
Accountant
Toni Wilkins
Project leader – Learning for Life Programme
Social worker
Jenni Wallace
Project leader – Domino Babies’ Home
Nonte Gumede
Member
Life Skills Team Leader
Abigail Ellary
Member
Marketing & Communications
Tracey-Leigh Wessels
Member
Lawyer specialising in children’s rights
Kevin Haviland
Member
Pastor, COGS
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2. Chairman s report
It is once again a privilege to be able to report back on
activities for the year 2012 under our new name, The
Domino Foundation. This long-awaited renaming process
was completed in the latter part of the year and has proved
to be a resounding success.
Some of the highlights of 2012 from an operational
perspective include:
• The success of the Early Childhood Development
program, where genuine transformational development
is occurring
• The growth of the Boys Club and Girls Club as part of our
Life Skills Programme, where the youth are staying after
school and participating in sport, arts and talks which
are adding value to their lives and creating a space
where they are able to identify and follow their skills
and passions
• The growth of a spiritual awakening in the youth to the
point where, at the end of 2012, we were able to employ
a full-time pastor to help develop their new-found faith
and work together with a number of churches in the
community
• The Tour Durban Cycle Race, which allowed the mentors
and learners from our Boys Club to become cyclists for
the day and be part of a physical challenge and
community away from their everyday context. We were
able to give two boys bicycles and kit, which has
changed their lives and allowed the children to view
sport in a different light.
I will leave it to the project leaders to report on each area
of activity, and instead comment on some perspectives or
trends which are apparent.
Donors and funders are vital partners in our work with the
community, and so it is very important that we not only
build relationship with these partners, but also walk in
step with where they are at. With this in mind, in late 2012
we implemented an internet-based computer system,
which enabled us to keep the details of all stakeholders
and to communicate with them on a regular basis. This has
greatly improved the flow of information and improved our
ability to meet their expectations. Let me give you some
further examples of the importance of understanding our
funding partners.
NPOs working together
The Domino Foundation works specifically in the North
Durban community, and having a knowledge of our local
needs, we have four focussed interventions working in a
developmental manner to address those needs. As such,
we could be described as a Community Based Organisation
(CBO). In the early part of 2012, we submitted a number
of well-written, well thought out proposals to national
companies who spent millions of rands every year on
Corporate Social Responsibility. Our proposals were all
rejected, with many not even being read.
Having been through the process, we realised two things:
• that national companies preferred to fund ‘cause’ based
NPOs who were involved in, for example, feeding only
or ECD only
• most companies have head offices in Gauteng or Cape
Town, leaving KZN under-funded or funded as the local
branch of a national NPO
The question was – how do we react to that?
One of the challenges for ‘cause’ based organisations
is that they don’t build a deep relationship with the
communities that they work into simply because they
work into so many communities. They are also under
pressure from their national funders to increase their
numbers and expand geographically, a difficult task to
achieve.
The answer is quite simple – for NPOs to work together.
We believe that over the last year God has opened the
door for us to meet with a number of ‘cause’ based NPOs
who have similar values to us, and with whom we have
now developed and continue to develop relationships.
This has meant that they can leverage off our relationship
with the community to meet their objectives, whilst our
community benefits from what they bring, without us
having to ‘reinvent the wheel’.
We currently work together with: Natal Early Learning
Resource Unit (NELRU), Unlimited Child, Entrepreneur
Support Services (ESS), Project Build, Angel Projects,
Soul Action, Container Ministries, JAM, Stop Hunger Now,
Santa’s Shoe Box, Robin Hood Foundation and others.
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2. CHairman's report cont.
Working together with these NPOs or agencies does not
compromise our focus or values, and we have encouraged
many other local NPOs to access these resources.
Our recognition of this larger funding picture and these
relationships with other NPOs also highlights the need for
companies in our community to support these local NPOs
and thus our focus has been to raise awareness in our area.
Success of Early Childhood Development Model
A highlight for 2012 was, undoubtedly a breakthrough
in the ECD programme. We inherited a development
programme supporting about 30 créches, and struggled
to achieve much headway. Our desire is not to assist a
community by helping them in their place of crisis, but
to help them out of that place of crisis, and we were
finding that most of the initiatives into créches was not
transformational. Sending teachers on courses, painting
or building rooms or having parties for children are
activities on their own that will not create long-term
change. Our breakthrough came when we recognised that
the owner of a crèche was an entrepreneur, and began to
develop a multi-faceted approach to empower them as
small business owners.
As we engaged with our donor base, we found that this
model could be classified as ‘Enterprise Development’
for their B-BBEE scorecards, so we were able to access
financial support. By the end of 2012, the programme was
adopted by the Afrisun Trust and renamed to the Afrisun
Bright Start ECD programme. We are most excited by what
that relationship could mean moving forward. We believe
we have developed a model which could be replicated
across the country and transform Early Childhood
Development.
The Domino Effect
As we have started our journey under the new name, we
are realising that our understanding of the potential of the
domino effect in our community is limited, and an exciting
journey lies ahead as we live out our name.
Years ago, when I asked an older man how many people
did he think it would to take to change South Africa, he
responded “Jesus changed the world forever using just
12”. This is the potential of the Domino Effect.
A domino effect is defined in the dictionary as a “chain
reaction that occurs when a small change causes a similar
change nearby, which then causes another similar change,
and so on.” (wikipedia)
A scientist will tell you that a collision will result in energy
loss, and that objects that collide into each other will
eventually stop, but a domino effect is different. A domino
effect continues because the energy needed to cause
the next domino to fall is less than the force acting on it,
helped along by gravity. So it only ends when there are no
more dominoes.
The origins of the word “domino” lie in 17th Century Latin,
meaning “lord or master”. So the Domino Effect has
another meaning: being the God Effect or the effect of
Jesus.
What we are seeing is that as one person is set free
from injustice, or is empowered to rise above their
circumstances, or motivated to make a difference through
their position in society, or stirred into action to help
others, or accepted into the saving grace of a personal
relationship with Jesus, they WILL have an effect on
those around them. When those people walk in their
own revelation, their own conviction they have as much
potential to effect change in the lives around them as the
previous person. And so a chain reaction is under way: a
chain reaction which will continue to grow as we have
unlimited dominoes or people.
We are seeing chain reactions in the donor community,
amongst ordinary people like you and I, and in the lives of
orphaned and vulnerable children, and the momentum just
continues to grow. We can change our community and our
society, through the revelation and transformational power
of Jesus Christ.
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Conclusion
The Domino Foundation
supports over 4 000 beneficiaries
on a daily basis, of whom the majority
are orphaned and vulnerable children who are
being empowered and set free from their
circumstances. We have up to 100 people active
on a daily basis and over 700 supporters and
volunteers.
We are an association of like-minded people who
together are making a difference in our
community.
Thank you to the pastors of COGS, our project
leaders, volunteers, donors and staff for your efforts in
2012. We trust God to continue to guide us and know
that there are thousands of people who will praise Him for
sending His people to help them in their time of need.
Mickey Wilkins.
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3. Project reports
3.1
Domino Babies’ Home is a transitional home for
abandoned babies and toddlers who need foster or
adoptive homes. It provides a loving environment where
they are given medical attention, good nutrition and
stability until a home is found for them.
In 2012, three children were adopted into families,
one child was placed back into a restored family, and 2
children were placed into other homes. A highlight of the
year was seeing a little girl who we had had for 2 years go
to her adoptive mom. She was so excited and had her
bags packed and ready on the day!
Happenings in 2012
“Friends of Fairhavens,” a debit order system where
people could contribute financially on a monthly basis,
was introduced in 2012. This has grown slowly but
surely, and we trust growth will continue as more of
an awareness of Fairhavens is created in the Durban
community.
To introduce the debit order system and create awareness
for the home, a Fairhavens tea event for 100 ladies was
held in May 2012. This was a huge success, and we saw
many more hearts connect with Fairhavens. The St Anne
girls from Hilton waitressed, a mom who had adopted
children from Fairhavens told her story, and Toni Wilkins,
leader of Door of Hope counselling, shared her personal
testimony. All in all it was a very enjoyable afternoon
where the ladies could also meet the children of
Fairhavens.
Fairhavens home
The Team
Project Leader: Jenni Wallace
Crisis parents: Linda and Jon Davis
Fairhavens ladies: Thabile, Thembi, Busi, Sylvia,
Maureen, Fundi, Precious, Ber
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It was with great sadness that we experienced the passing
away of Brian Blankenberg in 2012. Brian was Fairhavens’
“handy man” and would spend countless hours fixing
things around our property which he did always with a
willing heart. The staff and children loved him, and he will
be dearly missed.
In 2012, we saw an increase of teenagers doing their
community service hours at Fairhavens. They come
from many of the surrounding schools, such as Crawford
College and Northlands Girls High School, and even as
far as Kearsney College. Two families had their childrens’
birthday parties at our home, thus giving the Fairhavens
children a party and some presents of their own!
Linda and Jenni
PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAIRHAVENS
The Babies’ Home continues to have a happy relationship
with Durban Children’s Society, through which we receive
our children and they get adopted.
St Augustine’s continues to provide our children with
excellent medical care when needed and we are truly
grateful to them.
The Durban North Police Station is involved with us
regularly. Domino steps in when they are cases where
they receive a baby in the middle of the night and they
need somewhere to place them.
Big Shoes NPO continued to come to Domino Babies
Home on a monthly basis in 2012 to medically assist the
children. The home was a base for them to also assist
babies from other crisis care homes.
THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL TEAM
AND VOLUNTEERS
The home is under the direction of Project leader Jenni
Wallace, with Jon and Linda Davis as the crisis parents.
We employ four permanent staff members and three
casuals who all work day and night shifts. They are
wonderful ladies who love the children as if they were
their own.
We have volunteers who come in from the community to
play with the children or to drop off groceries. This is very
much appreciated. To all the “Friends of Fairhavens” who
give every month and to all the businesses that are
involved with us financially, thank you so much. Without
this ongoing support, Fairhavens would not be where it is
today.
To the pastors of COGS who support us wholeheartedly
and to the Domino Foundation management team, thank
you for your consistent and wise counsel!
Left to right: (Back) Thabile, Thembi, Busi, Sylvia,
(Front) Maureen, Fundi, Precious, Beryl
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3. Project reports cont.
3.2
The Life Skills Programme takes place in schools in the
Amaoti area north of Durban. It is one of the largest
informal settlements in Durban and is a community
characterised by high levels of employment, severe
poverty, a high rate of infection of HIV/AIDS and a large
number of orphans, due to the death of their parents
from AIDS-related illnesses.
Domino's Life Skills Programme is a proactive response
to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The primary rationale for this
programme is to impact young people who are under
threat from HIV/AIDS. The broad objective is to reduce HIV
infection rates by reducing risk-taking behaviour of young
people. In doing so, the Programme aims to help young
people:
• understand that they are valuable and that they have
a future and a destiny
• to make wise life choices and empower them to cope
with the decisions that they face.
In doing so, it is anticipated that the young people will:
• have an understanding of their value and self-worth
• form healthy relationships with young people of the
opposite sex
• make different and wise sexual choices, which will
result in a decrease in HIV infections and teenage
pregnancy
Leadership development with Edge Training
The Team
Project Leader: Toni Wilkins
Team Leader: Leigh-Ann Stevens
Youth Workers: Nonte Gumede, Jomo Skakane,
Thobile Miya, Sifiso Hlongwa
Home Affairs Liason: Judy Carter
Literacy Team Leader: Rachel Bouwer
Literacy Teachers: Kholiswa Mathangana, Ntombi
Khumalo, Nolwazi Msane, Gugu Buthelezi
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• recognise that they have a destiny and hope for the
future
We work with the same learners over a period of four
years. It is our belief that short-term information
dissemination Programmes are useful in introducing
an issue, but in order to move beyond the transmission
of knowledge about a social issue and towards the
personalisation of knowledge, it is imperative to develop
a supportive mentoring Programme.
During 2012, we worked with three schools: Amaoti 3
Combined School, Zwakele Primary School and Nhlonipho
Primary School. We highly value our partnership with the
schools and we have a good relationship with them.
3. Project reports cont.
One of the highlights in 2012 was the development team
we entered in the Tour Durban cycle race. Three boys
from our boy’s club were part of the team and they loved
taking part in the race. Domino also manned a water table,
enabling us to to encourage and support the riders.
Another highlight was our boy's club braai, which was
held at the beach. A pastor spoke to the boys and we had
nearly 150 salvations.
ACTIVITIES FOR 2012
Group teaching in schools
Using a curriculum developed by Ithemba Lethu and
adapted by our team, learners were taught once a week
during the Life Orientation lesson. Classes included Grade
7's at Amaoti 3, Grade 6's at Zwakele and Grade 4's and
5's at Nhlonipho.
The boys met on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons and played soccer and also attended talks.
The boys played two soccer games against Northwood
High School and had a wonderful day. A few teachers from
Amaoti form part of the team, and they greatly assist with
the running of the clubs.
ID documents/birth certificates
Whilst a lot of the learners we work with have received ID
documents and birth certificates, many unfortunately still
do not have these vital documents. Not having an ID book
means one cannot access social grants or write the
National Senior Certificate examinations. In 2012, we
continued to source these documents through the help of
Judy Carter, our Home Affairs Liason. She did a wonderful
job of assisting both the children and parents we work
with in attaining those documents. This helped both
practically and gave the children a sense of identity and
self-worth.
One on one interviews
One on one interviews continued during the year. These
were conducted by the youth workers and supervised by
the team leaders. These interviews provided an
opportunity for the learners to set personal goals and to
share personal struggles and crises in a safe environment.
Referrals for more in-depth counselling sessions were
entrusted to our fourth year social work students.
Girls Club aerobics
demonstration
Unisa social work students
Fourth year social work students were placed at Domino
for 2012. Under the supervision of a team leader, they
worked into the schools that our Life Skills Programme
was involved in. Some of the home situations the children
faced were extremely challenging, and so this was an
opportunity for more in-depth help to be provided. These
sessions also provided a safe place for the learners to
begin to plan for their future.
Girls and boys club
We continued to run our Girls and Boys clubs in 2012.
We were very excited about this initiative, as recreational
opportunities are very limited for many of the children
we work with. The girls from Grade 7-9 met on a Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and did aerobics,
crafts, and attended relevant topical talks.
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3.2 learning for life programme cont.
3. Project reports cont.
Launch of the
Boys Club
Girls Club
Literacy Programme
As a Literacy Project, our vision is to empower
children to reach their full potential by learning
to read, write and communicate effectively in
English. During 2012, the literacy tutors worked
alongside 20 educators from three schools, which
enabled 920 children to benefit from the programme
on a daily basis. They specifically worked with children
from Grade 2 and 3 to develop phonological awareness.
Our objectives are:
• To develop phonic skills of learners in order to read
and write in English
• To develop and train local tutors to sustain the
programme in local schools
• To support educators and work alongside the schools in
teaching the children how to read and write in English.
Monitoring the progress of the learners is crucial, as it
informs future planning. We celebrate the success of
learners and identify areas where reinforcement and extra
teaching are necessary. From the graphs, it is evident that,
by the end of the year, all the children had developed the
skills necessary to read simple words.
The literacy team strives for excellence in all
that they do, seeking to bring about
transformation.
Amaoti Grade 3 learners
engaged in the Literacy
Programme
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Paint day with
the Maris Stella
Girls
Literacy graph of word progress
Literacy graph of letter sounds
The Literacy Team: (from left to right) Gracia,
Ntombi, Kholiswa and Gugu
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3. Project reports cont.
3.3
2012 was a very busy and successful year for both of our
feeding kitchens. We were continued to be blessed by
sizable funding and food donations. This has allowed our
daily outputs to drastically increase throughout the year.
2012 started off on the right foot, as we purchased two
bakkies with help from GWM Motors. This has greatly
increased our efficiency with the distribution and
management of sandwiches and soup. In staff news, at
the end of 2012 we said a huge thank you and farewell to
Yvonne Haviland. Yvonne had faithfully and successfully
ran both kitchens for two years. Shelia Simpkins took over
the Sandwich Kitchen, and Brenda Scheepers the
Brookdale Kitchen.
Sandwich Kitchen - at COGS
Proper nutrition is vital for mental and physical health.
The Sandwich Kitchen hopes to assist in this vulnerable
area of undernourishment, and provides meals to local
schools, the Boys and Girls Club, and occasional
outreaches. Seven schools are fed in the North Durban
community: Avoca Secondary, St Michaels Primary,
Parkhill High, Columbia Primary, Greenwood Park,
Zwakele Primary and Amaoti 3.
Sandwich preparation in the COGS kitchen
The Teams
Sandwich Kitchen: Angel Gumede, Clement Msomi,
& 9 volunteer groups
Brookdale Kitchen: Lucky Gumede, Sifiso Luthuli,
Happiness Zulu, Gloria Nyawuza, Princess Gumede,
Zikhona Diya
These teams were overseen
by Yvonne Haviland.
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In staff news, Angel Mtshali made sure the kitchen ran
smoothly, Clement Msomi was the driver and stores
manager, and Nicole Schoemann was a ‘full-time’
volunteer. There were nine volunteer groups of five ladies
a week that assembled the sandwiches. All this teamwork,
with the help of continued donations, allowed 3100
sandwiches to go out per week.
Special thanks goes to our sponsors Best Bread and
Eggbert Eggs for their continued support, as well as to
our volunteers who make this progamme achievable
and sustainable.
Lucky stirring
a fresh pot of
soup in the
Brookdale
kitchen
Brookdale Kitchen
The Brookdale Kitchen, operating in Phoenix, worked
enthusiastically throughout 2012 to ensure that
vulnerable and needy individuals were fed. Thirty-one
crèches; TAFTA; after-care programmes; Happy Hours, a
home for the mentally disabled; and the Amaoti Clinic
all received regular soup and porridge meals. By the
end of 2012, 3100 bowls of soup were being made and
delivered a day, totaling 62000 bowls of soup a month.
Thanks need to go to the Victor Daitz Foundation,
Container Ministries, Free Spirit Compassion and GWM
Motors for their noticeable and generous support.
food parcels
It was decided that when the need arose food parcels
would be assembled and distributed to needy individuals
and families. Special thanks must go to Curves Durban
North who managed to gather 1 820kg of non-perishable
food stuffs and who continue to generously support us.
Easter
celebration in Amaoti
The Brookdale Kitchen team, from left top to right:
Happiness, Gloria, Lucky, Princess, Emmanuel,
Zikhona and Sifiso
Nicole and the volunteers in the
COGS kitchen
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3. Project reports cont.
3.4
Our vision is to improve the quality of learning and to
increase preparation for school readiness. This is done
at Early Childhood (ECD) Centres and is for the benefit
of vulnerable children. We do this through focused
empowering of ECD centre educators and owners with
essential education and enterprise skills.
We have been working with the ECD centres since 2011,
and during 2012 we worked with 26 ECD centres in the
Amaoti community. We realised that we needed more
focused intervention and so by the end of 2012 we were
visiting eight crèches on a weekly basis, which enabled us
to mentor the teachers more closely. We saw a marked
improvement at these crèches. We continue to visit the
other crèches on a monthly basis.
objectives
To assist in making ECD centres sustainable businesses
and making a lasting economic and educational impact
in the community.
To improve the skills of ECD owners to go beyond caring
for children to incorporate critical early childhood
development.
To walk alongside ECD centre owners through practical,
on-site interventions to ensure that business and
educational aspects are implemented to meet the
nutritional, cognitive, social, behavioral and educational
needs of children in their formative years.
Activity time in the crèches
The Team
Gavin Simpkins
Toni Wilkins
Sli Miya, Mbali Shezi, Zanele Gumede and
Nauleen Luthuli
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To empower ECD owners with the necessary business
management skills to run a profitable and quality-driven
enterprise.
To ensure that there is effective preparation of young
children for school readiness through the foundational
learning phase.
To create ECD centres that are more conducive to
learning by improving the physical environment through
the supply of playground equipment, building projects,
painting and general renovations
Activities for 2012
We partnered with Natal Early Learning Resource Unit, who
provided classroom training modules in ECD training. Our field
workers and eight créche owners attended a one week course
and and our fieldworkers attended a five week course on some
basic skills for working with young children to ensure they are
school-ready.
We partnered with Unlimited Child, who held a workshop and
provided educational toy kits to the owners and teachers of
the crèches we work with. Our fieldworkers ran six workshops
on a Saturday morning with the crèche owners and teachers.
Topics covered included developmental life stages, the
importance of the daily programme, hygiene, and nutrition.
All 26 crèche owners and some teachers attended this.
We partnered with Entrepreneurial Support Services, who
provide classroom training on developing small business
management skills using modules developed for ECD centres.
Both our fieldworkers and eight crèche owners attended
the workshop. The success of the classroom
training is only calcuated by the successful
implementation of skills learned, and is
a measure of the success of the
programme.
We therefore did on-site
mentoring and monitoring
by our trained
fieldworkers. Two
fieldworkers were
visiting eight
créches once a
week, and the rest
of the créches
were visited
once a month.
Fieldworkers
assisted créche
owners with the
implementation
of the lessons
learned after
the training
was completed.
We partnered with Angel Projects to fix and upgrade the
physical spaces so that learning can take place in a safe
and stimulating environment. This included painting of
classrooms, painting and updating of toilets, and the
installation outside of plastic toys and jungle gyms at 3
crèches. We had a stationery party at a crèche where the
children received crayons, glue, scissors and colouring-in
books.
They loved receiving new stationery.
We partnered with Santa’s Shoebox at the end of the year, and
500 children on our programme received a gift for Christmas.
Nicola Fraser from the UK volunteered with us for 3 months.
She was a great help, and she assisted with administration
tasks and baseline data of the crèches we work with.
Getting ready for a day of learning and fun
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4. Domino Connect
With an increase of social media
interaction and brand awareness, our
Communications Department underwent
exceptional growth during 2012.
website
Following the re-branding of Domino, we
underwent massive changes online. We
are privileged to have Jacquie and James
Bate from Weblogic, who have continued
to support us by managing our web
presence. To stay up to date with the latest
web trends and developments, we spent
weeks finalising our online brand and are
excited to present to you our Domino
domain: www.domino.org.za . Our site
provides a space for online interaction
between our organisation and our Domino
communities. Updated regularly,
everything is available at a click of a
button. www.domino.org.za
NEWSLETTERs
Domino Effects Newsletter
We continued to send out monthly
newsletters containing news, stories and
updates on the successes of each Domino
programme. This keeps all Domino
communities up to date with the latest
from our projects and offers a number of
opportunities for involvement. Sign up
online at www.domino.org.za
Fairhavens Newsletter
With the ever-increasing involvement
of the external community at the Babies’
Home, we introduced the quarterly
Fairhavens Newsletter in March 2012.
This publication aims to report on
happenings at the home, with interesting
stories, updates and events. You can sign
up online at www.domino.org.za
MEDIA
Traditional/Print Media
We continued to have an excellent
relationship with the local Northglen
News, with regular articles appearing
throughout the year. A big ‘Thank You’
to Jacci Lewis for her tireless and skilled
work in continuing the Domino story.
Social Media
Since the launch of our social media
platforms in 2011, we have seen the rapid
increase and effectiveness of this
communication channel. From organising
events, to gathering volunteers, and even
allowing for online donations, our social
media channels continue to provide an
exceptional interface between our
organisation and the external online
community. Find us on;
Facebook: The Domino Foundation
Twitter: @DominoRSA or
www.twitter.com/dominorsa
YouTube: The Domino Foundation
Blog: dominofoundation.wordpress.com
DOMINO CONNECT TOURS
The Domino Connect Tours continued
to gain momentum throughout the year,
allowing our donors and supports to
venture with us into the Amaoti
community. The tour visits our two
feeding kitchens, one of our Life Skills
Schools, two crèches on our ECD
programme, and finishes off at our Babies’
Home. The tour exposes the challenges
that the community faces, and provides
the participants with a hands-on view of
our activities. Book yourself a seat on this
FREE tour at www.domino.org.za
DOMINO SCHOOLS
PROGRAMME
We network with a number of schools
in the Durban area and connect with the
Interact and LO teachers. This proved
exceptionally successful in 2012, as it
created an opportunity for learners to
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complete required community service
hours. Through a number of ‘paint days’
for the Amaoti community, fundraising
events hosted by the schools, and charity
collection ‘drives’, the schools and
learners fulfilled their community service
elements of their curriculum. A huge thank
you to Maris Stella, Durban Girls College,
Northlands Girls High, Danville Girls High,
Clifton School, Crawford College, St
Anne’s, and Northwood High School.
FUNDRAISING PLATFORMS
In 2012, we launched our online donation
platforms: GivenGain, CharitySA and The
Greater Good SA. These allow interaction
between worldwide supporters, activists
and volunteers. We also joined the
MySchool programme, allowing our
community to conviently support Domino
at no extra cost. Our SMS lines were
activated, and have allowed us to run
competitions and raise funds via SMS.
More details are available on our website
under the ‘Support’ tab.
DOMINO EVENTS
Sustainable Living Exhibition
Domino hosted a stand at the Sustainable
Living Exhibition in 2012. This provided a
unique platform to showcase the Domino
Programmes and allowed for a number of
networking opportunities between other
NPOs, community projects and
prospective partners.
Domino Corporate Golf Day
Our new Corporate ID was celebrated with
a launch at our Annual Golf Day Challenge.
This provided a unique opportunity for
corporates from local businesses to
network and advertise their brands
through hole sponsorship, while enjoying
a fun round of golf. 2012’s Golf Day
Challenge was a huge success, and each
year we will be hosting a Charity Golf Day
in aid of our Domino programmes.
5. Donors
Many Thanks to the numerous sponsors and donors who have
supported our work and partnered with us in Caring for Our
Community.
Anne Marte S & Haarberg
Joanne Kalil
RL. Maingard
ARB Electrical Wholesalers
Joanna Ellensohn
Reed Simpson Construction
Bafazi Business Corporation cc
Julie Anderson
Rennies Ships Agency
Best Bread
Just Refrigeration
RSS
BigShoes
Key Vehicle Managment
SA Hose and Belting
Bonita Gordon
Key Pinetown
C. Silcock
Kuqala Transport 4 (Pty) Ltd.
Samantha Geyle SBS Water Systems
(Pty) Ltd.
CD Singh
Lighthouse Property Group
Cami Rencken
Livingston Leandy Inc.
Carol Broughton
Lombard Insurance
Chelsea Preparatory School
Louise Morrsion
Complimed
M. Jeursen
Container Connection
M. Stone
Container Ministries
Manav Sach Deva
Craig & Colleen Jamieson
Mano Naik
CURVES
Margaret Murrell
Danville Park Girls High School
Marisa Moodley
Diamond Shipping
Marisa Pather
Eggbert Eggs
Mbuyelo Jesu Trust
Fiona Cilliers
Mediterranean Shipping Company
Fairhavens volunteers and all who have
generously given so many items to the
home.
Mel Turner
FMI
Michelle Pearton
Friends of Fairhavens – Denmark
Molly Baumann Trust
General Donors who have given many
goods, items of clothing, etc to Domino
Multi Media Signs
Gigazone Corporate Solutions
Nashika Singh
Gloria Letsatsi
National Lottery Dist. Fund
Grace Family Church
Nick Wood
Grindrod Corporate
Nedbank Call Centre
Hingham Nursery
Noelene Swales
HRK Cape
Northlands Pharmacy
Industrial Cables
Oricol Environmental Services (Pty)
InterStat Agencies
PJ Wallace
Intergra Scores
Pamela Mangana
IPC Coal
Pepson Plastics
Jacci Lewis
Peter & Kim Cunningham
Michelle James
Muthulingham Naik
Scribbante Africa (Pty) Ltd.
St. Barnabas
Stiching Equip
Teamplay Trading
Telkom SA
Theo Aerts & Friends in Holland
Tuttle Group
Tour Durban Cycle Race
The COGS congregation
Umhlanga College
Varsity College
Vetter Attorneys
The Victor Daitz Foundation
Vopak Terminals
Weblogic
Whalleys
YES Recycling
We would also like to thank the
numerous volunteers and others
who have given of their time,
resources and talents in helping us
to make a difference in serving our
community.
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Physical Address: 37 MacKeurtan Ave, Durban North, 4051
Postal Address: PO Box 20147, Durban North, 4016
Telephone: 031 563 9605
Facsimile: 031 563 1001
E-mail: admin@indlela.org.za
Website: www.indlela.org.za
NPO Number: 037-703-NPO
PBO Number: 930012688
VAT Number: 4160255206
WHALLEYS 38297
Auditors: Fouche, Hodgkinson and McLoughlan