NEW PREMISES FOR THUSANANI?

GREAT NEWS.

Because we have grown so much and had to add on as we grew, we are now scattered over three therapy rooms, three store rooms and three offices.

This makes it difficult to deliver seamless services. The present scenario has it that a Children's Home will announce their arrival with Jacky, sitting in admin office who then has to phone the the therapist to come round to fetch the kiddies and take them to one of the three therapy rooms. Often the treatment will entail traipsing round to another treatment area midway through the session before returning the kiddies back to reception to book the next appointment. When we have adoption clinic this can become quite a circus with five Care Givers from different Homes slugging the baby seats and nappy bags around and the therapist carrying the bunch of keys to lock unlock (this is middle of Jozi remember)! a sigh to behold indeed, but not conducive to seamless service delivery.

The solution lies in the "Proposed New Premises" we have found in the building. Still close to the Big Shoes Foundation and Active Learning Libraries on the third floor, WAY BIGGER and WAY better for service delivery.

In the new Proposed Premises there are interconnected office space for therapsits, a waiting room for Care Givers, a decent size training room, ample toileting facilities with space for the baby changing station, a meeting room and JUST ONE SET OF KEYS.

There are only two snags:
The increase in rent and the cost of renovating the new rooms!

Our rent will be jumping to a whopping Seven Thousand Rand a month. Still not a large amount in terms of what corporates pay for rental space, but way out of our league. We seriously need funding that are ongoing and sustained before we can commit to make the move.

Hurdle number two is more of a short term need. We need experts in the Building Industry to come on board and give advice. We've had all our paint donated by Medal Paints through Cashbuild and we are most grateful for that. But we are a long way away from knowing what to do to get the three (connected) therapy rooms ready for therapy.

Any one out there with knowledge willing to come on board? any company willing to chip in with the much needed carpentry, plumbing, electrical upgrading and flooring?
Come on, make us your Project for your Social Responsibility Program. It would make such a difference in the lives of the kiddies that come for therapy.