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The House was one of the seven case studies presented to the World Congress against the Commercialisation of Children, held in Stockholm in 1996.
Hillbrow Drop-In Centre
The House Group of Projects had its beginning in May 1991 when a Drop-In Centre in Hillbrow was started by Jean and Adele du Plessis to serve as a place where street girls could temporarily escape the pain of living on the streets. Within six months, Jean and Adele, working at grass roots level, gained recognition from the street children, the drug dealers and the sex trade operators. By doing Street Work as a means of early intervention and retrieval, the Hillbrow Drop-In Centre became a net for girls who had fallen through the holes in the system.
Intombi Shelter for Girls
The difficulties experienced in facilitating reintegration and therapeutic practices for the younger girls from the Drop-In Centre, led to a second phase in 1995. Intombi Shelter was established. Intombi Shelter provides a temporary home, where girls under nineteen can find safety and care for a few months, allowing an opportunity for us to prepare them for referral or preferably, reintegration with their families.
At the start of the 1996/97 financial year, the Gauteng Government’s Department of Welfare, granted financing for shelters for homeless persons. The House’s Drop-In and Intombi Shelters qualified for funding. This was a major breakthrough. Finally there was recognition and acknowledgement of the plight and existence of needy children and young women.
The House was one of the seven case studies presented to the World Congress against the Commercialisation of Children, held in Stockholm in 1996. The Embassy of the Netherlands sponsored The House to enable Jean and Adele to attend the conference.
Theosis Skills Centre
The Management of The House came to the realization that the greatest service that could be granted to young women was to provide them with a skill that would enable them to earn a living. These... show more young women could be trained to become instructors and so pass on their skills to their community members. This ripple effect could benefit many beyond the confines of their immediate community.
In 2002, the fourth phase of reintegration was implemented. The Theosis Skills Centre was established. At this centre, girls are taught how to manage a small
business and additional skills which include waitressing, hairdressing, computer literacy, banking and finances, administration, cooking, etiquette, deportment, communication skills, feminine hygiene, sewing and dressmaking etc.
Objectives and applications
1. To remove, or to assist in the removal from undesirable places, and to rehabilitate or to assist in the rehabilitation of young woman under the age of 19 years, who are involved in prostitution and/or subject to criminal exploitation, particularly to sexual abuse.
The House distributes pamphlets and posters in an attempt to invite girls to visit
The Drop-In, where we will attempt to assist them with their problems. The
younger ones will be sent to Intombi shelter for assessment.
The volunteers and staff members of The House do Street Work in an attempt to
carry out early intervention and prevention.
Girls are referred to The House Projects by other organisations, such as the
Department of Welfare, the Department of Health, the Child Protection Unit and other Welfare Institutions.
2. To give advice, assistance, shelter, guidance and direction to persons under the age of 19 years who are:
2.1. Using, or are exposed to addictive substances.
2.2. Are exposed to undesirable influences, including cult influences and negative peer pressure.
2.3. Are destitute, abused or runaways from their homes and other institutions.
Girls in need of assistance and care are brought to the Drop-In. Our Social Worker provides counselling. The outcome of the counselling determines how the girl can be further helped. The girl may be referred to the Intombi Shelter or to another place of safety.
Girls visiting the Drop In and who are referred to the Intombi Shelter are provided with a ‘home’. They experience a home environment that includes the provision of clothing, bedding, food, education and skills training.
Girls are assessed and counselled with the aim of reintegrating them with their families or to assist them with a rehabilitation programme. If such a step is warranted, girls will be referred to a sanctuary where they will receive the necessary care.
To enable girls to become self-sufficient, they are enrolled in a course at our Theosis Skills Centre where they are taught several skills that will assist them in providing for themselves and becoming self-supporting.
3. To work with, and to assist law enforcement agencies, including the South African Police Services, Welfare Institutions, Correctional and Educational facilities, Institutions in the private sector, Churches and Religious Organisations, in removing, rehabilitating, placing, and generally assisting the persons referred to above.
The House Projects assists law enforcement agencies, the South African Police Services and the CPU in the process of child protection.
The House works willingly with organisations such as welfare institutions, correctional and educational facilities, institutions in the private sector, churches and religious organisations.
We help in removing, rehabilitating, placing, and generally assisting the persons referred to above. We often serve as a holding facility for children brought to us by the Police or CPU. Children in a trauma situation who need to be kept safe for a night or two until the authorities can do their processing, are placed with us.
4. To work actively towards combating the criminal exploitation and abuse of such persons.
This phase and the following phase share the same modus operandi.
5. To educate, or assist in the education of the public in general, in matters related to: drug abuse, juvenile prostitution and Aids.
This objective is reached by means of the dissemination of pamphlets and other literature as well as by providing counselling.
Street Workers of The House are on the inner city streets on a daily basis. During the process of talking to and referring young girls, they regularly come across, or are informed, of children who are being abused or neglected.
During street work, Youth Care Workers inform teenage girls of the Hillbrow Drop-In and the service they can receive there. On the streets, girls are provided with informative pamphlets on HIV/Aids and ST diseases and Drug Addiction.
Condoms are available from street workers and from the Drop-In. Street Workers provide on the spot counselling and guidance.
Traumatised children will be brought to the Intombi shelter and our Social Worker will counsel them to determine what steps need to be taken to protect the child and/or how to empower her.
These are the aims and objectives of The House Group.
At the present moment we are able to provide a service for 50 girls and young woman between the ages of 14 and 18 years. Numbers vary because girls arrive and depart regularly.
Skills Trainings at the moment, is limited due to the following reasons:
a. Most of our girls are students attending a school. These girls have limited time for other skills. Homework takes priority.
b. Most of the girls, not attending school, attend skills classes at sister organisations. The House initiated and established a Skills Network in 2004.
The only skills training we provide at The House are: Computer Literacy. Sewing and related skills. Cooking. Housekeeping. Basic literacy and accounting. Self motivation and empowerment. Hygiene and Aids awareness.
The House is partly funded by the Department of Social Services. The rest of our required funding consists of public and corporate donations.
The House is managed by a voluntary Board of Directors and a remunerated Managing Director.
We hope that this short description of The House and the projects managed by our organisation will enable the readers to realise how vital the task that we endeavour to fulfil is to destitute young women.
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Hillbrow Drop-In Centre
The House Group of Projects had its beginning in May 1991 when a Drop-In Centre in Hillbrow was started by Jean and Adele du Plessis to serve as a place where street girls could temporarily escape the pain of living on the streets. Within six months, Jean and Adele, working at grass roots level, gained recognition from the street children, the drug dealers and the sex trade operators. By doing Street Work as a means of early intervention and retrieval, the Hillbrow Drop-In Centre became a net for girls who had fallen through the holes in the system.
Intombi Shelter for Girls
The difficulties experienced in facilitating reintegration and therapeutic practices for the younger girls from the Drop-In Centre, led to a second phase in 1995. Intombi Shelter was established. Intombi Shelter provides a temporary home, where girls under nineteen can find safety and care for a few months, allowing an opportunity for us to prepare them for referral or preferably, reintegration with their families.
At the start of the 1996/97 financial year, the Gauteng Government’s Department of Welfare, granted financing for shelters for homeless persons. The House’s Drop-In and Intombi Shelters qualified for funding. This was a major breakthrough. Finally there was recognition and acknowledgement of the plight and existence of needy children and young women.
The House was one of the seven case studies presented to the World Congress against the Commercialisation of Children, held in Stockholm in 1996. The Embassy of the Netherlands sponsored The House to enable Jean and Adele to attend the conference.
Theosis Skills Centre
The Management of The House came to the realization that the greatest service that could be granted to young women was to provide them with a skill that would enable them to earn a living. These... show more young women could be trained to become instructors and so pass on their skills to their community members. This ripple effect could benefit many beyond the confines of their immediate community.
In 2002, the fourth phase of reintegration was implemented. The Theosis Skills Centre was established. At this centre, girls are taught how to manage a small
business and additional skills which include waitressing, hairdressing, computer literacy, banking and finances, administration, cooking, etiquette, deportment, communication skills, feminine hygiene, sewing and dressmaking etc.
Objectives and applications
1. To remove, or to assist in the removal from undesirable places, and to rehabilitate or to assist in the rehabilitation of young woman under the age of 19 years, who are involved in prostitution and/or subject to criminal exploitation, particularly to sexual abuse.
The House distributes pamphlets and posters in an attempt to invite girls to visit
The Drop-In, where we will attempt to assist them with their problems. The
younger ones will be sent to Intombi shelter for assessment.
The volunteers and staff members of The House do Street Work in an attempt to
carry out early intervention and prevention.
Girls are referred to The House Projects by other organisations, such as the
Department of Welfare, the Department of Health, the Child Protection Unit and other Welfare Institutions.
2. To give advice, assistance, shelter, guidance and direction to persons under the age of 19 years who are:
2.1. Using, or are exposed to addictive substances.
2.2. Are exposed to undesirable influences, including cult influences and negative peer pressure.
2.3. Are destitute, abused or runaways from their homes and other institutions.
Girls in need of assistance and care are brought to the Drop-In. Our Social Worker provides counselling. The outcome of the counselling determines how the girl can be further helped. The girl may be referred to the Intombi Shelter or to another place of safety.
Girls visiting the Drop In and who are referred to the Intombi Shelter are provided with a ‘home’. They experience a home environment that includes the provision of clothing, bedding, food, education and skills training.
Girls are assessed and counselled with the aim of reintegrating them with their families or to assist them with a rehabilitation programme. If such a step is warranted, girls will be referred to a sanctuary where they will receive the necessary care.
To enable girls to become self-sufficient, they are enrolled in a course at our Theosis Skills Centre where they are taught several skills that will assist them in providing for themselves and becoming self-supporting.
3. To work with, and to assist law enforcement agencies, including the South African Police Services, Welfare Institutions, Correctional and Educational facilities, Institutions in the private sector, Churches and Religious Organisations, in removing, rehabilitating, placing, and generally assisting the persons referred to above.
The House Projects assists law enforcement agencies, the South African Police Services and the CPU in the process of child protection.
The House works willingly with organisations such as welfare institutions, correctional and educational facilities, institutions in the private sector, churches and religious organisations.
We help in removing, rehabilitating, placing, and generally assisting the persons referred to above. We often serve as a holding facility for children brought to us by the Police or CPU. Children in a trauma situation who need to be kept safe for a night or two until the authorities can do their processing, are placed with us.
4. To work actively towards combating the criminal exploitation and abuse of such persons.
This phase and the following phase share the same modus operandi.
5. To educate, or assist in the education of the public in general, in matters related to: drug abuse, juvenile prostitution and Aids.
This objective is reached by means of the dissemination of pamphlets and other literature as well as by providing counselling.
Street Workers of The House are on the inner city streets on a daily basis. During the process of talking to and referring young girls, they regularly come across, or are informed, of children who are being abused or neglected.
During street work, Youth Care Workers inform teenage girls of the Hillbrow Drop-In and the service they can receive there. On the streets, girls are provided with informative pamphlets on HIV/Aids and ST diseases and Drug Addiction.
Condoms are available from street workers and from the Drop-In. Street Workers provide on the spot counselling and guidance.
Traumatised children will be brought to the Intombi shelter and our Social Worker will counsel them to determine what steps need to be taken to protect the child and/or how to empower her.
These are the aims and objectives of The House Group.
At the present moment we are able to provide a service for 50 girls and young woman between the ages of 14 and 18 years. Numbers vary because girls arrive and depart regularly.
Skills Trainings at the moment, is limited due to the following reasons:
a. Most of our girls are students attending a school. These girls have limited time for other skills. Homework takes priority.
b. Most of the girls, not attending school, attend skills classes at sister organisations. The House initiated and established a Skills Network in 2004.
The only skills training we provide at The House are: Computer Literacy. Sewing and related skills. Cooking. Housekeeping. Basic literacy and accounting. Self motivation and empowerment. Hygiene and Aids awareness.
The House is partly funded by the Department of Social Services. The rest of our required funding consists of public and corporate donations.
The House is managed by a voluntary Board of Directors and a remunerated Managing Director.
We hope that this short description of The House and the projects managed by our organisation will enable the readers to realise how vital the task that we endeavour to fulfil is to destitute young women.
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September 21, 2016
Athena M. asked:Hi IKAGers. Anyone know of any women's shelters in Jozi who need clothing donations? Preferably an organisation that will come and collect clothes. Would be grateful for any suggestions.Carla H. replied:https://www.facebook.com/524736507558950 The House Group
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