- 17 Bernard Street, Montague Village, Lavender Hill
- Contact: Aysha Davids
- 073 882 2195
- womanhope4thenation@gmail.com
Monitoring site
Women Hope 4 the Nation was founded in 2002. They realised the huge need for a neighbourhood watch as many children and women were being attacked and raped in their area. The women got together and formed Women Hope 4 the Nation. They formed a Neighbourhood Watch made up of 15 – 20 women, trying to keep the community safe due to the high rate of gun shootings in the area. The women also formed a Youth Drilling Cadets – working with youth offering them skills to manage aggressive behaviour and learning techniques for self-discipline. The Youth School Dropout Project - encouraging young people to go back to school and to complete their schooling. Lastly, Village Heights Informal Settlements - working with the councillor Shaun August, is highlighting the basic needs of the community ranging from basic services to employment needs. The councillor feeds this information to his committee meetings and reports back to the community. The Sewing Project was started as an income generation project for women.
1 October 2016 - 30 November 2016
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SASSA Paypoint - Citizen
SASSA Pay Point: Steenberg Community Centre
Key Challenges Identified
- Abuse of SASSA grants
- SASSA helpdesk at pay points
- SASSA staff to be clearly identifiable by wearing nametags & uniform
- SASSA to provide social assistance information to communities: sessions & pamphlets
1 June 2015 - 31 July 2015
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Local Government - Citizen
Lavender Hill Sub Council 18 Housing Office
Key Challenges Identified
- Maintenance of rental stock.
- More training on the complaints mechanism using form C3 and general maintenance queries, such as replacing stolen rubbish bins.
- Report back from the councillor: elections manifesto & achievements to date.
- Ward budget allocation to be presented and explained to residents in a community workshop with the councillor.
- Training on budget monitoring
- Procurement guidelines for local government services.
1 June 2014 - 31 July 2014
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Local Government - Citizen
Lavender Hill Sub Council 18 Housing Office
Key Challenges Identified
- Residents need to understand how the C3 (Complaints form) works and also the Call Centre which is new.
- Councillor needs to call a meeting with the City of Cape Town’s Utilities head to explain to residents the process for securing maintenance to rental stock.
- To form a Joint Monitoring Committee and to schedule the first workshop with the Councillor
Follow Up on 4 November 2015
C3 complaints form: The form was explained at community meetings with the councillor. More work is needed in this regard.
Improving communication for community meetings: Communication seems to be improving with the use of WhatsApp notices.
More spaces should be created for community engagement with councillors to raise issues of concern and to clear up misunderstandings or areas of service delivery concerns of the residents.