Emmanuel Children's Home, Middelburg, South Africa

Emmanuel Child & Youth Care Centre (ECYCC) provides care and safe refuge for children who have been abused, neglected, abandoned and orphaned. Based in the town of Middelburg (Eastern Cape, South Africa). ECYCC is a registered NPO (non-profit organisation) in South Africa.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

NPO Status Granted

We're very happy to announce Emmanuel Children's Home is now officially a non-profit organisation (NPO) in South Africa, a status granted by the NPO Directorate within the Department of Social Development (DOSD). Our new number is: 073 629 NPO.

This is a very important milestone for ECH because it now means we can formally register the home with DOSD and make provision to offer care and shelter for more children. Being an NPO helps strengthen our creditibility because we are now held in account to a public office and we can hopefully find ways of getting benefits like tax incentives and funding opportunities.

The NPO that is named 'Emmanuel Children's Home' now oversees the management and planning of everything related to the home. It operates based on principles set out in an official constitution which has signed by the following board members:
  • Bertus Deysel (Chairperson)
  • Thandiwe Mblane, teacher at Nonyaniso Primary School (Treasurer)
  • Donald Smiles, Politician for the DA Party (Advisor)
  • Stanford Calvert, Manager of Good Shepherd Hospice (Advisor)
  • Zolile Gladstone Masimini, Regional Counsel Member (Advisor)
  • Carol Deysel (Secretary)

We believe we have a Board which is representative of the whole Middelburg community and will ensure everything the Emmanuel Children's Home does is in the children's and community's best interests. It is our intention to work in a positive partnership with everyone in the community and the Department of Social Development, reinforcing family values and providing refuge where no other home can be found.