Impact Report2015

ANNUAL 2015 IMPACT REPORT 3rd edition

Table of Contents CREATING CHANGE From the director 3 T he Unity in Africa Foundation focuses specifically on The Year in Review 4 supporting a range of education-related projects, from early childhood development through to tertiary iGEMS 6 education. We work with carefully selected, credible partners in non-governmental (NGOs) and education Women of Worth 7 institutions. SVP 8 The Foundation has chosen to focus on education because we believe that improving education is the key ECD 9 to lasting socio-economic transformation in South Africa through stimulating economic activity and employment, BK2S / Unity Talks 10 developing active and responsible citizens, and addressing social ills such as poverty, crime and disease. Our 2015 interns 11 Education is the living force for the future. A good Our 2015 Donors / education can lay the foundation for the future of South Contact details 12 Africa to make good decisions through critical thinking and live balanced and productive lives.2

Berenice with WoW guest speakerAlison BothaDear Friends, letter from Berenice here 3

THE YEAR IN REVIEWTo Our Board Members Stonehouse Capital Zuurberg MTB ChallengeTo the Unity in Africa Foundationboard members: UinA assisted with organisingEvan Dold - chairman the 6th Stonehouse CapitalRicardo Dames Zuurberg Challenge by providingTrevor Hayter volunteers as marshals andDeidre Renison assistants.Khayalethu Matiso The Saturday was dedicated toRuby-Ann Levendal the Foundation with Rhinothank you for your invaluable Energy partnering for the Unitysupport and guidance throughout Trail Run - Steps to Educate. Allthe year. We appreciate that you proceeds from the 5km andare taking the time to govern our 12km trail run is ploughed back into our educationorganisation appropriately. Your initiatives. Later that evening saw the Addoinsight, experiences and resources community and participants enjoy delicious cheeses -are indispensable in achieving the thanks to Hermitage House - and decadent winesFoundation’s objectives. from the WineZani collection during a wine pairing. The evening was paired with an exciting auction of some luxury prizes with funds raised going to UinA. Our biggest thank you goes to Stonehouse Capital for allowing us to partner with them for this event and all their support to the Foundation. WoW High Tea On 5 September the Foundation saw nearly 450 guests descend upon Running Waters for a high tea in celebration of the Women of Worth Mentoring Programme. At the event 40 mentors from various fields of work paired with nearly 80 mentees sourced from NMMU hosted a high tea table to the theme: Leave a little sparkle wherever you go. Mentors imparted hosting skills to their mentee while guests were being motivated by the world-renowned inspirational woman of worth, Alison Botha. Botha who survived a horrific rape ordeal, gave an empowering message to guests about knowing their own strength even in the most difficult of times. Another objective of the event was for the mentor team to invite a less fortunate woman - a person who does not receive opportunities to attend an event as this one - to attend the tea with the ticket money for the invited guest being raised. Proceeds of the event was ploughed back into the Student Volunteer Programme’s maths and literacy initiatives. Thanks to General Motors, one very lucky mentor drove away with a sponsored vehicle and petrol for a month.4

PwC Great Zuurberg TrekThe Foundation played an integral role in the successful PwC Great Zuurberg Trek held on 29- 31 May. 30 student volunteers worked at the event keeping time, marshalling and manningwaterpoints. The Foundation was nominated as beneficiary of the event with proceeds beingploughed back into the community. Nearly 160 competitors rode 197km in the secondedition of the 3-day event traversing the beautiful Zuurberg Mountains, taking in the sites ofthe untouched Addo National Park, panoramic views of the Karoo and riding some of thebest single-track in the country.Thank you to Price Waterhouse Cooper for their unwavering support throughout the yearand selecting us as beneficiary of this event.Mandela Day - Steps to Educate Making every day Mandela DayMandela Day recognises iconic Nelson Mandela’svalues and his dedication to the service of humanityand is a call-to-action for people to recognise thateach individual can help change the world. This yearwe wanted to continue the iconic leader’scommitment to making the world a better place for alland we wanted each person to realise that the poweris in their hands to change the world. On Friday 17 Julywe held a 67 minute walk around St George’s Park tothe movement of creating change. The entry to takepart in this initiative was a stationery item with itemsdonated to beneficiaries and used in our programmes.The event was well supported with a number ofcompanies from around the Metro taking part anddoing their bit in making every day a Mandela Day. Thanks to Kevro who donated boxes of clothing, trophies, note pads and other goods on Mandela Day. We were able to distribute these items to a number of local beneficiaries.iGEMS LaunchAfter two years of research the Foundation excitedly launched the education toemployment programme iGEMS (Incubating Great Engineering Minds). You canread more on the iGEMS programme on the next page. 5

iGEMSIncubating Great Engineering Minds\"While writing the Grade SA has the third highest11 Maths exams I had a unemployment rate in thesudden burst ofconfidence. I became world with 50% of 15-24aware that I am capable of year old South Africansdoing better actually being being unemployedable to achieve 100%… oras near as possible.\" - World Economic Forum- Sachin Louw, iGEMS Global Risk Report learnerL ao Tzu said that “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”and it epitomises our iGEMS (Icubating Great Engineering Minds) launch earlierthis year. iGEMS is a 4-phase incubation programme where eligible learners, with mathsand science as subjects, from disadvantaged communities can study a technical subject attertiary level increasing their opportunity to secure employment. The programme has astrong emphasis on mentoring throughout the programme, paired with an internship gap-year before admission to tertiary education further cementing a relationship with business.2015 saw the launch of the inaugural iGEMS programme with 16 Grade 11learners set off on the ‘education to employment’ journey. These Grade 11learners are in the first phase of the programme where learners are exposed toextra maths and science tuition through the Incubator School Programme (ISP)run through the Govan Mbeki Maths Development Unit (GMMDU). In additionlearners attend life skills and, where needed, computer classes. The aim is toempower the learners to develop into mature, professional and highlyemployable engineers as the programme moves through Phase 1 to Phase 4.The learners’ passion for engineering has been nurtured by site visits to VW, IDControl Solutions and Lumotech. In addition the learners have participated inbridge building and water competitions run by SAICE. Thank you to the following partnerships/businesses: Go 4 Gold, GMMDU Schaeffler, Lumotech, Hansens Engineering, BASF, MC Design, Borbet, SJM Flex, Ebor, Continental and ID Control6

Women of WorthMentoring ProgrammeI affecting females in particular,” Berenice said. n March the Foundation launched the “This year we decided to expand thisWomen of Worth Mentoring Programme programme by encouraging a mentoringwith 40 mentors and 72 mentees taking part. angle.”Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi Mentors and mentees were scheduled tosaid “The education and empowerment of meet a minimum of four times during thewomen throughout the world cannot fail to programme with discussion points focusedresult in a more caring, tolerant, just and around topics such as the world beyondpeaceful life for all”. university, academics, etiquette andThe purpose of the WoW programme is to responsible citizenship.inspire, encourage and motivate female Rose says, “This contact with the ‘outsidestudents from NMMU to acquire life and world’ is so valuable to the students as manyleadership skills to enable them to develop of them are on the cusp of entering the worldtheir full potential. outside of the University walls or are learningBerenice Rose said the idea for the mentoring to balance being a teenager with adulthood.”programme was sparked several years ago. The WoW programme culminated in a high“A few years ago, we implemented our Unity tea in September where mentors impartedTalks initiative at NMMU where many of our hosting skills to their mentee.mentors either spoke or were asked to talk to If you or you know of someone who wouldthe student body on issues such as finances, be interested in being a mentor for 2016leadership in the workplace or at the send an inquiry email to Berenice Rose atFoundation’s Women’s Month talks on issues [email protected] “My mentor has imparted in me qualities and values such as independence, family, kindness, sacrifice and generosity. That woman of worth has surely contributed to making me a woman of worth “ - Litha Koyo, 2nd year BCom Accounting Thank you to NMMU, the mentees and mentors for their support as well as all the sponsors for the high tea. 7

Student Volunteer Programme N early 300 students signed up to volunteer with the Foundation in 2015 - an increase of 10% on last year’s figure of 274 volunteers. The programme in partnership with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) sees on average of 75 students per week interact with over 1000 children and youth at UinA partner organisations. Impact days remain an opportunity for those who are unable to commit to a formalised programme to give back. Impact days totalled just over 500 hours. Volunteers assisted with beach clean-ups, moving and general assistance at beneficiaries. Volunteers also participate at Foundation events where volunteers can interact and network with corporates. Over 1500 hours were totalled at UinA events. Thank you to the following partnerships/supporters: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, everyone of the volunteers and the beneficiaries8

Early Childhood Development T he Foundation was able to educate early childhood development practitioners about their finances and how to break the cycle of poverty. 152 rural Eastern Cape, 163 Northern Cape and 162 Jeffreys Bay and Butterworth practitioners took part in the accredited financial literacy workshops. As seen on the chart 4% of our ECD spend was to train 48 practitioners on NQF Level 2 however thesecondary beneficiaries of this is the 2316 childrenwho will be positively impacted in the classroom.Both the parent workshops and the home-visitprogrammes were implemented in Butterworth andFlagstaff. Nearly 250 parents and guardians attendedthe parent workshops. Eight home-visit practitionersare currently schooling 448 pre-school children. Eastern Cape has only 20% of children in pre-primary and crèche - the lowest in South AfricaThank you to Metropolitan, AngloGold Ashanti for their support as well as ourpartnership with Early Inspiration 9

Bright Kids 2 School T he Unity in Africa Foundation funds bursaries for 10 learners to attend Hermitage House - an independent school in Addo. This year we employed an intern to focus on the bursary programme. The intern would meet quarterly with the parents and the learner to assess how the child is coping academically and the role the parents are playing in the school. The intern would also answer any concerns the family might have regarding the bursary. The bursary recipients and the school are invited to a few of our events during the year. Pictured here are Hermitage House learners with UinA volunteers from NMMU at a beach clean-up held at Bluewater Bay earlier this year. The school also joined the Foundation on a 5km hike at the Hayterdale farm. Thank you to the following supporters: Hermitage House, Dynaform, NuLeaf Brands, and SASFINU Unity Talksnity in Africa Foundation has enlisted the support of industry leaders and corporate partners to address students at NMMU on leadership in the workplace. Thank you to Judith Campbell (Plascon), Luvuyo Bangazi (MBDA), Carol Batchelor (KPMG), Deon Joubert (SJM Flex), Bev Hancock (KLI) and Mandilakhe Nontenja (SARS). In May financial-know-how workshops were hosted at the university aimed at educating students about personal finances, investing and to motivate them to take responsibility for their financial future. Workshops were presented by financial gurus David Counihan (Calreg) pictured above with students Ofenstse Manne and Edwina Afful-Packson, Buhle Gumede (Plascon) and Mary Van Eck (Kevlar). During Women’s Month NMMU female students were addressed on issues geared for women. Topics included “Things every woman should know about finance” by Cindy Dickson (Investec), “Violence in the family” by Coba Ferreira (Life Coach) and “Harassment in the workplace” by Sanet de Lange (Ellies).10

A close-up with the UinA Interns Michelle BonkeMichelle, a BA student majoring in politics and psychology,said she started volunteering with UinA in 2013 through SVP. “Ichose UinA because through volunteering with UinAprogrammes I saw how much change the Foundation can createand everyone involved is passionate about what they do.”Michelle said that she has developed as the SVP intern. “I havelearned that working with students is sometimes very difficult asit is a challenge to combine different personalities opposing myown but that it is very important to accept different opinions tokeep an open mind and furthermore, to see the world through someone else’seyes.” Michelle sees herself with a Masters degree and employed in communitydevelopment or conflict management in the future. Nombasa Kili Nombasa, a BA Honours Development Studies student, said her involvement with UinA started when she joined a leadership and development programme at NMMU where she had to volunteer a minimum of 20 hours. But once she was bitten by the volunteering bug she discovered how rewarding it was and she wanted to continue a journey with the Foundation. Nombasa who is the ECD programme intern said that her year as an intern has been the best. “I have gained more knowledge and skills that are crucial for the world of work, I am more confident in myself and my abilities and my drive to be actively involved in developing the education level of our country has beenenhanced through my work at the Foundation,” she said. “Working for the ECD programmehas made me realize that there is a need to focus on investing in early childhood learningespecially in poverty stricken areas where poor education or lack thereof leads to beingtrapped in the cycle of poverty.” Nombasa hopes to complete her Masters in Social Workfrom an international university in the near future. Vuyolwethu NgqondiVuyolwethu started her intern journey with the Foundation in 2014when she was intern for the Student Volunteer Programme. This yearshe was intern for the bursary programme and assisted with the beachclean-up arrangements. Vuyo who is studying a BTech in IT Solutionssaid that her experience with the Foundation taught her that she had tolearn to not say \"I can't\" when she was in the middle of doing the thingshe said she couldn't do but to push herself in trying and possiblylearning a new skill. Working at UinA was an excellent learningopportunity. I developed my skills in numerous different ways. While Ialready had strong IT skills, I didn’t have any previous experience ofPublisher. I also learnt how to handle students as well as how to think on my feet and handlepressure. She hopes to one day be an entrepreneur and travel. 11

Thank you to all our 2015 donors and supporters DAS Road Transport (Pty) LtdBANK DETAILS GET INVOLVEDThe Unity in Africa Trust The Foundation seeks financial contributions as well as in-kindSTANDARD BANK support in the form of services, skills and time. All contributorsACC NUMBER: 080-216-374 are issued with Section 18A tax certificates and verification ofBRANCH: PORT ELIZABETH their SED expenditure for purposes of B-BBEE scorecards.BRANCH CODE: 05-0017-00CONTACT USTEL: +27 (0)86-155-5544 FAX: +27 (0)86-155-5533PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 106 Park Drive, 2nd Floor, Central, Port Elizabeth, South AfricaGENERAL MANAGER: Berenice Rose CELL: 083-540-0255EMAIL: [email protected]