FUNDING REQUEST FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION OF SECURED UWSA FOOD AND HYGIENE PACKS.
With the expectation that South Africa is close to reaching “the peak” of COVID pandemic, it is clear that many households are losing – and will lose – their sources of income as a result of the pandemic and its associated lockdown, and our country is at the cusp of a malnutrition crisis. Now with food prices up by 30% and the economy in a downward spin, it is more important than ever to think innovatively and to be efficient in our food relief responses. The distribution of food parcels in response to the above has also proven itself fraught with difficulty. It is expensive, logistically complicated and risky, both for COVID-19 transmission and corruption.
Over the past three months, we have overcome this by distributing over 12 000 food parcels to vulnerable people across 9 provinces, from local churches and community halls.
This month, Siyakholwa has partnered with United Way South Africa (UWSA) to distribute UWSA’s donation of just over 900 family packs of food, hygiene and PPE – that will support an average family of 10 for a month – in 4 provinces in August 2020. Monetary cost of UWSA donation is approximately R 500 000.
The families in need have been assessed and identified over the last few months, using Siyakholwa’s local community leaders working in the surrounding communities.
Over 5500 disadvantaged and starving people will be directly impacted by this intervention in South Africa’s most underserved communities.
As of the 28 July 2020, we are just under 3 weeks away from UWSA’s delivery date of food and hygiene packs, that we urgently need to distribute to families in need.
In order to meet the distribution dates, we request funding (in kind or monetary donations) to be secured by 7 August 2020.
Siyakholwa is looking to partner further, as together we can achieve more.
As funding has decreased during the COVID Pandemic, Siyakholwa urgently needs support to get the secured packs distributed by the end of August. The following proposal outlines our project requirements for UWSA’s donation:
- Secure food storage and packing facilities close to Germiston for 2 weeks;
- Transport for distributing the food parcels to the community collection points in Gauteng, Kwazulu Natal, Mpumalanga and the Western Province;
- Accommodation for distribution team in Kwazulu Natal, Mpumalanga and Western Province;
Salaries for Siyakholwa distribution and administration team, which includes Project Manager
M&E system gather data that enables AS to:
- Measure youth attendance
- Measure changes in participants’ knowledge, behaviour, and attitudes regarding the set of life skills taught
- Measure youth satisfaction with the program’s content and delivery
- Assess program efficiency in terms of design, delivery, and costs
- Determine whether the training has met the needs identified by all stakeholders, including youth, parents, trainers, employers, partners, and donors
- Assess the link between participants’ life skills and employment/entrepreneurship outcomes
- Determine whether the program achieved its intended objectives and/or had a significant return on investment.
- Local Community Leaders and Helpers; Mobile Data
Distribution Budget
1. Transportation to deliver food packs – Travelling 4706km – R 10 000
2. Community Distribution Leaders stipends – R 8 000
3. Project Manager Salaries R 5 000
4. PPE’s for covid-19 front-lines R 2 000
5. Project operations cost R 10 000
6. Auditor fees R 3 000
Total funding request R 50 000
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Distribution Plan
The distribution focus is in disadvantaged communities in rural areas, farms and informal settlements, specifically in Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Mpumalanga and the Western Cape.
UWSA will deliver pre-packed packs to a secure central Distribution Centre in each province.
RLabs Donated masks at our Western cape, Delft branch should be collected and distributed to nine provinces.
– We request donations to cover transportation collection and distributions national.
The Centre is responsible for:
Providing secure storage at the designated regional Distribution Centre.
- Distributing an average of 30 parcels to the designated community centres and churches within the region, ranging in distance from 15km to 250km from the regional Distribution Centre.
- Identifying and coordinating with the recipients receiving the packs on the day;
- Providing security to and during the distribution into the informal settlements;
- Providing an awareness of the COVID pandemic, and adhere to WHO protocols during food distribution that includes temperature scanning, wearing masks, washing hands, and social distancing.
- Providing a full list of the recipients and their details on receipt of pack ( M&E).
The above is overseen by the Centre’s Project Manager and the Community Leaders.
Regional Distribute dates:
Mpumalanga -17 August to 22 August 2020 – TBC
Gauteng from 20-26 August 2020 – TBC
Kwazulu Natal 27 August to 4 September 2020 – TBC
Western Cape – 30 Augast 2020
Long Term Funding
Siyakholwa faces longer term funding challenges to maintain, administer, and run the Centre. Funding has been restricted due to:
- Lockdown rules that do not allow the required fundraising events we have held in the past to secure donations;
- A decrease in available funding from government due to an imbalance in distribution of state funding and the inability to address critical services areas.
This lack of funding restricts the Centre’s ability to:
- Offer job creation by hiring from within the local communities, to support their local communities.
- Provide youth leadership and entrepreneur courses and required resources.
- Provide Reliable food transport. he Centre is in urgent need of a vehicle for the distribution of our daily food parcels to local community Centre’s and churches in informal settlements etc.
Any support to assist the Centre in becoming a self-sustaining NPO would be greatly appreciated.
Please contact Beauty if you are able to assist the Centre. See above for contact details….
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System Adherence
Organization and consistency are of the utmost importance for successful M&E. our organization has created a formalized protocol with regards who is responsible for data collection, how often the data will be collected, and how it will be stored. We ensure the information gathering and feedback take place regularly. M&E data is an important management tool and assists in timely decision-making as programs progresses.
Specific M&E system data will enables us to:
- Measure the food delivery in terms of getting food parcels to the right families at the right time.
- Continually assess the needs of identified families, in terms of the ever changing environment of job losses or creation, and the families ability support themselves.
- Assess food delivery program efficiency in terms of design and costs with respect to:
o Secure storage and parcel packaging,
o Job creation and training for on the ground community leaders, that assesses the needs and the distribution of food support in their communities.
- Monitor the adherence to WHO protocols during food distribution;
- Determine whether the food distribution has met the needs of the food parcel recipients, employers, volunteers and donors ;
- Determine whether the program achieved its intended objectives.
- M&E system gather data ,Register
- • Measure attendance and beneficiaries received food
- • Measure recipients satisfaction with the program’s content and delivery
- • Assess program efficiency in terms of design, delivery, and costs.
We subscribe to the Independent Code of Governance for Non-Profit Organisations in South Africa.
Special Thanks To Siyakholwa Champions And Individuals Donors!
1. SANDY PHILLIPS
2. DALE PARRISH
3. DIANA SEELEY
Contact Nomvuyo Beauty Munyu for further information.
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Please can you give me information about program
Hi there, please contact Nomvuyo Beauty Munyu for further information.
Siyakholwa Support Care Centre
Tel: 011 906 0042 / 0786906948
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Address: 729 Banana Street, Rondebult Ext 2, Germiston, 1401
hi Maria
PLEASE CALL OR WHATAPP ME
068 1685486
IM SO SORRY TO TAKE LONG TO RESPOND BUSY DISTRIBUTING FROM 08H00-17H00 GET TIRED EVERY DAY AND IS CHALLENGING PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING WE DO NOT HAVE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE ALL NEEDY WITH FOODPARCEL OUR SERVICE IS LIMITED . WE STILL MOBILIZING SOME FUNDING
BEAUTY NOMVUYO MUNYU
CEO
068 1685486
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Distribution Plan
The distribution focus is in disadvantaged communities in rural areas, farms and informal settlements, specifically in Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Mpumalanga and the Western Cape.
UWSA will deliver pre-packed packs to a secure central Distribution Centre in each province.
RLabs Donated masks at our Western cape, Delft branch should be collected and distributed to nine provinces.
– We request donations to cover transportation collection and distributions national.
The Centre is responsible for:
Providing secure storage at the designated regional Distribution Centre.
Distributing an average of 30 parcels to the designated community centres and churches within the region, ranging in distance from 15km to 250km from the regional Distribution Centre.
Identifying and coordinating with the recipients receiving the packs on the day;
Providing security to and during the distribution into the informal settlements;
Providing an awareness of the COVID pandemic, and adhere to WHO protocols during food distribution that includes temperature scanning, wearing masks, washing hands, and social distancing.
Providing a full list of the recipients and their details on receipt of pack ( M&E).
The above is overseen by the Centre’s Project Manager and the Community Leaders.
Regional Distribute dates:
Mpumalanga -17 August to 22 August 2020 – TBC
Gauteng from 20-26 August 2020 – TBC
Kwazulu Natal 27 August to 4 September 2020 – TBC
Western Cape – 30 Augast 2020
please we request donations for foodparcel and ppes distributions
we started job creation programmes sustainable self-development we provide them with skills training ,mentoring and seed grants for startup.( farming,poultry,baking,blocks making,carpeting,tilling, sewing and plastering etc)
we request sewing machines donations,blocks making machines, broilers chickens at least one weeks. for these donations call beauty will collect.
if you have opportunities to provide voluntary with farming skills training please let me know our mission is job creation in disadvantaged communities and rural areas national