Tswelopele Upliftment Project (TOP-UP) an inter-denominationalorganisation were born 10 years ago through the passion and heart of God in the community for the community. There’s an Eastern proverb that says it’s useless to fight darkness, it’s rather better to light up a candle.Tswelopele is a Sotho word meaning to lift up, empower and to liberate people.This is what this project of the community in the community for the community is all about.
Today TOP-UP consist of a vibrant evangelist department with a woman’s ministry, children’s ministry, youth ministry, HIV&AIDS orphans and farm ministry (Morgan Beef) and a home based care unit for the terminally ill patients. (HIV&AIDS)
Job creation projects consisting of Hosios Christian Crèche, Pre-Primary and Primary School, Needlework project, screen-printing feeding scheme and vegetable gardens.
Top-Up Upliftment Project, founded in 1998,is a grassroots service NGO working with marginalized communities in the Delmas- Botleng areas.Its mission is to addresspoverty holistically by joining hands with Local Government, churches and business sector in order to address and support the needs of the society by providing education, jobs, health facilities and welfare. It focuses its work on improving the status of women, children and youth, through direct support and increased access to knowledge and information about the links between HIV&AIDS and other social concerns such as poverty, agriculture, nutrition, gender and general health. Our vision is to create a healthy, wealthy and educated society that will lead others in becoming responsible and dignified.
OBJECTIVES
The organisations objectives are:
•Helping to discover their personal worth
•Creating employment and training opportunities
•Help with accommodation
•Teach people to be self - supporting
•Working with local Goverment to create opportunities for improved living conditions
•The organisation is a Christian based organisation and as such will also base all it's activities on Christian princepals and ethics.
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