{"id":50182,"date":"2023-04-11T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/shelters-appeal-to-private-sector-for-help-20230410\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:48:25","slug":"shelters-appeal-to-private-sector-for-help-20230410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/shelters-appeal-to-private-sector-for-help-20230410\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Living from hand to mouth’: Women shelters appeal to private sector for help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four months since women\u2019s shelters around the Western Cape made a public appeal for emergency funding to keep their doors open the Western Cape Women\u2019s Shelter Movement says nothing much has changed, and shelters are \u201cliving from hand to mouth\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December last year, 14 of the twenty shelters that form part of the Western Cape Women\u2019s Shelter Movement faced imminent closure<\/a> due to lack of funding while the rest only had funding for about two to three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shelters are the Safehouse, Saartjie Baartman Centre, St Anne\u2019s Homes, Philisa Abafazi Bethu, Carehaven, Sisters Incorporated, Athlone House of Strength, Aalwyn Place of Safety, Sizakuyenza, S-Cape, St Mary\u2019s Home of Hope, Worcester House of Hope, United Sanctuary Against Abuse and St Clare\u2019s Sanctuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delene Roberts, chair of Western Cape Women\u2019s Shelter Movement, says the shelters have managed to scrape by these past few months but adds that they are not out of the woods yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNone of the shelters have closed as individual shelters held fundraisers in order to prevent this. The Department of Social Development paid the quarterly subsidy (to compliant shelters) early January, but these funds were used to cover expenditure and the immediate needs of shelters and technically, the shelters are back where they were when the press release went out in December.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roberts says they are grateful to donors that have continued to support them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe shelters have been living from hand to mouth and yet expected to deliver the best quality services to the survivors of abuse. However, we are extremely grateful for the many donors that came to our rescue with donations in kind such as non-perishable goods. These donations have gone a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joy Lange, Executive Director of St. Anne\u2019s Homes in Woodstock, says they have been keeping the doors open and trying to stay afloat with the assistance of donors and the wider community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know what the future holds, whether with the new funding cycle from the Department of Social Development if we are going to receive an increase. We are almost trying to get used to this cycle, because government gives us a quarterly sum, but it is just not enough to cover everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSt. Anne\u2019s has a funder, who has been contributing between R400 000- R450 000 per year. For 2023 the funder could only contribute R120 000. That deficit is largely felt. And it is the same principle for other funders as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ | Survivors face a bleak future as pleas are made to keep GBV shelter open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lange says their monthly expenses range between R200 000 and R300 000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lange says: \u201cThe plea is for the private sector to come to the party. Yes, the Department of Social Development (DSD) funds the salaries of the social auxiliary worker, and they give a contribution toward the house mothers salaries, however there are other key roles that make up the quality service delivery of any shelter. Like administrative staff, a financial person, so yes, there are contributions that one could use from the funds that the DSD gives, but it doesn\u2019t fulfil a full salary for an admin person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She adds: \u201cWe are not even talking about child-minders. At St. Anne\u2019s we have qualified Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners because we have a registered ECD programme on the premises. Yes, we get a contribution from the Provincial Department of Education toward our ECD programme, but that translates to R8 000 a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are getting used to the fact that closure of a shelter is just around the next month. So, we live day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roberts says these play a critical role in society. \u201cMany women have quoted \u201cif it wasn\u2019t for the shelter, I might not have been alive today\u201d, therefore the services that shelters render are essential and much needed and yet we do not have enough beds in the province. Victims feel that we don\u2019t want to help when we say we are full, but what can we do? How come during Covid shelters were considered essential services permitted and enforced to be open and serving with tighter restrictions?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roberts there\u2019s various projects ways which people can offer support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cReach out to your closest shelter and see how you can make a difference, once off donation or a monthly donation or donation in kind.

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\u201cWe need your help to save the many victims and prevent them from becoming a femicide statistic. Adopt, create or sponsor a project to aid different periods during the seasons and timeframes of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Monique Mortlock-Malgas, media liaison officer for the Western Cape Social Development Department, says the department remains committed to ensuring victims of violence get the support and assistance they need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe budget allocation towards the Western Cape Department of Social Development\u2019s Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP) has increased from R68,2 million in 2022\/2023 to R76,8 million in 2023\/2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She says the department is also planning a 5% increase for all VEP organisations and expansion of services in hotspot areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the next three years the Department will expand shelter services in the Victim Empowerment space and expand Khuseleka centres in the Overberg and Eden Karoo. Funding to current service providers will also be enhanced to ensure sustainability at these facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone in need of assistance, like counselling, services can be accessed by visiting your nearest DSD office, or by contacting one of the funded NPO partners. Services can also be accessed by calling the Gender-Based Violence Command Centre on 0800 428 428. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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