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but they made sure they developed our skills to manage the organisation. We started in a small office, but thanks to the Fundraising Incentive Scheme (FRIS)4 from scAT the organisation now has its own office. Two of our staff members did paralegal training which was paid for by scAT.
I have grown a lot in the LDA. I had no formal training apart from a matric certificate. With the assistance of scAT, I now have a paralegal diploma and am busy studying towards a project management diploma at the University of stellenbosch. I started alone in the organisation and we now have 30 staff members. The impact in the community is huge. We have a professional nurse who takes primary health care to the people living on farms. We have a wellness centre fifty km from Citrusdal at Paleisheuwel. They now have health care on their door whereas in the past they had to pay between R300.00 and R600.00 to go to citrusdal for health care.
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4. Fundraising Incentive scheme (FRIs):
FRIs is an innovative tool to encourage the mobilisation of local resources. scAT currently rewards LDAs R5.00 for every R1.00 profit made from a fundraising event. Events are verified through financial documentation and storytelling. FRIS is an important contributor to community driven philanthropy and ensures that LDAs can reduce their dependence on grant funding. FRIs also encourages interest and involvement from the community in the work of the LDA and as a result encourages accountability and a sense of ownership of the LDA and its programmes.
Nikky McNaught speaking to Christiaan Oerson.
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RuRal Voice ii: 35 stories for 35 years