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inspiring creative journeys


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National Marimba Festival 2012Best ensemble overallBest own arrangementBest arrangement o a set piece

Education Arica International Marimba and Steel Pan Festival 2012In the Mix Open Small Ensemble: 1st place

Proudly South AricanWon 3rd place in the International Marimba and Steel Pan Festival

Eisteddod or the Advancement o Music Open EnsembleMerit plus certicate

Edenvale Acting and Drama Society Festival 2012

Best director, Best original scriptBest ensemble I still ask myself why workshopped and directed byGcebile Dlamini

32nd Sancta One Act Play Festival 2012Best costume and Best novice production I still ask myself whyworkshopped and directed by Gcebile Dlamini

9th Annual National Eisteddod Academy Young Perormer

Awards 2012

Best senior drama perormer and Most inspiring perormer:Kediboni Rasekhula

BASA Award Site_Specic 2011 (Boitumelo partner and communityprojects) wins Basa Award together with Tsogo Sun International or theenvironmental category

End o year Exhibition at Campbell House Works through the heART

Naledzani Matshinge receives certifcate or ToT Training o Trainers rom LUCSA

Celebrating oursuccesses 2012

Music

Theate

Boitmelo


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1OUTREACH FOUNDATION INTEGRATED REPORT 2012

Table of contentsOur goals 2

Outreach through arts and skills development 3

Chairpersons report 4

Foreword by the executive director 5

Our values: Why we do what we do 6

Corporate governance 7

Reaching beyond: Why issue this integrated report? 8

Our material issues 8

Reaching out to our stakeholders 9

Our people 10

Relationships with our donors 11

Our impact on the natural environment 12

Our outreach work: What do we do? 12

The Hillbrow Music Centre hits all the right notes 13

Welcome to the Hillbrow Theatre 17

FairPlay 21

Boitumelo: Stitching our lives together 23

Computer Centre: Programmed or success 28

Kids Week: Making childs play o growing up 30

Counselling, care and support: Our door is always open 33

Hillbrow DayVision Youth Centre: Unlocking potential 35

Financial statements 38

GRI content table 40

Independent third party assurance statement 45


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Our goals2013 20181. Present and develop creative programmes that have a denite measurable social impact

2. Create sustainability on an organisational and nancial level

3. Proessionally run NPO that strives or good corporate governance and accountability

4. Create a space or the community that is sae, refective and inspiring

5. Promote transparency and integrity or our sta and participants

6. Develop artistic and creative excellence within the programmes


Hillbrow Passion directed by Linda Michael Mkhwanazi, performed by the St Ednas drama group.

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Outeach through arsand skills developmentOur VisionInspiring creative journeys

Our MissionThe Outreach Foundation is a faith-based inner citycommunity enrichment programme that facilitatespeople to achieve their full potential through creativeand artistic activities and education.

Faith in

our mission,our purpose,our communities,peoples potential

Passion forempowering people,education,the arts

NGO: Public Benet Organisations section 18A(1)(a) number: PBO 930 011 884Nonprot Organisations Act, 1997 (Act 71 o 1997) Registration number: 041-238 NPOVAT number: 4530253543

30 Edith Cavell Street, Hillbrow, South AricaPO Box 17098, Hillbrow 2038Tel: 011 720 7011Fax: 011 725 2760

www.acebook.com/OutreachFoundation


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Dear readers,

We are proud to present to you the 2012annual report o Lutheran Community OutreachFoundation (LCOF).

2012 has been an eventul year or us. Themost meaningul achievements were toconsolidate the leadership o the organisationand to lay out signicant milestones towardsre-dening our strategic identity. In August we

welcomed Thomas Wojciechowski as our newExecutive Director and at the end o the yearwe completed the rebranding o LCOF byintroducing our new logo.

Through our programmes we want to equippeople in the Hillbrow community to becomecondent sel-believers and solid citizens bytransorming their journeys o lie. We want toinspire creative journeys o hope byencouraging them to tell their stories o lie;stories which oten overfow with hardship,sorrow and anger. The refection on theirstories creates room or reconciliation and or

new beginnings. We want to oer a space inwhich our people can develop their potential

and grow. With that we want to give ourcontribution towards a renewed and great

society.

We believe that perorming and visual arts areideal vehicles or transormation. Thecombination o drama, music and crats, inconnection with skills development, gives ourprogramme a unique identity. A special ocusgoes to the development o youth, who are theuture o our society.

We want to thank the creative directors and allmembers o sta or their dedication, theirdiscipline and determination in workingtowards those goals. You are great stars!

We are such a vibrant organisation becauseo you.

Last, but not least, we want to express ourdeep appreciation and thankulness to all thepeople, organisations and institutions thathave supported us in many ways. Without yoursupport, next to nothing could have beenachieved. With this report we want to giveeedback on the ruits o your commitment tous. Transparency and accountability are dearvalues to us. It is in our interest that youreceive regular and accurate updates on howwe have ventured.

This report is meant to be an account o whatcan happen i we join hands and work togethertowards common objectives. I we walktogether, there will be no challenges to whichwe have to surrender. Receive this report as ahumble attempt to witness the wonderulthings that we have experienced in 2012.

On behal o the LCOF Board o Directors

Gunnar Bsemann

Chairperson

Chairersonsrepor

Chairpersons report


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Foreword by the

Executive Director

foreword by the exeCutive direCtor

It is a great honour, as the newly appointedExecutive Director, to present Outreach

Foundations rst annual integrated report.This serves to place the organisation withinthe global movement towards responsible and

transparent report writing, to keep ourstakeholders well inormed and to

create a measurable pathwaytowards sustainability.

Outreach Foundation wasounded in 1999, by theLutheran Congregation

Church o Peace in Hillbrowand was started with a ewsmall projects. The main

goal was to serve thecommunity o Hillbrow by oering opportunitiesor people to reach their ull potential and tohelp create better lives or themselves throughvarious art and skills developmentprogrammes.

At that time nobody expected the Foundationto ll a big gap which was not merely to helppeople through donations, but rather toaccompany people on a journey through parto their lives, to invite people to expressthemselves through the arts, and to celebrateall cultures in a sae and creative environment.

The Foundation has grown since that time.Today we have a sta o 33 employees, bothull-time and part-time. We are united in thisone goal: leading the people to reach their ullpotential o lie.

Founded by the Lutheran Church in Hillbrow,we are still a aith-based community. Our aithas an organisation invites all people withoutasking who they are and what they believe.We are all Gods creation. And we all have theright to live as ree people with dignity. Ouraith ensures that they get both the reedom

and the dignity that they deserve. This is thetestimony that we oer through our daily work.

Outreach Foundation has grown in leaps andbounds. And we are very thankul to the

community o Hillbrow or trusting us. Besidesour main arts and culture projects (which areHillbrow Theatre, Hillbrow Music School, andBoitumelo), we are also running a Youth Centreand open-door counselling sessions. Inaddition, we have our Kids Week three timesa year, which attracts about 500 childrenevery time.

We can do all o this work because o thegenerous unding rom the Lutheran WorldFederation (LWF) in Geneva, Bread or theWorld (ormerly Evangelical DevelopmentService, EED) in Germany, Evangelical Lutheran

Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM, Germany),MacShipping in Germany, Rand Merchant Bank(RMB) South Arica, National LotteryDistribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) and variousdepartments o the South Arican governmentand the City o Johannesburg.

We are looking back at 13 successul years.Outreach Foundation is well established in thecommunity o Hillbrow, and we are proud owhat we have achieved.

Although I oten start my workday at 07:00,I am not always the rst to arrive at the

premises. People are already in ront o ourmain building waiting or the counsellorbecause they know that they will be listenedto, and they will get the help that they need.We are able to be there or the peoplebecause o the trust that they have in usas a oundation.

Nevertheless, the time has come or us toask ourselves again about our goals and ourvision. We are asking what the impacts on thecommunity really are, and what tools we useor measuring these impacts. To help ndanswers to all these questions, we set up

various workshops, which assist us inanswering questions such as these:


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What is our strategy as Outreach Foundationor the next ten years? Where would we like to

be ater this period? What is our vision andwhat do we need to ull this vision? What kindo work do we have to do? Is there any need tochange our projects? Do we have enougheducational inputs? Do we need to adjust ourocus? What are the tools to monitor and toevaluate our work? And how do we implementthese tools?

This is an ongoing process. Were realisingthat we may have to sharpen our ocus andimplement better tools or achieving our goals.We are not working alone on this; we areguided by two proessional agencies, InsideOut

and CDRA (Centre or Developmental Practice),both situated in Cape Town. With their help,we are coming up with a new structure orOutreach Foundation that will be in placeby the end o 2013.

I end this on a personal note. I have beeninvolved with Outreach Foundation or over10 years because o my previous work inGermany. It was an honour or me to becomethe executive director o this Foundation.I am the th executive director in the last veyears and, as such, the expectations o mysta have been quite high. But when I realised

the engagement o the entire sta and theimpact they have had in the peoples lives, Iwas more than happy to accept the job. I amproud to be a part o this wonderul oundationand I believe that we are on the right path tomaking it sustainable.

My thanks goes to the entire sta, and to allour unders and donors.

Thomas Wojciechowski

Executive director

Although I oen star my workday at07:00, I am not always the rst toarive at the premises. People are

already in ont of our main buildingwaiting for the counsellor becausethey know that they will be listenedto, and they will get the help that theyneed. We are able to be there for thepeople because of the tst that theyhave in us as a foundation.

Outreach Foundation aims to restore active humansel-worth and aspires to building peoples pride andbelie in their worthiness and potential as worthymembers o society.

We at Outreach Foundation believe that all peoplehave the potential to make a positive contribution totheir community and shape their own utures.

The values that we seek to instil throughparticipation in our programmes are the ollowing:

n Humanity/Dignity: Every person has the right tohumanity/dignity.n Equality/Acceptance: We serve all people withequality, independent o gender, sexual orientation,age, colour, disability, religion and socialbackground.n Awareness: We are aware o what people need.n Passion: We serve the people with passion.n Political consciousness: We encourage people totake responsibility or their own rights.n Anti-violence: Our behaviour and our language arepeaceul.

Our core purpose is facilitating people to reach

their full potential

Our values:

Why we dowhat we do


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During 2012, Outreach Foundation realisedthat the organisation needed to deepen itsunderstanding o the environment it operatesin. South Arica is a unique country andOutreach Foundation recognises this. At thesame time, we are also a player in a globalenvironment. This means that we constantlyhave to scan the context in which we operateand make sure that we unction at a level thatcan be compared to best practice.

For this reason, Outreach Foundation hasembarked on a process o measuring andmanaging its perormance in an integratedmanner. One o the outputs is this integratedreport, which presents a signicant milestoneor Outreach Foundation. This report has beenprepared and assured in accordance with theGlobal Reporting Initiative (GRI), the leadinginternational standard or sustainabilityreporting. In line with international bestpractice, we have sought to obtain externalassurance o the report as compliant with therequirements or GRI application level C+.

Our aim with the publication o this integratedreport is to provide a transparent andinormative document to stakeholders whichwill serve as a point o departure towardsa long-term goal o global standard reporting.

The report will also be used as a tool ormeasurable sustainability and growth.

As Outreach Foundation embarks on thisjourney, we commit to continuous improvement

Reaching beyond:

Why issue this integated repor?o our perormance, not only in line with theGRI but above all in response to ourenvironment and the need o our stakeholders.For this, our rst integrated report, OutreachFoundation provides an overview o our peopleand our seven programme areas, namely:

n Hillbrow Music Centren Hillbrow Theatre Projectn Boitumelon Computer Centren Counsellingn Kids Weekn DayVision Youth Centre

Specic emphasis is placed on the valueadded by our donors and partners, and theimpact o our work in the community that weserve. There were no specic limitations onthe scope and boundary o this report.

Since this is our rst integrated report, nosignicant changes were made in terms omeasurement method, boundary, scope andbasis or reporting or the restatement oinormation provided in earlier reports.

We realise that this is but a starting point westill have a long way to go!

This report covers the period 1 January to31 December 2012.

For more inormation on this report, pleasecontact the Executive Director, ThomasWojciechowski on 011 720 7011, [email protected].

As part o this new reporting journey we had todene what makes us who we are, what inormsour decisions and what drives our business. Wehad to take an in-depth look at what our real

issues our material issues are.We scheduled a workshop with a range o ourmanagers and sta during which we had anin-depth brainstorm session to really get to thenitty gritty o what makes our Foundation work.Honest conversation resulted in us gainingseveral insights.

Our top 10 material issues:n Identity: A clear understanding o the overallpurpose, understanding and direction o theorganisationn Management: A notable managementpresence and set structuren Funding: From large organisations as well as

individual donationsn Transparency: Clear communication, setstructure and ability to isolate responsibility

Our material issuesn Passion: For projects as well as theorganisation as a whole, whileaccommodating the passion o others asbeing unique and equally important

n Creativity: In programmes, problem-solvingwithin the organisation, and addressing theneeds o the surrounding communityn Internal communication: Clearcommunication rom management aswell as communication in and amongstproject coordinatorsn Community/Beneft: Attaining a clearunderstanding o the needs o thecommunity and how the community benetsand can benet rom projectsn Employee wellness: General humanresource structures, as well as a sense ounity and purposen Teamwork: Between management and

projects as well as in and amongst projectsthemselves

Identifying material issues


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Reaching out

to our stakeholdersDuring a series o interactive conversationsand exercises involving a number o attendeesrom the Hillbrow Outreach Foundation, weidentied our stakeholders those individualsand organisations involved in our operations.Our main stakeholder groups include:

n Sta, volunteers and internsn Donorsn Beneciariesn Local communityn Government

Ordering our material issues

Identifying our stakeholders

n Lutheran Churchn Board o governorsn NGO partnersn Suppliersn Customers

The nature and requency o engagement

depend on each groups particular needs.Further details on each stakeholder groupare provided under the relevant sections inthis report.


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Outreach Foundations employees area creative bunch o people, who arepassionate about their work at the Foundation.

Outreach Foundation currently employs13 ull-time and 20 part-time sta memberswho ull the ollowing unctions:n Programme directorsn Admin stan Volunteers and interns

Looking after our employeesOur employees primarily choose this careerbased on their commitment to communitywork. We believe that sta should be rewardedor this dedication.

The various programmes oer appropriatetraining as required or their acilitators inpartnership with organisations such as BASAmentorship training, Legends Fetola and theLUCSA training programme. No specic health

and saety training has been conducted duringthe reporting period.

Remuneration and beneft policyOutreach Foundation uses the Paterson JobGrading System and pays on the median.Currently, due to historical reasons male andemale sta are not paid on the same salaryscale, but we are in the process o rectiyingthis in 2013. All ull-time employees areevaluated twice a year in terms o our internalmeasurement and evaluation policy.

Employees are ree to join a union o theirchoice.

Volunteers and internsOutreach Foundation uses both local andinternational volunteers. Internationalvolunteers join us once a year rom Germanyas part o the volunteer programme o theEvangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony.All these volunteers must be at least 18 yearso age and have nished high school. Theyselect one o the projects oered and twovolunteers are put orward or selection.

Local volunteers must be 18 years or olderand are interviewed to determine theirsuitability. Prior involvement in youth work isa prerequisite. As reward or their invaluablecontribution, these volunteers receive stipendswhen working on the Inner City High SchoolDrama Festival.

Directing their passion into making a creative

contribution to a shared vision is a keymotivating actor or our sta.

All our employees, volunteers and internshave ample knowledge, experience and skillsto contribute. For this reason, OutreachFoundation values their opinion and inputs.Regular sta and executive committeemeetings are scheduled to encourage opencommunication and encourage sta to sharetheir ideas.

Our people

No taining ofemployees in

anti-corptionpolicies andprocedures wasconducted. Onlyone incident ofcorption tookplace during thereporing periodand was dealtwith througha disciplinarhearing.

Employees by race

Black

69%White

31%

Employees by gender

Male

61%Female

39%

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Our donors are key to our business. Donorunding enables us to have a positive impacton our communities.

Outreach Foundation submits two proposals aswell as two progress reports annually to itsmain donors, the ELM and the EED.

All programmes submit a projected budget orwhat is needed to run the activities and projectsor the year. The executive team then reviewsand moderates the budget ater which it ispresented to the board or nal approval.

Programmes also undraise locally or specicproject drives and initiatives.

Local donors and unders are thanked bymeans o letters and they are invited to attendunctions as well as given small gits rom ourArts and Crats Department, Boitumelo. Inaddition, regular communication via socialmedia and website newsletters keep donors

Relationships withour donors

We acknowledge with thanks our main donors and partners:

Mac Shipping

Evangelisch-lutherisches

Missionswerk in

Niedersachen (ELM),

Germany

Evangelisches Werk fr

Diakonie und

Entwicklung, Germany

Lutheran World FederationRMB South Africa

National Lotteries BoardCity of Johannesburg

inormed o the impact o their unding on thebeneciaries.

Arts & Culture

Trust

Legends Fetola France South AfricaBusiness and Arts

South Africa

Funding received

3 million

2 million

1 million

800 000

400 000

200 000

100 000

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R289

R728 110

R2 267 112

R45 000

R15 729

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n Environmental impact measurement atOutreach Foundation is still in its inancyand we do not have any ormal policies orprocedures in place yet. While we constantlyencourage sta and beneciaries to useresources in a responsible manner, weacknowledge that we will have to increaseour ocus on this area.n We scan our monthly water and electricitybills or overt errors or deviations, thoughwe do not measure energy consumptionourselves.

Our impact on thenatral environment

n During 2012, we have used 492 kl o waterand 75 535 kWh o electricity.n We measure paper usage by keepingphysical records o the amount o papereach project uses. Paper is recycled by aprivate company.n No nes or non-monetary sanctions ornon-compliance with environmental laws andregulations were incurred during thereporting period.

Outreach Foundations work can be dividedinto seven distinct programme areas. Thougheach o these programmes has a very specicocus, they are connected by a commonpurpose and vision.

n Hillbrow Music Centren Hillbrow Theatre Projectn Boitumelon Computer Centren Counsellingn Kids Weekn DayVision Youth Centre

At the beginning o the year, the creativedirectors o the programmes put orward theirplanned ongoing activities, initiatives, drivesand specic projects to the executive teamor discussion and endorsement. Ad hocprogrammes are also approved in this mannerthroughout the year.

Projects are monitored by means o variousassessment processes but no distinctprocesses are currently used universally

across the organisation.

Our outreach work:

What dowe do?

OUR BENEFICIARIES 2012

COMPUTER CENTRE

MALE 82 HILLBROW 255

FEMALE 244 SOWETO 22

OTHER 49

TOTAL 326 326

BOITUMELOMALE 11 HILLBROW 43FEMALE 56 SOWETO 14

OTHER 10

TOTAL 67 67

THEATRE



OTHER 37

TOTAL 162 162

MUSIC

MALE 85 HILLBROW 71

FEMALE 25 SOWETO 8

OTHER 31

TOTAL 110 110

YOUTH

MALE 26 HILLBROW 69

FEMALE 43 SOWETO

OTHER

TOTAL 69 69

KIDS WEEK

MALE 516 HELPERS MALE 51

FEMALE 932 HELPERS FEMALE 118

TOTAL 1 448 169

COUNSELLING



OTHER 49

TOTAL 404 404

FINANCIAL LITERACY(discontinued)

MALE 10 HILLBROW 27

FEMALE 21 SOWETO 3

OTHER 1TOTAL 31 31



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the proGraMMes: THE HIllbROw mUsIC CENTRE

The Hillbrow Music Centre

hits all the right notes

music

The Hillbrow CommunityMusic Centre was started

in 1998 in response to theoverwhelming need o

children and youth inHillbrow and the surrounding

inner city area or extra-curricular

activities ater school and overweekends. The Music Centres key rolein the organisation is providing musiceducation to its beneciaries as wellas a platorm or income-generatingprojects and entrepreneurship.

While studying music is un, italso helps to develop well-

rounded individuals and societies.Studies show that music lessons

make students more receptive atschool and promote sequentialthinking. It helps the children and youth

to develop their concentration skills,

logical thinking, long-term memory andcoordination.

The students are encouraged to participatein quarterly concerts, which give them theopportunity to showcase their development.

This boosts their sel-condence and theircommunication skills are enhanced throughregular group work in preparation or concerts.

Tuition is currently oered in:n pianon violinn trombonen marimban cellon trumpetn

guitarn recordern saxophonen clarinet

Our participants are able to take part ina variety o ensembles:n Junior and senior string ensemblesn Primary school, high school and proessionalmarimba ensemblesn Youth Jazz Band (Jazz on The Hill) andProessional Arican Jazz band (Abangani) inall age groups

Classes are held weekdays in the aternoons

and on Saturday mornings.


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The Music Centes key role in the organisation is providing musiceducation to its beneciaries as well as a platfor for income-

generating projects and entepreneurship.

The Music Centre employs 11 sta members,who discuss strategy and activities duringvarious ormal and inormal meetings

throughout the year. Two oreign and onelocal volunteer are also assisting at theMusic Centre.

Our impact on the communityn A total o 71 students received tuition in thetheory and practice o a variety o musicalinstruments.n Income-generating projects create income,which has a huge impact on amilies.Records o perormances are kept anddocumented with the nance department.n Students take Unisa music examinationsand receive marks and comments, which are

led and documented. Some students go onto receive scholarships at the NationalSchool o the Arts.

Our stakeholdersThe Music Centres NGO partners include:n The Johannesburg Youth Orchestra receives some o our participants into theirensembles and also oers invitations to reeworkshops and perormances.n Kingsmead College we participate in theirannual orchestra estival and receivedonations and instruments throughoutthe year.

n Beaulieu Preparatory School we participatein their annual strings workshop.


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n Initiate an ater-school homework educationprogramme in order to create a responsibleeducation path or learners romgrades 4 to 7. The homework programmewould also help with engaging guardiansand parents.n Growth in numbers o the Jazz on the Hilljazz band.n Start a proessional youth choir that wouldrepresent Outreach Foundation at estivals,competitions and events.

Our aspirations for the future

(Sasha Sonnbichler Creative director)

www.outreachoundation.co.za

www.acebook.com/HillbrowMusicCentre

n Jan Celliers School participate in anannual charity concert or the Music Centreand receive small donations throughoutthe year.n Opera Arica oers us ree perormancetickets to promote opera in South Arica.n Parkview Christmas Market our studentsperorm at the annual event and receivedonations rom them.n The National School o the Arts ourstudents audition and can be acceptedon ull bursaries i good enough.n Lovemore Music supplies us withinstruments and repairs at discountedprices.

n Svend Christiansen provides repairs orstringed instruments at a discounted price.n Unisa oers ree examinations.

We meet with all partners on an ongoing basisas and when required.

The Music Centre acknowledges with thanksits main local donors:n Rand Merchant Bankn The Olthaver Trustn St Johns Collegen St Stithians Collegen Gauteng legislaturen SAMROn Jan Celliersn Kingsmead College



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Our stakeholdersn FairPlay was conducted in partnership with

ASSITEJ South Arica, Drama or Lie, ArtistProo Studio, Ntsoana Dance Company,Gauteng Department o Education andConstitution Hill.n LZD Lezard Dramatique conductedmulti-disciplinary workshops whichculminated in a perormance on12 December at the Hillbrow Theatre.JP Delore, Artistic Director o LezardDramatique, brought together a team oFrench and South Arican artists whocollaborated with young artists rom theBoitumelo Project, Hillbrow Youth Centre,

Hillbrow Music Centre and the HillbrowTheatre Project or a project titledA VeryStrong Present.n Sean Hart (his work embraces a variety omedia principally painting and photography,but also video, drawing and perormance)worked with a group o nine young childrenexploring street theatre. A series o videoswas created in collaboration with theparticipants.n Catherine Laval (costume designer andplastic artist) brought together participantsrom the Boitumelo Project and Hillbrow

Theatre Project to create costumes out oound material.n Alexandre Meyer (composer) collaboratedwith Lindiwe Matshikiza and the HillbrowMusic Centres jazz band.n Jean Paul Delore (stage director author andactor) started work on two duets withGerard Bester and Nick Welch, and Lindiwe

Play is the work of children, andthrough play, acting and singing,children work through issues thatthey have to face on a daily basis.

Waverley Girls High School, Inner City High Schools Drama Festival

ASSITEJ South Africas World Day for Theatre for children and young people

workshop at Hillbrow Theatre

St Endas Secondary School,Inner City High Schools Drama Festival

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERICA LTTICH


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Matshikiza and Sisanda Mthombeni(11 years old).n Lindiwe Matshikiza (independent actor,writer and director working in theatre, lm,and television) worked with a young groupo HTP participants to create a soundscape.See attached report.n Nick (Nicholas Richard Holmes Pule) Welch,alias Gwaza Juse, or Pule (actor/clown,linguist, hip hop producer and rap artist)created a dance work in collaboration with akrump group based at the Hillbrow YouthCentre and a group o young participants othe Hillbrow Theatre Project. The event wasorganised as part o the France-South Arica

Seasons 2012 and 2013. www.rance-southarica.comn The Joburg Arts Alive International Festivaland Arts and Culture Trust unded the8th Inner City High Schools Drama Festivalin 2012.

Our aspirations for the futuren Be a hub or the youth to nd inormation ortheir uture goalsn Run an inormative recreation centren Have a youth riendly space where youth canaccess inormation regarding their healthyliestylesn Develop a youth peer counselling and peereducational group


the proGraMMes: THE HIllbROw THEATRE (continued)

Edenvale Acting and Drama Society Festival

2012: Best director, Best original script, Best

ensemble I Still Ask Myself Why

workshopped and directed by Gcebile Dlamini

32 Sancta One Act Play Festival 2012: Best

Costume and Best Novice Production

I Still Ask Myself Why workshopped anddirected by Gcebile Dlamini

9th Annual National Eisteddod Academy

Young Perormer Awards 2012: Best senior

drama performer and most inspiring performer

Kediboni Rasekhula

Gerard Bester, Creative DirectorHillbrow Theatre

n In 2011 The Hillbrow Theatre Project wasaccepted or the Business Arts South AricaMentorship Programme. We have beenprivileged to have been mentoredby Gail Lemmert, Executive: Sustainability,Transormation and OrganisationalPerormance, Barloworld Automotive.We have engaged in strategy and policydevelopment.n Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborativeinterns conducted dance workshops or oneo our ater-school groups on Wednesdays atthe Hillbrow Theatre.n Hillbrow Theatre Project acknowledges withgratitude the support o its main corporatedonor, Rand Merchant Bank.

Other partners include:n South Arican National Community TheatreAssociationn Edenvale Acting and Dramatics Societyn Wits School o the Arts

www.outreachfoundaon.co.za

www.facebook.com/HillbrowTheatreProject

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Our feel goodstory for 2012!The winning school this year, Afro Kombs, was actively discouraged by the principal to

take part in the drama workshops and the festival. We provided a rehearsal space at the

Hillbrow Theatre and a facilitator who worked with this determined group of learners. The

learners then contributed R20.00 each towards the registration fee to show their

commitment and perseverance.

What I did not like is that the School didnt want anything to do with the

Theatre. We as students and the Director had to struggle to find money to pay

because theatre is what we like and we do not want to lose/participate in

anything that doesnt involve this project. We had the good and bad times

together.

That our school tried their best to bring something unique. It changed your life

from a spectator where I used to live in my own corner but now I have a social

life. The community I believe they have now understood where these street kids

come from. It has actually upgraded my standard at school. To tap into my

emotions was the best thing I learnt. If you are doing drama the fresh thing to

do is respect, to respect your director and your cast the important thing is to

know how to speak to your cast and listening to your director or other directors.

Andy Maphoto Participant Inner City High Schools Drama Festival 2012



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Saturday saw the culmination o the project ina public perormance o all the site-specicpieces. The audience were led on a historic

journey, which began at the entrance o the OldFort, winding down to Prison number our,outside the Constitutional Court and nallymeeting up in ront o the entrance steps othe Constitutional Court. Here NkunziNkabinde spoke passionately about his ownchanging identity within the context o thehistory o South Arica and our present-day

constitutional democracy.Ater this Janet Watts spoke briefy to thehistory o the project and acknowledged andthanked some o the FairPlay partners.

The participants then collected the paperprayer fags they had made on Thursday andthen made their way onto the ramparts dividingthe Old Fort and Constitution Hill, therebyrefecting on our past and looking to our uture.The fags were then ceremoniously placed onthe ramparts as a nal pledge to bring aboutairness in our country.

Before the project took off facilitators from Hillbrow Theatre and

Wits University (including yours truly) converged to do a tour of the

area so as to identify those spaces that they were drawn to in

terms of what the space offers. After identifying the spaces we

were taken through various body exercises that helped us identify

with and understand the space. This was facilitated by Vaughn

Sadie, a man who is a guru with site-specific work and body as

a method of mapping and telling stories. We also looked at what

themes emerged through identifying movable and immovable objects

in the space. Such identifying was aided by the invaluable tourguidance that we were given by the tour guide.

DFL student

It was motivating, stimulating, mind boggling, thought provoking and,

above all, instilled in me some great ideas to use with my pupils

High school teacher

PHOTOGRAPH BY VAUGHAN SADIE

On day our all participants came together topart take in a prayer fag workshop conductedby the Artist Proo Studio at Hillbrow Theatre.On this day we were joined by a group ochildren rom The Twilight Childrens home.


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boitumelo

We directly tackle a number o social needs interms o community development in Hillbrow,Diepsloot, Soweto, Kagiso and in Siteke inSwaziland. Our aim is to build capacity and to

empower citizens to make eective choices orthe amily with regard to education, supportgrants rom government, social supportcollectively and accessing other educationalopportunities or themselves.

Boitumelo Project oers arts and cratseducation to about 120 participants,predominantly women, who nd themselves innancial diculty and require assistance tosupport their amilies. Boitumelo oerstraining in sewing, embroidery, colourexploration, crochet and knitting, paper mach,weaving, mosaic and sewing machine skills.

Participants also actively engage in discussingand working through social issues, includingamily relationships, group work, social

awareness and environmental pressures.The result o this process o dialogue is thecreation o a wide variety o products thatare sold as unctional items and well-respected art.

Boitumelo sta comprises our acilitators and

one administrative assistant, as well as twovolunteers and one intern.

The our acilitators have a wide range oexperience, having been through the Boitumelotraining themselves and are constantlyupgrading their skills by attending workshopsat other organisations.

Our impact on the communityDuring 2012, we directly impacted120 participants through providing support,teaching and counselling. We organised andoered curating skills to our exhibitions and

over 20 workshops.Our stakeholdersBoitumelo Project has participated ininternational collaborations concerning issuesincluding environmental pollution, SouthAricas path to liberation and democracy, theharsh realities o city lie, identity, xenophobia,violence and poverty. Boitumelo hassuccessully participated in numerous artscompetitions and exhibitions both nationallyand internationally since 2001.

BoitumeloStitching our lives

togetherThe main focus of Boitmelo Project using ars education as a tool tofacilitate creative oppornities for paricipants is to exlore the serioussocial issues faced by poor and marginalised inhabitants of Johannesburg andkey outlying communities of Gauteng.

the proGraMMes: bOITUmElO

PHOTOGRAPH BY ERICA LTTICH


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Boitumelo acknowledges with thanks its NGO

partners and corporate donors or theirinvaluable support by means o unding,training, time and strategic thinking:n Rand Merchant Bankn First Randn Fetola Legends Programmen William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberleyn Sarah McGuigan at Campbell Housen Johannesburg Art Galleryn Department o Social Welaren Department o Home Aairsn Gauteng Department o Arts and Culturen The City o Johannesburgn Imbali Visual Literacy Projectn Valued Citizens Initiativen Lutheran Churches o Southern Arica (LUCSA)n Lunodian Hillbrow Policen Site-Specic Land Art Biennalen Bitou Municipality, Western Cape

n Extend our current curriculum to includecommunities in the Greater Karoo and thewider Southern Arica region

n Increase sales outlets and increase retailootprint

n External training opportunities oracilitators and craters

n Tours to Germany that include craters,musicians and theatre perormers

n Road trips in South Arica to urtherpromote and explore arts and crats

n Present and extend external workshops toartists and craters in the Gauteng area aswell as the North West Province

n Exhibitions in South Arica or artists andcraters

n Develop visual art activities or studentsoered in a studio space in Gauteng

n Participate in Site-Specic Land ArtBiennale exploring art-making in thelandscape and oer workshops or cratersand high school learners



PHOTOGRAPH BY ERICA LTTICH



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In August at a Business Arts in South Arica(BASA) Awards Ceremony at the Wits Gallery,Site-Specic Land Art Event in conjunction withTsogo International Sun won the prize or theenvironmental awareness category.

The end-o-year exhibition at Campbell House,in partnership with Imbali Visual LiteracyProject and Valued Citizens, took place rom15 November to 15 December 2012. This isan annual event that Boitumelo organises toinvite partners, clients and unders to extendmarket days or the public and or students to

In 2011, the City o Johannesburg approachedthe Outreach Foundation, Hillbrow, to set upa community-led arts development programmein Orange Grove to oering high school youthand women access to creative development.

The Foundation planned a ull and contextually

rich programme with support rom the variousacilitators to initiate a journey o creativedevelopment in Orange Grove. FacilitatorsKhutjo Green and Linda Michael Mkhwanaziprepared a theatre course or high schoollearners, and Naledzani Matshinge and MaryMawela initiated a sewing circle or young


adults and mothers. Robert van Wyk led themural team to activate decorating the buildingrom the Louis Botha Avenue side to expressthoughts and ideas rom all the participants.

The project used the visual and perormingarts in a nurturing manner to develop sel-

worth that would enable children andteenagers to explore their roles at school, athome and within their community. Theworkshops oered on Saturdays includedgames, story telling, drawing, painting andexploring the identity o sel.

learn how to handle a market day and anexhibition. This is part o a strategic campaignto promote the artwork and products o theBoitumelo project. The exhibition was calledWorks through the heART.

Naledzani Matshinge completes (as one o 14participants rom Southern Arica) her Trainingo the Trainers course with LUCSA. MaryMawela starts her training with Legends Fetolaater Boitumelo is selected as one o thebeneciaries.

Orange Grove Saturday Arts Project

the proGraMMes: bOITUmElO (continued)

PHOTOGRAPHBY

ERICA

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We are particularly grateul or the support othe City o Johannesburg, who made thisproject possible or the people rom OrangeGrove.


www.acebook.com/BoitumeloProject

www.acebook.com/saturdayartsproject



The teaching oered to women in OrangeGrove included design, pattern making andsewing machine skills. The Saturday ArtsProject oered integrated creative programmes

or all.On average, 19 people attend the theatregroup each month.

Mary Mawela leads the women in OrangeGrove. Every second Saturday they attend theBoitumelo Project in Hillbrow with NaledzaniMatshinge to develop more skills. On average,17 people per month attend the Crats Group.

Arica Day on 26 May 2012 was celebratedwith perormances, an exhibition o thewomens art and crat work and the drawingsand exploration owe live in Joziby the Little

Dynamites (a preschool group).

While income generation is

high on the agenda for 60

craers who aend the weekly

taining and creative

workshops, the focus at

Boitmelo is ver much on

laying a solid foundation for

the development of the whole

individual.

Boitumelo team


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An article on Boitumelo published in Sawubona Magazine (in-ight magazine or South Arican Airways

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Progammed forsuccess

Computer Centre

computer

High unemployent is a national crisis and paricularly aects the youth.

This is also evident in Hillbrow and the inner cit. In addition, education isver exensive in South Aica. Many young people om poor backgounds oreven average families cannot aord to frher their stdies. Consequently, theynd themselves roaming the steets aer completing matic, or dropping outof school due to nancial reasons. Basic computer skills taining is one of themany requirements that a job seeker needs to enter in the job market.

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The Computer Centre ocuses on thetechnological side o creativity and trainslearners in practical and essentialcomputer skills.

The introduction o basic computer skillstraining has signicantly impacted the Hillbrowcommunity. Not only does this help boostlearners condence and build their sel-esteem, but it also ensures a skills base thatprospective employers may nd appealing.

Many o our trainees have ound employmentand are earning a decent living.

The project has extended its scope with aneven more creative ocus and creative designclasses were introduced in May 2013. Thecreative design classes enable the learnersto be creative and create their own meanso earning a living in uture.

Our impact on the communityDuring 2012, a total o 326 young peopleregistered or courses at the Computer Centre,with the average age being 29 and theyoungest being 19. Most o our participantswere direct reerrals rom either our previousstudents or rom people in the community.

Our stakeholdersThrough engagement with organisations suchas Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator,NYPA and others, our participants tookadvantage o the opportunity o training withus. As a result o this training, at least 15have secured permanent employment.

Designing systems or measuring our impact ina methodical manner is part o our uturestrategy.


Like I promised that I will let u know how we went at the

interviews, Wise the happiness I feel right now its even hard 2

explain it WELL Tholakele & I we made it. Im still in shock coz I

thought out of 55 people will I make it? But thanks GOD I did,

WISE 2 me u have become a candle that burns itself but shines

4 evry1,uv bin great and I appreciate all youve done for us

because it has brought me 2 where I am today. You and your

training have been such a blessing, the thought that after I

completed my metric and I had nothing to do, I was hopeless but u

brought light into my life & I was fortunate enough to get to learn

how to use a computer which @ de end opened so many doors for

me thru someone who is self-motivated, kind, & committed 2

integrity.

Thanks Wise & I wanna make a promise not only to you, but to

myself too that I will continue working hard because you taught

us that THE HARDER YOU WORK DA LUCKIER YOU BECOME

May GOD bless you KWANDE LA UTHATHE KHONA sharp, Ill

still keep in touch!

Anna Ntombizonke Simelane


n Add more oerings to our course package

n Engage more with DayVision Youth centre,and other organisations to nd ways or thecollaboration

n Obtain accreditation o courses

n Create a sae and riendly space or thecommunity by:

q Structuring a public internet ca wherethe public can sur the net constructivelyby searching and applying or jobs

q Including an ater-school resource that willassist students who are still at schoolwith research and other education-relatedinternet surng

n Market the creative classes properly so thatthey will be able to generate income orlearners through web creation and graphicdesign


www.acebook.com/HillbrowComputerCentre

Wiseman Ngobese

IT ofcer



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Making childs playof gowing up

Kids Week

kids

What is Hillbrow Kids Week?During the annual school holidays, the majorityo school-going children in Hillbrow and otherinner city areas do not have access to properrecreational activities or sae spaces which areree rom drugs and the temptations o urbanlie. Through the Kids Week event we try toprovide positive alternatives through embracingchildren as participants and young people ashelpers. During such a week between 380 and

400 children, led by 60 helpers, attend aull-day programme o Bible stories, un andgames, and recreational activities.

What is Kids Week?Aims

n To reach out, providing basic care andsupport to the children in the inner cityocusing on areas like Hillbrow, Berea,Yeoville and the inner city o Johannesburgn To create sustainable relationships withchildren in order to build trust, andstrengthen and discover sel-worth inchildren attending Kids Week

n To equip children with practical tools that willhelp them to cope with the challenges oliving in an urban environment, to becomeresponsible citizens o societyn To be a training ground or leadershipdevelopment or youth who serve as helpers

Focus groups:n Children aged 6 to 13 yearsn Young people aged 16 to 26 years(as helpers)

Kids Week takes place three times a yearduring the rst week o the Easter schoolholiday and the winter and summer holidaysrespectively.

What does it mean to be a helper/volunteer

during Kids Week?

During every Kids Week event, we normallyhave a group o 50 to 60 helpers or volunteerswho assist us. Helpers are divided into theollowing categories:n Main leaders who take responsibility orleading a groupn Assistant leaders who assist the main

leaders in organising and taking control othe group

In 2012, Hillbrow Kids Week played a major role in impacting and changingthe lives of the children of the inner cit of Johannesburg. The annual HillbrowKids Week events, which norally take place three times a year, again playeda major role in the mental, physical and spirital wellbeing of children duringthe school holidays. In most cases, children om the inner cit areas likeJouber Park, Hillbrow, Berea and Yeoville and also Johannesburg cit centecame and enjoyed themselves in a week of activities lled with fn andenterainment and most of all providing a space of care and suppor to

children coming onto our premises.

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Our aspirations for the futuren Giving support to the Kids Week group

Durban, initiated by the Lutheran Church inDurban. We are planning a visit to Durban inJune 2013.

n We are still challenged by the in-betweenKids Weeks period. What do we do overweek-ends and in what other way can the

Kids Week school holiday programmebecome more relevant and contribute in a

more sustainable manner to the emotionalwellbeing o the children?

n We need to create a stronger undraisinginitiative in order to support and sustain theKids Week expenses.

n Implement a process to support andsustain helpers assisting us duringKids Week.

Johan Robyn

Three times a year we embrace up to 400children to socialise, to play games and toattend to various workshops.

The key objectives o Kids Week are:n Reaching out to the children and youth in theinner city areas o Johannesburg.

n Providing psycho-social support and care tothe children attending Kids Week in acontinuum o care.n Establishing o sustainable relationshipswith children in order to build trust andstrengthen sel-worth in a sae space lledwith un and games.n Provide key youth leadership developmentalskills or youth at risk and giving themopportunities to serve the community oHillbrow as leaders.

Kids WeekEaster Kids Week: Bye, Bye yesterday,hello today.

Winter Kids Week: Everybody smiles in thesame language.

Summer Kids Week: I am who I am.

We thank the ollowing sponsors who madethis week possible: BAD BOYZ SecurityHillbrow, My Spar Hillbrow, EvangelicalLutheran Mission, Beeld Childrens Fund.

The Hillbrow Kids Week continued duringthe December school holidays as an attractiveaternoon activity to get children aged 6 to13 years old o the streets and trained inactivities o youth leadership development.Ministry training and skills developmentormed the core o this programme.

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Counselling, care and support intervention areprovided to the participants in our programmesand the community at large. These initiativesinclude the ollowing:n Case work We provide a reerral network osocial support to the community, orexample, in cases o people needing shelteror practical advice.n Pastoral counselling We providecounselling and pastoral assistance in theorm o regular debrieng sessions, and byoering structured counselling during eventso trauma and emergencies.n Community awareness We promoteawareness among the community andparticipation on issues aecting the moralbre o the urban society, such as childabuse, human tracking and drugs andtheir eects.

Counselling is provided rom 08:00 to 16:00on a daily basis and special arrangements canbe made or appointments. The counsellor,Johan Robyn, is assisted by a volunteer as wellas a social work student rom the University othe Witwatersrand.

Our impact on the communityThe impact o the counselling programme ismeasured by reviewing the outcomes oindividual assessments done, having ollow-upmeetings and obtaining eedback rom theparticipants.

Our stakeholders

We acknowledge with gratitude the support othe Department o Local Government and theDepartment o Social Development as well asthe community at large.

Our door is alwaysopen

Counselling,care and supportcounselling

the proGraMMes: COUNsEllING, CARE AND sUPPORT

The counselling progamme provides emotional suppor and employeewellbeing as well as suppor and care to beneciaries. We are communitbased, well established with beneciaries and relevant to the needsof the communit.


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Showcasing ourachievementsn The counselling programme is wellestablished in the community and the streetcommunity trust us with their lives.n For the past two years since we started the

drug and substance abuse intervention, oneclient has completed the rehabilitationprocess. He has been clean now or eightmonths and is doing very well.

Johan Robyn

www.outreachfoundation.co.za

www.facebook.com/HillbrowCounselling


n Appoint a emale counsellor.n Become a sae house providing 24-hourintervention.n Present a 7 day out o Hillbrow lie skillsinitiative with Hapororo (a youth organisationin Brits)n Become a lie skills academy oeringeducation in sot skills, e.g. onassertiveness, how to say NO, timemanagement, single parenting skills, etc.n Hold a quarterly community retreat.

n Oer structured youth/young adultmentorship activity.n Provide home visits.n In partnership with Boitumelo, host asite-specic event in Hillbrow usinglandscape, nature, recyclable resources,natural resources as a means o storytelling,sharing their stories and also sharing increating unique art pieces out o nature thatsymbolise pain and also symbolise

restoration.



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Unlocking potentialHillbrow DayVision Youth Centre

youth

the proGraMMes: HIllbROw DAyvIsION yOUTH CENTRE

The young people rom Hillbrow know all aboutthe challenges that Hillbrow is aced with, andare keen to participate in any programme thatenhances community development and theirsel-enrichment. However, many young peoplehave lost hope that their circumstances willever change, and motivating the youth toparticipate in our programmes remains achallenge.

The Youth Centre oers exciting programmesto young people between the ages o 13 and35. These programmes are aimed atequipping young people with lie skills or thepresent and or the uture.

n Youth service (every Friday at 17:00)n Movie review and panel discussionn Poetry sessionn Personal interaction gamesn News

The Youth Centre has a drop-in centre wherethe ollowing games are oered:n Chessn Basketballn Table tennisn Soccer (table)n Pool (snooker)n Dartsn Scrabblen Board games and a lot more

The DayVision Youth Cente creates a safe space for the youth to engagewith their peers in such a way that they gow up having a sense of belongingin the communit.


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Our aspirations for the futuren Be a hub or the youth to nd inormation ortheir uture goalsn Run an inormative recreation centren Have a youth-riendly space where youth canaccess inormation regarding their healthy

liestylesn Develop a youth peer counselling and peereducational group

Showcasing our

achievementsn Established a girl mentorship in partnershipwith the Constitutional Court emale clerksn We were the runners-up at the NorthrandCup soccer tournament held in Bryanston

Matome Moremi (Social Worker)

www.outreachfoundation.co.za

www.facebook.com/DayvisionHillbrow

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2012 2011R000 R000

RevenueChurch 286 342 230Corporate 728 110 307 600Foreign sponsors 2 269 112 1 113 342Government unding 400 000Individuals 15 726 1 332NLDTF 45 000 259 860

3 058 237 2 424 364

Other income

Sewing sales 284 018 200 930Rental income 359 919 295 131Project income 13 049

Interest received 127 486 151 022

771 423 660 132

Expenses (3 665 351) (3 171 345)

Surplus/(defcit) or the year 164 309 (86 858)

Detailed income statementor the year ended 31 December 2012


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41OUTREACH FOUNDATION INTEGRATED REPORT 2012 41OUTREACH FOUNDATION INTEGRATED REPORT 2012

2013 Outreach Foundation Integrated report

STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART I: Profle disclosures

3. Report parameters

Profle disclosure Description Reerence Section

3.1 Reporting period (e.g. scal/calendar year) orinormation provided

8 Why issue this integratedreport?

3.2 Date o most recent previous report (i any) 8 Foreword by the executivedirector

3.3 Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) 5 6 Foreword by the executivedirector

3.4 Contact point or questions regarding the report

or its contents

8 Why issue this integrated

report?3.5 Process or dening report content 8 Why issue this integrated

report? Our materialissues

3.6 Boundary o the report (e.g. countries, divisions,subsidiaries, leased acilities, joint ventures,suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol or urtherguidance


3.7 State any specic limitations on the scope orboundary o the report (see completenessprinciple or explanation o scope)


3.8 Basis or reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries,

leased acilities, outsourced operations, andother entities that can signicantly aectcomparability rom period to period and/orbetween organisations

8 Financial Statements (FS)

3.10 Explanation o the eect o any re-statementso inormation provided in earlier reports, andthe reasons or such re-statement (e.g.mergers/acquisitions, change o baseyears/periods, nature o business, measurementmethods)


3.11 Signicant changes rom previous reportingperiods in the scope, boundary, or measurementmethods applied in the report

8 Corporate governance

3.12 Table identiying the location o the StandardDisclosures in the report

40 45 GRI content table

3.13 Policy and current practice with regard to seekingexternal assurance or the report

45 47 Why issue this integratedreport?


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STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART I: Profle disclosures4. Governance, commitments and engagement

Profle disclosure Description Reerence Section

4.1 Governance structure o the organisation,including committees under the highestgovernance body responsible or specic tasks,such as setting strategy or organisationaloversight


4.2 Indicate whether the Chair o the highestgovernance body is also an executive ocer

5 6, 7 Foreword by the executivedirector; Corporategovernance

4.3 For organisations that have a unitary board

structure, state the number o members o thehighest governance body that are independentand/or non-executive members


4.4 Mechanisms or shareholders and employees toprovide recommendations or direction to thehighest governance body

10 Our people

4.8 Internally developed statements o mission orvalues, codes o conduct, and principles relevantto economic, environmental, and socialperormance and the status o theirimplementation

3 Our goals; Outreachthrough arts and skillsdevelopment; Our values

4.12 Externally developed economic, environmental,and social charters, principles, or other initiatives

to which the organisation subscribes or endorses


4.14 List o stakeholder groups engaged by theorganisation

9 Reaching out to ourstakeholders

4.15 Basis or identication and selection o stakeholders with whom to engage

9 Reaching out to ourstakeholders

STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART II: Disclosures on management approach (DMAs)

G3 DMA Description Reerence Section

DMA EN Disclosure on Management Approach EN 12 Our impact on the naturalenvironment

DMA LA Disclosure on Management Approach LA 10 Our people

STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Perormance indicators

EconomicPerormance

indicator Description Reerence Section

EC1 Direct economic value generated and distributed,including revenues, operating costs, employeecompensation, donations and other communityinvestments, retained earnings, and payments tocapital providers and governments

38 39 Financial statements

EC4 Signicant nancial assistance received romgovernment

39 Financial statements

EC8 Development and impact o inrastructureinvestments and services provided primarily orpublic benet through commercial, in-kind, or probono engagement

13 38 The programmes

GRI content table (continued)


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STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Perormance indicators

Environmental

Perormance


EN4 Indirect energy consumption by primary source 12 Our impact on the naturalenvironment

EN8 Total water withdrawal by source 12 Our impact on the naturalenvironment

EN26 Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts o products and services, and extent o impactmitigation

12 Our impact on the naturalenvironment

Social: Labour practices and decent work

Perormance


LA1 Total workorce by employment type, employmentcontract and region

5, 10 Foreword by the executivedirector; Our people

LA12 Percentage o employees receiving regularperormance and career development reviews

10 Our people

LA13 Composition o governance bodies andbreakdown o employees per category accordingto gender, age group, minority group membership,and other indicators o diversity

7, 10 Corporate governance;Our people

LA14 Ratio o basic salary o men to women byemployee category

10 Our people

Social: Human rights

Perormance


HR5 Operations identied in which the right to exercisereedom o association and collective bargainingmay be at signicant risk, and actions taken tosupport these rights

10 Our people

Social: Society

Perormance


SO3 Percentage o employees trained in organisationsanti-corruption policies and procedures

10 Our people

SO4 Actions taken in response to incidents o corruption

10 Our people


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Independent third parassurance statement


To the Board and stakeholders ofOutreach Foundation:Integrated Reporting and Assurance Services

(IRAS) was commissioned on a pro bono basisby Outreach Foundation (hereater, Outreach)to provide independent third party assurance(ITPA) over the sustainability content withintheir 2012 Annual Report (the Report),covering the period 1 January 2012 to31 December 2012. The assurance teamconsisted o Lauren Stirling and Michael H Rea,our Lead Certied Sustainability AssurancePractitioner, with 14 years experience inenvironmental and social perormancemeasurement, including sustainabilityreporting and assurance.

AccountAbility AA1000S (revised, 2008)To the best o our ability and signicantexperience in sustainability report assurance,this engagement has been managed inaccordance with AccountAbilitys AA1000AS(2008) assurance standard, where the ormato the engagement was structured to meet theAA1000AS Type I (Moderate) requirements.

Independence

IRAS has not been responsible or thepreparation o any part o the Report, nor hasIRAS undertaken any commissions orOutreach that would confict with our

independence. Responsibility or producingthis report was the responsibility o Outreach.Thus IRAS is, and remains, an independentassurer over the content and processespertaining to this Report.

Assurance Objectives

The objectives o the assurance process wereto provide Outreachs stakeholders anindependent moderate level assurance opinionon whether:n The sustainability content within the Reportmeets reasonable expectations ortransparency and accountability;

n Outreach, in the context o its NGO status,adheres to the AA1000AS (2008) principlesoInclusivity, MaterialityandResponsiveness; and,n The sustainability content within the Reportmeets the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)G3 guidelines Application Level C reportingrequirements.

Assurance Approach and Limitations

The process used in arriving at this assurancestatement is based on guidance containedwithin AccountAbilitys AA1000AS (2008)Assurance Standard, the GRIs G3 ApplicationLevel requirements, as well as other bestpractices in sustainability reporting andassurance. Our approach to assurance

included the ollowing:n A review o sustainability measurement andreporting procedures at Outreachs oces todetermine the context and content osustainability management by theorganisation;n A review o Outreachs inormation collationand reporting procedures to dene thecontent o the Report by looking at themateriality o issues included in the Report,stakeholder engagement responses toissues identied, determination osustainability context and coverage omaterial issues, ultimately leading to

adherence to the AA1000AS principles oInclusivity, Materialityand Responsiveness;n Reviews o drats o the Report or anysignicant errors, anomalies and/orinsupportable assertions;n Reviews o drats o the Report to test orany signicant gaps, errors, anomalies and/or insupportable assertions relative to theIRAS Sustainability Data Transparency Index(SDTI) set o 56 reasonable data indicators;and,n Reviews o drats o the Report to conrmthat the requisite number o GRI G3

indicators had been covered in the Report inorder to meet the GRIs G3 Application LevelC requirements.


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Independent third par assurancestatement(continued)

The process was limited to the content andassertions made within the Report or theperiod under review, and did not extend to acomprehensive analysis o the accuracy,reliability, completeness and/or consistency othe data presented by Outreach. Rather,sustainability data presented within the Reportwas subjected to reasonability tests duringproo editing. The process was urther limitedto reviewing policies and procedures or ethics,governance and stakeholder engagements,and did not extend to the physical engagemento any stakeholders to arrive at our assuranceopinion.

Findings

Based on our review o the Report, as well asthe processes employed to collect and collateinormation reported herein, it is our assertionthat:n In the context o their status as a non-protorganisation, Outreach reasonably adheresto the Accountability AA1000APS principlesoInclusivity, MaterialityandResponsiveness.n The Report meets reasonable expectations albeit limited due to the nature o theorganisation or quantitative data content,as per the quantitative data points identiedwithin the SDTI. However, improvements canbe made with respect to the collection,collation and reporting o data or keysustainability perormance indicators.

n The Report meets the GRI G3s requirementsor Application Level C. However, it wasound that the reporting o perormanceagainst several indicators continues torequire data quality improvements and/orurther detail in disclosure.

Conclusions and Recommendations

Based on the inormation reviewed via deskresearch and management interviews, IRAS iscondent that this Report provides a balancedaccount o Outreachs perormance or theperiod under review. The inormation presentedis based on systematic processes althoughprocess improvements are yet to be made inuture reporting cycles and we are satisedthat the reported sustainability inormationreasonably represents Outreachs ability toreport on its perormance, while meeting theAA1000AS (2008) principles oInclusivity,Materialityand Responsiveness. Moreover,and although the quality o data o some GRIG3 indicators can be improved, this Reportappears to meet the GRI G3s requirements orApplication Level C (C + with this assuranceengagement).

However, the ollowing recommendations havebeen identied:n With respect to adherence to AccountAbilitysAA1000APS principle oInclusivity, Outreachshould continue to ensure that stakeholderengagement is ormalised to ensure thatstakeholder concerns are duly recorded and,where necessary, escalated or Boardconsideration.n With respect to adherence to AccountAbilitysAA1000APS principle oMateriality,Outreach has in this year conducted amateriality determination exercise. This

should be reviewed annually and besupplemented by materiality determinationprocesses in the individual projects thatresult in the ability to understand andprioritise these material issues on a projectand organisation wide level.


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Independent third par assurancestatement(continued)

n With respect to adherence to AccountAbilitysAA1000APS principle oResponsiveness,Outreach needs to ormalise its processeswith regards to communicating withstakeholders in a manner that is on goingand integrated across the organisation. Thiscommunication should be in line withstakeholders needs and eedback tostakeholders on sustainability mattersshould be in line with King IIIsrecommendations or Integrated Reporting,such that reporting occurs within the overallcontext o keeping stakeholders wellinormed o the organisations progressthroughout the year, not just via the annualreport.n Outreach Foundation should continue toimprove the extent to which explanations areoered relative to how the organisation

manages key sustainability elements, as perthe GRIs guidance around Disclosures onManagement Approach. At bare minimum,Outreach should clearly explain what ismeasured, how oten, and via whatmeasurement techniques.

n Having successully addressed therequirements o GRI G3 Application Level C,Outreach should continue to ensure thatsustainability reporting processes andcontrols continue to be improved to maintainthis level, while providing more robust datain subsequent reporting periods, and beingmindul o the need to report only on thosematters deemed most material, rather thanattempting to tick boxes.

For more inormation about the assuranceprocess employed to assess Outreachs 2013Annual Report, email [email protected].

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With an annual turnover of much less than R5 million,IRAS is deemed a Level 4 contributor as per the dtis B-BBEECodes of Good Practice, and exempt from adhering tothe Codes. However, we believe that anyone seekingto advise companies on what they ought to do mustfirst walk their talk.

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