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i)
We will also need security cameras on the inside of the
centre. This will be done all along the perimeter and also at
strategic areas. This is entirely for the safety of the
patients. We will also be able to monitor the patients and
visitors.
ii)
We will have to renovate all the existing buildings on
the property that will be needed for the centre. All these
building will have to be furnished. We want to make the centre
as comfortable as possible for the patients and the staff.
iii)
Additional buildings will have to be built to accommodate
the offices, an infirmary, consulting rooms etc. that are needed
at the centre.
a)
Board members and management
This must be divided
into two sections. The first will be the executive committee of
the mother body – CRESCENT OF HOPE SOUTH AFRICA and then the
board of directors of the CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRES at
MAGALIESBURG and DE DEUR.
i)
CRESCENT OF HOPE (MOTHER BODY)
Ameer (executive
chairman) Dr / Moulana Ismail Vally
Naeeb Ameer (deputy
chairman) Br Haroon Saley
Secretary
Br Yusuf Suliman
Treasurer
Br Yusuf Lombard
Executive
member Mufti Yacoob Minty
Executive
member Hafez Ismail
Kholvadia
Executive
member Hafez Yusuf
Bhamjee
Executive
member Dr Ebrahim Chohan
ii)
CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRES
Board of
directors
Chairman Dr /
Moulana Ismail Vally
Vice
chairman Br Haroon
Saley
Treasurer
Br Yusuf Lombard
Board member &
Administrator Hafez Mohammed Rafiq Mayet
Board
member Hafez Ismail
Kholvadia
Board
member Br Muhsin
Motala
Board
member Dr Ebrahim
Chohan
Board
member Br Abdu Sanad
Kader
a)
Personnel requirements
The management
structure is determined by the Welfare Department and we must
abide by the minimum requirements in terms of personnel. More
personnel may be appointed if the need arises. These
requirements are for not more than 20 patients. Another
criterion is used by the Department if more that 20 patients are
admitted.
A manual developed
with the support of the United Nations (office on Drugs and
Crime) as published by The National Department of Social
Development states that the minimum norms and standards for
inpatient treatment centres are as follows:
A therapeutic or
multidisciplinary team of health and social development
professional and accredited addiction counselors who provide
treatment at the centre. The minimum staff components of this
team for type A facilities are:
Ø
A medical
doctor either employed or on call for 24-hours backup and
consultation.
Ø
A
psychiatrist either employed or on call for 24-hours backup and
consultation
Ø
A fully
qualified social worker or a clinical psychologist.
Ø
Accredited
addiction counselors
Ø
A
professional nurse on duty 24 hours a day i.e. during daily
programme times and after hours.
The centre should
have adequate staff to render a 24-hour specialist substance
dependency service. The staffing norm is:
Ø
One staff
member for every 20 patients/clients. A staff member here refers
to professional staff and accredited addiction counselors only.
Ø
The minimum
number of professional staff available during programme hours is
1, 5 i.e. 1 full time staff member and 1 part-time staff member.
Ø
The minimum
of professional nurses available during programme hours is 0, 5
i.e. working part-time.
Ø
Other
categories of nurses may be employed to provide support.
The non-professional
staff will consist of:
Ø
Administrator
at the centre.
Ø
Office staff
and financial assistant.
Ø
Religious
scholar (Islamic)
Ø
Two cooks.
The one will relief the other. They will have to cook 3 meals a
day.
Ø
Three
gardeners. They will have to maintain the grounds.
Ø
Five
cleaners. Three to clean the rooms and do the patient’s laundry
and two to help in the kitchen.
Ø
Five security
personnel. They will be on rotational basis.
b)
Volunteers
Many members of the
Muslim community have expressed their desire to serve the entire
community by offering their services to the project. They are
layman, professional people (like doctors, psychologist,
counselors etc.) teachers, skills-trainers and religious priests
(ulama). They are prepared to start as soon as the centre opens.
There is therefore
no lack of volunteers for this worthy community programme.
2)
FINANCES
The required funding
must be divided into sections such as the setting up of the
project, the running costs involved etc.
a)
Capital expenditure and funding requirements
The costs involved
in the setting up of the project. The costing of the wall has
two dimensions to it. The first is the size of the wall (as
stated above) and the second is that the bottom section of the
land is clay with the result that we had to have the architect
and the engineer on site whenever it was required:
i)
The cost of acquiring the property with
buildings R 3 000 000, 00
ii)
The cost of building a 3 metre wall encircling the
Centre with the
width of 3 bricks:
Ø
Material (See
annexure A for quotation)
R 1 116 170, 00
Ø
Labour (See
annexure B for contract) R
259 200, 00
Ø
Architect,
engineer and submission fees
R 124 630, 00
i)
The renovation of the chalets. Each block has
two chalets. All
need to be renovated. Estimated R 500 000,
00
ii)
The renovation, upgrading & repairing of existing
buildings (some to
be demolished). Estimated R 750 000,
00
iii)
The building of additional offices, consulting rooms
sick bays,
recreational halls etc. Estimated R 1
000 000, 00
iv)
Refurbishing the grounds (e.g. paving).
Estimated R 250 000, 00
v)
Security system i.e. cameras, network
etc.-Estimated R 350 000, 00
TOTAL
REQUIREMENT FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE R 6 350 000, 00
b)
Sustainability and funding requirements
The facility will be
sustained by charging a fee of R14 000, 00 (including VAT) for a
period of 6 (six) weeks as normal business practice. The
organization is non-profit and any excess funds will be used for
the patients and our centres. It is the experience of the
organization that this is sufficient to sustain the running cost
of the centre if we have at least 10 patients at the centre at
any given time. If more patients are there on a regular basis,
excess funds would be used to enhance the quality of the centre
by introducing skills training and other hobbies that will keep
the patients occupied and will leave them with a skill that can
be used when they leave the centre. Excess funds from
Magaliesburg are being used to help in the capital expenditure
of the new centre and will be used to sustain the centre until
it becomes self-sufficient.
Muslim patients not
being able to afford the fees can apply to the mother body for
funds (Zakaat) to cover their cost. Non-Muslims will be helped
with interest. Although we help the patients we very seldom pay
the entire fee as we feel that a certain amount of sacrifice
must be made by the patient and her family to appreciate what is
being done for them.
c)
Fund raising
Although we do not
go out collecting for the centre we do accept any donation that
we receive from the community. We do however approach
institutions for assistance in the financing of the centre.
CRESCENT OF HOPE
does on the other hand collect funds from the Muslim community
for all its activities. One of the projects that money is
collected for is for the capital expenditure of the
rehabilitation centres and Zakaat that can be used to supplement
the fees of the Muslim patients. Interest collected by the
organization is used for the fees of the non-Muslim patients.
d)
Financial statements and implications
All financial books
will be kept according to computerized programmes with regular
inspections at the centres. The statements must be submitted at
least once a year for auditing at Haroon Takolia Auditors – the
auditors of CRESCENT OF HOPE. The audited statement must be
distributed to all directors and executive members for approval.
This is to ensure
open and accurate financial statements that are accessible to
all members concerned in the development of the rehabilitation
centre.
2)
OBJECTIVES
The primary of this
project is to provide a much needed drug rehabilitation service
for females to the Muslim community of South Africa. This centre
must function according to Islamic principles, Islamic laws and
accepted Islamic norms. Only if management follows these guide
lines will the centre become, like its sister organization in
Magaliesburg, the most efficient rehabilitation centre in South
Africa, attracting clients and patients from all over the world.
The secondary
objective is to make sure that the patient / client is accepted
back into the family, that the family is taught how to cope with
the situation, that the community accepts them back and also
releases that it place and important function in the
rehabilitation of its members. The community must be taught to
make meaningful contributions towards maintaining the sobriety
of the patients / clients by forming support groups equipped to
help them when they “fall off the wagon”. This is a long term
venture that will benefit the individual, the family and the
community.
1)
BUSINESS STRATEGY
To achieve the
objectives set out above, the centre will have to:
Ø
Appoint all
professional personnel after careful selection and assessment.
Ø
A good
management team that has this type of work at heart.
Ø
Good group
therapy schemes that will make the patient partake in the
activities.
Ø
Good
one-on-one sessions that will allow the patient to express
himself thereby admitting to himself the true reason for his
addiction.
Ø
Good physical
activities.
Ø
Islamic
lessons and the teaching and reading of Islamic literature.
Ø
Making sure
that Islaam plays a prominent part in his rehabilitation.
Ø
To be under
constant surveillance 24 hours a day and following the designed
programme.
2)
TARGET MARKET
The overall strategy
will be to take advantage of the tranquility provided by the
rural setting of the centre. This strategy along with a
scientific programme will ensure that that the patient will be
strong enough and have the self-confidence to enter back into
the fold of Islaam, the family and the community.
The patient’s
financial position, age, social standing in the community and
the influence of her family will not be considered in any way
whatsoever since the rehabilitation provided is a community
service. It is a non-profit generating institute supported by an
organization that was established for the sole purpose of
helping the Muslim community surmount their problems.
Although this centre
has been established for Muslim females, it will admit any
person (female) needing help irrespective of race, colour or
creed.
3)
MARKETING AND OPERATIONAL PLANS
No direct marketing
is possible due to the sensitive nature of and the stigma
attached to drug abuse especially concerning females in the
Muslim community. The service that will be provided by this
centre will quickly become known as has already been experienced
by phone calls, e-mails and SMS’s to our centre in Magaliesburg
and De Deur. The project has the approval of our religious
leaders throughout the country and they actively supporting both
our centres.
Our priority is six
fold:
Ø
That they are
placed in peaceful, tranquil and comfortable rural surroundings.
Ø
That they
receive a rehabilitation programme designed to help them
identify their problem and to help them overcome it.
Ø
To bring them
back into the fold of Islaam and nearer to their creator thereby
ensuring the continued rehabilitation after the patient has left
the centre.
Ø
To create
support groups in all communities throughout South Africa to
help the patient keep to the sober path and to encourage them
when they need encouragement. They are encouraged to contact the
centre or the support group leader when their resolve has been
weakened. The support group must get together on a regular
basis.
Ø
To have
follow-up sessions (telephonically or by visits to the centre)
to help the client maintain their resoluteness.
Ø
To expand our
activities if, when and where it is required.
As has been done
with our Magaliesburg centre, we will be giving lectures on
drugs and drug abuse at all Masaajid throughout the country.
These lectures will entail signs of people on drugs, the
handling of drug abuse victim, the family reaction and
contribution, the support of the Ulama, the help of the support
groups and lastly the functioning and admission to our
rehabilitation centres. These lectures have already been started
for Magaliesburg and will continue and include De Deur.
The two centres are
already on our website
www.crescentofhope.co.za and you have scroll down the left
side and either click on MAGALIESBURG or DE DEUR.
4)
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Each centre will
have its own administration and management and be headed by its
own management team. They will be directly responsible to the
administrator of the mother body in the CRESCENT OF HOPE
executive.
The administrative
procedure must follow the pattern as set out by our centre in
Magaliesburg. This has been proved to work after constant
re-evaluation for the past 7 years. Revising the administration
and management will always be made after each evaluation.
Financial statements
must be submitted to the board of directors and to the executive
of CRESCENT OF HOPE on a monthly basis. These statements must be
produced from a prominent accounting package approved by the
board, executive and our auditors (Haroon Takolia).
The centres must be
registered with the Department of Social Welfare, the South
Africa Revenue Service and the Department of labour. All
regulation pronounced by these Governmental Departments must be
strictly adhered to.
1)
BROAD STRATEGY OF ORGANIZATION
a)
Vision and Goals
i)
To provide an Islamic based service in a caring
environment for the broader community so as to empower the
family and community in reforming the misguided patient.
ii)
To provide holistic counselling across the spectrum of
socio-psychological aspects in the life of the patient, family,
friends and community.
iii)
To network, lobby and enhance the accessibility of
services provided the organization, the centre and other local
structures instituted by this movement.
iv)
To collaborate with similar organizations to the benefit
of the community.
v)
To strive to empower our communities through relieving
psycho-social problems with love, generosity, service and peace;
and in so doing help to create a community that honour all its
members and embed a spirit of wholesomeness amongst them.
vi)
To ensure that dysfunctional behaviour is transformed
into functional behaviour.
vii)
To set up similar features through the country either by
doing so ourselves or in support of other institutions having
the same vision and goals.
viii)
To encourage the individual to recognize her weaknesses
and problems, determine ways to deal with it and to move
forward.
b)
Unique features
i)
The entire centre will be for females only and will
follow the pardah system as per the Islamic Shariah.
ii)
Although it has an Islamic focus / ethos, females from
other persuasions will be more than welcomed.
iii)
No discrimination in any way whatsoever will be tolerated
– not by race, colour or creed.
iv)
The community will become involved in the development of
the centre.
v)
Although rural, it is easily accessible to most
communities in Gauteng.
vi)
To make the facility and resources accessible to the
disadvantaged community members.
vii)
To provide professional, confidential, personal and group
counselling and support services to individuals, couples,
families and communities.
2)
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
a)
Short term plan
i)
To complete the structure of the wall, the renovation of
the chalets and to set up a complete security system.
ii)
To register with the Department of Social Welfare as a
branch of the CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRE of which Magaliesburg was
the first.
iii)
To appoint all full time professionals.
iv)
Training auxiliary social workers as volunteers at the
centre or other structures attached to the centre.
b)
Medium term plan
i)
To get the surrounding community involved as volunteers.
ii)
Advancement in all portfolios.
iii)
To complete all structural developments.
iv)
To provide for the physical, mental, spiritual and
psychological wellbeing of the individuals, couple, family,
friends and the community.
vi)
To train community members to become counselors.
vi)
To bring recognition to Islamic service with a social
development sphere provided.
b)
Long term plan
i)
To bring Islam back into the lives of individuals,
couples, friends, family and the community.
ii)
To set up a network of institutions throughout the
country.
iii)
To set up support groups in every community.
iv)
To lesson the risk of our younger generation falling into
the drug peddler’s trap.
v)
To give spiritual counselling to individuals, families
and communities.
vi)
To expand this service to develop other much needed
institutions such as abused women and children centres etc.
vii)
To give intervention counselling for trauma, rape, family
violence and other experiences.
2)
ACHIEVEMENTS
i)
It is precisely because of the achievements of our centre
at Magaliesburg that we have been inundated with request to open
a similar institution for Muslim females. We have made great
strides in the fight against this scourge. Magaliesburg has
received great reviews and references not only locally,
nationally but also internationally.
ii)
We received patients from our local areas (Johannesburg,
Lenasia, Roshnee etc.), nationally (Durban, Cape Town, etc.) and
also internationally (England, U.S.A., Nigeria, Saudi Arabia
etc.). They speak about our service all over the world.
iii)
The ulama in different towns and cities are coming on
board to assist us in the programme. They are now referring
patients to us and in some instances even paying the cost of the
internment – if the patient is poor and cannot afford to be
admitted.
iv)
The Aalims are now helping in the formation of support
groups in towns throughout Gauteng. We hope to expand this
programme.
v)
We hope to do the same at De Deur and to expand this
entire programme to other centres.
3)
SUCCESSION PLAN
It is fundamentally
correct to make provision for any eventuality. This is
especially so in the case of a section 21 company and a Non
Profit Organization who has a substantial amount of assets that
belongs to the Ummah. Therefore:
i)
If for any reason this society has to be dissolved or
wound up, then a special meeting for this purpose will have to
be convened by the Jamiatul Ulama of the Transvaal. This meeting
will then be authorized, if a unanimous agreement is obtained
from the Trustees, to pass a resolution for the dissolution or
winding up of the society.
ii)
If upon the dissolution or winding up of the society
there remain any assets of any nature, after the satisfaction of
all it’s debts and liabilities, such assets shall be paid
to or transferred to any other organization which has the same
or similar objects as this society subject to it being
authorized to collect funds in terms of the Fund Raising Act,
1978.
iii)
Further such an organization shall be approved by the
Jamiatul Ulama of the Transvaal in their sole and absolute
discretion or in default of such a decision, by the Director of
Fund Raising.
4)
CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT
The confidentiality of the patient/client is
an absolute priority. Under no circumstances may any employee of
the centre or organization or patient for whatever reason,
divulge or disclose to any other party any confidential
information concerning the affairs of the Organization or the
names and other personal matter concerning the patients. It is
absolutely imperative that the secrecy of the patients be
espoused.
1)
INDEMNITY
You as the patient hereby irrevocably indemnify and hold
harmless the employer, the directors, management and any other
office bearer of the organization or centre from any or all
claims, loss, damages and/or injury however caused at the
centre, workplace or any place owned or occupied by the
organisation.
2)
CONCLUSION
It is essential that
all problems facing the community be addressed by organizations
and other institutions servicing that society. The concept of
rehabilitation centre first surfaced when the drug abuse and the
misuse of substances became a common phenomenon amongst Muslim
males. This soon developed into a scourge that seemed to be
unsolvable.
CRESCENT OF HOPE
decided to come to the aid of the community by open a drug and
substance abuse centre for males in Magaliesburg. We adapted the
12-step programme into an Islamic programme and introduced it at
our centre most successfully. Everything done at the centre for
the treatment of the patient is done according an Islamic ethos.
The centre was most successful.
It soon became
apparent that a similar centre was needed for females. The
community cried out for assistance and we responded to their
plea. We are now opening a centre for Muslim females at De Deur.
This will be run on the same principle as Magaliesburg.
The location, family
support, community support and the support of our religious
leaders is an indispensable part in the rehabilitation of the
patient. The formation of support groups in every community is
essential.
Let us all get
together and fight the scourge. Let us bring our Ummah back to
the healthy state it was a few years ago. Let us return to
living a life governed by Islamic principles and in the chosen
path to salvation.
Your kind and
serious consideration of our funding request for such a worthy
cause in providing a service to the community and to other drug
dependent females will be greatly valued. We thus look forward
to your favourable response.
HELP US TO HELP
OUR UMMAH REGAIN SOME OF THE HEALTHY LIVING HABITS IT NEEDS
TO SURVIVE MODERN MORAL VALUES.
3)
CONTACT DETAILS
a)
e-Mail address
coh@mweb.co.za
b)
Website
www.crescentofhope.co.za
c)
Telephone 011 854 1809
d)
Fax 086 661 3159
e)
Postal Address P. O. Box 1635 Lenasia 1820
f)
Physical address 137 Rose Avenue Extension 2
Lenasia
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