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Field office for unemployed men in South Africa

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Summary

This project creates a safe, reliable and visible field office / collection point for 100 unemployed day labourers (men) who wait on the side of the road for work. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

We work with unemployed men who gather in groups at the side of the road, waiting hopefully for anyone who can offer them a job. Historically, one of the problems associated with employing men who stand on the side of the road is that going to a site to find a worker can be a chaotic and intimidating experience. This experience often prevented the public from making use of the men's services.

Activities

We create a temporary office at each collection point for day labourers by: (1) setting up a tent,(2) flying banners to mark the location, and (3) attaching posters on nearby street poles.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $133
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $23,036
Total Funding Goal: $23,170

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will create a platform for 100 day labourers to interact with the general public and hopefully find work. It builds credibility with potential employers and improves the employability of men as we are able to market their services.

Project Message

"We unlock doors of hope for the hopeless by matching reliable and skilled people with available jobs, free of charge."
- Felicitas Maphutha, Regional Manager

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Peter Kratz
Director
Men on the Side of the Road
PO Box 8348
Roggebaai, Western Cape 8012
South Africa
+27-21-4489000
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Men on the Side of the Road Logo

Men on the Side of the Road
66 Albert Road Woodstock
Cape Town, Western Cape 8012
South Africa
+27 21 4489000
http://www.employmen.co.za

Learn more about Men on the Side of the Road and the project team.

Men on the Side of the Road's Current Projects on GlobalGiving

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in South AfricaSouth Africa and can also be found under Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development.

For more information about South Africa, read the Human Development Report on South Africa or the Wikipedia entry for South Africa.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 25, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 9, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

2009 worker placement update

By Peter kratz - Director, January 25, 2010 09:28 AM

Men on the Side of the Road Project and its members did not escape the economic whirlwind that has decimated the South African job market. In the past 12 months more than 1 million jobs disappeared from the formal economy.

Our members work by and large in casual jobs and in the informal sector. This market has suffered a double blow as newly unemployed people join the already desperate work seekers on the side of the road suffering from the virtual elimination of casual employment in many sectors.

By our estimate more than 1 million casual days of employment were lost in the last 6 months of the year due to the economic slowdown. The economic and social impact of these lost work opportunities on people that live hand to mouth is disastrous.

We have managed to maintain our overall footprint during the year despite difficulties in some regions. Placement days have fallen slightly in 2009 compared to 2008. On the positive side tight budgets and reasonable consistent placement performance has resulted in impressive improvements in efficiency in 2009.

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