Saturday, September 20, 2008

What its all about.

The Masakhane Project is a community development project at the informal settlement of Masakhane near Magaliesburg in the Gauteng Province. The Masakhane Project is run through a partnership between Village Power Community Development Projects (an NPO), SAB, NGK Welsyn, Local Goverment etc.

Community Development facilitators are:
Sonja van der Vyver (Village Power Development Projects)
San-Mari Ferreira (NGK Welsyn)

A community Commitee has been elected by the community
Yvonne Kgope is the commitee leader
Each member of the comitee has a seperate portfolio
The following portfolios exist:

Communicator
Evironment
Water and Sanitation
Social Services
Health Care
Safety and Security

Comunity coherence has been established. The community was divided along political lines, however the establishment of the community commitee and the stakeholders forum ahs served to unite the comunity in assessing and addressing their problems.

The lack of water in the settlement was idetified as the biggest problem and this problem ahs been prioritised. In partnership with SABMiller, a windmill will be erected at the settlement to ensure a constant supply of water.