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26/08/2026

🌱 BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES, TRANSFORMING LIVES!

Here’s a snapshot of EWCDC’s January–June 2026 impact in children’s development, education, wellbeing and community empowerment. ❤️

🙏 Special appreciation to our main donor, CGK from the Netherlands, and all our partners and supporters.

Ps Daniel Mahlangu | 072 780 4673

22/08/2026

📢 YEAR-END CLOSING FUNCTION & DAYCARE GRADUATION CEREMONY 2026 🎓✨

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are excited to celebrate the achievements of our little stars at the EWCDC Year-End Closing Function & Daycare Graduation Ceremony 2026.

📅 Date: Saturday, 14 November 2026
📍 Venue: Gobelihle Family Resorts, Luthuli (near KwaMnyakeni)
⏰ Official Programme: 08:00 AM – 01:00 PM
🏊‍♀️ Swimming & Family Chilling: After the official programme

🎓 GRADUATING CHILDREN – CLASS OF 2026

Graduation Fee: R750 per child

The fee includes:

✅ Graduation Gown, Cap & Belt
✅ EWCDC Graduation Certificate
✅ Breakfast & Lunch for the graduate + one parent/guardian
✅ Gifts & Party Pack
✅ Decorations & Venue Preparation
✅ Resort entrance for the graduate + one parent/guardian

Additional family members are welcome to attend; their resort entrance fees and meals are payable separately.

🧊 Cooler Box Entrance Fee: R60 per cooler box

💰 GRADUATION FEE PAYMENTS

Payment Deadline: Friday, 16 October 2026

For graduation fee payments and enquiries, contact:

Mrs Salome Mahlangu – Principal
📞 072 986 3784

🎁 OPTIONAL GRADUATION SOUVENIR PACKAGES

Personalised graduation packages are available separately. These include framed certificates/photos, calendars, cups, backpacks, steel bottles, keyrings and other keepsakes.

⚠️ These packages are optional and are NOT included in the R750 graduation fee.

For graduation package orders, contact:

Ms Nonhlanhla Mahlangu – Assistant Teacher
📞 060 851 9220

Please refer to the 2026 Graduation Packages poster for package options and prices.

Thank you for your continued support as we celebrate this important milestone in our children's lives. 🎓🌟

EWCDC Management
Emthonjeni Wokuphila Community Development Center
(Fountain of Life)

22/08/2026

🧠❤️🎡🖐️🦶 UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF: IQ • EQ • EMOTIONAL WELLNESS • REFLEXOLOGY

True wellbeing involves understanding and caring for the mind, emotions and body. These areas influence how we learn, respond to challenges, relate to others and take care of ourselves.

🧠 IQ – INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT
IQ focuses on our ability to think, learn and solve problems. It includes reasoning, memory, concentration, language, understanding and problem-solving.

👉 IQ asks: “How well can I THINK?”

❤️ EQ – EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
EQ is our ability to recognise, understand and manage emotions, while also understanding and responding appropriately to the emotions of others.

It includes:
🔹 Self-awareness
🔹 Emotional regulation and self-control
🔹 Empathy and compassion
🔹 Communication
🔹 Managing anger, frustration and disappointment
🔹 Building healthy relationships

👉 EQ asks: “How well can I understand and manage MYSELF and relate to OTHERS?”

🎡 THE EMOTIONAL WHEEL – NAME WHAT YOU FEEL

Sometimes anger may be covering hurt, rejection, disappointment or fear. The Emotional Wheel helps us identify emotions more clearly.

😊 Happy → joyful, proud, confident
😢 Sad → lonely, hurt, disappointed
😡 Angry → irritated, frustrated, resentful
😨 Afraid → worried, nervous, insecure
😲 Surprised → amazed, confused, curious
🤢 Disgusted → uncomfortable, rejecting

Learning to identify and name our emotions is an important part of developing emotional intelligence and healthier ways of responding.

🖐️🦶 HAND & FOOT REFLEXOLOGY

Traditional reflexology associates different areas of the hands and feet with different parts of the body:

🧠 Toes/Fingertips → Head & sinus areas
🫁 Ball of foot/Upper palm → Chest & lungs
❤️ Left upper areas → Heart
🍽️ Arch/Centre of palm → Digestive areas
🦴 Inner edges → Spine & back
🚻 Heel/Lower palm → Pelvic & bladder areas

Reflexology involves applying controlled pressure and massage techniques to these areas, primarily to support relaxation and general wellbeing.

⚠️ Reflexology is a complementary wellness practice. Its traditional organ maps should not be used to diagnose medical conditions or replace professional healthcare.

🌿 WHOLE-PERSON WELLNESS

🧠 IQ — Develop how you THINK
❤️ EQ — Understand how you FEEL, RESPOND & RELATE
🎡 Emotional Wheel — IDENTIFY and NAME your emotions
🖐️🦶 Reflexology — Support RELAXATION and general wellbeing

✨ Know your mind. Understand your emotions. Care for your body.

Presented by:
🌱 Emthonjeni Wokuphila Community Development Centre (EWCDC)
🎓 Student Registered Counsellor (HPCSA)
🏫 South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP)

Promoting emotional awareness, psychosocial wellbeing and healthier communities.

22/08/2026

📂🗂️ ECD OWNERS & PRINCIPALS: IS YOUR CENTRE REALLY READY FOR COMPLIANCE & INSPECTION? 🇿🇦👶🏽

Running an ECD Centre is not only about having classrooms, toys and teachers. Proper administration, policies, child protection, health & safety, financial accountability and organised records are equally important.

Every ECD Centre should consider maintaining these 10 BASIC COMPLIANCE FILES:

📁 FILE 1: REGISTRATION & LEGAL
• ECD Registration / Partial Care Certificate
• NPO Certificate, where applicable
• Municipal Zoning/Consent
• Approved Building Plans / Occupancy documents
• Lease Agreement or Proof of Ownership
• SARS Tax Compliance, where applicable
• CSD Registration, where applicable
• Banking documents

📁 FILE 2: STAFF FILES
For every staff member:
• Certified ID copy
• CV
• Qualifications / ECD certificates
• Police Clearance
• Form 30 / Child Protection Register clearance
• Employment Contract
• Job Description
• First Aid Certificate/training records

📁 FILE 3: CHILDREN'S FILES
For every child:
• Birth Certificate
• Clinic/Immunisation Card
• Registration/Application Form
• Parent/Guardian information
• Emergency contacts
• Indemnity & Consent Forms
• Daily Attendance Register
• Incident/Accident Reports

📁 FILE 4: HEALTH & SAFETY
• Environmental Health documentation
• Fire Extinguisher Certificates/Service Records
• Pest Control records, where required
• Cleaning/Hygiene Records
• Menu & Nutrition Records
• Medicine Administration Register
• First Aid Records
• Fire Drill Records

📁 FILE 5: ECD PROGRAMME
• Daily Programme/Routine
• Weekly Lesson Plans
• Annual Programme/Theme Plan
• Learning Material Inventory
• Child Observation Records
• Developmental Assessment/Progress Records
• Practitioner Planning Records

📁 FILE 6: FINANCE
• Fee Structure & Fee Policy
• Income & Expenditure Records
• Receipt Records
• Invoices
• Proof of Payments
• Bank Records
• Food/Stock Inventory
• Asset Register
• Financial Reports

📁 FILE 7: PARENTS & GOVERNANCE
• Constitution/Governance Documents
• Parent Committee Records
• Parent Meeting Minutes
• Attendance Registers
• Parent Code of Conduct
• Staff Code of Conduct
• Complaints Register
• Important Management Resolutions

📁 FILE 8: VISITORS & EMERGENCY
• Visitors Register
• Emergency Contact Numbers
• Police, Ambulance, Fire & Social Services contacts
• Emergency/Evacuation Plan
• Fire Drill Records
• Child Abuse Reporting Procedure
• Missing Child Procedure
• Accident/Emergency Procedures

📁 FILE 9: MANAGEMENT & HR
• Staff Register
• Organogram
• Job Descriptions
• Attendance & Leave Records
• UIF Records
• COIDA Records, where applicable
• Disciplinary Records
• Grievance Records
• Staff Training & Development Records
• Performance Management Records
• POPIA/Confidentiality Documents

📁 FILE 10: POLICIES & PROCEDURES MANUAL

🛡️ CHILD PROTECTION
• Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy
• Child Abuse Reporting Procedure
• Positive Discipline Policy
• Child Collection & Release Policy
• Missing Child Procedure
• Inclusion & Non-Discrimination Policy
• Photography/Social Media Consent Policy

🩺 HEALTH & SAFETY
• Health & Safety Policy
• Sick Child Policy
• Medication Administration Policy
• First Aid & Medical Emergency Procedure
• Infection Prevention & Hygiene Policy
• Food Safety & Nutrition Policy
• Emergency & Evacuation Procedure
• Accident/Incident Reporting Procedure

👩🏽‍🏫 STAFF & HR
• Recruitment & Selection Policy
• Staff Code of Conduct
• Leave & Attendance Policy
• Disciplinary Code & Procedure
• Grievance Procedure
• Performance Management Policy
• Staff Development Policy
• Confidentiality & POPIA Policy

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 PARENTS & OPERATIONS
• Admissions & Registration Policy
• Fees & Payment Policy
• Attendance/Late-Coming Policy
• Parent Code of Conduct
• Complaints Procedure
• Parent Communication Policy
• Visitors & Access-Control Policy
• Transport Policy, where applicable

💰 MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE
• Financial Management Policy
• Procurement Policy
• Asset Management Policy
• Governance/Management Policy
• Donations & Fundraising Policy
• Records Management Policy
• Risk Management Policy

📌 REMEMBER:
A POLICY explains WHAT the centre expects and requires.
A PROCEDURE explains HOW it must be implemented.

Policies should not simply sit in a file gathering dust. Staff should be inducted and trained on them, and important policies should be reviewed, approved, dated and implemented.

‼️ PLEASE NOTE: This is a basic ECD compliance and good-governance guide, not an exhaustive legal checklist. Requirements can differ depending on the ECD programme, registration status, services offered and municipality.

⚠️ Don't wait until an official announces an inspection before organising your centre.

🌱 QUALITY ECD =
❤️ Child Protection
📚 Quality Learning
🩺 Health & Safety
👩🏽‍🏫 Professional Staff
📂 Proper Administration
💰 Financial Accountability
🤝 Strong Parent Partnerships
⚖️ Compliance & Good Governance

Our children deserve ECD Centres that are safe, organised, accountable and professionally managed.

By Ps Daniel Mahlangu
EWCDC – Emthonjeni Wokuphila Community Development Centre
📞 072 780 4673

20/08/2026

Call for applications for Wood and Furniture Manufacturing Skills Development Opportunity by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism in partnership with FUNTECH and the Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality.

Please follow the application instructions and take note of the closing date, 27 August 2026 @ 12H00.

For more information, visit www.furntech.org.za

05/04/2026

Big shout out to my newest top fans! JY Erick Railo, Lesego Prudence IV, Lami Mahlangu Mahlangu, Pheliswa Mjongile