Project Scope and Reach
Operational Community Projects, funded by our donors and managed by Imbali:
Frank’s Heaven Kylemore Crèche
Imbali built and equipped a crèche for 90 children, now run under auspices of the national Stellenbosch Child Welfare organisation.
Mirja Sachs Infant Day Care Centre
Imbali built and equipped multi-purpose centre for care of 65 infants from 07h00 to 19h00 daily. Also run under the auspices of the Stellenbosch Child Welfare organisation.
Fredagh & Bernard Podlashuk Art and Educare Centre
Imbali built and equipped an Art and Educare centre. This facility will accommodate 50 pre-school children in safe after-school care once funding for a salary for a teacher has been found. As part of a Visual Literacy Project, 100 primary school children, and 60 high school children attend an art workshop on one Saturday per month, on a fully sponsored basis.
Kylemore Magic Muffin Bakery
Imbali installed and equipped a hi-nutrition muffin bakery in four rooms previously used for storage in the Kylemore High School. The bakery creates two adult jobs, and is currently baking approximately 3000 muffins daily. Full production in this little bakery could reach 6000 muffins daily. Currently 750 hi-nutrition muffins are provided free of charge every day to the most needy children in Frank’s Heaven Kylemore Crèche, the P.C. Petersen Primary School in Kylemore as well as the Mamalumka Project and a small soup kitchen in Sir Lowry’s Pass Village in Somerset West. Other muffins are sold at cost to primary and high school children.
Organic Food Gardens
Three soup kitchens serve a complimentary cup of soup to children daily from May to November, Vegetables are grown in an organic food garden in the Kylemore Primary and High School’s grounds. Kylemore women prepare the vegetables and cook the soup on a voluntary basis daily through the coldest months. The garden supports two adult jobs.
Imbali Live Craft and Art Centre
Imbali established this centre in 2001 to provide skills training for jobless youths and adults. A beading and craft skills-training room was installed in 2008 for primary and high school children in an attempt to keep them off the streets in the afternoons and out of the hands of drug lords who are preying on this section of the community. Approximately 50 adults, 17 youths and 37 children have already received skills training in craft making, beading, patchwork and quilt-making and are exposed to ongoing sewing, design and pattern making courses. Beautiful tableware, table cloths and serviettes, decoupage, safety pin crafts, woven items, children’s wear, and exquisite Christmas decorations are produced by this group, and sold at local craft markets. A significant number of those trained have now been able to obtain full-time employment using these skills outside their village.