Hawston Project (Module 4)

The fourth and final Module of the “Be the Difference” Programme was presented from 8 to 10 May 2017 in Hawston. Students were encouraged to think out of the box and to explore small business opportunities. The basic fundamentals of entrepreneurship were introduced to the group and they were...

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News from our Hawston project: Community Life

A peaceful Easter weekend was followed by a week of hard work, tears and laughter and inspirational stories of hope in Hawston. From April 18 to 22, the students from the “Be the Difference”- project completed their third module sponsored by the Johann & Gaynor Rupert Foundation. CEFA facilitated...

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“Be the Difference” Programme

(Sponsored by Johann & Gaynor Rupert Foundation) Teaching from personal experience is probably one of the most powerful methods of conveying important life lessons to others. Our group of students attending the “Be the Difference” Programme in Hawston was recently blown away by guest speaker, Riaan Stoffels, who came...

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Hawston Project (Module 2)

From 27 to 30 March 2017 our group of Hawston students came together for Module 2 of the “Be the Difference” Programme sponsored by the Johann & Gaynor Rupert Foundation and presented by CEFA. Over the four days they learned more about writing a professional CV, preparing for a...

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Hawston project

A group of very special young people from Hawston were selected to attend a successful three day Life Skills training course offered by CEFA. The project is sponsored by the Johann & Gaynor Rupert Foundation and took place from 21st March until 24th March. The Hawston Secondary School was...

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Word of welcome from the CEO

On behalf of myself and the entire CEFA team, it is my privilege to extend a big welcome to the Social Auxiliary Work January 2017 intake. As a Social Worker I love the following phrase which I once saw on the internet, and which is for me, true of...

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Seasons greetings

The Festive season is a time for families and friends to be together, to share experiences, aspirations, memories, trials and triumphs. It is also a time when we look back on everything that has been achieved over the past year. I am extremely proud of the incredible commitment from...

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Evaluation of a Social Auxiliary Worker training program

Richard Matanda, a Congolese citizen who completed his Master’s Thesis at UWC under the supervision of dr Charlene Erasmus with the title “A formative implementation evaluation of a Social Auxiliary Worker (SAW) training program”. This theory-based evaluation has been conducted with an improvement-orientated purpose on the CEFA SAW training....

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Cefa and partners launches RPL pilot project

Last year CEFA entered into a partnership to launch a RPL Pilot project for the Community Development NQF Level 5 qualification. Our partners are the Community Development Professionalisation Steering Committee (CDPSC), the Department of Social Development, Gauteng and BP Developments (currently one of only a few registered RPL centres...

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