The need to develop our marginalised population so as to correct the imbalances of the past is vital. Job creation, economic empowerment, skills development and life skills are taught to ensure sustainable lives for our people.
Community Creations
— Operates within the Education and Capacity Building core service of Ikamva Labantu. It provides production and entrepreneurial skills to disadvantaged individuals. Many varied marketable items are produced and micro businesses are encouraged and supported.
| Staff: | 25 |
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| Volunteers: | 6 |
| Hubs: | 3 |
| Product Outlets: | At Ikamva Labantu Offices in Woodstock and the Red Shed Craft Workshop in the V&A Waterfront |
Department for the Visually Challenged
— Facilitate access to mobility training, Braille, computer literacy and skills training to blind and partially sighted individuals to enable them to live independently and productively in society. Further, aromatherapists and foot masseuses are trained and operate in studios with great success.
| Staff: | 5 |
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| Members: | 50 |
| Clients: | 1500 |
| Aroma Therapy Studios: | 2 based in Cape Town: Tokai and Kenilworth |
Food Security
— Ikamva Labantu places emphasis on empowering community projects to become independent and self-sustaining through food garden training and mentoring. Ikamva Labantu works with communities to access land, water, fencing, storage and supplies. Food gardens have already been placed in many of our projects and they have produced a great deal of nutritious food for children in our child care centres, elderly people in our senior clubs, and orphans in our foster care homes. Large community gardens are used as training sites.
| Staff: | 2 |
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| Volunteers: | 56 |
| Food Gardens: | 36 |
| Service Areas: | Bluedowns, Crossroads, Dunoon, Eerste River, Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Langa, Mitchells Plain, Nyanga, New Crossroads, Phillipi |