ADVERTORIAL
Time for
Change
Time for Change (TFC) bene?ciaries are excellent
testimony to PPC's slogan of Invest to Empower. Early this
year, TFC was featured on CNBC Africa's Entrepreneurial
Programme as an NGO working towards true sustainability.
PPC's investment in bakery and sewing equipment has
seen a number of young people from the streets and f ormer
commercial sex workers being trained in these skills, and
then securing employment. TFC's Siziwe mini bakery and
Time Sewing initiatives have brought dignity and self-worth
to marginalised people.
Most of the women trained under Time Sewing are selfemployed and are now members of a new cooperative being
managed with assistance from the Department of Social
Services. Time Sewing completed a number of orders from
other NGOs, including track suits for the Field Band
Foundation, uniforms for the Gift of Givers, curtains and
cricket shirts for the French Institute. In the last three years,
the Department of Social Services registered Time Sewing
as one of the suppliers of school uniforms for the Bana Pele
programme.
Importantly, individuals from TFC are living advertisements
of the project's potential, and representatives of an
alternative life choice to their peers.
The Love of Christ Ministries (TLC)
In the last two years, PPC has invested around R500 000 in
the implementation of poultry farming at TLC, a home for
abandoned babies. During the year, the chickens produced
enough eggs for use by the home, with excess supplies sold
to the public, including PPC staff. Birds not laying are sold to
a nearby butchery.
Field Band Foundation
PPC has long supported the ?eld band concept as it allows
steady development in a holistic approach that considers
physical and emotional needs. Field bands are about 'music
for life' where youth from marginalised areas are trained in
musical instruments, movement and dance, and also
receive HIV and Aids peer education, general education in
The Love of Christ Ministries (TLC)
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Field Band Foundation
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