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Audits

Audit_History_1991-2001 99k
Audit: THG 31 March 2003 62k
Audit: THG 31 March 2002 114k
Audit: THG 31 March 2001 109k
Audit: THG 31 August 2000 60k
Audit: THG 31 March 2000 145k
Audit: THG 31 March 1999 103k
Audit: THG 31 March 1998 115k
Audit: THG 31 March 1997 97k
Audit: THG 31 March 1996 114k
Audit: THG 31 March 1995 94k
Audit: THG 31 March 1994 115k
Audit: THG 28 Feb. 1993 95k

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AGM

AGM Minutes Jan 2003 139k
AGM Minutes Oct 2003 173k
AGM minutes Sept 2000 129k
SGM minutes_July 2000 234k
SGM report challenges for following 5 years 97k
AGM Annual Report Nov 1996 286k

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Best Practises

We are working on a Manual of Best Practises. The documents listed below are destined to be included in the final product which should be completed and available by April 2004. Please keep in mind that we will add to the list and adapt the documentation over the next moths.

Business Plan for Drop-In Centre: Hillbrow Drop-In Centre
Business Plan for Shelter: Intombi Shelter
Business Plan for Residential Skills Centre: Kulula Skills Centre
Evaluations based on Business Plans: example Drop_in Centre
Constitution: based on a decade of experience with committees, board of directors and needs of community organisations of this nature, we developed the best possible Constitution to help govern the organisation.
training: Youth Care Worker- basic tasks 60k
training: Youth Care Worker- significance of interaction 65k

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Budgets

budget The House Group 1998-1999 200k
budget The House Group 1999-2000 197k
budget_The House Group 2000-2001 17k
budget_Intombi Shelter_Sept 1995 73k
income-expense_Kulula Skills Feb 2001 10k
income-expense report_Sept 2000 214k
income_statement_1999-2000 170k
income_statement_Feb 2001 196k
expense_report_1996-97 219k
expense_report_Dec 2000 187k
expense_report_Oct 2000 186k
expenses_report 1999-2000 9k
expense_report_Kulula Skills Aug-Nov 2003 174k

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Business Plans

Business Plan_Drop-In Centre 218k
Business Plan_Intombi Shelter 215k
Business Plan Kulula Skills Centre 242k
Bussiness Plan_Theosis Skill Centre 146k
Evaluation_Drop-In &_Intombi 1999-2000 127k
Service Plan - THG 2004-2006 291k

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Constitution & Bylaws, Registrations, and Social Contracts with the State

CONSTITUTION of The House Group 726k
Certificate - Registration of The House Children's Home for Girls on the Street, Sept 1996 60k
Certificate - Authority to Collect Contributions, Jul 1992 136k
Certificate - Exemption from Taxes and Duties, Feb 1995 77k
Financing of Shelter for Street Children: The House, Hillbrow, May 1996 - Gauteng Government, Department of Welfare 140k
Financing of Social Development Services, The House, May 1996 - Gauteng Government, Department of Welfare 99k
Financing for Kulula Skills Centre, Sept 2000 - Gauteng Government, Department of Welfare 89k

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Educational Material

course - Job and Career guide 127k
course - Proposed skills activities for 2001 71k

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History

history - Letter to Dept Welfare explaing that their requested handing over of the organisation to black leaders is in process. Aug 2000. 75k
history - Letter to Dept Welfare explains that entire new Committee and staff absconded over December 2000 but volunteers and former personnel will rescue the project. 76k
history - Letter to Dept Welfare explains that volunteers and former personnel rescued the project and Dept can relax, knowing that we will not abandon the children, new staff and committee is being sourced. Jan 2001. 84k
history - Requested proposal by Minister McKenzie to pilot the Kulula program. May 1996 55k
history – The House initiates the battle against Gauteng Govt. Dept. Safety and Security proposals to decriminalize sex work, letter “Irrational Motivation of Draft Proposal” July 1996 145k
history - letter to the Minister – The House questions whether a mandate to decriminalize prostitution exist, and requests proof from Minister Mafumadi Gauteng Govt. Dept. Safety and Security - proposals to decriminalize sex work. Oct 1996 [in the end, National Govt. had to publicly admit that the Prov. Govt acted without mandate and were out of line – seven years later the Constitutional court rules that brothel keeping (the main “solution” of the Prov. Minister in 1996) is inhuman and not constitutional] 73k
history - letter to Dept. Safety and Security, – The House pre-empts the workshop to decriminalize prostitution – questions the supposed benefits of decriminalization of prostitution as proposed by Gauteng Govt. Sept 1996 110k
history - letter from Minister of Welfare in recognition of the publication "Prostitution Perspectives". Dec. 1996 92k
history - Participation in study by United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention. Jan 2001 70k
history - Participation in Draft National Policy on HIV/Aids for Schools, SA Law Commission; Aug 1997 105k
history - Participation in Review of the Child Care Act Legislating for Child Protection; SA Law Commission; April 1999 105k
history - Participation in the Goldstone Commission Inquiry into "The Effects of Public Violence on Children"; Sept 1994, 133k
history - Participation a, b, c in Workshop on Decriminalization of Sex Work of Gauteng Provincial Government Safety and Security; Oct 1996.
history - Participation with ECPAT, Implementation of the Agenda for Action adopted at the 1st world congress stockholm; March 1999, 96kb
history - Participation, Gauteng Legislature, Draft Gauteng Welfare Bills; Bill for the erection of street children shelters; June 1998, 123kb
history - Participation, Gauteng Legislature, Gauteng Welfare Bills; Gauteng Street Children Shelter Bill; Oct 1998, 117kb
history - Participation, UNICEF, Study on Youth Health and Sexuality, July 1995, 82kb
history - Conference; The Millennium of the Child, Partnerships across sectors to shape the future, March 2000, 102kb.
history -

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Minutes

minutes - Kulula Skills CEO July 1999 77k

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Newsletters

newsletter Childfriend Feb 1997 17k
newsletter Long Walk_Aug 2000 108k
newsletter Magdalene Chapel Feb 1996 112k
newsletter On Top of My Voice 12k
newsletter The House Highlights Jan 2001 107k
newsletter Hillbrow Overview Jan 1997 110k
newsletter Intombi Open Jul 1996127k
newsletter Kulula Welfare April 2000 139k
newsletter Membership_Sept 1996 131k
newsletter Scruffy_Jun 1999 106k
newsletter The House 2 years later Jan 1993 111k
newsletter Volunteers Needed Jan 1999 116k

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Other

statement by president - Marilyn Michau, Oct 2003
register- Board of Directors 1999 215k
register- Board of Directors -Staff -Members_Dec 2002 21k
register- Board of Directors, committees_Oct 03 67k

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Reports

CEO report - bofd report Feb '04 122k
CEO report - bofd report Jan '04 87k
CEO report - bofd report Nov '03 122k
CEO report - AGM Oct 2003 114k
CEO report - Drop-In Activity Report Jan 2003 to Jan 2004 140k
CEO report - Intombi Shelter Activity Report Jan 2003 to Jan 2004 140k
CEO report - Kulula Skills Activity Report Jan 2003 to Jan 2004 140k
CEO report - Theosis Skills Activity Report Jan 2003 to Jan 2004140k

progress report -THG all programmes, Sept, Oct, Nov, 2003 116k
progress report - Hillbrow Drop-In and Intombi Shelter, Jan, Feb, March 2003 128k
progress report - THG all programmes, March, April, May 2003 91k
progress report - THG all programmes, Jun, Jul, Aug, 2003 156k
program report - Theosis Centre_Noms_Feb 2002 66k
progress report - Hillbrow Drop-In and Intombi Shelter, January-March 2002 163k
progress report - Hillbrow Drop-In and Intombi Shelter, April, May, June 2002 140k
progress report - Hillbrow Drop-In and Intombi Shelter, July, Aug, Sept, 2002 125k

program report - Kulula Skills Feb '04 83k
program report - Kulula Skills_Nov 2003. 54k
program report - Theosis Centre_Oct 2003 69k

report to sponsor - Hillbrow Programmes - March 2001 64k

program report - Advocacy: the decade 1991-2001 301k
program report - Advocacy_Tanzania_Kwetu Centre_July 1996 117k
program report - Advocacy USA_Drug Program_July 2000 34k

report - Fundraiser and Pro - Oct 1997 195k
report - Fundraiser and PRO - Sept 1997 63k
report - Fundraiser and PRO Feb 1996. 71k
report - Fundraiser and PRO Oct 1996 82k

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Resources and Advocasy

publication Prostitution Perspectives - A Collection of Pragmatic and Authoritative Essays,120 pages, editor Jean du Plessis, published by The House Group, Oct, 1996 768k (this is a large file, you may want to right click and 'save target as'). Some of the articles in the book are individually available below.

• article - Prostitution in the Context of Christianity; Dr. William Domeris, 1996, 127k
• article - Research Which Addresses Prostitution as a Human Rights Violation; Melissa Farley, 1996, 155k.
• article - Prostitution is a Hate Crime; Melissa Farley, 1996, 134k
• article - Child Prostitution in South Africa, presented to Gauteng Provincial Government workshop on decriminalization of prostitution Oct 1996, Adele du Plessis. 100k
• article -The Dilemma of Prostitution - International Trends, and Facing up to it, presented to Gauteng Provincial Government workshop on decriminalization of prostitution Oct 1996 Jean du Plessis. 86k
• article - Prostitution: sexual orientation or dysfunction?, Jean du Plessis, 1994, 107k
• article - Recovering Prostitutes: Their Therapeutic Needs; Madonna Masemola, 1996, 102k.

paper - Pimps and Brothel Keeping in Johannesburg; commisioned by Constitutional Court - Jean du Plessis, Sept 2002, 93k
Intombi_Shelter Overview; Prieur du Plessis, 2003, 218k
Funding Proposal: for The House Group 2001 388k
resource - Child Prostitution: South African Government's Commitment. [ covering the period 1996 to 2002] 35k
THG Advocacy Program Report for the Decade 1991-2001 301k
article - Crack: Its the real thing; Ted Legget, 111k
article - Relationship between drug abuse and HIV; Ted Legget, 96k
article - The least formal sector: Women in sex work; Ted Legget, 862k
Mari - ex-prostitute submitted and presented paper, "Prostitution-The Reality", to Gauteng Prov. Govt. workshop on decriminalization of sex work - Oct 1996 86k
Suzie - ex-prostitute submitted and presented paper, "Eight Years of Prostitution" to Gauteng Prov. Govt. workshop on decriminalization of sex work - Oct 1996 40k
The House submits commissioned paper, "Report on the Policing of Teenage and Child Prostitution" to the office of the Attorney General Oct 1995 125k
article - Survey of Juvenile Prostitution in Johannesburg; Jean du Plessis, published by HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council), 1995 271k
commisioned paper - Prevention, psycho/social rehabilitation of child prostitution in South Africa, prepared for the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, presented to International Congress Against Child Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Stockholm 1996. - Jean du Plessis. 296k
Advocasy tool - College for Whores: THG campaign against SA Govt's attitude that juvenile prostitution is "a good skill" and is, "just another job". 113k
Advocasy tool - Job Description for Prostitutes: Campaign against Govt. attitude that juvenile prostitution is "a good skill" and is, "just another job". 113k
Newsletter - Child Welfare SA - Role of NGOs in Gauteng: Child Sexual Abuse and Commercial Sexual Abuse of Children. Sept 2003. 208k
extract - Child Care Act: Child Labour Defined (South Africa) 123k
ECPAT summary - South Africa's commitment to the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. 127k
article - Prostitution in Five Countries: Violence and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Dr. Melissa Farley, 1998, 254k
article - How Prostitution Works; Joe Parker, date, 134k.
article - Juvenile Prostitution: An Investigation, Stephen Louw, 1994, 92K
media statement - Investigation on Sexual Offences: Adult Prostitution; SA Law Commission, Aug 2002, 149k
policy document - Child Labour and Sexual Exploitation: Children in Need of Special Protection; SA Council for Child Welfare, 78kb Extract from a report of the SA Law Commision: Children in Need of Special Protection, 2002.
chapter 13 - Report of the SA Law Commision: Children in Need of Special Protection, 2002. Deals with issues of Child Labour and Sexual Exploitation. 593k (this is a large file, you may want to right click and 'save target as').
article - Ten Reasons for not Legalising Prostitution; Janice Raymond, 2003. 150k
campaign - Complaints to Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa regarding Willards "Bag of Smiles" ad campaign; April 1995; 140kb

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Stats & Performance Data

stats Intombi Shelter things_Sept 1997-Sept98 63k
stats Kulula Skills_things_Sept 1997-Sept98 69k
stats Attendace at Programs - 1997- 1998
stats Drop-In Centre_things_Sept 1997-Sept98 77k
stats The House things 1999. 228k
Evaluation_Drop-In &_Intombi 1999-2000 127k
stats Drop-In & Intombi Shelter services delivered April-Dec 2000 45k

website stats - Jan 2004

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Training

training: Increase Attendance at Committees 226k
training: Youth Care Worker- basic tasks 60k
training: Youth Care Worker- significance of interaction 65k
training: Personnell- Sexual Abuse Checklist 55k
training: Personell- Sexual Abuse in the Development of Prostitution 94k
training: Personell- Course outline on Assesment of why we do what we do, and what it is that we should be doing 80k
training: Basic Training for Volunteers of THG: Factors Contributing to Adolescent Drug Abuse, Stephen Louw, 1994. 112k

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Videos

Clips of videos about The House coming soon

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Media

List of media about The House Group for the decade 1991 - 2001 elsewhere in the archive listed as Advocacy Program Report for the Decade 1991-2001 301k
media Child Prostitution in Johannesburg ,various newspaper articles, 2000 - 2003 154k
media Constitutional Court vs Brothel keeping, various newspaper articles, 2002 91k
media The House, beacon of hope in Hillbrow, Saturday Star, 1999 97k
media Door Closes for sex victims, Saturday Star, 2000, 00k
media Parents hunt for daughter at Hillbrow brothel, Star, 2001, 78k
media Sex, Drugs and Death, Top 40 Magazine, 1992, 93k
media Half of Johannesburg steet hookers are kids, Saturday Star, 2000, 70k
media The House is Hillbrow's Hope, Pretoria News, 1992, 99k
media Nigerians have cracked SA's drug market, Star, 2002, 115k
media Children of the Night, You Magazine, 1992, 113k
media Prostitution, Catalyst Magazine, 1992, 251k
media Schoolkinderen Straatprosituees en Jonge Honden, SFB Intercom, 1999, 96k
media Tragic Carte Blanche insert touches, saddens, Pretoria news, 1992, 83k
media The trauma of teenage prostitution on NNTV's 'People', The Star, 1995. 77k
media Sex ' Steamers' targeted: Police crack down on Hillbrow beat street; Sunday Star, 1992. 130kb
media Police flush out child prostitutes, The Citizen, 1993, 153k
media Volunteers rescue child prostitutes, The Citizen, 1993, 98k
media 77 Murders Every Day, The Star, 1993, 99k
media Sex For Sale Plea, Tribune, 1993, 120k

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