WIPHOLD consortium
WIPHOLD NGO Trust
Company Profile
The WIPHOLD NGO Trust was established in 2004 further enhancing the black and women profile of WIPHOLD, as well as its broad-base. The ten non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that form part of the Trust collectively represent a membership of over 300 000. Together these organisations cover the nine provinces of South Africa. Louisa Mojela and Gloria Tomatoe Serobe serve as trustees.
The WIPHOLD NGO Trust has two primary objectives:
- To empower and support non-governmental organisations whose primary focus is development programmes pertaining to black women and/or children.
- The inclusion of non-governmental organizations with the ability to contribute strategically to the activities of WIPHOLD.
The activities of the NGOs forming part of the WIPHOLD NGO Trust are summarised below.
| Organisation | Focus | Activities | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) (80 000 women) |
To represent nurses and midwives / accoucheurs with influence and authority. |
Empowerment of women nurses (sustainability of their programmes) |
National |
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) (130 000 women) |
Empowerment of women teachers (sustainability of their programmes) |
National |
|
National Baptist Church |
To empower women by changing their mindset in the usage of financial instruments; and encourage women to do fundraising on a local level. National level: encourage and teach women to buy shares and invest. |
National |
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Kwa Drabo Trust |
To empower women in the rural Centani villages focusing on four areas: rural farming; research into thoracic cancer; children education; and AIDS awareness/education.
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Workshops, seminars, farming on leased land from the headman & pre-school activities. |
Eastern Cape |
People Opposing Woman Abuse (POWA) |
To create a safe society that does not tolerate violence against women & where women are powerful, self-reliant, equal & respected. |
Provide therapeutic service to women who have suffered all forms of abuse (including counseling & crisis intervention); Provide shelter to abused women; Offer legal advice & court preparation; Offer meaningful skills training & relevant self-help programmes; Offer support services to client's children; Provide on-going training & capacity building to volunteers; Offer education awareness programmes to communities; Facilitate economic empowerment projects for survivors of abuse; Offer prevention programmes.
|
Gauteng |
The Thusanang Development & Training Project |
Women's skills & business training & development. Job Creation. HIV/AIDS fieldwork. |
Oversees more than 70 small businesses in informal settlements outside rural towns impacting directly on the lives of over 800 women. One-on-one counseling.
|
Free State North West Gauteng |
Work towards eradicating the victimisation of women by the legal system & to make the legal system a vehicle of social change for women by influencing policy and legislation through advocacy, education, training & research. |
Provide information desks & 3 Gauteng courts; Training of maintenance investigators, maintenance officers & clerks; conduct Legal Information for Empowerment (LIFE) seminars at 10 informal settlements; Conduct Gender Training workshops in all 9 provinces.
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National |
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To provide educare programmes to rural communities by: providing women in underserved areas on farms and small towns with ongoing training. Preparing children for school & socialising them for democracy. |
Training women to deliver Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes to children: 126 ECD sites are up & running; 225 women are in various levels of training; 4212 children are in development programmes.
|
Free State |
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YWCA |
To affirm woman in skills training, economic empowerment & leadership development. Seeks to address all social injustice & targets mostly marginalised women & children. |
National |
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Thandanani Association |
Committed to protecting & promoting the well-being of children |
Shelters for AIDS orphans & other vulnerable children. Child Care workers provide care & comfort to all sick, orphaned & abandoned children at hospitals. Outings for children. |
KwaZulu Natal |
