Plant a Ball Campaign - Microsoft · Plant a Ball campaign which has been done for the past 5 years. Slovo Centre of Excel-lence (SCE) was one of over 40 beneficiary Or-ganizations

What a special year it’s

been to commemorate

Mandela Day in such a

different way this year.

We participated in the

Total Sports, Fives Futbol,

Plant a Ball campaign

which has been done for

the past 5 years.

Slovo Centre of Excel-

lence (SCE) was one of

over 40 beneficiary Or-

ganizations across South

Africa who needed to

drive votes via social me-

dia for the amount of balls

to be planted in their com-

munities.

Part of our involvement

was being able to share

these balls with 4 Devel-

opment soccer teams at

the Slovo Park Informal

settlement as well as a few

for the Toy Library.

We also managed to share

the platform with several

local soccer teams in our

surrounding communities

including Dazzlers from

Bosmont and TIPS on the

East rand.

Well done to all the teams

who participated in this

campaign. A big thank

you to all the Voters who

cast their votes in support

of SCE. We were donated

11 balls in total. These to

be allocated accordingly

to development squads.

On 18 July, we hosted a

play date at the Toy Li-

brary for some local chil-

dren from the neighbor-

hood, to come and enjoy

some fun activities with us

including soccer balls and

refreshments were served

to commemorate the day.

A poster was made by our

interns and volunteers in

honor of Madiba’s legacy.

This included words that

remind us of his legacy

and a special quote which

read “ Children are our

most vulnerable citizens in

any society and the great-

est of our treasures”

In keeping with the tag

line for the campaign we

are firm believers that a

ball can be used as a

“catalyst for change”.

Thank you to the Sponsors

Total Sports, Fives Futbol,

Picup and all involved for

making this an extra

memorable Mandela day.

Plant a Ball Campaign #MandelaDay2019

World Play Day 28 May 2019

2019 Marked the 20th

anniversary of World Play

Day (WPD) around the

globe.

SCE has celebrated its 6th

consecutive year for

WPD . It forms part of our

annual calendar of events.

WPD is held in over 40

countries around the world

and in line with UNICEF

promotes the “Right to

play” for children from all

back grounds and socio–

economic environments.

The theme for this year

was “Play is a Right”. It

included several key ele-

ments Viz. Right to con-

nect, Right to explore,

Right to move, Right to be

creative and the Right to

participate.

We included the FWC Hos-

pice patients with a mobile

play session for the morning

and in the afternoon hosted

our Power of 10 Computer

Literacy group for a play

session at the Toy Library.

CSR Wesbank 2

Power of 10 computer Literacy 2

Econobee Play date 2

Internship new joiners 3

Chess development collaboration 3

Volunteers show Love in Action 3

Highlights and Thank you 4

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May– July 2019

SCE is a

proud

member

of

TLASA

which is

affiliated

to ITLA

for inter-

national

Toy

Libraries

Information Systems department who

provide a Computer Lab where 3rd year

students assist with tutoring. They are

guided by the Program co-

ordinator Debbie Cockrell.

The Toy Library purposes

to grow and scale this par-

ticular type of progam to a

STEAM centre where chil-

dren in this age group can

be skilled for the job market

of the future. Computer

Literacy is vital for survival

in the future generation of economically

active citizens. Play based learning

methods work hand in hand with critical

thinking and problem solving skills. Two

of our children in this program are now

doing Grade 10 CAT

subject at school, and

this 3rd year introduc-

tory course has really

helped them in prepara-

tion for secondary

school. A big thank you

to FWC who has as-

sisted with transport to

the UJ campus . Please

contact Debbie if you would like to find

out more about this program.

This year we started with a new group

of beginners in Computer Literacy and a

continuation of those who participated

over the past 2 years to the intermediate

phase.

This program aims to introduce children

aged 10-15 years to the basics of com-

puters including terminology, basic

Microsoft programmes , touch –typing

and general Life Skills through play

based learning.

The program is run in collaboration with

University of Johannesburg Applied

This quarter has seen the Toy Li-

brary enter into a CSR program

with staff of Wesbank Fairland in

their Customer Relations division.

Throughout the month of May, the

Toy Library hosted various team

members from their staff for some

play dates with local community

crèches. These provided great play

interaction for both adult volun-

teers, care-givers and most impor-

tantly the children aged 3-5 years

old. According to one of the staff

volunteers “ a day out of the office

is always welcome to play with

children from the local commu-

nity”.

The program driven by staff mem-

bers, also included the purchase

and installation of shelving from

the Garage Guys for the Toy Li-

brary.

We are so grateful for this very

necessary donation to the Centre

which has taken well over 2 years

to secure. A mammoth part of run-

ning a Toy Library is keeping or-

der with all the toys. Sufficient

shelf capacity is needed to keep

various developmental activities in

place. Thank you to Gillian and

Shadrack from the Wesbank team

as well as Karl from Garage Guys

for enabling this installation.

Together we continue to make a

difference in many ways to the

children in our local area.

Partnership and collaboration

through networking is a core value

at Slovo Centrre of Excellence.

This year we hosted a play date for

staff members from Econobee.

The aim was to see what we do as

an Organisation, how we do it and

why we do it. This done by partici-

pating with children in a fun way

and enjoyable experience for all.

This year , SCE has registered it’s

for Profit arm called Sensory Play

And Development Enterprises Pty

Ltd (SPADE), a Level 1 BBBEE

contributor. The aim as we transi-

tion towards sustainability is to

utilise this business for paying cli-

ents which will enable us to pro-

vide the services we offer to the

NPO beneficiaries.

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Power of 10 Computer Literacy for beginners

Corporate Social Responsibility: Wesbank comes on board

Econobee Play Date

In its 3rd year, this program has

great potential for developing

into a STEAM program—

Science, Technology,

Engineering, Arts and Maths

S LOV O CE NT RE OF E XCE LLE NCE

team of coaches participate in our

Winter School Holiday Club dur-

ing July.

One of our desires as an Organisa-

tion is to use the platform created

to provide opportunities to other

like minded individuals and Or-

ganisations as they seek purpose to

impact those in under privileged

communities.

A young organisation, Bathupi

Chess Academy has recently regis-

tered as a NPO. They have ap-

proached us in 2 capacities, one as

a chess development program to

be hosted at the Toy Library, the

other to assist through coaching

and mentoring their team, in what

we do in this landscape of the

NPO sector.

We are excited to have had their

The Non Profit environment, often

referred to as the 3rd sector, lends

itself very well to internship

placement. The real life work en-

vironment is “human resource

hungry” as many hands are needed

for the various activities to be per-

formed on a daily basis at the

NPO.

At the Toy Library, this extends to

Admin skills, play facilitation and

general maintenance of the area

including cleaning of toys, garden-

ing and seeing to the grounds for

cleanliness. Maintaining toys in

the Library from inventory to re-

pair forms part of the tasks on a

daily basis.

We have 3 interns who have

started at the Centre during the

month of July. Tashrique comes to

us through Sparrows FET College.

He will be on a 6 month internship

as an Admin Assistant. Phumlile

and Tshepiso come through the

Living Link which specialises in

Work Readiness Programmes and

skills development.

Thank you to both Organisations

and the Interns for considering the

Slovo Centre of Excellence as a

partner during this critical period

of mentoring, coaching and gain-

ing work experience.

We train and develop all volun-

teers and interns as Play Facilita-

tors at the Toy Library amidst their

other duties and responsibilities.

They have played a major role in

getting toys cleaned, packing

shelves , general admin duties in-

cluding inventory data capturing

and sorting of puzzle pieces.

For all our interns, it was their first

time participating in a Mandela

Day such as the one hosted at the

Toy Library on 18 July. According

to Phumlile, “ Being a Play Facili-

tator for the 1st time was not too

hectic, and the children were so

excited to be with us at the Toy

Library. We learned a lot from

each other.”

We’ve had some wonderful new

hands join our team as volunteers

this month. Nico, comes all the

way from Germany. He is studying

Political Science and has a keen

interest in photography and socio-

economically challenged communi-

ties. He has added great value by

using his skills to assist in upgrad-

ing our website and social media

platforms .

Samantha and Mullison are both

involved with a keen interest in

Early Childhood Development.

They are receiving on the job

training in a play based learning

environment to further their skills

in working with children.

We are delighted to have them all

on board and look forward to their

continued development.

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Chess Development in Collaboration with Bathupi Chess Academy

New team members through internships

Volunteers showing “Love in Action”

Special Thank you

♥ Andiswa Gwaru for voluntary assistance with compila-

tion of 2018 Financials

♥ Bradley Carelse for assistance with technical support

and IT Infrastructure

♥ Consistent monthly donations received from the

Taylor family, Bro Abie Prince, Mienkie Van der Merwe

and Allison van den Berg

♥ Teresa Richards from Charity Fusion and Jackie Galla-

gher from Sparrows Schools and their teams

♥ Pastor Audrey Jacobs and her team at Family Worship

Centre

♥ Alma and her team at Decluttering Momentum for toy

donations to the Centre as well as assistance with trans-

port for collections from time to time

♥ Friends of the project, family members, the network

within our community and anyone who made donations in

kind and have been a source of encouragement and

strength over these past months

The Toy Library

Based at The FWC Impact Centre

Corner Harmony & Retief Street

Hursthill JHB (Westbury Area)

SLOVO CENTRE OF

EXCELLENCE NPO

☺Instagram page is up and running

☺Yum-elicious participated in the

ITLA Global conference 2019, as an

Income Generating Initiative

☺Our “Beach sensory wall” mural

has started with plans to expand the

area for sensory play

☺3 local creches viz. Hamilton

Memorial creche,Vuka day care,

Adorable Juniors and FWC Awana

enjoyed a community play date at

The Toy Library

☺Yum-elicioius catalogue of

beautiful hand-crafted gifts

launching soon

☺After School Care Extra Mural

program launching soon

☺The “garden of happiness” had

some new seedlings planted during

the holiday club in preparation for

Spring

Highlights over the past quarter

Bank details:

First National Bank

62397493611

Branch: 256505

Ref: Your name/ Company name

♥ Love in Action ♥

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Contact Debbie or Lorraine Cockrell

073 260 4397

[email protected]