About Us

About us

We celebrate the hard work that spans over 19 years in community care. Since 2004, we came from the shadows; we were a simple Tshidisanang Women’s Health Centre (TWHC), the NGO. Our journey in community care saw us offering community care service operations in Motheo District, covering Bloemfontein/Mangaung, Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo, caring for the sick, the poor and the unemployed across the life of the elderly, breadwinner(s), the youth, and Children.
We also do realise, since the NGO was established in 2005, taking the NGO business operations notes from its most recent annual financial statements, the NGO realises:

• 1. Its ground has been shifting all this time, its demand for financial resources has now grown, its intrinsic needs has changed
• 2. Its heritage has accumulated and is now an asset, that needs to be tapped into and translated
• 3. the time has come for the NGO to now plant germinating seeds, a task impossible to do before
• 4. Now the NGO is ready to operate sustainably and face a different horizon, including building a different social entrepreneurship trajectory.
• 5. The NGO rather intends to emphasize how challenges and obstacles can be transformed into opportunities for growth and success in the NGO environment.
• 6. Drawing on historical examples from its heritage, the NGO wants its historic heritage to provide practical insights for overcoming adversity in the NGO environment.

The NGO, Tshidisanang experience, wisdom, tenacity and tribilizing service tells it all

Against All Odds, we have been there.
Fast forward nineteen years – the year is 2024. Tshidisanang has built a proven track record in community health and social care, despite overwhelming obstacles. Over these years, the NGO has operated:

• 1. From a 20.67 m² home garage, transformed into a humble but functional office, showing the determination of a social entrepreneur who does not seek comfort, but knows humility starts from your home.
• 2. With a small, committed team of five community carers and project facilitators, making every resource stretch beyond its limits.
• 3. On an annual donor budget of R70 000 – far from the millions that many NGOs dream of, even though socio-economic reform is at an all-time high, especially for the Black majority.
• 4. Without mentors, as those who guided us during apartheid have since passed on.
• 5. Without a guarantor or financial advisor.
• 6. With only a few trusted friends, who could offer moral support but no financial backing.
• 7. Without a marketing budget, relying solely on word of mouth and community trust.
• 8. Using a personal car for every transport need, from outreach to administration.

All this translates, we celebrate years of Consummate Community Care Leadership manifestations.

• 1. Where there are obstacles, there are also opportunities
• 2. Where there are struggles, there is also strength
• 3. Where there are setbacks, there is also stepping stone
• 4. Where there is rejection, there is also resilience
• 5. Where there are shadows, there is also the hidden truths
• 6. Where there are mistakes, there is also a masterclass
• 7. Where there are fears, there is also a fuel for courage
• 8. Where there is pain, there is also purpose