Resoketswe Lebjane Foundation

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To advance the human rights of all people located at the rural areas
of Bushbuckridge by increasing legal knowledge and access to legal services.

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Resoketswe Lebjane Foundation: Bridging the Gap Between Marginalised Communities and Justice.

Founded in 2016 and officially registered with the Department of Social Development on December 7, 2017, the Resoketswe Lebjane Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the prevalent violation of human rights in various forms. Recognizing the significant disparity between marginalized individuals and their access to justice, our foundation aims to educate and empower communities about their constitutional rights in South Africa.

Our primary mission is to provide effective basic legal advice and paralegal services to both individuals and community groups. Operating in the remote rural areas of the Ehlanzeni district under the Bushbuckridge municipality, our efforts are focused on reaching the villages where access to legal consultations is limited. The residents of Bushbuckridge often face long travel distances and economic challenges that prevent them from seeking legal assistance.

Our Objectives

• To render paralegal service, basic legal advice and assistance to community of Bushbuckridge free of charge and within other areas as well.
• To simplify law and raise community awareness on human rights, domestic violence, children’s rights act, gender and other related to.
• To promote and encourage intercultural learning process amongst student including the disabled and the previously disadvantaged.
• To inter-act and co-ordinate with all NGO’s, government departments and municipalities that have a special focus on youth, women and disable in development as well as other related programs thereto.
• Assists youth and women to discover and rediscover their interests in relation to their abilities and goal orientation in their careers.
• To develop and empower youth, women and workers around areas of life-skills, planning, leadership, communication, land rights, farm labourers, basic condition of employment act and continuous interaction with experts.
• To identify and mobilize resource for youth, women and previously disadvantage people for development.
• To develop and improve new and improved ways to reach additional population group, especially the “hard to serve”.
• To introduce young people and women into the world of information, telecommunication services, computer skill and internet.
• Promote service delivery by public participation programs with other organizations and government.

Operation

• The centre operates Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:00.
• The centre operates within greater Bushbuckridge municipality.
• Bushbuckridge is divided into three regions: South, North, and Midlands.

Target

Our programmes are targeting to meet the following sectors within a specified time and the popularisation of the institution:

• Rural communities
• Farmers
• Schools
• Traditional leaders
• Traditional health associations

Programmes

• Education through workshops and seminars
• Human rights education
• Women and children rights
• Legal, business awareness and assistance
• Research programs
• Victim empowerment programme
• Public participation programs
• Service delivery monitoring
• Educational seminars
• Paralegal services
• Social assistance act (all types of social grants)
• Child care act
• Crime prevention awareness

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