NPO paperwork - Complete

The weekend was fun, the safari was fun, but it really is time to get back to why I am here, and that is to get things done in South Africa Non-Profit Land.

If you think back to my task list, one of the big items I wanted to accomplish was to get the NPO (Non-Profit Organization) paperwork done and filed for Iso'Lezwe Caregivers.  If'n you recall, there was some confusion as to whether or not the paperwork had been submitted last year, and umm  .... maybe, but yet, on the Department of Social Responsibility website there was no NPO number, so ummmmm .... vagueness ....

Well, I cut to the chase and said let's just do it.  I gathered Pumla (my spellchecker keeps wanting to correct it to "Puma") and Zaneze, and we hand wrote the forms.

Then, I had the same problem with the constitution.  Whose computer is the original on?  Sammy??  Heidi??  Yuma??  Cut all of that.  Last week, I spent two hours and sat and just retyped the thing.  Changed quite a few typos, fixed the numbering in Word, made the indents look correct, and added in the missing items that were needed from the Checklist in the NPO form paperwork.

Finally .... on Monday .....


Look what she is doing .....

Signing the Iso'Lezwe Aids Awareness/Caregivers Group NPO application paperwork.  Pumla is the Director.

Zaneze is the Secretary, and had her turn in front of the camera, signing as well ....

After the big Signing of the Paperwork, we took a walk through Kalkfontein.  Pumla and Zaneze wanted to show me the home where the HIV/Aids Support Group meetings take place, plus I hadn't yet been to the "top of the hill" where one can see the entire township.

The skinny dog that lives next door to Joyce ....

This little doggie wouldn't look at me ....

If you walk out of Joyce's front yard and turn to the left, this is the view ....

Unemployment for adult males in this township is at about 75%, which would stand to reason as this photo was taken at 1:30 in the afternoon on a Monday.

The neighborhood water spigot.  Homes here do not have water inside of the homes, one must walk down the street to the spigot.

 The top of the hill near the bathrooms.  And as it happens, the garbage dump ...

The top of the hill, overlooking the township. 











I will be back out here on Thursday, meeting with Joyce, finishing up the paperwork.