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2007 Jet Community Awards winners

Edcon’s flagship CSI programme, the Jet Community Awards is currently in its 7th year and has been responsible for supporting and raising the profile of hundreds of essential grassroots community projects and non-profit organisations (NGO's) in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland since 2003.

Almost R4 million has been re-invested into these communities over the last seven years, and this year Jet is giving over R1 million in prize money to 2009's community heroes. While the aim of the CSI initiative is to reward the extraordinary efforts of ordinary people in assisting those in crisis, the true legacy of this unique Programme is evidenced in the inspiring stories and the tremendous goodwill that exists at a community level in terms of contributing towards real social transformation in South Africa and the broader southern Africa community.

Jet congratulates the 2007 Community Awards winners

Association for Sustainable Rural Development, Keimoes,Northern Cape – Frans Matthys

Haarlem Honeybush Nursery, Haarlem, Western Cape – Evelyn Thysse

The Stuart Ntlathi Science, Engineering & Technology Institute, Jouberton, North West – Stuart Ntlathi

Lesotho Child Counselling Unit, Maseru, Lesotho – Lydia Muso

Dirang Mmogo Business Enterprise, Jouberton, North West – Welsh More

Eyethu Community Development Project, Vosloorus, Gauteng – Cynthia Mtalaa

*Overview information on a few of the category winners is included below.

Community Innovator The Association for Sustainable and Rural Development: Keimoes, Northern Cape The Association for Sustainable and Rural Development from Keimoes, Northern Cape and a 2007 winner in the Community Innovator category, has established a kindergarten since winning a 2007 Jet Community Award and continues to grow their own paralegal and socio-economic rights support programme to its rural constituents.
We Care (a) Lesotho Child Counseling Unit (LCCU): Masero Lesotho 2007 Jet Community Award winner, Lydia Muso of the Lesotho Child Counseling Unit (LCCU) in Masero Lesotho won in the We Care category for the protection, care and psychosocial support of vulnerable children. The LCCU offers a much-needed safe-haven in the form of residential care for children in need, as well as specialised therapy. Her counseling approach was influenced by her ten years training in Stockholm at a paediatric clinic where she focused on emotional support and observation. Her innovative eight-step approach to counseling ensures that each child is integrally involved in their own healing.
Vukuzenzele (Small Enterprise) Haarlem Honeybush Nursery, Eastern Cape 2007 winner in the Vukuzenzele (small enterprise) category is single mother and grandmother, Evelyn Thysse of Haarlem Honeybush Nursery in Haarlem, Eastern Cape. Since winning the Jet Community Awards accolade two years ago, Haarlem Honeybush Nursery continues to be a heart warming success story with much of the prize money having been used to grow the team of staff who work at the nursery.