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Beneficiaries of the New Africa Foundation in 2008 are:
• Polokego Shelter
• The New Africa Foundation HIV/AIDS Project, incorporating the Ntirisano Support Group, Mohlangeni and the Rex Street and Davidsonville Clinics
• St Laurence Children’s Haven
• Floroma Home for the Aged
• The Kitchen of Blessing (soup kitchen)
Polokego Shelter For Abused Women and Children
Polokego Shelter has been operating for approximately three years and its purpose is to care for and assist abused women and their children. The role of The New Africa Foundation is to guide, teach and assist in areas of management; build relationships with the management of the Shelter; seek further funding and donations and to meet identified needs of the Shelter. On a daily basis, Polokego houses approximately 30 women and 35 children in nine rooms, and the women stay at the shelter for an average of one month.The New Africa Foundation’s first priority has been to meet the Shelter’s need for food, which has been done by providing weekly groceries for the staff and residents. In addition, a tunnel for growing of vegetables has been erected and is being used to grow fresh produce such as spinach and tomatoes.

Mohlangeni Informal Settlement
Mohlangeni, at Plot 8 Princess, is an ongoing project of The New Africa Foundation, which started in July 2005. Plot 8 Princess is one of the most undeveloped and poorest informal settlements in Region 5, consisting of approximately 700 shacks housing mostly young, unemployed families. There are few basic services available to the residents of this community, including pit toilets and communal taps installed by the local council. As with many communities in South Africa, HIV and AIDS are having a devastating effect on the residents of the settlement. The New Africa Foundation’s vision is to come alongside the community and to initiate upliftment programmes for which the community will take ownership after a period of time.

To date, the Foundation has achieved the following at Plot 8:
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Commenced with the roll-out of home-based care and education using volunteers from the community
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Erected a Community Centre and Nurse’s Station
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Partly furnished both buildings for use by the community
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Planted a vegetable garden which supplies fresh vegetables for distribution
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Distribution of 17 food parcels fortnightly to child-headed households and children orphaned by AIDS
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Maintenance of relationships with the local council in order to ensure continued services to the community by the council
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Distribution of blankets and mealie meal to all residents
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Planting of grass at the nursery school and at the Community Centre
St Lawrence Children’s Haven
The St. Laurence Children’s Haven was established in 2002 by the St. Laurence Anglican Church, under the auspices of the Roodepoort Child and Family Welfare Society. Children who are brought to The Haven by Social Services or the SANPS are those who are deemed to be in immediate danger and are thus removed from their present situation. Children who are placed at The Haven range in age from newborn to 12 years, although The Haven accepts all children, regardless of age, and no child is ever turned away because of his or her race or HIV status.

During 2007, The New Africa Foundation received a large anonymous donation for the express purpose of assisting St Laurence. Thanks to this donation, we were able to give St Laurence Pick ‘n Pay shopping vouchers to the value of R12,000, which were to be used to purchase paint, school uniforms, school supplies and Christmas treats for the children. The Foundation will continue to support St Laurence in 2008.

The New Africa Foundation HIV/AIDS Project

The Ntirisano Support Group
The purpose of Ntirisano Support Group is to care for people infected by HIV and living with AIDS, by developing the group emotionally, as well as assisting them to obtain social grants and medical treatment. The ultimate goal is to help members of the group to accept their HIV status, disclose their status to family and to guide them in living healthy and focused lives, until such time as they are fully integrated into society and are emotionally and financially independent. When people join the group they are generally depressed, many are ill and lonely and carry the knowledge of their status alone. Because of the harsh reality of rejection, they are too afraid to disclose their status to anyone, including their spouse and family members. With time, they realise that their lives are not about to end immediately, they can again find self respect and purpose in life and it is a real joy to see how lives are transformed. It is so rewarding when people no longer see it necessary to attend the group as they are self-sufficient, independent and fully integrated into society.
The Kitchen of Blessing
The Kitchen of Blessing is a new project of The New Africa Foundation, and has been run for eight years by Theo and Kathy Unsted. On a weekly basis, between 70 and 100 men, women and children meet at Liberty Church in Discovery and are given a large mug of soup and half a loaf of bread. Due to a generous anonymous donation, it has been possible for Theo and Kathy to make up Christmas hampers for those who attend the soup kitchen and to purchase new equipment for the running of the kitchen.


Floroma Home for the Aged
Floroma is a home for the aged which accepts any resident, regardless of race, health or financial position. Because many of the old people who live there are abandoned by their families, the Home has a significant responsibility to care for them, plus provide them with an environment which is conducive to their physical and emotional well-being. Floroma relies on donations of food from large retailers, and The New Africa Foundation’s role has therefore been to assist wherever possible to meet their immediate needs. Thanks to generous donations we have been able to assist Floroma by providing them with a lounge suite for their communal area and a washing machine for one of the residents whose machine was beyond repair and who was unable to afford a new machine.

Rex Street and Davidsonville Clinics
The Foundation’s involvement in the Rex Street and Davidsonville Clinics is primarily to supply food parcels for destitute people who have HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Eight food parcels are distributed per week to patients at the clinics who need to take medication regularly but cannot afford food, however unless they receive adequate nutrition, they cannot take their medication. The Foundation therefore aims to stop the cycle of illness through the provision of food in order that patients can take their medication.
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