12 Pretorius Street, Rustenburg 0300
Programmes
12 programmes across documentation, education, skills, community work and support for women and young people. Most need nothing but for you to come in.
If nothing here matches your situation, that does not mean we cannot help — tell us what you need or ring 081 496 8907. Most people arrive with a problem that does not have a programme name.
12 programmes
Advocacy & DocumentationHelp preparing an asylum or refugee permit application, and renewing one before it expires. We cannot decide your application — that is Home Affairs — but we can help you prepare it.
Bring whatever papers you have, even expired ones.
Advocacy & DocumentationA caseworker or volunteer travels with you to the office in Rustenburg and stays for the appointment.
Arranged in advance — the queues start early.
Advocacy & DocumentationRegistering a birth and obtaining the certificate, including where a hospital or a clinic has refused.
Bring the clinic card and both parents’ documents if you have them.
Advocacy & DocumentationReferral to legal partners at no cost, and taking up cases where rights are being denied.
We refer; the attorney decides whether to take the case.
EducationGetting children into school and keeping them there, including when a school turns a child away for lack of documents.
Come as early in the year as you can — places fill.
Skills & EntrepreneurshipTraining and support for cooperatives so people can earn an income rather than depend on aid.
Runs in intakes rather than continuously.
Skills & EntrepreneurshipShort courses that lead to work, with the tools and materials to practise what was taught.
Ask which course is open this term.
Social CohesionBringing migrant and host communities together, so that neighbours meet somewhere other than a queue.
Open to everybody in the area, not only to our clients.
Social CohesionFood parcels, transport where it is what stands between somebody and an appointment, and help finding a safe place to stay.
Come in and ask. Nothing is needed to be seen.
Women & Youth EmpowermentSupport for survivors of gender-based violence, including going with you to a clinic or a police station.
If you are in danger now, ring 10111 first.
Women & Youth EmpowermentWorking with families and with social development where a child is unaccompanied, separated or at risk.
Usually reaches us through a school, a clinic or a neighbour.
Women & Youth EmpowermentGroups and holiday programmes for young people, including those out of school and waiting on a placement.
Ask what is running this school holiday.
Not sure which one? Ring 081 496 8907 and describe the situation — we will tell you whether to come in, and what to bring.
