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Ratanang Community Nutrition and Development Centre ignited in 2007 as Soup Kitchen, targeting orphans and the vulnerable children. By the organization’s primary focus was to provide nutrition, as many of the vulnerable were in a position of going to bed with an empty stomach. The organization was not registered with the Department of Social Development we used to seek donations in kind of food parcels from the local businesses, to sustain the project or the objectives, and also seeking educational instrumental tools to assist them with home works and assignments, as education is also part of our developmental agenda.

In 2009-06-02 Ratanang C.N.D.C started to register with the Department of Social Development, as an NGO as Ratanang Soup Kitchen. The organisation managed to pursue its objectives by continuing seeking the donations from the local businesses, and also seeking the funds from various departments and private sector.
In 2015 Ratanang C.N.D.C was funded by the National Department of Social Development till date, and the organisation was then evolved into a Community Nutrition and Development Center. Poverty alleviation and developmental programs, whose primary focus is the provision of nutritious meals, daily on week days to 300 beneficiaries who are impoverished and incapacitated, and the delivering of 50 takeaway meals to the bedridden and infirm beneficiaries.

Our primary focus is mainly in areas that require enough support to be able to bring growth and change within impoverished communities. The impact of our project model, is designed in a manner that plays a pertinent role in changing peoples lives. We as members of the organisation are guided by a strict mandate, that governs our operations and helms the model of our project.

HBC and HTS

We are National Department of Social Development, Public Works and PEPFAR (USA) funded Non-governmental organisation NGO, tasked with providing the acquired requisite services to the vulnerable and/ disadvantaged members of Matwabeng and Senekal community.

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Empowerment

Empowering of our women, youth, adults and elderly beneficiaries is also a part of our developmental agenda by encouraging them to start their own registered companies, cooperatives etc, as per our Beneficiaries Skills Audit findings.

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Computer Literacy

Provision of Computer Literacy And After-school programs to 120 vulnerable children and youth.

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NUTRITION

Provision of 350 nutritious meal daily on weekdays to incapacitated and/ impoverished beneficiaries. And delivering of 150-170 takeaway meals to the bedridden and/ infirm beneficiaries.

Mothibedi Welcome Mpanyane

Deputy Project Manager

Mr M.W Mpanyane is a Co-founder of Ratanang Community Nutrition And Development Center. His responsibilities are to assist the Project Manager at all times, and to assume all the responsibilities of the Project Manager’s absence. Mr Mpanyane is also a Deputy Chairperson in fundraising sub-committee and Head of programs ie (Palliative Home Based Care program and Computer Literacy and After-school program).

Mookgo Innocentia Senkhane

Project Manager

Miss M.I. Senkhane is a Founder of Ratanang Community Nutrition And Development Center. Her responsibilities are to lead and Co-ordinate the centre, to assume operational control of the centre, to chair management and staff meetings. Miss Senkhane is also heading the provision of Nutritious meal to 350 beneficiaries and 150-170 delivering of takeaways meal to the bedridden and infirm.

Koto David Makhongoana

Financial Manager

Mr K.D. Makhongoana is a Financial Manager of the organisation and his responsibilities are to assume control of the finances, prepare Monthly, Quarterly and Annual budget, Annual financial Statement and report. And also to submit financial reports to the board and to the Independent financial Auditors, and to provide financial report to our funder. Mr Makhongona is also heading the Agricultural Produce program.

Mookgo Gloria Mohohla

Admin Officer

Miss M.G. Mohohla is an Administration Officer, her responsibilities are to assume administrative control of the center, to keep all administrative records, to write monthly, quarterly and annual narrative reports. To keep minutes of all staff, management and board meetings, to prepare and update personnel files. And Miss Mohohla is also responsible for a daily registration of beneficiaries’ attendance.

Mandujana Elizabeth Guduka

Project Coordinator

Miss M.E Guduka is a Project Coordinator. And her responsibilities are to bring together various elements or individuals to complete a project, maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings. Miss Guduka also coordinating the Palliative Home Based Care program tasked with providing HTS and HBC activities.

"Ha Le Fete Kgomo Le Je Motho"

Date: 2020/04/21 09:13 PM
Location: 458 John Stone Street, Matwabeng, Senekal, 9600, Free State (Map)
More Info: John Stone Street, Near Matwabeng Clinic and Tutubolohoha Intermediate School next to NG Kerk. The organisation is Also Known As (Wimpie)

We urge the local and international individuals, companies and the governments to donate in kind of money and/ goods to assist us to meet the needs of in needs community members. The organisation is registered with the South African Revenue Services (SARS) under Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) Section 18A, Income Tax Exemption. Any Donner who my like to donate shall, acquire a 10% tax rebates.