The Topsy Foundation - Johannesburg

We help vulnerable rural communities in Mpumalanga by providing support & tools for happy, healthy children.

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The Topsy Foundation NPC Introduction The Topsy Foundation is a registered Not-For-Profit Company. We are a relatively small NPO in terms of reputation despite having a significant reach (supporting 14,000 adults and children) in one of the poorest parts of South Africa with a very high unemployment rate. We are serving in the rural communities of the sub-district of Dipaleseng Local Municipality in the most southern part of Mpumalanga (only one hour and fifteen minutes from the north of JHB) for the past 21 years, also for the last 3 years started serving the community at the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality, both situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, head office in Bryanston. We employ 43 staff members of which 36 are fieldworkers, 95% of them are female and 85% come from the surrounding communities. We are one of the very few employers in the areas. We focus on young children under 6 years of age as research indicates that investment during these early formatives years brings the most return in terms of more educational and prosperous adults’ population in later years. By ensuring that the 4,000 children in our Early Child Development Centres get a package of essential early services, we can help to provide them with more equal start to life. We also focus on the well-being of the community, particularly vulnerable woman. The Topsy Health, pharmacy, medical suite, and community vegetable gardens are situated in Grootvlei. It is ideally situated to easily serve and be accessible to the surrounding communities. The Topsy Foundation’s Early Child Development Programme supplies: 1.Educational support & stimulation for early learning 2. Child health, hearing & vision test and growth monitoring 3.Nutritional support through the establishment of vegetable gardens, donations 4. Support for caregivers through home visits, counselling &of food, blankets and clothing parental skills training 5.Social & income support through assistance with birth registration, accessing 6.Preschool teachers training ECD NQF Level 3,4,5 (Children 3 to 6 years) of child support grant, disabblity grant and child protection 7. Woman’s Health – Pap smear, Colposcopy - X Rays – Topsy Pharmacy