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Why a Best Practises Manual?
Over the past thirteen years we have learned a lot about managing a community organisation of this nature. We learned primarily by our own mistakes because there was no resource to learn from.
This Best Practises Manual will eventually consist of more than three hundred pages of information, business plans, best procedures, program management information, fundraising and public relations manuals, forms and worksheets, and tools that are in use in our organisation.
We, and our sponsors, hope that this manual will serve similar community organisations worldwide to prevent some of the mistakes we made and help others get going sooner and with greater ease.
Who is writing the manual?
The manual is a collaborative effort from our senior personnel, founding members and volunteers. The combined expertise in this field adds to more than 120 years and brings to the table not only grassroots experience but also advanced academic credentials. The editor of the manual is Jean du Plessis - co-founder (with Adele du Plessis) of the organisation.