The partnerships for funding, placements and job shadows remain key in order to fulfill our vision. We continue to focus increasing time, resource and effort on growing these partnerships. Our ability to link our students to employment opportunities remain a fundamental cornerstone of our mission and we will continue to invest resource and focus behind this deliverable. The number of individual private donors grew from 26 to 46 during the 2016/17 year. The number of business and foundation donors partnering with us doubled from 7 to 15 in the same period, while the number of job shadow and placement partners increased to 53. We remain grateful for their ongoing support and partnership. We are excited about the future and we look forward to reporting back next year on continued growth and progress made in our daily task to equip the unemployed for a more meaningful life. Fisantekraal Centre for Development welcomed

Chantel Thomas en Jaqueline Counter recently completed their Frail Care practicals at Residentia Aristea. They enjoyed doing their practical at the instituition and were thrilled to be shown the ropes by FCD graduates who are now employed at Aristea – Lorraine September, Junique Welkom, Revonia Burger and Howard Steyn. Sister

Ploughing back into Fisantekraal The Akorn Foundation recently appointed several staff members from the Fisantekraal community to make a positive impact on the schooling being offered at the Trevor Manual Primary School. We were delighted to see that four of the successful candidates come from our pool of Office Basics

  Volunteers, supporters and partners of Fisantekraal Centre for Development pulled out all the stops to ensure a successful and stylish fundraising event held at the Neethling family estate in Durbanville at the end of August. The contributions of the philanthropic guests and sponsors resulted in a financial boost of

It was all smiles again as 220 students received certificates at the FCD graduation ceremony. Guest speaker Minah Koela had the audience in the palm of her hands with her inspirational talk. She started with an African jubilation song that touched the hearts of all those in attendance. Minah who

What makes volunteering at FCD so special is that the impact is felt by volunteers and students alike. In fact all people interacting with us experience various levels of personal growth, fulfilment and blessing. Some of our volunteers recently shared some thoughts about their involvement with FCD. Sabrina Hiscock, Psychology Intern

We are encouraged to see how our students are reaping the rewards of the training opportunity provided to them. Micaela Miller, promoted to Supervisor at Milady’s Parow Michaela participated in the Jumpstart Programme at Milady’s after completing the Job Readiness and Office Basics training at the end of 2015. She

Ronel Williams and Honjiswa Ngcwangu have been employed at Klaradyn Retirement village. They recently  enjoyed a moment connecting with Frail Care trainer, Deli Nel as she visited the centre to evaluate current trainees  Shaandien Stephens and Nozizwe Mabaleka doing their job shadows at Klaradyn. Excellence during practical secured Honjiswa Ngcwangu’s employment at