Outreach Foundation Newsletter Edition 1_October 2018

Monthly Newsletter
1st Edition

OCTOBER 2018

YOUTH  COUNSELLING IN PERFORMING ARTS
UNISON WITH BOITUMELO
Music Centre UNISA exams
Youth Leadership camp Resolving migration issues Inner-City High Schools
Youth Leadership Training Drama Festival

Dear all,

A warm and exciting welcome to Outreach Foundation's first
newsletter featuring what happened in the organisation last
month.

At the Outreach Foundation, we pride ourselves in developing
lives. We strive to be innovative and to live up to our motto
'Outreach Foundation: your future foundation'. We believe
that handouts forfeit growth and sustainability and, therefore,
we prefer to develop lives by providing skills development
and arts enrichment programmes as well as counselling to our
beneficiaries.

In each monthly issue, we aim to provide news and
information on Outreach Foundation's many projects and
events with the view to keeping our colleagues, beneficiaries
and key partners well informed.

MIGRANT AND REFUGEE PROGRAMME

Counselling with a
dash of Arts and Craft

''The reality is that we live in a world of
papers and without these, one cannot go

to school, or access any government
services. No one

can function between borders.''
- Rosalie Madike

Outreach Foundation's Counselling department together with the Boitumelo Project, embarked on a journey to find
ways forward in helping Migrants and Refugees get legal papers. This journey opens up a partnership between
Outreach Foundation and the Refugee & Migrant Ministry based at St Peter’s Lutheran Church. The possibilities are
vibrant and through this partnership, there are many opportunities to build better neighbourhoods with families. We
believe that partnerships with other organisations based in Tshwane are key to bringing the best services to people
with ‘Aslam papers’ and people who are citizens of this country. Various ways in which to help build bridges between
people, as well as skills development opportunities, have been discussed. Among those discussed is to bring
Boitumelo facilitators to work on the skills side of development.

Rosalie Madike from the Refugee and Migrant Ministry shared one of the many encounters she has had. One such
story was of a young woman looking for help. She sat down and Rosalie encouraged her to talk. The young lady sat
quietly and then looked at Rosalie and said, ''yes, I can tell you my story, but will my stomach stop complaining? Will
my family be looked after? Will I be safe tonight?'' Rosalie shook her head and said no. The young woman responded,
''so then nothing changes if I tell you my story. Nothing changes!"

There are many aspects still to be discussed and follow-up meetings have been planned. Outreach Foundation's
counsellors, Johan Robyn and Sizwe Bottoman, will offer psycho-social support twice a week to migrants and refugees.

"We have to take our services to where we are needed. But what is also important is working with as many people in
the neighbourhood as we can. They need to be part of creating a solution. You will find that most of the people in the
area have the same problems," says Johan Robyn.

Going forward, during the follow-up meetings, the committee from Johannesburg and Pretoria will work on how best to
develop and grow the partnership between Outreach Foundation and the Refugee Migrant Ministry. Watch this space,
great things, we are sure, are coming!

OUTREACH FOUNDATION YOUTH

Youth Team Building Youth Centre Library

LEGO TRAINING  Youth Leadership Camp

DAY-VISION YOUTH CENTRE

The annual Outreach Foundation's youth leadership camp took place from the 7th to 9th September 2018. The camps
are aimed at moulding future leaders. As part of the outcomes, we want to see leadership and communication skills,
team work, focus, skills transfers as well as the youth being able to sustain themselves in the environment they find
themselves in.

During 12th to 13th September, six of our youth leaders went on a Leggo train the trainer workshop that took place at
the Care for Education Centre in Randburg. This workshop was aimed at encouraging playing while learning.

Ofentse Muluvhu, one of the youth volunteers who attended the workshop said: "We have been teaching these kids
how to pratice maths, how to read and how to study. Little did we know that playing is actually very good for their
development and growth too. I really feel grateful to have learned this and cannot wait to incorporate these skills with
our Outreach Foundation afterschool homework programme".

As part of a new initiative (as of September 2018) youth leaders are encouraged to find sponsors and donors that can
assist in moving the youth centre forward in the most sustainable and developmental way as possible.

Plans for October:
* Kidsweek Leadership camp (Bayete Camp Modimolle)

* Book reading and writing club

We are always taking in new youth volunteers. For more info, please send an
email to [email protected] or call us on 011 720 7011

PERFORMING ARTS PROJECT

It's been a busy and inspiring month for this project

The Outreach Foundation's Music Centre is hard at work preparing
for the UNISA practical and theory exams. We are proud to have
students who have done the UNISA practical and theory exams. A
special mention goes to Mubale Amisi (Coco) who did his UNISA
piano grade 8 (Final) exam on Monday 17th September. His theory
exam takes place on 22nd of October. Coco joined the Outreach
Foundation Music Centre in 2009 and in 2010 started piano lessons
with Maggie Fletcher.

During September, Outreach Foundation's Hillbrow Theatre hosted its
annual Inner-City High Schools Drama Festival. In its 14th year, the
festival saw a record number of schools participate: 42 from the inner
city as well as far afield as Vereeniging.

Thank you to our partners: The theme for this year's festival was African Futures, and learners
were encouraged to explore how they imagine themselves, their
Department of Arts and Culture, communities and their environment in the future, using the many
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), the Market Theatre languages and materials of theatre-making. The festival provides a
Laboratory, Bread for the World, Exclusive platform to showcase the talents of the learners that participate, and
Books, Assitej South Africa, the Johannesburg instils discipline and encourages teamwork.
International Arts Alive Festival, Ford Foundation
and Drama for Life The Monday after the festival, the Hillbrow Theatre stage was
transformed into an intimate theatre in the round which included a
grand piano!

A very big thank you to Shirley Apthorp and Umculo for bringing the provocative and powerful Romeo’s Passion to the
Outreach Foundation. Berlin-based Australian composer Catherine Milliken and German librettist/stage director Robert
Lehmeier, joined forces to examine a complex story of family and community tensions. Seven performances took place
for high school learners with a post-performance discussion facilitated by Drama for Life. Umculo has already committed
to bringing two new works to the theatre next year!

Outreach Foundation:
Your Future Foundation

"I have been involved with this organisation for 18 years. It
moulded me into the person I have become. I have learnt
leadership skills, entrepreneurial skills, people skills and so
many other skills through the Outreach Foundation. It has
equipped me with all the necessary tools to make it in life. I
am truly grateful for what the Outreach Foundation has done
for me as a young person in Hillbrow. I wish that it can
continue to open many doors for all the young and old that
reside in Hillbrow." - Lamulani Khuzwayo, Youth Leader.

"On behalf of the office, we are grateful to have "This festival changes the perception of
been invited to the 14th Inner-City High Schools Hillbrow. Good things come from Hillbrow.
The Outreach Foundation provides a
Drama Festival. I had an amazing experience platform to showcase the talents of the
witnessing the talent that our pupils have learnt learners. It also instils discipline and
from you [the Outreach Foundation]. What amazes leadership - they have to engage in an
me is the dedication of the staff, the judges and active way while they create the play
together. They learn to trust each other.
the facilitators. I was really challenged by the Whether the learners are going to be a
number of schools that the Foundation managed doctor or a nurse, they learn about
creativity and about life. It is time for
to attract to this initiative." - Seboko Maggie parents to take their children to the
Tseka, Department of Basic Education. theatre and tell them stories. Without
stories, we do not know who we are as a
nation." - Modisana Mabale, facilitator for
the winning play by Isizwe Sechaba
Secondary School.