BEYOND 100 YEARS -- THE RIPPLE EFFECT
2013/14 ANNUAL REVIEW
A Tribute to Prof. Ratie B Mpofu
Table of Contents
WE HONOUR PROF. RATIE MPOFU WHO PASSED AWAY ON
19 OCTOBER 2013 AT THE AGE OF 68. EMERITUS PROFESSOR
(AND PREVIOUS DEAN) OF THE FACULTY OF COMMUNITY AND
HEALTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE,
AND PRESIDENT OF CAPE MENTAL HEALTH’S BOARD, RATIE
WAS A PASSIONATE HEALTH REFORMER. OVER THE YEARS SHE
FAITHFULLY SERVED THE COUNTRY OF HER BIRTH, ZIMBABWE,
AND HER ADOPTIVE COUNTRY, SOUTH AFRICA, THROUGH HER
LEADERSHIP AND VISION.
A Tribute to Prof. Ratie Mpofu
A Message from the CMH Director
The CMH Ripple Effect
-- Human Rights
A Life Transformed
-- Andile’s Story
While in exile in England, Ratie obtained her diploma in
physiotherapy, followed by a teacher’s diploma and a BA in
Social Science. She returned to Zimbabwe to work in the new
government’s Ministry of Health and taught physiotherapy at
the University of Zimbabwe; further academic accomplishments
included earning a Master’s in Physiotherapy from the University
of Southampton.
The CMH Ripple Effect
-- Expansion of Services
The CMH Ripple Effect
-- Advocacy
Reclaiming the Future
-- Gillian’s Story
In 1993 she moved to South Africa, joining the Faculty of
Community and Health Sciences, UWC, where her contributions
were considerable. During this time she accomplished her PhD
(the highest degree awarded in graduate study).
Statistics 2013-2014
Centenary Celebrations
Cape Mental Health is grateful not only for her keen interest
in the work of the organisation, but also her support of the rights
of all persons, including those with mental disability, and their
equal access to rehabilitation, health, and social services.
Honouring our Supporters
Credits
Left to Right: Khethiwe Nkuna, previously CSI Manager of MMI Holdings;
Ingrid Daniels, CMH Director; Prof. Ratie Mpofu, CMH President.
We extend our sympathies to her husband, Joshua, and her
children, grandchildren, family, friends, colleagues and admirers
around the world. The ripple effect of her work will extend far
beyond her lifetime, leaving us all richer for her legacy.
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Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, they send forth
a tiny ripple of hope… These ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls
of oppression and resistance
- Robert F Kennedy
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A Message from the CMH Director
CAPE MENTAL HEALTH CELEBRATED ITS CENTENARY IN 2013,
WHICH HAS PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFLECT
ON HOW THE VISION AND ACTIONS OF THE PIONEERS IN OUR
ORGANISATION HAVE HAD FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES.
The initial commitment to addressing vagrancy and prostitution
among young women with a ’mental handicap’ on the streets of
Cape Town, lobbying for mental health legislation, and motivating
for more hospitals to be available so that mentally ill people would
not be incarcerated with criminals, has created ripples that continue
to travel outward like those set in motion when a raindrop falls onto
an expanse of water.
Today Cape Mental Health serves more than 16 000 people
annually through 22 different projects. Our work impacts on the
lives of mental health service-users and their families, especially in
urban and rural communities where resources are severely limited.
Through our organisational expertise, provision of specialised
training to the disability sector, vocational exchanges for staff, and
an active volunteer programme, we benefit from, and contribute to
the national and global mental health movement.
Our challenge is to meet the needs of persons with mental
disabilities and reduce the mental health ‘treatment gap’ in the
provision of services. Despite the recent developments in policy
framework and strategy, and the fact that South Africa is a
co-signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, we continue to struggle with the very real discrepancy
between policy and what we experience every day at the ‘coalface’.
This Annual Review reflects some of the highlights and outcomes
of our Centenary and outlines our priorities for the next phase in
our history ‘beyond 100 years’.
Ultimately the Review serves as a tribute to all our mental health
consumers who inspire us with their abilities, resilience and
strength, and a celebration of all those mental health champions
who have been the centre of their own ripple effect, sending forth
waves of hope and change in the lives of persons with mental
disabilities.
Ingrid Daniels
Director, Cape Mental Health
After ten years’ service to Cape Mental Health as Deputy
Director, Gadija Koopman took on a fresh challenge in
November 2013 as the newly appointed Director of the
Western Cape Cerebral Palsy Association.
Gadija played a pivotal role in lobbying for appropriate
funding in community mental health services and other
matters.
We also saw the benefits of her involvement in the
Right to Education Campaign task group, which heralded
a new era of funding for children with severe and profound
intellectual disability at our Special Education and
Care Centres.
We are pleased that her experience and special skills
will continue to benefit the disability sector.
In July 2013 the National Health Council of South Africa adopted
the Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2013-2020
(MHPF & SP) for SA, which was eventually approved in Parliament
in October 2013. This was the longed-for outcome of ongoing
consultations that included provincial and national mental health
summits and the input of mental health organisations such as
Cape Mental Health and our national body, the SA Federation for
Mental Health.
STRATEGIC APPOINTMENTS
Cape Mental Health has appointed two part-time Deputy
Directors to help lead Cape Mental Health and provide
additional human resources for our organisation’s expansion:
Santie Terreblanche, occupational therapist and previous
General Manager of our Training Workshops Unlimited,
and Vimla Pillay, social worker and previous Executive
Director at The Trauma Centre.
Cape Mental Health’s strategy to upscale mental health services
within the Western Cape beyond our 100-year milestone has
been supported by the MHPF & SP, which embraces not only the
human rights of persons with mental disability, but also focuses on
evidence-based best practices.
The implementation of the MHPF & SP can only be successful,
however, if adequate resources are allocated.
A FOND FAREWELL
We are honoured to have two deputies of their calibre on
board as the organisation embarks on an era of growth
and rural expansion.
Ingrid Daniels, CMH Director, centre, flanked by her two deputies,
Vimla Pillay (left) and Santie Terreblanche (right.)
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HUMAN RIGHTS
The CMH Ripple Effect
The research project aimed to develop recommendations
and concepts around post-school qualifications and contextually
relevant education programmes for adults with intellectual disability
in order to facilitate opportunities for their gainful employment
and career development in the open labour market.
Right to Education
THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND THE 2010 HIGH
COURT RULING THAT THE STATE SHOULD PROVIDE ‘AFFORDABLE
ACCESS TO A BASIC EDUCATION OF AN ADEQUATE QUALITY’ FOR
CHILDREN WITH SEVERE/ PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY,
HAVE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION
AND CARE CENTRES IN HEIDEVELD, MITCHELLS PLAIN AND
KHAYELITSHA.
Our centres have benefited from visits from the CSPID (Children
with Severe & Profound Intellectual Disability) Professional Teams
established within the Department of Education to focus on the
assessment of children and the planning of individual stimulation
and development programmes. The CBS (Community Based
Services) teams from the Department of Health also provide
Monitoring & Evaluation and support.
Government subsidies channelled through the Department of Social
Development have been allocated for the salaries of 6 programme
implementers (at a ratio of 1:30 children), 23 caregivers/assistant
programme implementers (at a ratio of 1:8), a once-off transport
subsidy, and a training/recruitment subsidy.
CMH continues to attend meetings with the Provincial Government/
NGO Task Team to ensure effective implementation and to give
input into a 3-year action plan of the Department of Transport and
Public Works on an infrastructure, in terms of compliance, the
development of norms and standards, and the roll-out of the model.
These initiatives have changed the lives of 180 children at our
centres, and at 41 other centres in the Western Cape, but
a national roll out of the Right to Education Campaign would be
the culmination of years of lobbying initiated by CMH in 2001 and
taken further by the Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability
to afford such children full equality under the law.
The multi-disciplinary CSPID team has referred some potential
candidates to our Learning for Life Programme Implementers’ Course.
Funders such as the Syringa Trust and Momentum Fund have also
recommended our customised training.
The project included: researching and investigating best practice
models in Germany-based organisations and institutions; exploring
South African possibilities for potential partnership opportunities;
developing a draft concept and course outline for the qualification;
and formulating realistic recommendations going forward.
A draft concept was developed and presented to staff members
of all partner organisations, in the North and in the South.
Barriers such as widespread ignorance and
typecasting have caused people with disabilities
to be unfairly discriminated against in terms of
education and employment. Adults with intellectual
disability have an equal right to lifelong learning
and education, as described in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(UNCRPD, Article 24 – Education).
Post-School Education
CAPE MENTAL HEALTH WAS AWARDED THE ASA ‘NORTHSOUTH 2013 EXCHANGE PROGRAMME’ OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPLORE ACCREDITED POST-SCHOOL TERTIARY EDUCATION
FOR LEARNERS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. CURRENTLY NO
SUCH OPPORTUNITIES EXIST IN SOUTH AFRICA AT THE LEVEL OF
UNDERSTANDING AND WITH APPROPRIATE TRAINING METHODS AND
MATERIALS TO SUIT THE LEARNERS’ SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
Taryn Feinberg, Learning for Life Manager, spent May to July 2013
in Germany and then CMH hosted her ASA counterpart, Lynn Driller
from Germany, for a further 3 months.
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CMH is in the process of investigating possible partnerships
with universities and other institutions engaged in post-school
education regarding the qualification development, accreditation
processes and further research. A project plan for the development
and implementation of this qualification needs to be drafted and
submitted to the partner organisations in the North, SAGENet and
Lebenshilfe, and to other partners.
Implementation of the UNCRPD
AT THE INVITATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOCHUM IN GERMANY
(WITH WHOM CMH HAS A LONG-STANDING COOPERATION
AGREEMENT), INGRID DANIELS, CMH DIRECTOR, PARTICIPATED
IN AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR FROM 2 TO 9 JUNE 2013. THE
SEMINAR WAS ARRANGED BY MENSCHEN RECHT INKLUSION AND
FOCUSED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNCRPD IN PRACTICE.
Ingrid presented a series of lectures at the university’s social
work faculty that focused on: Cape Mental Health; Mental Health
Service Delivery in South Africa; Social Work – A Human Rights
Perspective; and the Implementation of Article 19 of the UNCRPD.
A meeting was also held with our SAGENet (South African German
Network) partner in Bonn, focusing on future accompanying
measures and the opportunity for SAGENET SA to be a ‘sending
organisation’ for the reciprocity exchange programmes.
ANDILE’S STORY
A Life Transformed
TWU — A Model of Empowerment
ANDILE MAYILE STANDS PROUDLY IN HIS GREEN CAPE MENTAL HEALTH WIND-BREAKER.
HIS ‘CORPORATE WEAR’ IS A SYMBOL OF WHAT HE HAS ACHIEVED, AND A STEP UP FROM
THE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND SAFETY BOOTS HE ONCE WORE AS A TRAINEE.
CMH’S TRAINING WORKSHOPS UNLIMITED (TWU) PROVIDES
A BEST PRACTICE MODEL THAT HAS BENEFITED NOT ONLY THE 579
TRAINEES WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ATTENDING OUR FOUR
TRAINING WORKSHOPS IN ATHLONE, RETREAT, KHAYELITSHA AND
MITCHELLS PLAIN, BUT ALSO HOLDS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR
THE ENTIRE DISABILITY SECTOR.
He speaks little English, but his story is one of enormous growth — from being a youth
who could not complete his schooling, to being a trainee and then an employee at the TWU
Nonceba Training Workshop in Khayelitsha for persons with intellectual disability.
Andile is a single parent, living with his parents, and looks forward to owning his own home
one day and taking care of his family. The dream may not be so far-fetched, as he has been
permanently employed since September 2007 as an Assistant Training Instructor, and is the
right-hand man of Thozama Boni, the Workshop Senior.
The model caters for trainees with different levels of functionality
and literacy, enabling them to participate in life skills and work skills
training, Learnerships, open labour market preparedness, supported
employment, and a Service User Participation programme that
provides advocacy training and opportunities for self–determination.
Andile is very careful with his money and has learned to manage his budget, pay accounts
and keep track of receipts. He walks to work, rather than taking a taxi. He explains that
he is a good father for his son, buying clothing and groceries for his family. He has faced
personal problems, but is fortunate to enjoy the support of his mother, Primrose.
The empowerment of persons with intellectual disability has an everexpanding impact on families and communities. Social and economic
inclusion changes public perceptions and transforms the lives of all
concerned.
His career path with our organisation’s Training Workshops Unlimited has provided
opportunities for growth and greater independence. As a new intake in 2001 he benefited
from TWU’s Prevocational Training Programme before entering the work skills programme.
Transformation of Protective Workshops
Andile’s time as a laundry assistant at TWU Nonceba Training Workshop, starting in 2003,
and a short-term placement at the Elukhuselweni Home for Children in Khayelitsha as
part of the organisation’s Siyanceda National Youth Service Programme in 2004, proved
him to be a good and responsible worker. Siyanceda provided a pioneering training and
employment programme for youth with intellectual disability and enabled him to successfully
complete training that was aligned to the Unit Standards of the Hygiene and Cleaning Level 1
qualification, an accomplishment that transformed his life.
Once a trainee himself, Andile enjoys helping the other trainees. He now manages a team
of six persons with intellectual disability in the work skills section, and his favourite responsibility
is checking the beading that his team does as part of TWU’s contract with Ukuva iAfrica to
produce wire and beading decorations for their bottled sauces.
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SANTIE TERREBLANCHE (PREVIOUSLY THE TWU GENERAL MANAGER)
PLAYED A LEADING ROLE AND GWENDOLINE DANIELS (CMH STAFF
MEMBER AND PREVIOUS CONSUMER REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CMH
BOARD), SUPPORTED BY SHAMILA OWNHOUSE, FORMED PART OF
A RESEARCH TEAM TO DEVELOP A BEST PRACTICE MODEL AND
STRATEGY FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF SA FEDERATION FOR
MENTAL HEALTH PROTECTIVE WORKSHOPS.
The model was presented to and accepted by the SAFMH Directors
in March 2013. Funding is currently sought for the development of
learning materials, piloting and roll-out.
I would like to be more independent one day,
but am happy to be where I am right now.
- Andile Malibongwe Mayile
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EXPANSION OF SERVICES
The CMH Ripple Effect
Strategic Planning 2013
CAPE MENTAL HEALTH CONCLUDED THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC
PLANNING PROCESS FOR 2008-2013 AND EMBARKED ON THE
NEXT MULTI-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN TO DESIGN A SUITABLE
INTERVENTION MODEL THAT WOULD EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE WESTERN CAPE.
The organisation launched its strategy for 2013-2018 at a Strategic
Planning Session held on 12 April 2013 for all CMH staff. A primary
outcome of this session was the authority given to the Strategic
Operations Committee (SOC) to explore CMH’s mandate as a mental
health organisation in the Western Cape, with particular reference
to its Constitutional Mission, and to plan for future expansion of our
services ‘beyond 100 years’.
At a SOC meeting held on 8 May 2013, an overview of the Mental
Health Service Delivery Gap and Status in South Africa was tabled,
with a video clip on Task Shifting. Subsequent meetings were used
to brainstorm the process, identify the critical expansion pathway
and suitable intervention models, and explore what financial and
human resources would be required.
Two SOC working hubs were established to investigate the extent
of our ‘footprint’ in the Western Cape, design a needs analysis
framework to establish the ‘treatment gaps’ and help facilitate an
appropriate intervention response.
The Eden Karoo District, covering the regions known as the
Garden Route and the Little Karoo, emerged as the area most in
need of mental health services — an area that also featured in the
Department of Health’s National Mental Health Policy Framework
and the NHI’s list of pilot sites within the Western Cape.
CMH’s strategy will contain a strong training focus, with particular
emphasis on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), the training of mental
health professionals and community-based/home-based carers,
support for carers/parents, and the development of a mental health
specific training curriculum for the existing NHI cadre.
The needs analysis questionnaire was circulated to the members
of the Rehabilitation Forum Coordinator in the Eden Karoo District.
Subsequently three SOC working hubs were formed to collate
and analyse the responses in terms of Human Resources and
Training, Service Delivery and Service-Users.
Whilst CMH cannot duplicate its existing services in the Eden
Karoo district, the team responsible for the upscaling of our
services will draw on available and existing materials and expertise;
collaborative partnerships will be essential, and referral pathways
will be explored for community workers. Subsequent focus would
include respite care, psychosocial rehabilitation, sexual abuse
victim empowerment, advocacy and lobbying, and self-advocacy
by consumers.
The data submitted by these hubs were compiled into a single
research report by the Director with a view to recommending an
expansion model for the Eden Karoo District and providing a report
for submission to the Rehabilitation Forum. The report also drew
on other research projects (unpublished at the time) and the NHI
Business Plans.
In summary, the SOC Research Report pointed out mental health
service delivery gaps and the need to move away from a ‘hospicentric’ approach to the treatment of mental illness. It also provided
a brief overview of the district’s population of 574 265 with its
large population of youth who are predominantly Coloured or
Black, as well as the limited number of health facilities in the area;
a map detailed the seven municipalities comprising the area, viz.
Kannaland, Hessequa, Mossel Bay, George, Knysna, Oudtshoorn
and Bitou, with a predominance of farming communities.
The outcomes of the needs assessment of the mental health
systems (focusing on 4 of the 6 domains comprising the WHO
AIMS) pointed to the existence of an active Rehabilitation Forum
in the district and an existing cadre of NHI staff working in
outlying communities.
Despite possible under-reporting on services by respondents,
the findings pointed to the districts having few specialised mental
health staff and services, little specialised training for mental health
professionals, a lack of statistics particularly around the number
of persons with intellectual disability, and low prioritising of mental
health compared with the focus on general health, HIV/AIDS
and TB.
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The CMH Annual Evaluation & Planning held on 9 May 2014
presented the findings and way forward regarding the expansion
plans/model. An invitation was issued to all CMH staff to join
various working hubs according to their field of expertise.
Service provision to rural communities expanded during the
year under review, as the first wave of our rural expansion
strategy. This included training provided by our Social Work
Services rural outreach/training programmes and funded by
the Department of Social Development, and training by our
SAVE (Sexual Abuse Victim Empowerment) programme to court
supporters, FCS officers, and NGOs and various stakeholders,
funded by the 1st for women foundation, Webber Wentzel and
the Mary Slack & Daughters Foundation.
According to the Mental Health and Poverty Project (MHaPP),
mental illnesses rank third highest in their contribution to the
burden of disease in South Africa. Yet, on average, a meagre
4% of the annual health budget is allocated to mental health
services. Funding is simply not sufficient to provide the care
that will assist people with recovery and maintenance of their
health or provide accessible services for the growing number
of persons with mental health problems.
ADVOCACY
Advocacy and Awareness
OUR VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS EDUCATE THE GREATER COMMUNITY
AROUND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN ORDER TO ERADICATE
STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION AND DEVELOP A SOCIETY THAT IS
SUPPORTIVE AND INCLUSIVE OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE USERS.
Cape Mental Health supports a 3-year campaign launched by the
SA Federation for Mental Health to create awareness around the
lack of resources and essential medical treatment for psychiatric
patients in South Africa.
July is Psychiatric Disability Awareness Month and Cape Mental
Health and CCAB (the Cape Consumer Advocacy Body), an
advocacy group representing persons with psychiatric disabilities,
staged a peaceful protest about inadequate mental health services
and the plight of seriously ill psychiatric patients who are not
hospitalised for treatment owing to a lack of beds and other
resources. On 10 July 2013 they took hospital beds and placards
to St George’s Mall in busy central Cape Town.
This protest was followed by another, coinciding with the Mental
Health Awareness Month in October, in which staff and consumers
formed a ‘Human Chain’ protest in the Company Gardens in Cape
Town to highlight the need for increased and improved mental
health care services for all.
THE RESEARCH, FUNDED BY THE OPEN SOCIEY INITIATIVE, WAS
DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CENTRE FOR DISABILITY LAW
& POLICY, UWC, AND THE GENDER, HEALTH & JUSTICE RESEARCH
UNIT, UCT. THE ORGANISATION WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED IN OSIFUNDED TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR STAKEHOLDERS
IN THE WESTERN CAPE, GAUTENG AND KWA-ZULU NATAL.
In addition, Carol Bosch, the Manager of our Sexual Abuse
Victim Empowerment (SAVE) went to Nairobi, at the invitation of
Open Society International (East African Division), to participate
in dialogue on access to justice by people with disability who are
victims of crime and abuse.
STIAS Roundtable
CMH DIRECTOR, INGRID DANIELS, PARTICIPATED IN A
ROUNDTABLE, HOSTED ON 24-25 FEBRUARY 2014 BY THE
STELLENBOSCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (STIAS) ON
THE SUBJECT ‘MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA — MOVING TO IMPLEMENTATION’. SOME OF THE WORLD’S
LEADING EXPERTS ON PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH PARTICIPATED.
Her presentation addressed the subject: ‘The role of civil society
organisations in addressing mental health needs in South Africa –
a human rights approach to the implementation of comprehensive
community based interventions and the impact of advocacy and
lobbying on services delivery.’
The Roundtable created a forum for the exchange of ideas
between researchers, practitioners and affected persons.
The exchange highlighted the huge variance in funding allocated
for research as opposed to the lack of funding to implement
comprehensive community mental health programmes.
The outcome of the Roundtable was a call for greater
implementation of comprehensive community mental health
services and the need to form an African Network on Mental
Health that will represent all partners including services users.
The first task of this group is to focus on the mental health
consequences of violence against women and children, with
a special focus on violence against women and children with
psychosocial disabilities and intellectual disability.
STIAS has approached the CMH Director to serve on the steering
committee which will drive the African Network and design policy
briefs and terms of reference for the above. Much needs to be
done to address the huge public mental health challenges facing
Sub-Saharan Africa, especially as mental health remains one of
the most poorly funded areas of health care.
Several countries in Africa, including South Africa, have developed
long-overdue ‘road maps’ to improve mental health care, in line
with guidelines introduced by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
to upscale services for mental disorders, in particular for countries
with low and middle incomes.
“There is need to integrate mental health into primary
health care and address stigma and violations of human
rights. We advocate for inclusion of mental health into
the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, and for
the convening of a special UN General Assembly High
Level Meeting on Mental Health within three years.”
Extract from the Abstract of the Declaration on Mental Health in Africa:
Open Society Initiative
CMH ENGAGED IN PIONEERING RESEARCH RELATING TO ACCESS
TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
The distribution of the national Mental Health Policy Framework
(MHPF) and the Strategic Plan 2013-2020 has pointed to the need
for further exchanges around the prioritisation of mental health
services and the link between the MHPF and the National Health
Insurance (NHI), as the latter aims to improve access to quality
health services for all South Africans irrespective of whether they
are employed or not.
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Moving to Implementation, published 16 June 2014.
Abdallah S. Daar, Marian Jacobs, Stig Wall, Johann Groenewald,
Julian Eaton, Vikram Patel, Palmira dos Santos, Ashraf Kagee, Anik Gever,
Charlene Sunkel, Gail Andrews, Ingrid Daniels and David Ndtei.
“
Fountain House is my base, my foundation,
having taught me so much
and allowing me to grow.
- Gillian Zerf
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Reclaiming the future
GILLIAN ZERF MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST CHEERFUL AND WARM
PEOPLE ONE COULD POSSIBLY MEET; YET SHE HAS EXPERIENCED
HER FAIR SHARE OF CHALLENGES AND SETBACKS.
After being hospitalised with mental illness in 2002, she was
referred to Fountain House SA, a psychosocial rehabilitation
programme that has provided essential stability and structure
beyond the very supportive family environment she enjoys.
Programme Manager René Minnies remembers her as being shy
and uncertain about what lay ahead, yet strongly committed to
participating in the skills rehabilitation programme. She spent most
of her time assisting in the Catering Unit and fondly remembers
learning to prepare food, baking, and making pizzas and rooties.
More importantly, she was able to rebuild her life.
Used to the comfort zone provided by Fountain House, Gillian
was initially reluctant to risk becoming part of the working world.
But a brave ‘mindswitch’ led to her being placed in a parttime Vocational Training Placement position as a Receptionist/
Housekeeper for 18 months at Cape Mental Health’s satellite
office at 221 Lower Main Road in Observatory. Supervised and
supported by Birgit Schweizer (CMH Volunteer Manager),
she helped with the cleaning of the offices whilst remaining
a member of Fountain House, just a few doors down the road.
Internship — the next step
A FURTHER LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITY AROSE WHEN GILLIAN
WAS PLACED IN A YEAR-LONG INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME.
THIS WAS PART OF THE HWSETA WEG (WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE
GRANT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES) PROGRAMME AIMED
AT PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WITH
WORK PLACEMENTS AND EXPERIENCE TO EMPOWER THEM TO
SECURE POSITIONS IN THE OPEN LABOUR MARKET. JOB COACH
SHAMILA OWNHOUSE WAS ASSIGNED TO SUPPORT GILLIAN,
TO ENSURE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR HER AND
FACILITATE A SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT.
(Photographer: Michael Hattingh)
GILLIAN’S STORY
When her hours were increased to full-time, Gillian worked at
the satellite office and at the organisation’s head office, both in
Observatory, but working in two places proved too challenging.
A frightening breakdown threatened to derail her in 2013, but the
partnership which had been forged between her family at home
and her Cape Mental Health ‘family’ ensured that she received the
love and support she needed to recover fully.
“I was scared, but my mommy and daddy, and my sister, were very
supportive, making sure that I went to the clinic and that I took my
medication. They watched me with a ‘hawk’s eye’ and were brave
enough to take care of me.”
Gillian’s reintroduction to the internship placement was slow and
incremental. And then she discovered the computer and her
willingness to learn enabled her to use MsExcel to update the
attendance register and database of volunteers. She learnt to play
Free Cell and Spider Solitaire, no mean feat for someone who had
not been computer literate for long.
She developed the necessary skills to man the telephone and learnt
to take messages for various staff members, including the kite
festival organiser. Her eagerness to ‘do things right and get things
right’ meant that she sometimes needed written instructions.
The Fountain House Manager, Volunteer Manager and her Job
Coach continued to work together closely to ensure that she
completed the internship successfully.
Internships provide a valuable opportunity for persons with mental
disability to ‘get their feet wet’ in the world of work whilst enjoying
specialised training and support. This has a ripple effect on their
self-esteem, their inclusion in society, financial well being, and
growing independence.
Ready for the open labour market
AS GILLIAN’S CONFIDENCE RETURNED, BIRGIT SLOWLY
INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE OPEN LABOUR
MARKET ON COMPLETION OF THE INTERNSHIP IN APRIL 2014.
At the time, Gillian was not able to entertain the idea, but when Gadija
Koopman, previous CMH Deputy Director and newly appointed
Director of the Cerebral Palsy Association offered her a position, fully
aware of her potential and the special qualities that she would bring to
the work place, Gillian was ready to take a leap forward.
Reasonable Accommodation
CAPE MENTAL HEALTH IS A LEADER IN THE FIELD OF PROVIDING
JOB COACHING AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO
BOTH PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND PSYCHIATRIC
DISABILITY IN THE WESTERN CAPE, AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN A
By May 2014 Gillian was fully established in her new employment.
“It is beautiful being where I am right now – I am so happy to be here.
I am confident all the way.”
RESEARCH STUDY AND THE WRITING OF TWO ARTICLES ON THE
SUBJECT OF SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
Her new employer has given very positive feedback on her
progress and, whereas Gillian’s tasks initially focused on cleaning,
she has learnt to use the shredding machine and is now manning
the telephone, providing back-up in Administration.
As part of reasonable accommodation for persons with mental
disability, individual job coaching and ongoing support are essential.
Appropriate training includes a focus on personal life skills, simulated
work set-ups, preparation of the work place, use of public transport,
on-site support for the employer and employee, work assessment,
and assistance with support structures.
Gillian lives a life of meaning and purpose. She loves her work,
travelling independently by taxi and train between Retreat and her
new work premises in Klipfontein Road.
Learnerships
She has also made new friends and plans to join the Fountain
House support group for persons in the open labour market, which
meets monthly on a Saturday.
In 2013, 96 persons with mental disabilities completed
Learnerships (offered by CMH and funded by the HWSETA): 29 in
Business Administration Level 2 and 67 in Hygiene and Cleaning
Level 1. We are still awaiting the final results following moderation
by the Services SETA.
Gillian and her mother attended Cape Mental Health’s 100th
AGM and Centenary Dinner in 2013 – the celebration of this
milestone also served to highlight her own recovery, strength,
and growing independence .
This achievement was made possible through the hard work
and persistence of the learners, the training providers (Boston
and Siyaya), and the support provided to both by our job coaches.
HWSETA WEG
Psychosocial rehabilitation works
GILLIAN’S WILLINGNESS TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE HER MENTAL
ILLNESS AND THE TRIUMPHS ASSOCIATED WITH RECOVERY
HELPS TO DISPEL THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND PROVES
THAT PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION WORKS.
GILLIAN ZERF
IS ONE OF TEN INTERNS
WHO SUCCESSFULLY
PARTICIPATED IN A CMH
‘WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE’ EXTENDING FROM
1 MAY 2013 TO 30 APRIL 2014.
The model of service-delivery offered by Fountain House has
been recognised by the SA Federation for Mental Health as
a best practice model, worthy of replication. Discussions are
under way, as part of our rural expansion strategy, regarding
the development of a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Manual that
can be used by other service-providers.
The organisation has secured a further WEG allocation for
20 unemployed persons for the period 1 May 2014 to 30 April
2015. In addition to the monthly allowance for the interns,
the HWSETA has also included funding for reasonable
accommodation for the first time that will be used to provide
the necessary support to learners.
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Statistics 2013-2014
CMH Beneficiaries (4020)
Mental Health Profile
The number of index service users
who benefit from our services
The total number of
people reached by our
holistic family-focussed
interventions
CHM VOLUNTEERS (329)
Age Groups
Intervention levels
and beneficiary numbers
Country of origin (6)
Gender
Population
Distribution
Programme Placement
(7 focus areas)
Age Groups
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CMH Honorary Psychiatrists
Dr Sean Baumann
and Prof. Tuviah Zabow
Our Board Members are responsible for the effective governance
and long-term sustainability of Cape Mental Health.
CMH BOARD (11)
Gender
Population
Distribution
Group Photo: Back Row left to right
Shamila Ownhouse, Self-Advocacy Supporter
for the Consumer Representative: Intellectual Disability;
Kim Cooper, Executive Committee member;
Ken Sturgeon, Vice-President;
Oscar January, Consumer Representative: Psychiatric
Disability; Dave Lotz, Legal Advisor;
Alan Crisp, Treasurer;
Front Row left to right Carla Peacock, Consumer
Representative: Intellectual Disability; Ingrid Daniels, CMH
Director & Board Secretary; Shona Sturgeon, Executive
Committee member; Tracy van der Heyden, Member.
Dr Mandla Tshabalala
Vice-President
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Gary Pond
Chairperson
Hombakazi Zide
Deputy Chairperson
Profile of CMH Employees (144)
Gender
Age profile
Population
Distribution
Twenty
EMPLOY EES
Left to right back row: Gail Shapiro (26 years of service), Sheila Selfe (32),
Molefe Andreas Selela (20), Ekin Kench (23), Zintle Dlokovu (23)
Left to right front row: Birgit Schweizer (22), Nomawethu Dotwana (20),
Cecilia Jackson (22) and Calvin Isaacs (22).
Educational profile
(National Qualification Framework)
Training Events
Number of Training Events
Average number of training events
attended by each staff member
12
9 staff members with 20 years or more
of loyal service, representing 210 years
of collective experience and dedication
Occupational
groups
Staff List as at 31 March 2014
CAPE MENTAL HEALTH
Including the Administration Department, Donor Development
Department, Finance Department, Corporate Social Work,
Garden Cottage, Learning for Life, MindMatters SA, Sexual Abuse
Victim Empowerment (SAVE), Social Development Services,
Public Relations & Communication, and the Volunteers Programme
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Ingrid Daniels (Director)
Santie Terreblanche (Deputy Director)
Vimla Pillay (Deputy Director)
Brigitte van der Berg (Management Secretary)
PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION (PSR)
TRAINING WORKSHOPS UNLIMITED (TWU)
including Fountain House SA, the Rainbow Foundation
and Kimber House
including TWU Training Workshops in Athlone, Mitchells Plain,
Retreat and Khayelitsha (Nonceba), Garden Pot Centre,
the Siyakwazi Integration Company, the Learnership programme
and the Eagles Project
MANAGERS
Anna-Beth Aylward (Rainbow Foundation Manager)
René Minnies (Fountain House SA Manager)
MANAGERS
STAFF
Thomas Bezuidenhout (General Manager)
Francois Maritz (Assistant General Manager)
Roshan Abrahams • Claudia Cogill • Tasneema Davids
Faldelah Fillander • Suzanne Fouché • Andiswa Mantuse
Nondibane Mdyidwa • Nocawe Mxobo
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND CARE CENTRES
including Erika, Heideveld and Imizamo Yethu
MANAGERS
Carol Bosch (Social Work Manager)
Wayne Bruton (Finance Manager)
Sandra Ellis (Donor Development Manager)
Taryn Feinberg (Learning for Life Manager)
Esterline Martin (Social Work Manager)
Stella Mbwana (Administration Manager)
Birgit Schweizer (Volunteers Programme Manager)
Sheila Selfe (Social Work Manager)
STAFF
Christopher Adonis • Rochelle Bailey • Beth Chaplin
Charlene Cloete • Hazel Cox • Feroza de Leeuw
Beverley Dickman • Ntombentle Dlokovu • Ferial Edwards
Tabile Figlan • Yvonne Foster • Nozuko Gxamza • Karen Hans
Derick Houston • Jeanine Hundermark • Amina Jacobs
Farenaaz Jacobs • Shakira Jardine • Renecia Johns
Jeffeynore Jordaan • Steven Madyo • Thobeka Mafilika-Mapuko
Susan Manson • Pumza Mbanzi • Stacey Melmed
Wandisile Ncombo • Deslynn Nel • Kulthum Roopen
Lucinda Saal • Sharon Santon • Andreas Selela
Nokothula Shabalala • Gail Shapiro • Steven Sityo
Teri-Sue Smith • Albert Vallay • Nosicelo Venkile • Jenny Walters
Chesna Zietsman
MANAGER
Liza Esterhuyse (SECC Manager)
STAFF
Wiedaad Abrahams • Ester Aloni • Bathabile Bomvana
Xoliswa Buqa • Alma Dammert • Nomavenge Diko
Zulfa Dominick • Nomawethu Dotwana • Nomaneli Hlangu
Faith Jones • Tamlin Klein • René Maarman • Thami Majodina
Mzendaba Mathokazi • Ruwayda Meyer • Nomakhwezi Mhlawuli
Nazley Morta • Nombongo Mpateni • Olwethu Mzolisa
Nelly Ngobeni • Ayanda Ntwana • Insauf Parker • Denzil Prins
Rugana Samaai • Igshaan Samsodien • Joyce Sethole
Bukelwa Sombo • Haseena Sonday • Kutala Soqaga
Mtobeli Soqaga • Fahiema Stemmet • Erika Thyssen
Thokazi Tyutu
STAFF
Zorina Albertus • Faisal Bawa • Norman Blignaut
Emma Blommaert • Thozama Boni • Willemien Buys
Craig Chambers • Gwendoline Daniels • Faith de Klerk
Malieka Dreyer • Pauline Groepes • Chantal Hess • Calvin Isaacs
Nashreen Isaacs • Cecilia Jackson • Joan Jansen • Russell Jones
Nomava Malaya• Samantha Martin • Andile Mayila
Agnes Meintjies • Simon Mngomeni • Denzil Murtz
Sandra Nicolaai • Mzikayise Ntshangase • Colleen October
Shamila Ownhouse • Sonia Peters • George Philander
Shavonne Samaai • Lucille Smith • Janine Williams
HWSETA WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME
Sherine Frantz • Faizel Jacobs • Oscar January • Bongi Mtsamai
Philip Maytham • Nasiphi Makhanda • Carla Peacock
Lydia Persence • Monica Williams • Gillian Zerf
Our organisation’s financial and physical assets are essential
to service delivery, but it is our human capital that determines
the quality and heart of the services we provide to persons with
mental disabilities.
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Cape Mental Health launched
its Centenary with a breakfast,
generously sponsored by
Protea Hotel Fire & Ice.
Over forty people from
the private sector, CMH
representatives and volunteers,
as well as the media attended.
Keynote speaker, Khethiwe
Nkuna, Group CSI Manager
at the time for MMI Holdings,
shared her deep passion
for developing people and
communities to reach their full
potential, and praised Cape
Mental Health for its work.
After the breakfast guests
embarked on a tour of two of
our community-based projects.
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100th AGM
Three hundred invited guests,
including Cape Mental Health
staff, Board members,
volunteers, service-users,
donors and supporters,
enjoyed a memorable AGM
in the dignified setting of
Kelvin Grove.
This celebration for Cape
Mental Health and its
stakeholders could not
have been possible without
significant discounts and
donations in kind.
“We are very grateful that we
have been able to celebrate,
in such a special way, the
positive impact we have had
on so many lives over the
years,” said Ingrid Daniels,
CMH Director. The function
provided an ideal opportunity
for us to leverage support for
our plans for service expansion
into rural communities.
Business matters were
interspersed with tributes to
the organisation, a threecourse meal, and music
items by the University of the
Western Cape Big Band and
the Cape Mental Health Choir.
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7 May 2013
Discovery Tour
Cape Mental Health
hosted a ‘Discovery Tour’
for health professionals
and invited guests.
After being welcomed to our
Head Office and viewing a
presentation on our various
mental health services,
delegates could choose one
of two tours. Each tour visited
a Special Education and
Care Centre, a TWU training
workshop, and a psychosocial
rehabilitation programme.
This was a wonderful
opportunity to raise the profile
of our organisation.
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Toni Tickton, CMH Director
from 1984 to 2000,
commented that the highlights
of the evening for her were:
“The green tie of your events
organiser, the scarves of the
choir and their music sheets
that opened into messages,
hearing Amelia Jones [Past
CEO of the Community Chest
of the Western Cape] and
seeing former colleagues,
the violin duo, the quality
of the PowerPoint
presentations, the gaily
decorated pegs [created
by trainees from Training
Workshops Unlimited] at the
tables…..not to mention the
delicious food ...’’
14 March 2013
Corporate Breakfast
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Centenary Celebrations 2013
New Horizons- 100 Years and Beyond
For the first time, in celebration
of the CMH Centenary, there
was an exclusive night fly on
the Saturday evening.
Kiters braved a bracing South
Easter to brighten the night
sky with kites lit with lights
and fluorescent fabrics.
2 & 3 November 2013
19th CT International Kite Festival
Learners from mainstream
primary schools and LSEN
schools took part in the
EduKite Competition on the
Saturday and local kitemakers entered the Heritage
Kite Award Competition
on the Sunday.
Africa’s biggest kite festival
was proudly hosted by CMH
and celebrated the theme
‘New Horizons — Beyond 100
Years.’
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The two-day event in
Muizenberg attracted talented
kite-makers and kite fliers from
around the world, including
festival patrons, David and
Susan Gomberg of the USA,
two of the world’s most welltravelled kiters — they have
attended kite festivals in 40
countries and rate our event as
one of their favourites.
The event drew 18 500 people
over the two days and enjoyed
R3.3 million in media coverage.
Our Festival Kiting Advisor,
Ashley Ware-Lane, liaised with
local and international kiters to
ensure that festival-goers could
see an array of giant animals
and other amazing kite creations
take to the skies, as well as
exciting stunt kiting, Rokakkau
kite battles, and a Revolution
team display.
We gratefully acknowledge
the sponsorship and support
of People’s Post (print media
partner), Heart 104.9FM, the
City of Cape Town, Cape Town
Tourism, Let’s Play, Coca-Cola,
Whale Watcher’s, Ian Witz
of Witz Communication,
and Cell C.
With various Swaeltjie and sled
kite-making workshops (for
adults and children), craft and
food stalls as well as kiddies’
rides and live entertainment,
the festival offered good mental
health and family fun in aid of
a very good cause.
The lighting of ten lanterns
symbolised the ten decades
of Cape Mental Health’s
existence and the milestones
it has achieved in pioneering
and implementing mental
health services.
On Course Communication
and Cape Mental Health won
a 2013 Apex Award for
Excellence in the Microsite and
Individual Web Pages category
for the Cape Town International
Kite Festival website.
This annual competition for
publishers, editors, writers
and designers who create
print, web, electronic and
social media received about
2 400 entries in 138 different
categories.
On Course Communication‘s
Cathy Williams has a 17-year
history with Cape Mental
Health, spreading the message
of mental health promotion
and raising the profile of the
organisation.
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Thanksgiving Service
2 & 3 November 2013
Stellenberg Estate Open Gardens Fundraiser
The 18th-century manor house
with its classic Cape Dutch
façade is said to be one of
the most beautiful in the
Cape Peninsula.
Andrew and Sandy Ovenstone
opened their magnificent
private gardens in upper
Kenilworth to the public and
Cape Mental Health was the
fortunate beneficiary of the
proceeds of the event.
A team of willing and
welcoming volunteers made it
all happen and we had several
offers of assistance for
next year.
Gwynne reflected on her years
as a social worker at Cape
Mental Health in the Apartheid
era when social workers
operated under banning orders
and needed special permission
to enter certain areas.
Hundreds of people streamed
through the gates to enjoy the
gardens, and the tea garden,
catered by Celebration Café
with its pretty cake stands,
was a real hit. One little girl
commented that she had
already asked her parents to
bring her the following year as
the cupcakes were the best
she had ever had!
The Interfaith Thanksgiving
Service held at the
St Thomas Anglican Church
in Rondebosch was humbling
and deeply moving.
CMH Board members
Carla Peacock and
Oscar January, consumer
representatives for persons
with mental disability, lit candles
to mark the contribution that
Cape Mental Health has made
in the lives of service users
and to honour those who live
with mental disability.
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The 4-acre garden is
internationally acclaimed,
having been featured on the
BBC television series ‘Around
the World in 80 Gardens’.
Inspiring messages were
delivered by Rev. de Vos,
Gen Pagpa from the Tushita
Buddhist Centre, Imam Abdul
Ghaalik Allie, and Gwyynne
Robins who represented the
Jewish community.
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Moments of Beauty and Grace
The CMH choir, led by choir
mistress Taryn Feinberg,
gave a stirring rendition of
a Christina Aguilera song.
The lyrics ‘We are beautiful,
no matter what they say...’
held special meaning for all
those present who understand
the pain of isolation, rejection
and discrimination.
Centenary Finale 2013
“ We just want to thank you all so
much for the lovely evening spent
with you on Thursday evening.
5 December 2013
Gala Dinner Fundraiser at the City Hall
“The City Hall has never looked
as lovely and we really admire
the tremendous effort made by
everyone to be able to ‘float’ such
a lovely event.
The events of the evening
included a three-course
plated meal and entertainment
provided by The Hungarian
Trio, the UWC Centre for
Performing Arts, and the
talented ladies from CODA.
“Despite the catering facilities at
the City Hall being so very basic,
the food was absolutely delicious.
It was lovely to see all the interesting
‘objects d’art’ for the auction, and
as always, really lovely to meet so
many new and interesting people.
“We laud all the hard work that
went into this event and indeed
all the hard work that goes on so
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A Gala Dinner for 140 guests,
sponsored by MMI Holdings,
formed part of the Centenary
Celebrations finale. The City
of Cape Town provided the
City Hall venue free of charge,
and Webber Wentzel funded
a full-colour advertisement
for the event in the weekend
newspapers, as well the
beautiful corporate gifts.
Soon after our last guests had
departed, the sad news broke
of Nelson Mandela’s passing.
Our Centenary celebrations will
therefore always be linked to
the loss of one of the world’s
greatest advocates for human
rights and equality for all people.
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‘1913’ Staff Party
tirelessly on a continuous basis.
The Protea Hotel Breakwater
Lodge and The Conference
Company kindly sponsored the
accommodation and flight for
the guest speaker.
Cape Town is indeed highly
indebted to an organisation that
constantly gives so much of itself to
communities and groups in need.
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In addition to ticket sales, a
silent auction of 19 donated
items and artworks raised
additional funding for the
organisation’s Centenary
Fund. We are most grateful to
everyone for their generous
donations and support.
Regrettably the speaker fell
ill shortly before the event
and Blum Khan, CEO of
Metropolitan Health,
graciously agreed to deliver
the keynote address.
His message focused on the
changing landscape of mental
health care over the past 100
years and the role that Cape
Mental Health has played and
concluded with the words:
May the next one hundred years be
just as successful as the past one
hundred.
“With sincere thanks, also for the
lovely and very clever calendar.”
Arthur and Verna Baguley
At the end of a very busy year,
CMH staff gathered for the
annual staff party, and dressed
up in their hats, feathers and
pearls (and in some cases top
hats, waistcoats and walking
sticks) in recognition of the early
pioneers of our organisation.
“I wish you well on this long,
important and noble journey.’’
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Words of
Congratulations
“Through the conversations that I’ve had since receiving news of your
Honouring our Supporters
Every contribution to Cape Mental Health, no matter the size, impacts on our
Cape Mental Health has been a beneficiary of the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund
sustainability and ripples out to change the lives of individuals, families and communities.
in every funding cycle since the year 2000 and is hugely grateful for the Fund’s ongoing
Our heartfelt thanks go to all those who have invested in our organisation and in the
commitment to developing the abilities of persons with mental disability.
people we serve.
centenary celebrations, I have been struck, but not surprised, by the
Our submission to the Charities Sector of the NLDTF in December 2012 raised a grant of
respect and pride that our staff feels for your work… your professionalism
R976,113 towards the salaries of various direct mental health care staff and also provided
and innovative work have established you in our minds as a best-practice
Subsidies from the Department of Social Development and
for fencing upgrades at Garden Cottage. The NLDTF Sports &
operation and the benchmark for disability and mental health organisations
the Department of Health fund 15 of our programmes and
Recreation Sector allocated a grant of R50,915.13 for much-
in South Africa.
cover 42% of our organisation’s operational costs. Funding
needed fitness equipment for our Psychosocial Rehabilitation
was also provided for Rural Outreach.
programmes for adults with mental illness.
The Anglo American Chairman’s Fund provided funds in support of Fountain House
In addition, the proceeds of the Charity Golf Day held by Momentum Alternative
(SA) for adults with psychiatric disability, and the Fund’s investment in the Heideveld
Investments were allocated to the CMH Centenary Fund.
“It is clear that dignity and respect for the experience of people with
disabilities are fundamental to your approach. Through your emphasis
on inclusion and empathy for varieties of human experience, you embody
the motto of the international disability rights movement: ‘nothing about
us without us’.
“It is heart-warming that
an organisation of your calibre
has achieved the longevity
we celebrate this year.”
Special Education and Care Centre for children with severe/profound intellectual disability
continues to benefit the Heideveld community.
The Old Mutual Foundation allocated funding towards the continuation of the
MindMatters programme at Ocean View and Zeekoevlei High Schools, reaching more
1st for women foundation supported the SAVE (Sexual Abuse Victim Empowerment)
than 1 600 learners and their educators. The Old Mutual Staff Volunteer Fund
programme, whilst also investing in strengthening access to justice for complainants with
Trust (OMSVFT) also responded to our urgent appeal for targeted classroom-based
intellectual disability in rural communities. (Funding from the Mary Slack & Daughters
counselling to address needs such as unplanned pregnancies, substance abuse, and
Foundation complemented our strategy to support complainants from rural areas.)
coping with abuse and emotional issues. The Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIGSA)
Tracey Henry
GreenHands furthered the aims of the programme at Zeekoevlei High by funding parent
Chief Executive Office of Tshikululu Social Investments
The FNB Fund Community Care Programme invested in our Social Development
training of children at risk.
Services, Public Education, and MindMatters programme for youth at risk, with funding
This is an edited version of a letter dated 19 February 2013 from
As part of their birthday celebrations, The Woolworths Trust made a monetary award
straddling 2013/14 and 2014/15.
Tracey Henry, CEO of Tshikululu Social Investments. Tshikululu manages
to our Retreat Training Workshop, one of ten organisations chosen because of their
the CSI funding of investors such as Anglo American Chairman’s Fund,
As the largest beneficiary of the Community Chest of the Western Cape, we
partnership with the Trust over the past ten years. The organisation has been enriched by
1st for women foundation, FNB Fund and ApexHi Charitable Trust, all of
appreciate the sustainability funding, donations in kind, and opportunities to attend
the support of Woolworths volunteers, donations in kind and contributions from
whom support Cape Mental Health.
training workshops and conversation series.
MySchool Card. Woolworths Financial Services contributed to the kitchen upgrade
at Fountain House SA.
MMI Holdings sponsored our Centenary Gala Dinner, whilst both MMI Holdings and
www.tshikululu.org.za
its subsidiary, Momentum, each provided funding for Training Workshops Unlimited to
Leading African law firm, Webber Wentzel, provides pro bono legal services —
purchase brick-making machines. The Momentum Corporate Social Investment
subject to a number of internal processes. Their partnership also included investment
Disability programme allocated funding for our Learning for Life training programme,
in SAVE by funding the training of court support workers and intermediaries in rural
Garden Cottage group home for women with intellectual disability, and skills training and
communities and sponsoring gifts for guests attending the CMH Centenary Gala Dinner
job opportunities for trainees at TWU.
at the City Hall.
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Trusts & Foundations
Donations in Kind
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAMILY TRUSTS AND
FOUNDATIONS, AND THE TRUSTEES AND FUND ADMINISTRATORS,
WHO SUPPORT US SO LOYALLY
WE SOURCED A RANGE OF DONATIONS IN KIND AND PRO BONO
SERVICES THAT ALLEVIATED OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE
Centenary
Message
ACSA (Mobility Aid) • A J North • Amway SA • Aroma Liquors • Associated Media
“People facing mental health issues still are often marginalised in the big
Theodore Berwitz Trust • Colin John Campbell Trust • Carter Family Charitable Trust
A Ballim • Barnos • F Barends • J Brandt • Brightfields • H & W Bruton • Cape Catering
social and health debates as they are not blocking motorways or marching
V H Clive-Smith Charitable Trust • Lynette Croudace Trust • Din Din Trust • Carl and
Cape Union Mart • City of Cape Town • The Clothing Guild • Club Travel • Coimbra
in the streets or demanding time with cabinet ministers. This is where the
Emily Fuchs Foundation • GivenGain Foundation • Allan & Gill Gray Charitable Trust
Bakery • The Community Chest • Cool Bananas • Catholic Welfare & Development
advocacy work that Cape Mental Health does is critical. The organisation
C & E Harding Charitable Trust • Anne Harris Children’s Charitable Trust • Clifford Harris
M Daniels & the knitting ladies • A Daya • Distell • G Donn • L Do Pereiro • A Droomer
must continue to champion the cause of the marginalised – to make their
Trust • Douglas Jooste Trust • Ann Kreitzer Will Trust • J E T Lee Will Trust
J Duden • E-Boil Systems • Ernie Els Wines • Euro Catering • Focus Fabrics • Foodwear
message heard amidst a chorus of demanding voices — and every one
W R D Lewis Memorial Trust • Rolf-Stephan Nussbaum Foundation • The Philip Schock
& Safety Gear • Frimax • Giants Sweets • GivenGain • Hi-Fly Kites • H Hill • Home of
of us must commit to being the ‘active citizens’ that the National
Charitable & Educational Foundation • Rawbone Trust • Frank Robb Charitable Trust
Hope • Hotel Verde • House of Juice • Inner Wheel Club of Claremont • M Israele • JWT
Development Programme calls for, to ‘work together so that people have
Schwarz Upliftment Trust • Mary Slack & Daughters Foundation • St Ola’s Trust
Ad Agency • Lansdowne Boards • Lewis Stores • Linen Drawer • Liquorland • Marshall
what they need to live the lives they would like’.
Suzan Stehlik Charitable Trust • Kurt & Joey Strauss Foundation • Susman Charitable
Hinds • Media 24 • Mexicorn • Mitchells Plain Day Hospital • Nampak • New Media
Trust • Syringa Trust • E R Tonneson Trust
Nik Rabinowitz • H Ormond • Ina Paarman Foods • Pacmar • Peninsula Beverages
“I know the corporate sector has a role to play in tackling all of this, and
Personal Trust • Pick n Pay — Khayelitsha, Observatory, Plumstead and Rondebosch
I certainly commit my company to continuing to do that, but government
Pinelands Presbyterian Church Work Group • Powell Tronics • PureDesign • The Rachel
also must take account as it wrestles with the debilitating inequalities in the
Swart Fund • Reagola Print & Mail • Red Cap Foundation • N Roopen • Safepro
delivery of healthcare.”
Philanthropic & Strategic Giving
CAPE MENTAL HEALTH IS BLESSED TO HAVE A NUMBER
OF DONORS WHOSE MONETARY DONATIONS SUPPORT
A RANGE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
R Samsodien • M J Scop • R Scott • H Septoe • C Sessions • Shoprite • J Solomons
Sonnendal Dairies • Spar • Spindle Trading • Steenkamp • S Sudow • Tabak Duty Free
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway • A Tebbutt • Vineyard Hotel • Webber Wentzel
H Weisspeiner • Wild Fig Restaurant Winners • G Withers • I Witz • Woolworths
118 Contact • Anonymous • C M Abramovitz • B & C Alberts • African Monarch
F Zalgaonker • Zone Fitness
V M Allison Far • The Atlantic Philanthropies Director/Employee Designated Gift
Fund • H Attwood • A Baguley • J Boese • S Brodovcky • Courier It SA
S Crause • A Crisp • CTP Limited • M Daniels • R Davison (Philwest Motors)
H A de Kock • A I de Villiers • S J du Toit • J Faffer • L Fallon • J Finlay • The
Foschini Group • L H Freedman • Garden Cities • D R Giles • J R Greene
E A Harmer • HCI Foundation • M E Hewitt • N Hoosain • Independent
Funding for Equipment & Upgrades
WE ARE INDEBTED TO THE FOLLOWING DONORS FOR DONATING
EQUIPMENT AND SPONSORING REPAIRS AND ‘MAKE-OVERS’ TO
UPGRADE OUR FACILITIES
“In truth no one can predict what will
happen in the world of mental health in
the next 100 years except to say that
Cape Mental Health will remain a vitally
important organisation.”
“It will be needed to: provide counselling and treatment for those who are
living with mental disability and to deliver support and training for care-givers;
shake mental health patients free from remaining stigma and to keep their
cause alive in circles of influence; provide education and employment for
Newspapers • Investec Creditors (Johannesburg) • M A Jonath • R H Joccheim
Z Jacobs • M Jamotte • H Kittmann • P Lachman • V Y Lawton • I G S Lewis
• E Marais for considerable upgrades at Kimber House No. 3 • Momentum / MMI Holdings
people with mental health challenges; do research and keep us aware of
D & J Loch Davie • D Lotz H M & P Mackenzie • R H McCready • MDA Property
for funding bricklaying machines for TWU • Woolworths Financial Services, the Inner
developments in science and psychology; remind us that mental health is
Systems • Nexia SAB & T NMC • P O’Connor • M Oliver • Paul Bothner
Wheel Club of Claremont and the Rotary Club of Claremont for the Fountain House
not an issue apart from any of us, it is a part of all of us.”
Personal Trust • J M Peter • A Phaswana • N N Philips • G Pond • I Raimondo
kitchen upgrade • The Department of Social Development for funding repairs for Athlone
The Radius Group • Rotary Club of Claremont • S A Federation for Mental Health
Workshop’s Roof • Golf Day proceeds from SASDI (SA Sustainable Development Institute)
Blum Khan
Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Health Group
S Selfe • T Siegaar • A Snoek • Soeker • St Andreas Church (Germany) • D Stein
& MSP (building contractors) for upgrades at the TWU Khayelitsha Workshop
This is an extract from a speech given by Blum Khan at the Centenary
Dinner at the City Hall on 5 December 2013. The Metropolitan Health
Group is part of MMI Holdings which, through the Momentum Fund,
provides generous assistance to several Cape Mental Health projects.
S Stewart • C & E Steyn • A Stine • K Sturgeon • S Sturgeon • F Schwarting
(Multikulturverein) • Reinhard Sczech (Sczech Stiftun, Germany) • G Thinius
T Tickton • Transfer e.V. (Germany) • R M Watson • Wynberg Boys’ High
A Willenberg • P J Wright • H Zide
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Credits
AUTHOR | EDITOR
AUDITORS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sandra Ellis, Cape Mental Health | [email protected]
Cape Mental Health is a client of MGI Bass Gordon GHF Chartered Accountants
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions by: Grant Bolters (previous
(SA), a firm which dates back to 1935 and has a proven commitment to quality,
CMH staff member) • Gemma Bonfiglioli (Volunteer) • Wayne Bruton
DESIGN AND LAYOUT
integrity and personal services.
(CMH Finance Manager) • Michael Hattingh (CCAB Exco) • Elsa Hoffmann
We acknowledge with gratitude the professional services of
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(Photographer) • Laura McCullagh (Photographer) • Eric Miller
(Photojournalist) • Shamila Ownhouse (CMH staff member) • Gavin Withers
Mad Advertising and, in particular, the support of Jessica Lewin
and Corné Kritzinger.
ANNUAL REPORT & AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Photography • Martin van der Merwe • and all other photographers whose
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The Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for the 2013/2014
photos we have used.
financial year are available on request.
Front Cover: The front cover photograph was taken on 10 July 2013 at a
peaceful protest staged by Cape Mental Health and CCAB at St George’s
Mall in Cape Town in order to raise awareness about inadequate mental
health care and the need to upscale services.
Back Cover: A group photo, taken by Gavin Withers on 9 May 2014 at the
Strategic Planning Day, of the team that will be responsible for taking our
service expansion plans forward, beyond 100 years.
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