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ISIBINDI SCHEDULE

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Mondays --  Young Women’s Empowerment Programme (YWEP) First, a group of women child and youth care workers from the particular Isibindi project is concientised to issues of gender politics and the impact of this on women's experiences in life. These child and youth care workers then mentor and support the young women on an on-going basis in their life space. Second, a group of young women are exposed to a week-long residential program of intensive growth and strengthening, particularly with regard to women's issues. The young women are assisted with career planning and accessing further education and training. Tuesdays  - Young Men’s Empowerment Programme (YMEP) 13:30-18:30 First, young men are exposed to a week-long wilderness programme where they are taught life-skills and planned awareness-raising is done with regard to gender issues and manhood. Second, these young men are supported by child and youth care workers who understand gender dynamics and politics. wednesdays- L...
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The fourth success story

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 ISIBINDI CYCWs are required to use great initiative and creativity in applying their knowledge, formal training and skills to support the unique and often sensitive needs of children from a range of complicated family backgrounds.  They are required to work in the moment, in the life space, and often in environments of suspicion, fear and constant transition, managing the interests of the children, while also striving to strengthen the family network. The CYCW worker assigned to the BEJA family had to manage her engagement with them very carefully.  Thabisa, the thirty five year old mother, and Ntalantala Joni, the forty six year old father, together with their seven children, (Anathi, fifteen years old and in grade 5, Mzwamadoda, twelve and in grade 4, Anele, ten and in grade 3, the twins, Samkelo and Sanele, seven and in grade 1, Sanelisa, six and in Grade R, and Nadia, the four year old baby girl, were a large and troubled family, with some history of turmoil.  I...
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Third success story

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  The Maedza Family came to the attention of the Isibindi Child and Youth Care Worker in Limpopo when the youngest child, three year old Lutendo became very sick.  In the process of identifying his needs, the CYCW became acquainted with the whole family, and initiated several interventions that are serving to strengthen the family individually and collectively on many levels. The health issue was most urgent and most critical. The CYCW realized that young Lutendo was in serious need of professional medical attention and advised the mother to take the child to the heath clinic for testing.  But the mother did not understand the gravity of the situation and it was a very challenging job to encourage and convince her to do this, the formal heath care system being beyond the scope of her everyday lifestyle.  But the CYCW’s patience, persistence and demonstration of support paid off, and eventually, they both took the child to the clinic, where he was found to be infected...
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Second success story

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  The Zulu family was referred to the ISIBINDI CYCW by the family’s Community Caregiver, who identified a need for family, child and youth care services.  In her first intervention with the family, the CYCW met Granny.  Granny was not very old, but she had experience much trauma and grief after the loss of her own children, so she was in fact looking very old; she was also very confused, and did not know where to start to pull together her new life with the six grandchildren she was now responsible for: Nokuthula, aged 15, Siyabonga and Andiswa, aged 11, Siphesihle and Sandile, aged 10 and Makhosazane, who was 9. Though the CYCW worker explained the ISIBINDI Project to her and promised she could help her if Granny would agree to working together, in fact initially, Granny was apprehensive and very reluctant to build relationships. But the CYCW had noted that there was a very sick child in the house, the fifteen year old, and so she asked Granny if she needed any support i...
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First success story

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  The Dube Family came to the attention of the ISIBINDI CYCW because this family of fice was living in very unhealthy, unsanitary conditions.  They lived in a one room mud house, which was in a very poor state – it had holes, and the floor was wet.  Needless to say, this was very unhealthy for the three young children aged seven, six and three, who were actually sleeping on the floor.  But the mother was terminally ill, and had no strength to do anything about their situation – in fact, she was in total denial about her illness.  THE CYCW had to explore and develop many strategies to help this desperate family.  She visited the mother in her home, and began planting seeds for improving their lives right in that desperate space.  She provided Mrs Dube with health information, to help her understand her urgent need for testing for disease, and eventually, thanks to her regular and intense therapeutic care, she persuaded her to go to the health clini...
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VISION STATEMENT

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 Healthy child and youth development and improve standards of care  for vulnerable children.
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MISSION STATEMENT

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 The NACCW is an independent Non-profit organisations in South Africa which provides the professional training and infrastructure to promote healthy children and youth development and improve standards of care and treatment for orphaned vulnerable and at risk children also youth in the family, community and residential group care setting.  
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