SELECT COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE NATIONAL ROLL-OUT OF COMMUNITY CHILD AND YOUTH CARE SERVICES THROUGH THE ISIBINDI MODEL 21 June 2017

1. BACKGROUND:ISIBINDI The Department of Social Development (DSD) is mandated by both the Constitution of South Africa, and the Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No 38 of 2005) to provide social security, care and protection services to children. DSD was unable to reach all the Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) because of the shortage of social service professionals in both government and the NGO sector to respond adequately to the demand for services. As a result of this gap in service delivery, DSD identified a community based model namely Isibindi which has been developed and tested by the National Association of Child and Youth Care Workers (NACCW). This model was developed in response to the high numbers of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) as inter alia the result of HIV and AIDS.

2. KEY DELIVERABLES OF THE PROJECT The FOUR key deliverables of the project over a 5-year period include: Prevention, early intervention and protection services provided to 1.4 million orphaned and vulnerable children; 400 NGO partners capacitated to implement prevention, early intervention and protection services to children; Accredited child and youth care training capacity in all 9 provinces; Creation of decent jobs and career paths for 10 000 community child and youth care workers mainly in rural areas.

Implementing partners (NGOs) NACCW Implementing partners (NGOs) DSD 4. PARTNERS

OBJECTIVES TARGETS ACHIEVED 4. ISIBINDI PROGRESS OBJECTIVES TARGETS ACHIEVED Prevention, early intervention and protection services provided to 1.4 million orphaned and vulnerable children; 1,4 million 1 135 387 400 NGO partners capacitated to implement prevention, early intervention and protection services to children; 400 365

OBJECTIVES TARGETS ACHIEVED 5.ISIBINDI PROGRESS OBJECTIVES TARGETS ACHIEVED Creation of decent jobs and career paths for 10 000 community child and youth care workers mainly in rural areas 10 000 6 922 CYCWs completed with certificates: 2273 CYCWs completed awaiting certificates: 196 CYCWs completed awaiting verification: 104 CYCWs completed in assessment: 899 CYCWs completed: 3472 CYCWs in training: 3450

6.NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY REACHED Province No. of OVCs with disability reached from inception to date Eastern Cape 5996 Freestate 184 Gauteng 524 Kwazulu Natal 1287 Limpopo 169 Mpumalanga 324 North West 238 Northern Cape 85 Western Cape 49 TOTAL 8856 The total number of children reached to date is 1 135 387 and out of this number 8856 children with disabilities were reached.

7. NUMBER OF SAFE PARKS There were no targets set for the safe parks; Province Formal Safe Park Informal Safe Park Total Eastern Cape 13 70 83 Free State 6 18 24 Gauteng 9 26 35 KwaZulu-Natal 69 187 256 Limpopo 23 49 Mpumalanga 7 98 105 Northern Cape 5 21 North West 11 34 Western Cape 2 10 12 TOTAL 148 476 624 There were no targets set for the safe parks; To date 624 safe parks were established.

8. LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT APPROACH

9. LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS Interventions Number of OVCs reached to date Early childhood, primary and secondary education 147 646 Tertiary Education 700 Bursaries and Scholarships 45 Youth camps 40 Career expos 18818 Learnership 20 Mentorship and coaching 96 IEC material 10032 Entrepreneurship and skills development 726 Total 178 123 Initially the educational support for the children was conducted at the sites and through safepark by CYCWs; The learning and development programme was strengthened in 2015 through the partnership with NDSD, SAICA and NACCW; Number of OVCs reached to date is 178 123.

10. LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS Province #of grade 12 learners 2013 #of grade 12 learners 2014 #of grade 12 learners 2015 #of grade 12 learners 2016 Total Eastern Cape 137 189 280 281 887 Free State 33 119 145 114 411 Gauteng 35 251 311 418 1015 KwaZulu-Natal 155 520 1 043 1 135 2853 Limpopo 38 169 231 529 967 Mpumalanga 102 239 404 419 1164 North West 4 91 69 82 246 Northern Cape 48 115 142 99 Western Cape 10 36 141 556 1703 2 661 3 168 8088 Number of grade 12 learners enrolled increased from 556 in 2013 to 3168 in 2016

11. LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS Province #of leaners passed 2013 #of leaners passed 2014 #of leaners passed 2015 #of leaners passed 2016 Total Eastern Cape 85 120 181 137 523 Free State 32 115 138 99 384 Gauteng 195 251 324 802 KwaZulu-Natal 331 572 631 1654 Limpopo 29 118 142 278 567 Mpumalanga 84 320 268 867 North West 4 65 55 63 187 Northern Cape 33 97 50 451 Western Cape 3 5 25 69 102 422 1228 1781 1 919 5350 Number of grade 12 learners who passed increased from 422 in 2013 to 1919 in 2016

Recommendation It is recommended that the committee notes the progress made thus far in implementing the programme