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ADVICE OFFICE
Berlin is a small peri-urban town in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality 20km east of King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape. It was founded in 1857 by German settlers of the British-German Legion and named after the German capital.1 According to Census 2011 there are 3 048 people living in Berlin, 94% who identify as Black African, 0.7% Coloured and 4.9% White. The predominant languages spoken are isiXhosa (91.2%) and English (4.5%).2
The Berlin Advice Office provides paralegal services, implements community development projects like a piggery, food gardening and human right awareness campaigns. Funding received from the Department of Labour has helped the LDA conduct awareness workshops on labour related matters in their community. Their partnership with the Department of Public Works created employment opportunities for 120 community members through the Extended Public Works Project (EPWP).
YOUTH
1. Raper, P. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Vol. 46). https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2015.1113434
2. Frith, A. (2019). Census 2011: Main Place: Berlin. Retrieved October 5, 2019, from https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/
place/260060
FAst FACTS
NaMe: Berlin Advice Office
LeD By: Yoliswa Mgwelo
MaiN CHaLLeNGes faCeD By tHe CoMMUNity: unemployment, poverty
MaiN aCtiVities: Economic empowerment; educating of youth; paralegal support aDDress: 7 Wilmans Street, Berlin
CoNtaCt: Cell: 078 737 2518
Email: berlin26@telkomsa.net
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