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Stable Ministries was founded in the Strand informal settlement, Asanda Village by Pastor Morris Van Zyl in 2003 for a group of Zimbabwean Christians who worked in his construction company, Van Zyl Builders. Eventually, a double stand was bought in Nomzamo, Strand, where they built a church in 2010.<\/p>\n
The women in the church were looking for employment opportunities for themselves and started looking after babies at home. They identified the need for a Christian cr\u00e8che in the community and Morris started it in the church building with 6 children. When Morris passed away at the end of 2012 in a tragic work accident, Shofar Somerset West stepped in and took up his legacy. By then, the cr\u00e8che catered for 15 children. Kibwe Kids (a sister NGO to Prochorus) bought the property from his estate to ensure the continuation of the work started on the property.<\/p>\n
In 2013 a generous donor, Secure Data, erected two wooden structures (18m2 & 27m2) as permanent homes for the expanding cr\u00e8che. Our cr\u00e8che currently caters for up to 60 children between the ages of 2 and 6 years, on a daily basis with three full-time teachers with the help of some assistants, looking after them from 7 am to 6 pm. The structures are also used for educational purposes when outreaches are done in the community by the church and on Sundays for the children\u2019s church.<\/p>\n
Masikhule, an NGO in the Helderberg, is also involved with the ECD facility. Prochorus wants to ensure that the learning inside the facility provides the children with a solid foundation for life-long learning and productive participation in life. Masikhule provides teacher training and supports and mentors the cr\u00e8che from an educational perspective.<\/p>\n
At that stage, the wooden structures still had no electricity or ceilings, which meant very cold classrooms during winter. During the November 2013 floods in the Helderberg, extensive damage occurred at the cr\u00e8che, and with the help of a donor, Prochorus started repairs by replacing the wooden floors with a concrete floors in the structures, henceforth securing the structures to the ground. We then prayed for provision to transform what we were given to steward into something special and safe for the children.<\/p>\n
Kibwe Kids then funded the electricity supply to the church grounds, and we could provide a temporary electricity supply to the cr\u00e8che buildings. The local Somerset West Shofar church assisted over the years by providing volunteers to most projects undertaken at the cr\u00e8che, i.e. the 2014 project \u2018LetsPlant Asanda Village\u2019, which provided the premises\u2019 fences with Bougainvillaea bush covering. We\u2019ve had wonderful involvement from them over the years on other projects like \u2018LetsPaint\u2019, \u2018Books of Life\u2019, \u2018Eat for Life\u2019, \u2018LetsPlay\u2019 and many more.<\/p>\n
In 2014, a national Prochorus donor, Bester Feed & Grain (Pty) Ltd, allocated funds to run an extensive community upliftment project for our cr\u00e8che. Both the cr\u00e8che structures had painted inside walls, insulated ceilings, shelving for the educational toys, educational and Biblical posters on all walls, huge painted blackboards in each structure, desks and chairs for the teachers, mattresses for nap-times and cutlery and crockery for lunch-time. The outsides of the two structures were also painted with huge Biblical scenes, done by the staff of Bester Feed and with the help of the church community volunteers. Rentia Deyzel was the driving force behind the scenes for the Bester group in what was to be known affectionately as the \u2018LetsPaint\u2019 project. This also served as a \u2018blueprint\u2019 for all the future paint projects done here.<\/p>\n
Some of the other needs of the cr\u00e8che that have been met through the years by numerous very generous private and corporate donors include:<\/p>\n
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Refrigerator\/fridge<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Solar geyser<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Running water in all working areas<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Roofed overhangs over the classroom doors<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Roofed overhang over the outside washing-up area<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Training of staff and raising of volunteers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Stable Ministries was founded in the Strand informal settlement, Asanda Village by Pastor Morris Van Zyl in 2003 for a group of Zimbabwean Christians who worked in his construction company, Van Zyl Builders. Eventually, a double stand was bought in Nomzamo, Strand, where they built a church in 2010. The women in the church were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Stable Ministries was founded in the Strand townships by Pastor Morris Van Zyl in 2003 for a group of Zimbabwean Christians who worked in his construction company, Van Zyl Builders. He bought a double stand in Nomzamo, Somerset West on which they eventually, after a lot of resistance from the community committee, built a church in 2010.\r\n\r\nThe women in the church were looking for employment opportunities for themselves and started looking after babies at home. They identified the need for a Christian cr\u00e8che in the community and Morris started it in the church-building with 6 children. When Morris passed away at the end of 2012 in a tragic work accident, Shofar Somerset West stepped in and took up his legacy. By then the cr\u00e8che catered for 15 children. Kibwe Kids(sister NGO to Prochorus www.kibwekids.org<\/a> ) bought the property to ensure the continuation of the work started on the property.\r\n\r\nProchorus was approached in 2013 and a donor, Secure Data erected two wooden structures (18m2& 27m2) as permanent homes for the expanding cr\u00e8che. The cr\u00e8che caters for up to 25 children between the ages of 4 months and 6 years, on a daily basis with two full-time teachers looking after them from 7am to 6pm. The structures are used for educational purposes when outreaches are done in the community. The structures are also used by the church on Sundays for the children\u2019s church.\r\n\r\nMasikhule, an NGO in the Helderberg is also involved with the ECD facility. Prochorus wants to ensure that the learning taking place inside the facility provides the children with a solid foundation for life-long learning and productive participation in life. Maikhule provides training for the teachers and supports and mentors the cr\u00e8che from an educational perspective.\r\n\r\nThe wooden structures still had no electricity or ceilings which meant a very cold classroom during winter. During the November 2013 floods in the Helderberg, extensive damage occurred at the cr\u00e8che and with the help of Secure Data, Prochorus started repairs by replacing the wooden floors with a concrete floor in the one structure and securing the structure to the ground.\r\n\r\nKibwe Kids recently funded the supply of electricity to the church grounds. Gerard Ter Haar is the liaison person for the growing Prochorus Somerset West.\r\n\r\nThe local Shofar church assists with volunteers to the project in Nomzamo. Project Letsgrow Nomzamo has started and we look forward to future involvement from them.\r\n\r\nBester Feed & Grain have recently allocated funds to paint the outside of the cr\u00e8ches with Biblical scenes. When it\u2019s completed around middle October 2014, both the cr\u00e8che structures will be equipped with solid concrete floors, painted inside walls, insulated ceilings, shelving for the educational toys, educational and Biblical posters on all walls, huge painted blackboards in each structure, desk and chairs for the teachers, mattresses for nap-times and cutlery and crockery for lunch-time. The outsides of the two structures will also be painted with huge Biblical scenes, done by the staff of Bester Feed.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nHere follows some of the future needs for the cr\u00e8che:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\t