Our Programmes

Tshepo has developed four programmes to address the social challenges in our direct community and break the cycle of poverty. Our objective is for people to live meaningful and sustainable lives.

Youth Development

We believe that prevention is better than cure and by intervening early in the lives of children and youth you can lay the foundation for positive development. We aim to create an environment that encourages healthy relationships, promote education and nurture a love for reading. If we do enough of this our youth will grow up to be resilient and overcome the obstacles of their surroundings.

 The Windsor After-school Programme is based at the Windsor East Recreation Centre. We have approximately 40 children who each receive a meal and assistance with homework.

Our reading and literacy centre is integrated with our After-school Programme and develops reading skills among kids using a computer based reading programme. We also boast a library of children’s books which we use to develop a love for reading among the kids attending our programmes.

Project Ngonyama is a monthly event held at the Windsor East Recreation Centre where we reach between 250 and 300 children. The programme establishes a positive environment to keep children occupied, teach them Christian values and life skills. The programme is optimised for maximum enjoyment which we believe shapes their general outlook on life.

Tshepo supports church based youth programmes in the area to reach High School youth and keep them involved. Many of the High Schoolers become volunteers at Ngonyama and other outreach projects.

Job Creation

Our Job Creation programme aims to address the challenges of unemployment by following an approach that meets people where they are. We have  three intervention phases:

1. Work rehabilitation

After an assessment by our social worker an individual will be entered into our work rehabilitation programme. This programme is designed by an occupational therapist and teaches general pre-vocational skills while working. People participating in this programme work four hour shifts and get paid a stipend per day worked. This in turn helps them to get back on their own feet, buy food, pay for shelter and even save for future goals in some cases.

2. Job placement

Partnering with private micro enterprises and churches in the community we look for opportunities to place individuals who have completed our work rehabilitation programme in employment.

3. Enterprise development

Tshepo has been successful in incubating new enterprises and continuously look for promising entrepreneurs to assist in the process of starting a business. Many of these new businesses in turn become job creation partners of Tshepo and provide employment for rehabilitated individuals.

Eco Friendly Waterless Carwash

Organic vegetables, compost and potting soil and plant nursery

Devana’s Custom furniture from recycled wood

Simphiwe’s planting boxes

Lucky’s perfect tree felling and fire wood

RNS Gas, refill, exhange and food truck

Sizanani Garden

Tshepo currently boasts a state of the art vegetable tunnel where we grow organic seasonal vegetables. This programmes serves a few purposes. 

To teach conservation agriculture techniques by partnering with  “Farming God’s Way”

As work rehabilitation for previously unemployed people

Provide nutrition for our own feeding scheme

Generate income to create employment 

We sell vegetables, compost, potting soil, top soil and plants to the public. See our online store for more details.

Integrated Social Work Services

At the very core of our values is service to the destitute and vulnerable communities among us. Our feeding scheme is a safe place where people who have lost hope can come and have a meal, take a shower and have their dignity restored.

We have a soup kitchen that serves as a space where people get access to our other intervention programmes. We have a qualified social worker who also helps to integrate our services with the different soup kitchens in the Linden area.

Tshepo keeps an active database of clients to keep track of individuals who have been helped throught the various programmes. Churches and other affiliated organisations can make referrals to our social worker who acts as the first point of contact for anyone who comes looking for help.

​Our social worker will do an assessment and refer the individual for the appropriate intervetion such as the work rehabilitation programme to start the process of getting them onto their own feet.

People also receive the opportunity to work to receive clothing, and assistance to open bank accounts and apply for ID books. This is done in an attempt to break a culture of hand-outs encourage human dignity.

​Our social worker is affiliated with Tutela which provides supervision, support and assistance where needed. (https://www.tutela.org.za/)