Services we provide to the Local Ingogo Community
Community Programmes
With the exception of the our residential children all the children in these programs all reside in the Ingogo Township.
- The beneficiaries from the Ingogo rural community where less than 65% of the households have access to piped water &
- less than 85% of the households have access to electricity
- In addition more than 50% of their households have an average household income in the first 5 levels (incl. none) of the income data table.
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Keys to Success
Our Objectives
- To provide a warm, comfortable, safe and loving home for all our children, with the interaction of other organizations involved in the individual children’s needs.
- We aim to make HIC a community project by involving the residents of Newcastle and embracing whatever skills they have to offer, even if it is just a bit of their time.
- To secure funding for yearly running costs.
- To build a workshop for the skills training of underprivileged youth.
- Employ skilled staff: e.g. chef, groundskeeper, and driver. In addition we aim to provide adequate training, counseling, and support to our care giving staff to ensure job satisfaction and to build morale.
- We also aim to provide educational stimulation for children of non-school going age by building an early learning Centre, and to ensure that all the children of school going age attend school.
Our endeavours to self sustain
Sustainability Projects
A. Solar Power – The Centre has already implemented Phase 1 of our Solar power project.
B. Chicken Coop – The Centre is planning to erect a Chicken Coop to breed chickens to generate income.
C. Vegetable Garden – The Centre currently has a garden and we have been successfully growing Spinach for the past 3 years. We are planning to expand our garden by planting more vegetables to consume and sell.