Our restoration centre, based at our head office, currently houses 22 men. Here we provide a home environment with a place to stay, meals and counselling. All the men are housed in dormitories with access to a swimming pool and recreational activities. We also always have a social worker available.
Our main aims are:
- To take in destitute men and through Christ centred counselling, assist them in taking their place in the community again.
- To assist these men in developing their self-worth through various courses. They are required to assist in the day to day running of the organisation.
- To deal with the underlying causes of their homelessness, such as substance abuse and family resistance due to crime, divorce etc.
- To assist these men to become employable again. Through the support of community members, we try and assist with part-time employment.
- To aid these men in establishing and setting up a home, once they have completed their program and are ready to become part of the greater community.
These programs are not only offered to inpatients and those battling addictions. We have had Christian leaders participate, who took away a lot of value that they could pass on.
The Restoration Program covers anger and stress management, depression, self-image, assertiveness training, restoring relationships, addiction, how to deal with problems and goal setting, amongst other topics.
In Phase 1: Men receive a welcome Pack, and a devotional book that walks them through the 12-steps of recovery, 3 meals a day, accomodation, laundry services, transport to clinics, home affairs and access to the social worker. This Costs about R2000 per man per month in total.
In Phase 2: Men receive course material for the restoration centre group sessions, 3 meals a day, accmodation, laundry services, tranport to clinics, home affairs and banks, etc. and access to the social worker. The Cost for this phase is about R1800 per man per month in total.
In Phase 3: Men receive in-house training and external training when offered by individuals and companies, 3 meals a day, accomodation, laundry services, Transport to clinic, and access to the social worker. The Pay R60 per day when they work for a day, However This phase costs us R2300 per man per month on average over and above what we receive.
In Phase 4: Men receive low cost accomodation, 3 meals a day (packed when needed for work), laundry services, transport to clinic, access to soical worker via Whatsapp or in person. This allows them to save for a deposit on a rental, and applicances. We charge them R1800 and this covers the food. It costs us about R500 over and above this.