DOCKDA Rural Development Agency: 1994–2004 Celebrating Ten Years of Rural Development

DOCKDA 10 year report 1

A Decade of Democracy 2

Globalisation and African Renewal 2

Rural Development in the Context of Globalisation 3

Becoming a Rural Development Agency 6

Organogram 7

Indaba 2002 8

Indaba 2004 8

Monitoring and Evaluation 9

Donor Partners 9

Achievements: 1994–2004 10

Challenges: 1994–2004 11

Namakwa Katolieke Ontwikkeling (Namko) 13

Katolieke Ontwikkeling Oranje Rivier (KOOR) 16

Hopetown Advice and Development Office (HADO) 17

Bisdom van Oudtshoorn Katolieke Ontwikkeling (BOKO) 18

Gariep Development Office (GARDO) 19

Karoo Mobilisasie, Beplanning en Rekonstruksie Organisasie (KAMBRO) 19

Sectoral Grant Making 20

Capacity Building for Organisational Development 27

Early Childhood Development Self-reliance Programme 29

HIV and AIDS Programme 31 2 Ten Years of Rural Development

A Decade of Democracy In 1997, DOCKDA, in a publication summarising the work of the organisation in the first three years of The first ten years of the new democracy in South Africa operation, noted that it was hoped that the trickle-down coincided with the celebration of the first ten years approach of GEAR would result in a steady spread of of DOCKDA’s work in the field of rural development. wealth to poor people.1 In reality, though, GEAR has South Africa experienced extensive changes during failed the poor. According to the Human Development this period, some for the better, some not positive at Report 2003, South Africans were poorer in 2003 than all. A central change was the shift, in 1996, from the they were in 1995.2 Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) to the Growth, Employment and Redistribution Strategy Globalisation and African Renewal (GEAR). In short, GEAR was aimed at freeing the Since the adoption of GEAR, South Africa has become market, encouraging greater investment in industry and a participant in global structures and is required to modernising the economy. Ultimately, it was argued, adhere to the rules of a new economic order, regardless the poor would benefit from a trickling down of benefits. of the impact on the national economy. Recent The change in economic policy was, in part, the result research3 highlights some of the consequences of of pressure from both South African big businesses globalisation: and global institutions such as the World Bank, the • Over 600 000 jobs have been lost between 1996 and International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the emerging 2001 and approximately 50% of the workforce is now World Trade Organization. engaged in informal work. Global Context 3

• Twenty-two million people live in poverty, with an on the brink of civil war prior to 1991 to a functioning average income of R144 per person per month. democratic state in 2004. In addition, its track record of democratic practices has helped to establish South • There are high levels of inequality in South Africa: Africa as one of the leading countries in Africa. the poorest 40% get less than 3% of the national income while the richest 10% receive over 50%. In this context, South Africa and other African countries have invested in initiatives that would lead to the Unlike many African countries, South Africa was not renewal of the African continent and the development a recipient of World Bank and IMF loans prior to 1994. of the continent as a global player. To this end, the Nevertheless, the impact of these global creditor New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) institutions in Africa was felt across the continent, was established. South African President Thabo Mbeki including South Africa. Along with the provision of contributed enormously to the founding of NEPAD, loans, both institutions required that recipient countries which was adopted in 2002 in Lusaka, Zambia. In the apply a series of structural reform measures collectively same year, the initiative for a United Africa (UA) was known as the Structural Adjustment Programme. These launched to promote co-operation among African measures included a raft of ‘development practices’ that nations and to establish itself as a counterpart of required developing countries to open their monetary the European Union (EU). It is thus appropriate for exchange markets, relax trade regulations, engage DOCKDA to study and analyse these new developments in export-led economic growth, reduce government to find a way to enable the rural poor to determine their expenditure and encourage privatisation.4 Added to this own destiny. mix was the diversion of government spending on health care, social welfare and education to, for example, the Rural Development in the Context of ‘modernisation’ of the army and the development of Globalisation mono-agriculture in place of food production for local markets and local consumption. In keeping with global and regional changes during the last ten years, DOCKDA too changed – from a micro- In 2002 The Economist considered Africa to be a funding organisation to a rural development agency ‘hopeless continent’. This followed years of referring to active in the Northern Cape and Western Cape and Africa as a ‘basket case’, a continent beyond remedy, to in a small part of the Eastern Cape. The development be written off.5 Jo Randriamaro6 puts it like this: ‘Africa’s model DOCKDA evolved is one of decentralisation, development over the past two decades has taken place with independent development centres (DCs) being against the background of WB- and IMF-style “structural established in the rural areas. This maximises adjustment policies”.’ DOCKDA’s ability to make a developmental impact in rural areas. DOCKDA’s model has been replicated by The transition to a post-apartheid government in 1994 other Catholic based rural development organisations in led to, among other things, South Africa’s integration South Africa. with the rest of the continent. Now, South Africa is regarded as one of the most respected nations in Africa The Catholic character of DOCKDA has served as because of its peaceful transformation from a country an ethical keystone upon which its approach to 4 Ten Years of Rural Development

development has been based. In understanding the Margaret Legum utilises the concept ‘international nature of this character, it is useful to distinguish re-localisation’.8 It is an attempt to describe a change between ‘having’ and ‘being’. Pope Paul VI explained the in direction – from centralisation of economic forces difference between ‘having’ and ‘being’ as follows: ‘To to decentralisation, using modern technologies and “have” objects and goods does not in itself perfect the global support to do that. This is in line with the ethos human subject, unless it contributes to the maturing of ‘being’, and complements attempts to find ways in and enrichment of that subject’s “being”.’7 which globalisation could be employed for the benefit of humanity as a whole. DOCKDA and its partners are committed to an ethos of development that restores ‘being’ and thus the dignity The idea of re-localisation includes an emphasis on of the poorest of the rural poor. In this, DOCKDA’s the promotion of local and regional socio-economic philosophy is consistent with the church’s doctrine of development to enable local people to create sustainable livelihoods for themselves. This approach ‘community serving humanity’. is at the core of DOCKDA’S vision of a thriving Globalisation can no longer be ignored. As the South infrastructure of rural development organisations African government is committed to the regulations of capable of serving surrounding communities and global institutions, globalisation affects us all. Thus, it is assisting them to find effective solutions to meet their necessary to take a new approach to local development. basic needs. DOCKDA 10 year report 5

DOCKDA1 Micro Funding Project was established in The new governance structure was unique as the focus 1994 to deliver donor funding to micro-projects in rural was on co-management, which saw DOCKDA being areas. Right from the beginning it aimed to service rural managed by both a Management Board and the rural- areas and organisations that were too remote to benefit based organisations with which it worked, now known from development initiatives in and around larger rural as development centres. towns. The board and the development centres played an The first allocation of funding was made to five rural equally important role in making decisions about the projects in August 1994. Half a year later, an evaluation allocation of funds and the development of sectoral and of DOCKDA indicated that the organisation had capacity-building programmes. By 1998, DOCKDA had successfully managed to maintain a rural bias in its consolidated its grant-making approach by targeting work. specific sectors. These were employment and job creation, skills training, empowerment of women, Two years later a new governance structure was health, and education and training. proposed. The organisation accepted the proposal to establish a General Committee, a Trainer’s Committee In 2001, following a baseline study conducted in 1999, and an Allocation Committee. The latter would make all an early childhood development (ECD) programme final decisions regarding allocations. was initiated. DOCKDA selected four ECD partner 6 Ten Years of Rural Development

In collaboration with other service providers, DOCKDA established an early childhood development programme in 2001. workshops that enriched the development centres and other projects.

Becoming a Rural Development Agency

With the adoption of a more expansive focus on development, coupled with a deepening of its experience in rural work, DOCKDA grew into a rural development agency, with two regional offices, one in Cape Town and one in Kimberley. With the establishment of an office in Kimberley, DOCKDA could profile itself better in the Northern Cape, network with other organisations and strengthen existing relationships and build up new ones.

The governance structure was changed to enable rural voices to be heard more prominently. A new co- management structure was proposed: a Management Board and a Development Forum. organisations with which it would collaborate in The Development Forum met for the first time in creating and implementing the programme, designing Keimoes in the Northern Cape on 12 September 2002. training materials and developing capacity-building It was an ideal platform for discussing progress and programmes. the challenges facing development centres and for Also in 2001, DOCKDA took the first step in establishing approving grants to new projects. In addition, it helped an HIV and AIDS programme in the Northern Cape. At to create greater transparency in the organisation and the same time, it delivered a wide range of courses and reinforced accountability.

The Development Forum The Development Forum comprises the co-ordinators of the development centres, relevant DOCKDA staff members (programme co-ordinators, the director and a minute taker) and the chair of the DOCKDA Board. Forum members represent their own organisations and the communities they serve. The Development Forum sets the vision, objectives and strategy of DOCKDA, takes decisions on DOCKDA’s grant-making budget, and makes decisions on the capacity-building programme. It analyses rural issues and activities and gives direction to sectoral programmes. Forum meetings are held three times per year. The two-day meetings are held at development centres in the rural areas. Additionally, the forum members attend the annual DOCKDA review, strategic thinking and action planning process and meet with the DOCKDA Board at the DOCKDA Annual General Meeting. DOCKDA: A Brief History 7

OOrganogramrganogram

Management Board (MB) Development Forum (DF)

Seven individuals (including two from Development One representative of each Development Centre Forum) each with experience and skills such as One member of Management Board (Chairperson of financial and general management, organisational DOCKDA Management Board) development, and fundraising. Appropriate staff Appropriate staff

DOCKDA director

Cape Town staff Kimberley staff

Administrator Northern Cape and HIV AIDS co-ordinator Early childhood development and grant-making Development worker co-ordinator Administrator Finance manager

Collectively, the Management Board and the Development Forum have the powers necessary to carry out DOCKDA’s mission and objectives, and to ensure that the organisation develops effectively.

Management Board 2002–2004 Development Forum 2002–2004

Thisbe Clegg Treasurer Peter Demas, John Fortuin, Desmond Desmond George Development Forum representative George, Annemarie Hendrikz, Trudy Annemarie Hendrikz Human resource management McGregor, Nomasomi Mako, Nellie Margriet Knaap Additional member Makua, Shirley Muller, Leon Oliphant, Domitilla Nekosie Chairperson Leonard Paulus, Alida Peters, Anreeta Beva Runciman Funding and Office Management Rall, Mervin Ross, Quinta Titus, Ronnie Rosanne Shields Rural Development Support Program (RDSP) van Wyk Quinta Titus Development Forum representative 8 Ten Years of Rural Development

The change in DOCKDA’s governance structure governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had other positive outcomes too. Contact between and community-based organisations (CBOs) addressed DOCKDA and the development centres improved as several sessions and participated in a variety of the development centres felt their understanding of the activities. rural areas, opinions and suggestions for development priorities were valued and taken seriously. Indaba 2004 The second Indaba took place in Springbok in 2004. Indaba 2002 The theme was ‘Capacity Building for Sustainable The first Indaba at grassroots level was held in 2002 Development and Poverty Alleviation’.2 The at a resort on one of the islands in the Orange (Groot development centres, especially NAMKO, did much Gariep) River near Upington in the Northern Cape. of the organisational work. About 90 people attended, The subject of the Indaba was ‘Poverty, Development including guests from Limpopo Province, the National and Accessing Resources’. Five main themes were Development Agency and Siyabhabha Trust. addressed during the two-day event: HIV and AIDS, Presentations and discussions centred around farm farm workers and labour rights, income-generating workers and human rights, unfair labour practices on projects, violence against women and children, and farms, HIV and AIDS, financial management, especially integrated development planning/programme (IDP). The debt and savings, and capacity building. development centres contributed much to the success Community members related personal stories that of the event. were relevant to keynote addresses. In one case, two Approximately 60 participants from the Northern, young women living with HIV described their personal Western and Eastern Cape provinces attended the struggles to overcome the stigma of having HIV and Indaba. Special guests from provincial and local how they learned to integrate the illness into their daily DOCKDA: A Brief History 9

Far left: Sixty participants attended Indaba 2002, including this group of primary school children who performed a local dance known as the ‘Nama Stap’ for participants.

Left: Approximately 90 people participated in Indaba 2004 held in Springbok in the Northern Cape.

lives. They also described how their illness led them to Monitoring and Evaluation become involved with organisations. Their testimonies Monitoring and support of development centres, provided an insight into the enormous vulnerability projects and programmes began in 2003. Monitoring is a of people living with HIV and the massive impact that superb instrument to raise understanding of and insight the pandemic has on all sectors of the South African into local rural development. In this regard, it was stated society. in the 2004 DOCKDA evaluation report that: Other key issues discussed at the Indaba, and which are It would be useful for DOCKDA to review the value continuously debated within DOCKDA, included how to of monitoring as it relates to its core business. If raise awareness and create an understanding of rural monitoring is understood as the process of gathering development, how to develop and use preventive tools, information for accountability and learning purposes, how to create a basis for improving circumstances for and if its linkages with planning, review, learning and people still living on the margins of society, and how to re-planning are understood, monitoring could become transform poverty alleviation measures into constructive an integrated part of the way DOCKDA works.4 self-help interventions. The Indaba concluded that:

In order for capacity building to contribute towards Donor Partners poverty alleviation, it has to ensure that capacity Many South Africans still do not benefit economically interventions aim at building organisations that are from changes in the political dispensation. Rather, strong, sustainable, which are capable of sovereign people – especially those living in rural areas – are focus and direction, of strategising and innovation, of getting poorer. Therefore, development initiatives that responding with flexibility and adaptability to changing are aimed at improving the livelihoods of the poor are circumstance, and of acting decisively to impact on, a fundamental aspect of the work of DOCKDA and the and change their circumstances and social context.3 development centres. DOCKDA wishes to thank the 10 Ten Years of Rural Development

DOCKDA and its partners collaborated closely in creating an appropriate development practice for rural areas. You can’t compare DOCKDA with other funders. It’s not just a funder, it’s also a partner. (Development centre co-ordinator)1 DOCKDA feels like family. We’re not used to white people, but DOCKDA treats everyone as a person, and believes everyone deserves respect. We also fight, but I’ve got respect (for DOCKDA) because they have made so much possible.2 • DOCKDA’s governance and grant-making models were duplicated in several other geographical and diocesan areas. • The voices of the rural development centres were heard and valued, and, since the adoption of a co- governance structure in 2002, all major decisions were made with the full participation of the development centres. DOCKDA has grown slowly and deliberately over ten following donors who have supported its programmes years, engaging in thoughtful debate. Its capacity to and initiatives during the last ten years: Cordaid (The listen to, and learn from, the development centres Netherlands), Broederlijk Delen (Belgium), the Embassy over the past three years has grown tremendously.3 of Finland, Action of the Three Kings (Germany), …we now discuss rural matters. The Development Anonymous (USA), Development and Welfare Agency Forum sets the platform for the rural voices to be (South Africa) and Siyabhabha Trust (South Africa). heard. It’s like it’s our agenda now. (Development Forum member)4 Achievements: 1994–2004 • The opening of the Kimberley office was a statement The years between 1994 and 2004 were for DOCKDA of commitment to rural areas. building, learning and forming years. Regular evaluations and ongoing dialogue between DOCKDA • In its grant-making programme, DOCKDA kept its and its partner organisations provided valuable focus on sectors that were relevant to rural areas. feedback about the successes and failures of the • DOCKDA staff received training and did excellent organisation. Some of DOCKDA’s most important work, thereby helping to put the organisation on a achievements in the first ten years of operation are more professional footing. listed here. • DOCKDA continued to put people first. It invested • DOCKDA enjoyed a high level of credibility amongst in people – within DOCKDA and within partner its stakeholders. organisations and associated projects. DOCKDA: A Brief History 11

If I think back ten years, I couldn’t talk to people. I was Challenges: 1994–2004 so shy; I hid behind (my colleague). The women and Numerous challenges arose during the last decade. leadership courses (co-ordinated by DOCKDA) kept DOCKDA was able to meet some of these head-on; me going to where I am now. The manner in which others required more patience and a longer term view. we fundraise, our successes as an organisation, it’s Below is a summary of some of the major challenges because DOCKDA built up my capacity.5 that faced DOCKDA in the first decade after its launch. • DOCKDA did not hesitate to take difficult decisions. • Quite early on it became clear that DOCKDA needed Decision making within the organisation had to spend more time and energy on the creation matured enough to enable it to take decisions in the of relevant policies and systems to streamline the interests of development practice. organisation. Financial policies and procedures, In 2001 (our grant application was turned down) as administrative policies, including vehicle, travel and we had conflict (and no clear strategy). We were told leave policies, and an HIV and AIDS policy were to get our house in order. At that time we felt very bad developed. Other policies, such as the fundraising about it. We felt that our best partner was dropping and monitoring policies, were fine-tuned. us. Although there was conflict, some of our activities • The vast geographical areas in which DOCKDA were continuing. We were disappointed. We didn’t operates and the long distances between rural get paid for a year.… Although at that time it was centres provided an ongoing challenge. a bad thing, it actually built us. It opened our minds to bigger things. Once we started to get our house in order, DOCKDA saw a chance to continue with us. Towns in the Northern Cape are separated by vast distances. (Staff members of a development centre)6

• DOCKDA adopted a more structured approach to monitoring, which included regular visits to funded projects.

We wrote a report and sent a financial report. (A DOCKDA staff member) also visited us; I thought it was a very good idea to check that we used the money to achieve the goals we set ourselves. (Staff member of a project that received an ad hoc grant)7

More visits. Before there were none, or very few. Now, people come and see what’s happening in the projects, meet the people, see the impact. (DOCKDA staff) have their ears to the ground about the needs of the organisations.8 12 Ten Years of Rural Development

• DOCKDA grappled with the development and • Strategies for change and transformation within implementation of a gender policy to enhance the DOCKDA were created to bring new approaches aspirations and development of particularly rural into the organisation and the development centres. women. Initially, implementation of the policy, Change and transformation in the rural context have which was formulated in 2001, was difficult and their own pace. inconsistent. A three-pronged approach flowed from • During the early years, it became clear that DOCKDA’s vision on gender: empowering women a holistic understanding of the areas in which through project management training; raising DOCKDA worked was necessary in order to assist awareness in communities about gender issues; and communities. Insight into the history of a place is of working with men on issues of abuse of women and great help in understanding a community, its people children. The training programme that grew out of and their languages, its development needs, its this vision showed that DOCKDA cared for women frustrations, and its customs and cultural traditions. and men, as both need empowerment. • DOCKDA worked closely with a number of • Although DOCKDA kept up with debates and international donors during the last ten years. new directions in the field of rural development, it However, it is imperative that DOCKDA broadens needs to sharpen its understanding of rural social its funding base to ensure that the work it does is development. sustainable.

DOCKDA General Committee and Board Members 1994–2004

DOCKDA received valuable input from members of the different structures associated with the organisation. Some members served for many years. The contribution of these rural and urban development practitioners brought greater understanding and co-operation to fulfil DOCKDA’s vision. DOCKDA thanks the following members for their outstanding commitment and support.

Beverley April, Joel Boelnick***, Claudia Brown Carew, Thisbe Clegg, Gaby Coetzee-Andrews, Peter Demas, Nomvula Dlamini*, Isaac Dokter, Sydney Duval*, John Fortuin, Desmond George, Nyameka Goniwe*, Annemarie Hendrikz, Alwin Hrabovsky***, Rev. William Jende, James, Jonas, Margriet Knaap*, Gerschwin Kohler***, Nellie Makua, Edith Masdoll, Stanley Mintoor, Clifton Moloto, Fr Mokesh Morar*, Domitilla Nekosie, Leon Oliphant, Lorraine Osborne, Sr. Pauline, Alida Peters, Sakkie Potgieter, Mike Pothier*, Beva Runciman, Victor Sacco, Chester Shaba*, Rosanne Shields**, Rob Small***, Heyman Smith, Chris Spies, Anne Stafford***, Fr John Strittmatter, Annie Templeton***, Peter Templeton***, Quinta Titus, Ronnie van Wyk , Paddy Walker***, Debbie Williams**

* Allocation Committee Members 1998–2002 ** ‘Dagbestuur’ members, Joan Kelly (Bookkeeper) *** Steering Committee DOCKDA 10 year report 13

DOCKDA works with rural communities towards • KAMBRO – Karoo Mobilisasie, Beplanning en self-reliance and empowerment in a developmental Rekonstruksie Organisasie (Karoo Mobilisation, way through capacity-building initiatives and funding Planning and Reconstruction Organisation). support. To this end, it has helped to establish These non-governmental, non-profit organisations autonomous organisations, known as development serve their surrounding communities through social centres, in different rural areas in the Northern, Western development, and play a central role in enabling and and Eastern Cape provinces (see Table 1 on page 14). facilitating local development initiatives and practices. These centres are: DOCKDA’s partnership with these rural-based • NAMKO – Namakwa Katolieke Ontwikkeling development centres has flourished over the last ten (Namaqua Catholic Development) years. • KOOR – Katolieke Ontwikkeling Oranje Rivier (Catholic Development Orange River) Namakwa Katolieke Ontwikkeling (NAMKO) • HADO – Hopetown Advice and Development Office NAMKO was established in 1994 with the support of • BOKO – Bisdom van Oudtshoorn Katolieke the late Cardinal Owen McCann and strives to alleviate Ontwikkeling (Diocese of Oudtshoorn Catholic poverty in the rural communities of Namaqualand. Development) It is based in Okiep, northeast of Springbok in • GARDO – Gariep Development Office Namaqualand. 14 Ten Years of Rural Development

Table 1: Geographical areas in which DOCKDA and the development centres operate

Region and Organisation Location Service area province

Central NAMKO Okiep Carolusberg, Bergsig, Pella, Komaggas, Namaqualand Concordia, Soebatsfontein, Nababeep, (Northern Cape) Kammieskroon, Spoegrivier, Rooiwinkel, Witbank

Gordonia KOOR Keimoes Currieskamp, Eksteenskuil, Friersdale, Sandkop (Northern Cape) Eiland, Fosterland, Eenduin

Great Karoo HADO Hopetown Strydenburg, De Aar, Petrusville, Philipstown, (Northern Cape) Marydale, Prieska, Hanover, Britstown, Vosburg, Noupoort, Richmond, Colesberg

Great Karoo KAMBRO* Victoria West Kenhardt, Prieska, De Aar, Murraysburg, (Northern and Carnarvon, Williston, Graaff-Reinet and Victoria Eastern Cape) West

Klein Karoo and BOKO Oudtshoorn Dysselsdorp, George, Beaufort West, Oudtshoorn, Southern Cape Worcester, Ceres, Uniondale, Plettenberg Bay (Western Cape)

Eastern Karoo GARDO Middelburg Middelburg (Eastern Cape)

West Coast, Goedgedacht Malmesbury Mamre, Kalbaskraal, Hopefield, Vredenburg, Swartland Agricultural Khayelitsha, Riverland and surrounding areas and Southern Resource Namaqualand Centre (Western Cape) (GARC)* *

*KAMBRO was a partner of DOCKDA until 2000. **GARC was a partner of DOCKDA until 2003. Development Centres 15

Figure 1: Location of DOCKDA offices and the areas in which the development centres operate in the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape provinces. Since its establishment, NAMKO has been closely associated with DOCKDA. It played an important role in the establishment of DOCKDA’s development activities in the Northern, Eastern and Western Cape provinces and helped to establish KOOR in Keimoes. It was instrumental in identifying appropriate sectoral programmes for implementation in local communities. In addition, it co-facilitated training programmes offered by DOCKDA and other service providers. It also played a significant part in the structural and organisational development of DOCKDA.

NAMKO’s work in the Northern Cape over the last decade included the Savings Scheme Programme and a variety of capacity-building programmes.

Savings Scheme Programme

NAMKO’S Savings Scheme Programme was initiated in 2001 following an in-depth evaluation to assess the impact of the development centre’s work. Research on personal achieve these goals, for example, to pay school fees or debts, savings and various ways to establish a savings funeral costs. The collection of money is based on trust scheme to mobilise rural communities was undertaken. and a transparent system of book- and record-keeping. The first savings schemes were established in 2003 in Subcommittees consisting of savers support the Okiep, Concordia, Nababeep, Carolusberg, Pella and collectors and help to identify social problems or issues Komaggas. Another savings scheme was initiated in that might exist amongst the savers. The collectors Vioolsdrift (near the Namibian border) at the end of receive regular training on various issues. In turn, they 2004. facilitate training and awareness programmes in their communities. Volunteer collectors chosen by their communities go weekly from door to door to collect money from savers. The number of savers increased from 250 in the No minimum amount is required, so that the poorest first year of the programme to over 800 by 2004. In people in communities can participate. Savers are 2003 savers accumulated R74 759, and from April to encouraged to set goals and to save enough money to November 2004 they collectively saved R55 980. 16 Ten Years of Rural Development

Capacity Building River, from Kalksloot in the east (12 km from Upington and 48 km from Keimoes) to Kakamas in the west NAMKO participated in and held many capacity-building (40 km from Keimoes). programmes for target groups in the Namaqualand and elsewhere in the Northern Cape. These programmes KOOR served the community through several covered organisational development, personal programmes, all of which incorporated a focus on development, exchange programmes and managerial HIV/AIDS prevention and were aimed at primary school training. learners, youth, men and women.

Katolieke Ontwikkeling Oranje Rivier HIV/AIDS Programme (KOOR) KOOR ran awareness sessions for learners at primary schools to inform them about HIV/AIDS and the KOOR was established in 1996 in Keimoes in the prevention thereof. It also offered ongoing counselling Northern Cape. Its establishment was initiated by to people affected and infected by HIV and AIDS to Bishop J.B. Minder after a needs assessment was assure them that there are people who care for and conducted in the area. support them. In addition, support groups consisting of The area KOOR services includes Keimoes, Warmsand, volunteers provided help and support to infected people Currieskamp, Eenduin, Warmsand and Friersdale, as in the different areas and food parcels were distributed well as approximately 40 small islands in the Orange to vulnerable and needy families.

Left: KOOR supported a camp for youth to create awareness of the impact of HIV and AIDS. Right: Mothers in Keimoes made soup three times a week from vegetables grown at the Môrelig Primary School. The children ‘paid’ for their soup with a log of wood every Friday. Development Centres 17

KOOR’s gender awareness programmes were aimed at both women and men.

Food Gardens Computer Training Programme

KOOR helped communities and primary schools to KOOR undertook computer training programmes, which create food gardens by supplying them with seeds, were open to the whole community. plants and gardening tools. This was usually combined with education about the use of proper cooking KOOR employed volunteers to help it run its various methods that would ensure that the nutritional value programmes, thus helping them to build their capacities of vegetables are retained. The programme provided and skills. Some of KOOR’s volunteers have found an opportunity for people to experience firsthand the permanent employment with other organisations, impact of eating fresh and vegetables on their health government departments and in the corporate sector. and wellbeing. Hopetown Advice and Development Office Gender Programme (HADO)

The prevention of domestic violence and the creation HADO serves communities in the northeastern part of an understanding of gender equality constituted the of the Northern Cape province. It was established in main focus areas of KOOR’s Gender Programme. This 1995 by the local Justice and Peace Commission of programme involved both women and men, and three the Roman Catholic Church and various community support groups for women and men were formed. These structures in and around Hopetown. men and women benefited from ongoing workshops aimed at helping them develop their capacities and life Initially, HADO’s focus was on the development of skills. the communities of Hopetown and Strydenburg and 18 Ten Years of Rural Development

A National Women’s Day celebration organised by HADO in Britstown attracted most of the local community. • The Paralegal Advice and Support Services provided communities with free advice and assistance with problems they experienced on a daily basis. It raised awareness amongst communities and equipped them with the necessary knowledge and skills to solve their own problems.

• The HIV/AIDS Counselling and Referral Programme raised awareness about HIV/AIDS, ran education programmes and worked hand in hand with other community structures to fight the pandemic.

• The Rural Women Development Programme ensured that rural women learnt about their rights and were able to speak up and demand their rights. It built capacity through life skills training and personal development courses.

Bisdom van Oudtshoorn Katolieke Ontwikkeling (BOKO)

BOKO was established in August 1999 by Bishop Edward Robert Adams, who recognised the need to support people in local communities who live in the worst circumstances possible.

the surrounding farms. The absence of NGOs, CBOs BOKO worked with communities in and around and other relevant support structures in the region Oudtshoorn by way of the following programmes: compelled HADO to expand its services to most of the • Women and Community Programme rural towns in the Great Karoo. • Youth and Children Programme HADO’s vision is that rural people should be enabled to take charge of their own lives and be fully aware of the • HIV/AIDS Programme. impact of their decisions. To achieve its vision, HADO BOKO focused on building the capacity of women in ran the following programmes: order to help them become more productive and self- • The Farm Worker Development Programme provided supportive in their communities. BOKO also focused farm workers with an opportunity to learn about their on youth, and youth training initiatives were aimed at basic land and labour rights. helping young people to change their lifestyle so that Development Centres 19

they can become more responsible adults. BOKO also the Great Karoo in 1992. Prior to its closure in 2002, ran a very successful caregiver project. KAMBRO operated from Victoria West.

Gariep Development Office (GARDO) KAMBRO served the region through the following programmes: GARDO was established by Father John Strittmatter • The Farm Workers Programme, which focused on and Stanley Mintoor with the support of Bishop Joseph farm workers, women, men and children and the Potocnak of the Diocese of De Aar in 1990. development of a culture of human rights. GARDO served the community through the following • The Sports Programme, which supported the programmes: establishment of six sports clubs for farm workers, • The HIV/AIDS Programme, which was integrated into women and men. Skills development took place at a farm workers’ programme. the monthly tournament to extend the skills of the participants. • The Social Responsibility Programme, which offered primary schools and women’s groups training KAMBRO published a monthly community newspaper workshops on avoidance of sexual abuse. as a vehicle for literacy development and for sharing information on HIV and AIDS, gender and other issues. Karoo Mobilisasie, Beplanning en KAMBRO closed its doors in 2000 when funding levels Rekonstruksie Organisasie (KAMBRO) could not be sustained. KAMBRO was established at a community meeting in Beaufort West by representatives from towns in 20 Ten Years of Rural Development

Sectoral Grant Making Grants to Development Centres (2001–2003)

Between April 1994, when DOCKDA was launched, and Grants allocated to development centres during the 2003, the organisation allocated more than R5 million period 2001 to 2003 were apportioned as follows: in grants to development centres and ad hoc projects in • NAMKO: 26% rural communities. • KOOR: 23% During the last ten years DOCKDA provided start- up funding for small-scale community based rural • HADO: 18% initiatives, most of which were not able to access • BOKO: 18% resources from large funding agencies themselves. To ensure that resources had a maximum impact on rural • GARDO: 15% communities, DOCKDA’s approach to grant making At the end of 2004 all development centres received an included capacity building and training of people in both new and established projects. Ongoing support additional general grant of R41 750. and supervision were built into the grant-making cycle. The development centres allocated the grants to Table 4 on page 24 provides a comprehensive list of all different sectoral programmes and projects. These the projects that received funds from DOCKDA between programmes and projects and the allocations they 1995 and 2003. received are shown in Table 2 on page 22. Programmes 21

Grant allocations 2001–2003

Grant making: Development Centres 2001–2003

18% 23% KOOR HADO GARDO NAMKO 26% 18% BOKO 15%

Grant making: Development Centres 2001–2003

16% 30% Gender Health Income gen OD 16% 38%

Grant making: Ad hoc Projects 2001–2003

13% 21% Gender Health 16% Education Youth 11% Equipment OD 18% 21% 22 Ten Years of Rural Development

Table 2: Development centres: Grant allocations for sectoral programmes (2001–2003)

Sectoral programme Grant allocation % Type of sectoral programme/project

Health 38% • HIV/AIDS • Vegetable gardens

Organisational development 30% • Capacity building • Organisational costs • Social Responsibility Programme

Gender 16% • Women’s programmes • Rural Women’s Development Programme • Farm Workers Research Programme

Income generation 16% • Coffin-making Project • Namaqualand Savings Scheme • Pella Xhami AA Savings Scheme • Other savings schemes • Transport acquisition contribution

Grants to Ad Hoc Projects (2001–2003)

Since the inception of the Grant-Making Programme, DOCKDA supplied grants to ad hoc projects working within the gender, education, youth, organisational development and health sectors. Additional grants were given to some projects for the purchasing of equipment. Table 3 on page 23 provides a breakdown of the kinds of projects that DOCKDA supported over a three-year period, from 2001 to 2003. Programmes 23

Table 3: Ad hoc projects: Grant allocations (2001–2003) Sector Grant Type of sectoral programme/project allocation % Gender 21% • Women’s programmes • Women and Development Programme • Training: Setting up savings schemes • Training: Labour relations • Capacity building: Farm workers • Capacity building (finance): Small-scale farmers • Training: Business marketing Education 21% • Training of pre-primary school teacher • Five computers and training • Support to preschool • Equipment for learners • English classes • Mobile library for six community schools • Maryland Literacy Project • Biblionef SA Youth 18% • Youth development: Provision of salary of youth worker • Youth Counselling Centre • Winter Youth Camp • Rural student exchange to Germany • Bergsig Child Support Programme • Umzamo Disabled Centre • Siyakha Nehemiah Development Foundation Equipment 16% • Sound equipment • Gardening equipment (plough) • Photocopier • Catering centre equipment • Fencing of communal land • Goedgedacht Agricultural Resource Centre Organisational 13% • Organisational development and capacity building development • Outreach programme • Exposure programme • Organisational development: Staff and committees Health 11% • Support to hospice and orphans and vulnerable children • Training: First aid and child abuse • Capacity building: Women’s Health Programme • Provision of seeds, saplings and equipment 24 Ten Years of Rural Development

Table 4: DOCKDA grant making to projects: 1995–2003 Sector/purpose Organisation

Organisational 1995 South African National Civics Organisation (SANCO), Cape Town 1996 Helderberg Resource development Centre, Somerset West; Hopetown Advice Office; KOOR, Keimoes; Lutzville Resource Centre, Vredendal; Middelburg Recycling Project; Riviersonderend Youth Project 1997 Graaff-Reinet Sports Club; Kenhardt Farmworkers’ Soccer Club 1998 Blue Bulls Farm Workers Sports Club, Kenhardt; Celtic Farm Workers Sports Club, Groblershoop; Development Agency Improving Life for You, George; KOOR, Keimoes; Murraysburg Blue Birds Sports Club; Oudtshoorn Diocese Development Planning Weekend; Valley Development Trust, South Peninsula; Voter and Democracy Educational Trust, Burgersdorp; Young Leads Farm Workers Sports Club, Putsonderwater 1999 Albertinia Development and Empowerment Centre; KOOR: Trainer in Capacity Building, Keimoes; NAMKO: Trainer in Capacity Building, Okiep; Oudtshoorn Diocese Development Planning; Spoorkamp and Skandaalkamp Training Programme, Table View 2001 Swellendam Convent Farm (Percentage of funding returned)

Gender/Women 1995 NAMKO: Namaqualand Women’s Forum, Okiep; Valley Development Trust, Ocean View 1996 Agape at risk Bejaardeklub, Grabouw; Four Women’s Stories Project, Mbekweni, Paarl; Redhill Women’s Development Project, Simonstown; Women in Need, Cape Town; Women’s Justice and Peace Skills Training Project, West Coast 1997 Goedgedacht Community Development Programme, Malmesbury 1998 NAMKO: Okiep Vlytige Vingers en Vrolike Vroutjies; Sarnelli Project, Cape Town; Voter and Democracy Educational Trust, Burgersdorp 1999 Women in Need, Cape Town 2001 Pella Women Xhami AA 2003 HADO: Rural Women’s Development Programme, Hopetown

Youth/Education/ 1995 Don Bosco Street Youth Programme, Cape Town; Don Bosco Youth Camp, Oudtshoorn; International Youth at risk Film Festival Outreach Programme, Ocean View; Resource Action Group Rural Training Programme, Cape Town 1996 Barcelona Information Group, De Aar; De Aar Development Project; De Aar Student Training; KOOR, Keimoes; Karoo Youth Counselling Project, De Aar; Resource Action Group Rural Training Programme, Cape Town; Riviersonderend Youth Project 1997 Agape Copeland Train, Upington; Koinonia Community Centre, Paarl; Kokerboom Youth Project, Kenhardt; KOOR Youth Project, Keimoes; NAMKO: Youth Programme, Okiep; Northern Cape Provincial Council of Churches Youth Project, Namaqualand; Olifantsrivier Resource Centre Youth Project, Vredendal 1998 Agape Copeland Train (ACT), Upington, Chiro Diocese of Keimoes, Upington; Jeug en Kinders Ontwikkelingsprogram (JEKOP) (Youth and Children Development Programme), Oudtshoorn; Plettenberg Bay School Leavers Opportunity Training; Riviersonderend Youth Project; Youth Safety Centre, Thembalethu, George 1999 Diocese of Oudtshoorn Youth Department Restructuring; Oudtshoorn Youth Development; Riviersonderend Youth Programme 2000 Jeug en Kinders Ontwikkelingsprogram (JEKOP) (Youth and Children Development Programme), Oudtshoorn 2001 Oudtshoorn Youth Department 2002 Jeug en Kinders Ontwikkelingsprogram (JEKOP) (Youth and Children Development Programme), Oudtshoorn; KOOR: Youth Skills Training, Keimoes Programmes 25

Sector/purpose Organisation

Education 1998 Nelspoort Computer Training Programme 1999 Nelspoort Computer Training; Uitkyk Primary School Community Worker, Lutzville 2000 Friersdale Roman Catholic Primary School; Hobson Khanysa Primary School, Klipplaat 2002 Green Spot After-school Care, Okiep 2003 Bergsig Child Support, Springbok; Friersdale Community; Roman Catholic Children’s Home, Kammieskroon; Vredendal North Primary School Education Management Development Centres, West Coast Winelands, Vredendal

Education/ECD 1995 Lukhanyo Crèche, Victoria West; Olifantjie Preschool, Loxton 1996 St John’s Mission Preschool, De training Aar 1997 Abantwana Preschool Association, Victoria West; Rosmead Educare, Middelburg 1998 Abantwana Educare, Victoria West; Bennie Feris Pre-primary School, Upington; Bongolethu Educare Centre, Plettenberg Bay; Desire’s Babies, George; Harlekyntjie Pre-primary School, Carolsberg; Klipdrift Pre-primary Farm School, Graaff-Reinet; Namaqualand Association for Preschool Education; Olifantjie Preschool, Loxton; Theodora Educare New Horizon, Plettenberg Bay 1999 Early Learning Service Organisation, Elsies River; Murraysburg Community Preschool 2000 Klipdrift Pre-primary Farm School; Umzamo Educare Centre for Disabled Children, Middelburg 2003 Umzamo Educare Centre for Disabled Children, Middelburg

Education/ABET 1996 Goedgedacht Literacy Project, Malmesbury; Maryland Literacy Training Project, Riviersonderend 1997 Riviersonderend Literacy Project

Education/ 1997 Catholic Institute of Education (CIE) /KOOR/NAMKO: Northern Cape School Governance Training, Governance Keimoes and Okiep; Catholic Institute of Education (CIE): Northern Cape Leadership and Management Training, Namaqualand; Catholic Institute of Education (CIE): West Coast School Governance Training 1999 Catholic Institute of Education (CIE) National Whole School Development and Renewal Programme, Vredendal

Health/Women’s 1996 Mbekweni Caring Network, Paarl 1997 Goedgedacht Community Development Programme, health/HIV and Malmesbury; Mbekweni Caring Network, Paarl 1998 Mbekweni Health Workers Project, Paarl; NAMKO: AIDS/Home Namaqualand AIDS Programme 1999 Xhosa Outreach Programme, Mbekweni, Bloekombos, Driftsands based health and Wallacedene 2000 Nightingale Hospice, De Aar 2003 Bisdom Vigs Winterkamp, Keimoes care

First aid and 2003 United Sanctuary Against Abuse, Atlantis; United Sanctuary Against Abuse, Oudtshoorn child abuse/ Training

Health/Food 1998 Amandla Ethu Women’s Gardening Project, Victoria West 2002 BOKO: Family Vegetable Gardening security (Famvegar), Oudtshoorn; CAPS Bela Vegetable Gardens, Atlantis 2003 BOKO: Family Vegetable Gardening (Famvegar), Oudtshoorn; Concordia Community Garden; KOOR, Keimoes

Income 1995 De Aar Sewing Project; Middelburg Recycling Project; Movement for Christian Workers, Khayelitsha; generation NAMKO: Brick-making Project, Okiep; Ons Winkeltjie, Loxton 1996 NAMKO: Sement Werke, Okiep 1997 Graaff-Reinet Xhosa Attire 26 Ten Years of Rural Development

Sector/purpose Organisation

Income 1998 Bimbo Pre-primary Ice-Lolly Making Project, Concordia generation/ECD

Income 1999 NAMKO: Pella Women’s Project generation/ Gender

Income 1998 Beaufort West Women Farming Flagship Project generation/Food security

Job creation and 1995 Crico Welding Project, Oudtshoorn 1996 Graaff-Reinet Xhosa Attire training

Business skills 1996 Maradadi Trust Indigenous Flowers, Ceres 2003 NADO, Nababeep training

Advice offices 1995 Calvinia Advice Office; Robertson Advice Office 1996 Calvinia Advice Office; Hopetown Advice Office; Loeriesfontein Advice Office; Vanrhynsdorp Advice Office 1997 Hopetown Advice Office 1998 HADO, Hopetown 1999 Komaggas Advice Office 2001 Nababeep Advice Office

Emerging 1995 Goedgedacht Agricultural Resource Centre, Malmesbury; Saron Farmers’ Association 1996 Black farmers Farmers’ Association, Victoria West

Farm workers 1997 Graaff-Reinet Sports Club; Kenhardt Farmworkers’ Soccer Club 1998 Blue Bulls Farm Workers Sports Club, Kenhardt; Celtic Farm Workers Sports Club, Groblershoop; HADO, Hopetown; Murraysburg Blue Birds Sports Club; Young Leads Farm Workers Sports Club, Putsonderwater

Community 1995 Karoo Media Project, Victoria West newspaper

Research 1997 Development research in India, representative from De Aar

Water diviner 1998 Goedgedacht Agricultural Resource Centre, Malmesbury training

Culture 1998 Apollo Development Association, Victoria West; Lawaaikamp Cultural Group, George; Steel Band Project, Riebeeck-Kasteel 1999 Renovation of first Rhenish Mission House, Carnarvon; Steel Band Project, Riebeeck-Kasteel

House building 1999 Vermaaklikheid Housing Committee in community Programmes 27

Sector/purpose Organisation

Training for 2001 5 in 6 Project (savings scheme), Southern Cape and Northern Cape 2002 NAMKO, KOOR, HADO: setting up Exchange Savings Scheme Projects; NAMKO: Savings Scheme, Okiep savings schemes

Rural student 2001 Student Exchange Programme, Keimoes exchange to Germany

Organisational 2001 BOKO, Oudtshoorn; GARDO: Gariep Development Office, Middelburg; NAMKO, Okiep costs

Sound 2002 Maestro Dickies, Hopetown equipment

Capacity building 2003 West Coast Ubuntu Farmers’ Union (finance)

Capacity Building for Organisational Development

DOCKDA’s approach to development is built on a three-year cycle of grant making, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation. As projects develop and grow, capacity building requirements are adjusted to suit the evolving needs of project partners. Regular site visits by DOCKDA for purposes of monitoring and evaluation help to identify the unique capacity-building needs of each project.

Since DOCKDA’S inception, it created and selected targeted courses to help build the organisational development skills of its partner organisations. In addition, basic and advanced courses were offered to development workers and the management committees governing DOCKDA’s project partners. Table 5 on the next page provides an overview of the courses held by DOCKDA between 2001 and 2004. 28 Ten Years of Rural Development

Table 5: Capacity-building courses: 2001–2004

Year Course Number of Number of Number of participants women men

2001 Personal Development and Leadership (Basic) 27 26 9

Women and Leadership Education (For women in education) 45 45 –

Women and Leadership (Basic) 22 22 –

Conflict Transformation 12 8 4

Leadership and Management (Advanced) 19 7 12

Personal Development and Leadership (Basic, repeat in different 34 26 8 areas)

Poverty and Development 21 16 5

Budgeting and Financial Management 15 9 6

Fundraising – Proposal and Report Writing 22 14 8

Management and Organisational development Skills 9 4 5

2002 Facilitation Skills 17 11 7

HIV and AIDS Project Development (Basic) 15 6 9

Advocacy and Lobbying 17 3 14

Train the Trainer Modules 1 & 2 15 10 5

Voluntary Counselling and Testing 17 10 7

2003 Roles, Responsibilities and Financial Management (Governance) 18 10 8

Roles and Responsibilities and Financial Management (repeat in 25 12 13 different areas)

Labour Law: Human Resources and Labour Relations 35 14 21

HIV and AIDS and the Law (Basic) 22 12 10

2004 Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (Basic) 23 11 12

Fundraising (Advanced) 16 5 11

TOTAL 446 281 174 Programmes 29

Early Childhood Development Self- Figure 2: Location of DOCKDA offices and the areas in which DOCKDA and reliance Programme its ECD partner organisations operate.

The objectives of the Early Childhood Development Self- reliance Programme are:

• to strengthen rural service providers working in the ECD field

• to train fieldworkers and trainers from these organisations to assist rural ECD sites to become more self-reliant

• to develop the leadership, management and governance capacities of principals and governing bodies of rural ECD sites

• to provide children in rural ECD sites with a better start in life by ensuring that local sites are able to function effectively

• to evaluate and document the training methodologies and development practices emerging from the implementation of the project.

Table 6: ECD partner organisations and their areas of operation

Region and province Partner Location Service area organisation

Central Namaqualand NAVO Springbok Port Nolloth, Alexander Bay, Kuboes, Eksteenfontein, Lekkersing, (Northern Cape) Pofadder, Pella, Witbank, Onseepkans, Steinkopf

Kuruman (Northern Cape) Thusano Kuruman Kuruman, Postmasburg, Danielskuil, Olifantshoek, Skeyfontein, Batlharos

Groot and Klein Karoo, and KCHR Beaufort West Beaufort West, Murraysburg, Nelspoort, Matjiesfontein Southern Cape (Western Cape)

West Coast, Swartland and Goedgedacht Trust Malmesbury Malmesbury, Kalbaskraal, Riverlands, Chatsworth, Pella, Darling, Southern Namaqualand and ELRU Riebeecksrivier, Riebeeck West (Western Cape) 30 Ten Years of Rural Development

Below: Although facilities for young children in poor rural communities are rudimentary, DOCKDA and its partners worked closely with the staff of ECD sites to provide children with developmentally appropriate stimulation.

DOCKDA worked with the following partner development of personal and self-management organisations in the Northern and Western Cape skills, leadership skills, and management skills. provinces to implement the ECD programme. These In implementing the programme, each partner organisations included: organisation worked with ten ECD sites within its target support area. • NAVO – Namakwalandse Voorskoolse Ontwikkeling (Namaqualand Preschool Development) Key aspects of DOCKDA’s approach to ECD include ongoing support of fieldworkers who visit the ECD sites • Thusano (‘To help each other’) and the monitoring of programme implementation. • KCHR – Karoo Centre for Human Rights Two types of monitoring take place: monitoring of programme implementation by partner organisations • ELRU – Early Learning Resource Unit and monitoring of programme implementation by ECD • Goedgedacht Trust. sites staff.

DOCKDA, in collaboration with its partner organisations An evalution of DOCKDA’s work, completed in 2004, and ECD sites in the two provinces, developed the showed that the Early Childhood Development Self- Generic Training Programme for ECD practitioners. reliance Programme had made a significant impact on The programme aims to build the governance and ECD sites. The findings included the following:1 management capacities of principals and governing • Some Grade R teachers found the training very body members of rural ECD sites through the useful and empowering. Programmes 31

• Participants reported improved levels of participation • Most ECD sites had prepared fundraising plans for by themselves and others in the training the following financial year. programmes. HIV and AIDS Programme • Participants felt more confident and reported less conflict between staff and committee members. The HIV and AIDS Programme is a key component of DOCKDA’s approach to development and is • Parental involvement in ECD sites had increased. implemented by the development centres and other • Most ECD sites had updated their constitutions. partner organisations. The programme, which consists of prevention, home based care and support services, • Some ECD sites had their financial records audited. aims to: • facilitate the implementation and management of Table 7: HIV and AIDS prevention and home, school and community gardens to ensure food security for people in rural communities awareness: Target groups infected and affected by HIV and AIDS Development Target group • promote positive living as a prevention strategy, centre and facilitate the development, implementation and HADO • Women and children facing management of prevention awareness and home domestic violence based care initiatives • Farm workers • People living with HIV and AIDS • support, mentor and facilitate capacity building of development centres to assist them to respond to KOOR • People living with HIV and AIDS and the prevalence of HIV and AIDS in their communities their families • Schools • support the establishment of a new community • Youth based organisation in the Northern Cape to NAMKO • Women and children implement DOCKDA’s HIV and AIDS programme. • Youth Home, School and Community Gardens BOKO • Youth • Unemployed community members Most of the development centres created and • People living with HIV and AIDS and maintained flourishing home, school and community their families gardens. Their produce was a source of nutritious • Women food for people and families infected and affected by GARDO • Farm workers HIV and AIDS. Most of the gardens produced green • People living with HIV and AIDS and leafy vegetables, such as cabbage and spinach, rich in their families nutritional value and effective in boosting the immune • Schools systems of those infected. 32 Ten Years of Rural Development

Left: Workshops and camps were held for young people from Keimoes to discuss the stigma and impact of HIV and AIDS. In addition to providing grants to the development centres for prevention and awareness work, DOCKDA also supported the centres through monitoring and regular field visits.

Support and Home Based Care

Some of the development centres provided home based care for those affected by HIV and AIDS. This included the provision of counselling and advice to people living with AIDS and their families, as well as referrals to local clinics and relevant government departments. Some development centres gave support to vulnerable and orphaned children. Prevention and Awareness Capacity Building The development centres conducted awareness and The facilitation of skills development in the development education sessions on HIV and AIDS. Among other centres remained DOCKDA’s focus in building the things, the workshops aimed to combat stigmatisation capacity of the development centres to deliver the HIV of people living with HIV and/or AIDS and promote and AIDS Programme. Initiatives to help strengthen openness in communities about the pandemic. the development centres included workshops focusing Participants were always encouraged to talk openly and on the rights of people living with AIDS, training in freely about the impact of the disease on their lives, and voluntary counselling and testing, and training in to go for voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). establishing vegetable gardens.

Notes Global Context 1 DOCKDA, Update on the work of DOCKDA (Cape Town, DOCKDA, 1997). 2 United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2003: Millennium Development Goals: A compact among nations to end human poverty (New York, Oxford University Press, 2003). 3 R. Naidoo, The Basic Income Grant: Poverty, politics and policy- making, Harold Wolpe Lecture Series, 31 October (Durban, University of Natal, 2002). 4 M. Legum, It doesn’t have to be like this. A new economy for South Africa and the world (Cape Town, Ampersand Press, 2002). 5 B. Turok, The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), New Agenda – South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy 6 (2002). 6 J. Randriamaro, Outlook for Africa: Debt, Aids and the feminisation of poverty, in Real world economic outlook 2003. The legacy of globalization: Debt and deflation edited by A. Pettifor (Basingstoke and New York, Pallgrave Macmillan, 2003). 7 John Paul II (Pope), Encyclical letter: Sollicitudo rei socialis (On social concern) (Boston, Daughters of St. Paul, December 30, 1987), p. 49. 8 M. Legum, It doesn’t have to be like this. A new economy for South Africa and the world, p. 99. DOCKDA: A Brief History 1 The name ‘DOCKDA’ is the acronym of the Diocese of Oudtshoorn, Cape Town, Keimoes/Upington and De Aar. 2 Nomvula Dlamini of Community Development Resource Association (CDRA) facilitated the programme of Indaba 2004. 3 N. Dlamini, 2004, DOCKDA Indaba Report (Cape Town, DOCKDA, 2005), p. 5. 4 Freeth, DOCKDA evaluation report, p. 20. Achievements 1994–2004 1 R. Freeth, DOCKDA evaluation report (Cape Town, DOCKDA, 2004) p. 4. 2 Ibid., p. 10. 3 Ibid., p. 5. 4 Ibid., p. 5. 5 Ibid., p. 11. 6 bid., p. 15. 7 Ibid., p. 18. 8 Ibid., p. 18. Programmes 1 J. Keen, DOCKDA ECD evaluation report (Cape Town, DOCKDA, 2005). In praise of ten years of DOCKDA Happy are they who suffer With the very young, the very old and the very lonely For they have compassion. Happy are they who greet the world With joy, laughter and anticipation, For they have courage. Happy are they who live not where they choose, But where they are sent, For they have freedom. Happy are they who speak gently, Live humbly, for they have dignity. Happy are they who listen and hear, And extend their hands, for they have understanding. Happy are they who gave simply, Love deeply, for they have sincerity. Happy are they who live intensely, And sing life’s alleluia, for they have awareness. Happy are they who have Compassion and courage, freedom and dignity, Understanding, sincerity and awareness, For they are part of DOCKDA.

By Rural Development Support Program (RDSP) Adapted from ‘The Beatitudes for Women’, author unknown

Thank you all for a wonderful partnership

DOCKDA Rural Development Agency: 1994–2004 Celebrating Ten Years of Rural Development

Published by DOCKDA Rural Development Agency 2006 Written by Margriet Knaap Edited by Tish Haynes, Roelien Theron Photography by DOCKDA Rural Development Agency Map by John Hall Design and layout by Designs for Development Cover design by Designs for Development Printed and bound by Hansa Reproprint DOCKDA Rural Development Agency

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DOCKDA Development Centres

Development Address Postal address Contact details centre

NAMKO 77C Kokerboom St. PO Box 282 Tel: 027-744 1010/1038 Okiep Okiep Fax: 027-744 1350 8270 8270 Email: [email protected]

KOOR 1287 Church St. PO Box 937 Tel: 054-461 1311 Keimoes Keimoes Fax: 054-461 2845 8860 8860 Email: [email protected]

HADO Cnr Smarag & Robyn St. PO Box 260 Tel/Fax: 053-203 0679 Welfare Office Hopetown Email: [email protected] Steynville 8750 8750

BOKO 42 St Saviour St. PO Box 97 Tel: 044-272 0340 Oudtshoorn Oudtshoorn Fax: 044-279 1643 6625 6620 Email: [email protected]

GARDO 55 Smit St. PO Box 406 Tel: 049-842 2927 Middelburg Middelburg Fax: 049-842 4530/1227 5900 5900

Vision DOCKDA’s vision is of a thriving infrastructure of rural development organisations capable of serving surrounding communities and assisting them to find effective solutions to meet their basic needs.

Mission DOCKDA is a benevolent and philanthropic rural based development agency. Our work is value based and is guided by a spirituality of ‘community serving humanity’. DOCKDA works with rural communities towards self- reliance and empowerment in a developmental way through capacity building and grant making.