OIL is a dynamic, non-profit, community
development organisation playing a key role in the transformation
of communities. OIL provides cross-cultural, value based lifestyle
training and mentoring through a sustainable adolescent Peer Education
model.
OIL has two primary programmes: Peer
Education and Counselling. These are delivered by highly motivated and passionate staff.
Although seen as separate programmes they are intertwined and contribute
to the success of each other. We believe that the personal growth
which we wish to see in the peer educators' lives is often hindered
by interpersonal problems or issues that can be effectively addressed
through an adolescent friendly counselling service.
We see a generation of Africans uplifting their communities
and imparting vision and purpose to future generations to do the
same.
Youth in sub-Saharan Africa face a potentially devastating future.
Not only are they facing the multi-faceted impact of HIV and Aids,
but a myriad of social and economic challenges loom. South Africa
is approaching a crossroads in how it chooses to respond to the
management of one of its greatest resources: its young people. If
we are to turn the tide on HIV/Aids and other social problems, the
time to act is now.
OIL wants young people to take Ownership
of their lives, to own who they are, to Invest
in their lives and to Live
their lives to the maximum. OIL equips teenage leaders to influence
their friends to actively make choices that will give them the freedom
to grow to become all that they can be and more.
OIL's mission is to equip youth to be positive role models and agents
of change in their communities.
Peer Education
Our objectives for the Peer Education programme are as follows:
- To equip and support 200 adolescent peer educators in the Fish Hoek Valley in 2006 with the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed life decisions. This is done through weekly skills training sessions, camps, training days and inter-grade follow up days.
- To support OIL peer educators in the coordination of eight community activities in 2006 in which they can apply learned skills, interact cross-culturally and advocate for change in their communities.
- To nurture a high standard of organisational excellence through continued planning, reviewing and developing of the OIL Peer Education Programme outputs 2006.
For more information on Peer Education, click here.
Counselling
- To assist clinics in the Fish Hoek Valley in providing an adolescent friendly VCT service.
- To provide an adolescent friendly lifestyle counselling service.
- To provide support and counselling in small group sessions (mentoring) twice a year for each peer educator.
Staff and Board
The staff of OIL is currently 10 full time staff and 3 part time. On a daily basis, the running of OIL is managed by a senior management team. They are the programme manager, operations and finance manager and the managing director who is accountable to the board.
The school liaisons are key facilitators who oversee the delivery of the programme in a particular school. The four school liaisons are the face of OIL to the school staff and teenagers. They lead a team of facilitators who deliver the lessons in the time allocated to them by the school.
The facilitators are young, vibrant individuals who have a passion for seeing teenagers making positive life choices. They are either full time, part time, paid or volunteers.
If you are interested in working or volunteering for OIL, please contact us
OIL has a functioning board that meets quarterly. The board consists of key individuals who each bring specialised skills to the board, and has proven to give OIL a strong foundation from which to operate. We have specialists in HIV/Aids, Human Resource Management, community development, Peer Education, fundraising and finances.
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