Usapho News
Want to stay up to date with what’s happening at Usapho Indlu? You’ve come to the right place! We will keep this page updated with stories from our staff, households and projects.
First ‘School Garden’ is Growing
Community food gardens can be developed anywhere, including church properties, open spaces, household gardens, dumping grounds and school grounds. We started developing our first 'School Garden' at Dellville Park Primary School in Dellville Park, George in August...
GEORGE HERALD ARTICLE: Witnessing Transformation of Families in Themba
The programmes are aimed at meeting the specific needs of each member of each household and to track a pathway for them to overcome their hopelessness. This includes their spiritual, physical, emotional and mental health. GEORGE NEWS - At its second annual...
First Aid Training
Three Usapho Indlu members recently attended their first aid level 1 training. Johan Prinsloo at 911 Training and Events in George offered an excellent course in basic first aid. Imi, a grade 11 learner at York High School said she had the opportunity to...
Bearing fruit at the Education Centre
Every weekday afternoon the Usapho Indlu Education Centre is a hive of activity. And those activities are paying dividends. Not only can four special learners now pass with their own efforts but one matric student is top of the grade 12 class at her high school. This...
Winter Time and Women’s Day
Winter time in South Africa might be cooler than usual but Usapho Indlu has been as busy as ever. The community gardens are starting to come alive after winter when much time was spent building compost heaps, working the soil, making new vegetable beds and cultivating...
ABCD Training: Our adults’ growth is an asset
Asset Based Citizen-led Development is a monthly training opportunity for our adults run by Anne Timms, a Community Developer and one of our volunteers. Recently the group embarked on a "Transect Walk" to map infrastructural assets which included people, places and...
ETHNOS Ministries’ Eye Testing
It was a wet and cold July morning in Thembalethu but a team from Door of Hope braved the elements and set up their eye testing stations in Holy Trinity Church on 34th Street. Two of the team had travelled from as far as the USA. A large group consisting of 52 adults...
Transforming Society Venture, March 2023
Brett Johnson, well-known author of Transforming Society, led a Venture Team to George the week of 9 – 12 March to partner with Usapho Indlu. The purpose of the visit was to meet with leaders representing different sectors of society in our city and to talk through...
GEORGE HERALD ARTICLE: Repurposing Business, Transforming Society
Usapho Indlu is working with households, teaching them to discover how to become sustainable units and play an effective role in bringing transformation to their own community. GEORGE NEWS - Brett Johnson, well-known author of Transforming Society, led a team...
YeBo to change
Two of our matriculants, Ovayo Okolo and Sikhanyiso Manene have been accepted into the Year Beyond’s Planet Youth program. They are officially Yeboneers. Year Beyond was started in 2015 by the Western Cape Youth Development Strategy and the principles...