annual report 2016 1 Table of contents pg 1. Organisational Overview . 1 2. Executive Chairman’s Report . 2 3. Project Reports: 3.1 The Domino Foundation Babies’ Home . 4 3.2 The Domino Foundation Feeding Programme . 6. 3.3 The Domino Foundation Life Skills Programme . 8 3.4 The Domino Foundation Early Childhood Development Programme . 10 . 3.5 The Domino Foundation Skills Development Programme . 12 3.6 The Domino Foundation Red Light Programme . 14. 3.7 The Domino Foundation Recycle Swop Shop Programme . 16 . 4. Marketing & Communications Report . .18 . 5. Volunteer Report . 19 6. Donors . 20. 7. Financial Statements . 21 . Who Are We? The Domino Foundation is a non-profit organisation that believes in the power of a changed life. We have a range of community outreach programmes that focus on the individual, to empower, uplift and transform their lives so they too can impact the nation and others around them. We currently impact the lives of just over 4 000 individuals, ranging from 0 to 18 years of age, every single day. The Domino Effect of changed lives, changing lives, starts with our support of individual, vulnerable children and results in changed communities. More info and exciting ways to get involved can be found at www.domino.org.za. Change a life, change a community. 1. Organisational overview THE FOUNDATION THE FOUNDATION THE FOUNDATION Feeding Life Skills Recycle PROGRAMME PROGRAMME SWOP SHOP fo t od for though LEARNING FOR LIFE cleaner future THE FOUNDATION THE FOUNDATION Early Childhood Skills Development DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME B E RIGHT AMM Sta er START PROGR rting a new chapt THE FOUNDATION THE FOUNDATION Babies’ Homes Red Light TRANSITIONAL HOMES PROGRAMME she ST a lter MO nti hu ficking WHEN IT'S NEEDED man traf Board Members: Name Designation Richard Mun-Gavin (Chairman) Mickey Wilkins (CEO) Gavin Simpkins (CFO) Craig Robertson Kevin Haviland Michael Ferreira 1 2. Executive Chairman’s report “Cowardice asks the question: is it safe? 1. Growth in our programmes: Expediency asks the question: is it politic? Vanity We have seen a number of our existing programmes grow asks the question: is it popular? But conscience in their capacity and reach. Our Feeding programme is asks the question: is it right? And there comes a now four kitchens strong and feeding into the south of time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular – but one must take it Durban. Our Early Childhood Development programme simply because it is right.” has expanded beyond Amaoti and into the Waterloo and Oshabeni communities and our Bursary Fund programme ― Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968 has taken on more tertiary learners. This report gives testimony to the communities, the We are excited at the continued ‘maturing’ of our volunteers, the staff of the Foundation and to its donors organisation as well as the refining and development of the as together we stand up for what we believe to be right: individual programmes. The expansion of each initiative seeing individuals, families, and communities keep moving has allowed them to achieve our vision of changing lives toward upliftment, justice, opportunity, and a better and impacting communities. future. 2. Growth in the number of our transformation I cannot help but start this report by highlighting some of the incredible achievements of the 2016 year: initiatives: 2016 saw us support and take on three programmes that • We produced around 951 254 meals in 2016 and existed in their own right. However, we felt through coming expanded to a fourth kitchen in Amanzimtoti in into the Domino fold they would find increased capacity in partnership with Kingsway Church International. This both efficiency and effectiveness to bring about change in has increased our capacity to feed, as well as increased their focal areas. the distribution footprint in Durban. The first project was Red Light, which deals in the human • We took on three new programmes, taking the total trafficking environment as a secondary intervention number of transformation initiatives in The Domino (dealing with restoration and reintegration of individuals Foundation stable to seven. who have found themselves exploited and trafficked) and • One of these new programmes is in Cape Town, which this operates out of Durban. The second programme is has increased our footprint to now include KwaZulu the Recycle Swop Shop which deals across a few layers of Natal and the Western Cape. community transformation in giving communities access to dignity in the way of food stuffs and hygiene products • Another new programme, The Bursary Fund, saw its first in a trade with communities cleaning their environments crop of learners complete their tertiary studies. of recyclables. This project is located in Cape Town. The As I reflect on 2016, it is evident that the year was a year of third programme is the Bursary Fund programme, which ‘growth’. As 2014 was a year in which we saw our horizons provides a platform to empower and equip disadvantaged starting to expand in the multiplication story, and 2015 individuals through tertiary education. was a significant year in how we positioned ourselves to move into that space, so 2016 saw us being able to take a 3. Growth in the number of communities being number of strides forward in this multiplication story. reached by our projects: Now, reporting back on the year that was, I’ll outline 3 key With the expansion of our programmes, the Domino Effect areas of ‘growth’: has impacted a number of new communities in 2016 Our ECD programme now reaches crèches in the North (Waterloo) and South (Oshabeni, Port Shepstone) of 2 Durban. The Recycle Swop Shop operates in three Closing comments: townships within the Western Cape, namely Du Noon, Life transformation continues to remain our major focus Westbank and Phillipi. Red Light impacts individuals from and this shapes all that we do. By transforming a life we Chatsworth and surrounds, with the majority of their work see the Domino Effect take its place, with the result being a impacting the Inner city. With the expansion of our fourth transformed community. kitchen in Amanzimtoti, our feeding programme now reaches individuals in Waterloo, Inner City, Amanzimtoti It has been our privilege to serve the 4020 beneficiaries and Umbogintwini in the south. that The Domino Foundation impacts on a daily basis. We continue to trust that our contribution will be magnified These communities are in addition to our existing impact and multiplied by our God and that we will see a further which covers the greater Inanda and Durban North stretching and increase in 2017. districts. As always, our staff and volunteers, over two hundred of Seeing ahead: you, are critical in making this work a reality, and for that Last year, I wrote about our view on sustainability and the we thank you. development of Domino Business as a component piece Thank you to my fellow board members who keep giving in this regard. It was exciting to see this come to fruition of yourselves to both protect and propel the Foundation during the 2016 year, and as a result we have embarked on forward. a tweaking of the brand identity to help incorporate the growing reach as well as the growing components of our Thank you to the Anthem elders and the intercessory work. We are trusting that this will work itself out in 2017 prayer team who keep supporting the work of The Domino as we look to create further awareness about who we are Foundation. and what we do. And thank you to our Father in Heaven who has called us to Secondly, with us taking on the Recycle Swop Shop this great work, to Jesus Christ who gives us the courage to Programme in Cape Town, we have tested our ability to work for justice and redemption, and to the Holy Spirit who serve more communities in different parts of our country. empowers our hands. As I look ahead, I see us being able to help more projects that are already running in different cities yet lacking the infrastructure to truly bring transformation into the communities they are serving. As we partner with them, and them with us, the goal of bringing dignity, justice and hope to individuals, families and communities continues to be an achievable dream. Thirdly, as I look ahead, I see an increasing international involvement as The Domino Foundation continues to engage with individuals and organisations in the international landscape. Through partnering with volunteer organisations, international funders and like- minded individuals the message of our work is taken back to their respective home countries, and the international support increases our capacities, resources and impact within the communities we work in. Richard Mun-Gavin 3 3. Project reports Overview 3.1 The Domino Babies’ Homes are transitional homes for abandoned babies and toddlers, awaiting foster or adoptive families. We provide a loving, family environment THE FOUNDATION whilst aiming for excellent standards in health, hygiene and nutrition – providing the best possible care wherever possible. Babies’ Homes Adoption (not temporary placement) remains our primary TRANSITIONAL HOMES objective, and we endeavour to work together with Durban she ST Child Welfare to obtain a permanent placement for each lter MO WHEN IT'S NEEDED child, thus giving the child the best possible outcome and brightest future. We continue to maintain a good network with other babies’ homes in the Durban area which allows us to distribute many of the generous donations we receive to resource other babies homes. We regularly give to crèches and orphanages in Amaoti, Mayville and Verulam where the children and babies are in desperate need and some live in abject poverty.