Usindiso Ministries
Shelter for Women and their Children
The shelter for women and their children was extended earlier in 2009 to
include the 2nd floor of the facility and now has the capacity to accommodate
120 women plus their children. The extension happened due to the need for
sheltered accommodation increasing and also the need to separate the abused
women and children from the homeless women and children.
For more info - click here
Child and Youth Care Centre - Teenage Girls Shelter
Usindiso's teenage girls shelter opened in September 2007 and is situated on
the 4th floor of our facility at 80 Albert Street. The Teenage Girls Shelter
has a capacity for 40 girls. These girls come from the streets and from abusive
situations and need a stable environment to heal and restore their lives. The
girls are cared for and monitored by Lily Rose, House Mother and child care
workers.
Our social workers work towards re-unifying them with their families, but if
this is not possible then being integrated into their communities is set as a
long term goal.
All of the girls at Usindiso attend school, as education is important for
their futures.
For more info - click here
Little Fish Nursery School and Crèche
'Little Fish' is a fully fledged Nursery School that is part of Usindiso
Ministries. The Nursery School runs from Monday to Friday and has up to 40
children, who come from the shelter, and the very needy children from the
surrounding community.
The children are aged from two to six years, and are taught according to the
Montessori method, which does not divide the children by their ages, but they
learn and develop according to stages and the younger children learn from the
older ones.
For more info - click here
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Church at Usindiso
Usindiso Church started services on the 1st July 2007 with a celebration
service.
To read more about it and for a full schedule of services, click here: Church
Services.
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Volunteers needed
Usindiso Ministries is in need of people to give of their time and talents.
Whether it is an hour or a day, a week or a month - if you would like to make a
difference, please contact us. We would love to hear from you.
Call 011 334 1143/4 or 011 334 1717 and ask for Virginia Tyler More.
Email: contact@usindisoministries.co.za
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Mail and Guardian CSI Award 2009
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| Jay Bradley, CEO of
Usindiso Ministries, with Desiree Story (First Rand Volunteers) and Nicole
Strydom (FNB Branch Banking Volunteers) |
Usindiso Ministries was nominated by FNB (First National Bank) as their CSI
project for the 2009 Mail and Guardian awards. 29th October was the Awards
Banquet which was held at Summer Place in Sandton.
The winner of the evening was FNB, with Usindiso Ministries as their
project!!
Thank you Nicole and FNB for all that you have done for us this year, you are
the most deserving winner!
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Usindiso Ministries Building Declared Heritage Site
Our building at 80 Albert Street, was declared a Heritage Site by the City of
Joburg's Department of Arts, Culture and Heritage in July 2007. For more
information and history, Click
here.
The plaque declaring the Usindiso Ministries Building a Heritage Site
(left).
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Usindiso News
What's happening at Usindiso?
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June 2009
Baby Dedication
In June 2009 there was a Baby Dedication Service where the moms promised
to bring up their children in the ways of the Lord.
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June 2009
EBC Ladies Group celebrate Mother's
Day weekend
Mother’s Day weekend was very special for our ladies at Usindiso
Ministries with the ladies from the EBC Ladies Group coming to celebrate on
Saturday afternoon.
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June 2009
Youth Day at Rhema South
Our teenage girls were invited to Rhema South to celebrate Youth Day at
the Youth Festival.
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May 2009
Magical Moments 2009
Ilana and her team of fairies and volunteers spent the day with our kids
in the nursery school. The children were very excited and happy when the day
started with face painting and then candy floss making.
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April 2009
FNB 2010 Balls Handover
FNB Volunteers spend the day pumping up 500 soccer balls and playing with
the little ones at Usindiso Ministries.
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April 2009
TOTAL Sponsors Herb Garden
TOTAL South Africa sponsored herbs to make a roof garden at Usindiso
Ministries.
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December 2008
FNB Teen's Christmas
Party
FNB organised a special day to have Christmas with the teenagers.
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December 2008
Standard Bank Kid's Christmas
Party
Standard Bank staff came and held a wonderful Christmas party for the
children at Usindiso Ministries.
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December 2008
His People Church Christmas Play
His People youth and children put on a wonderful Christmas play for our
children.
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December 2008
Christmas Day at Usindiso
Christmas Day is always a really special day at Usindiso, and Christmas
2008 was no exception.
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Usindiso News Archive
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