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The Valley Trust wins two awards
The Valley Trust wins two awards
The hard-working and recently re-invigorated NPO: The Valley Trust has won two coveted international awards applauding their project delivery presented to them by the Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa which is a non profit organisation (NPO) that aims to improve the health and well-being of all South Africans.
In achieving its broader objective, JHHESA uses a strategic evidence-based communication approach. Their strategies are designed to support theof government's South Africa's HIV and AIDS and STI National Strategic Plan. It is a four year programme with 16 South African implementation partners.
The Valley Trust won awards for Programme Implementation and the Chief Financial Officer's Award for Financial Reporting. It was the only NPO to win more than one award.
"JHHESA runs its own auditing process for all its partners, so for us to be acknowledged as having good reporting and accurate accounting procedures is really affirming for us," said S'bongiseni Vilakazi: Executive Director, The Valley Trust.
Vilakazi has been Executive Director since joining the organisation in January. "In an effort to respond to changes in its external environment, the Valley Trust was compelled to make substantial changes concerning staff and programmes - including a major retrenchment process that saw the number of staff reduced from 58 in October 2011 to the current 25."
"Our immediate focus was to address the negative impacts of the changes while steering the organisation into a new direction. It is a testimony to the hard work and dedication of the staff that there has been minimal disruption in the delivery of current programmes and in our winning these important awards," considered Vilakazi.
The Valley Trust is a centre for health promotion, founded in 1953 and situated in the picturesque Valley of a Thousand Hills in KwaZulu Natal. Its vision is to support the communities of the Valley of the Thousand Hills to live healthy and active lives as full participants in a democratic South Africa. For more info, contact The Valley Trust: Zulu Reserve Road / P O Box 33, Botha's Hill, 3660. Tel: 031-716 6800