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BUSINESS PROFILE

Name of Organisation Built Africa NPO

Registration Number 187 – 542 NPO

Founder Eldery Gertze

Type of Organisation Non-Profit Organisation

Management Structure

Volunteers:
Eldery Gertze , Lerato Mongale Banda, Lizell De Klerk, Renny Sepitla Mogashoa and Rinkie Thledi
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Banking Details Bank : FNB
Account Number : 62729997926
Type of Account Business Current Account
Branch : Zambezi drive
Branch Number : 230145

Income Tax Number 9838728161

PBO Reference Number 930059085

Physical Address Community Centre

133 Meeu Street
Jan Niemand Park
PRETORIA, 0186

Postal Address P O Box 15255

Sinoville
PRETORIA, 0129

Contact Details Office: 012 800 1066 / Cell: +2781 391 6318
Email: elderyg@builtafrica.org.za : www.builtafrica.org.za

Head Office 133 Meeu Street, Jan Niemand Park, Tshwane, Landline: +27(0)12 800 1066/ Mobile: +27(0)81 391 6318
Website: www.builtafrica.org.za ,Email: elderyg@builtafrica.org.za

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COMPANY PROFILE
Built Africa NPO was incorporated in South Africa on 22 March 2017 under registration number 187 -542 as a
Non-Profit Organisation.

COMPANY VISION
To empower the youth and women to change their own “futures” through appropriate skills.

COMPANY MISSION
To develop the unemployed youth and women through initiatives that will empower them to become self-
reliant and independent to improve their quality of life.

COMPANY CORE VALUES

The operating principles for the company are:
 Respect
 Integrity
 Commitment
 Passion
 Accomplishment

COMPANY CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

The company’s critical success factors are:
 To gain institutional and community support;
 To cultivate awareness of Built Africa services and;
 To partner, connect, build and maintain relationships with the relevant stakeholders.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICE STANDARDS ARE:

 We will provide community services for 8 hours per day from Monday to Friday.
 We will respond to community and stakeholders correspondence within 24 hours.
 We will create linkage and partnerships for the benefit of our community.
 We will conduct relevant campaigns and awareness as a marketing strategy to meet the objectives of
our organisation and the needs of our community.

SERVICES
Information, advice and referrals
 The information and referral services are the point of entry into all the other services and resources
rendered within the organization and in the community.

Job readiness centre

 Assistance in compiling a professional CV
 Assistance in registration on employment database

Head Office 133 Meeu Street, Jan Niemand Park, Tshwane, Landline: +27(0)12 800 1066/ Mobile: +27(0)81 391 6318
Website: www.builtafrica.org.za ,Email: elderyg@builtafrica.org.za
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 Assistance in online job applications

 Assistance in job preparation

Life / Skills development programme

 Life skills - as a soft skills
 Skills development – as a technical skill

Entrepreneurship development
 Aim is to contribute to poverty reduction through entrepreneurship development programmes.

Partnership
 Lulaway, Harambee, Giraffe, ESD institute, Dept. of Labour and also reaching out to other
Government departments.

NETWORKING
To Partner, connect, build and maintain relationships with the relevant stakeholders. To identify and involve
existing community structures, educational institutions along with government and privates structures.
Building relationships with these institutions and structures allows Built Africa to extend the information,
services and assistance to the beneficiaries.

OVERALL OBJECTIVE
 Alleviate poverty and unemployment through youth and women empowerment

BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANISATION

The name Built Africa derived from the word “built” meaning sturdy or strong. Built Africa is an organisation
which recognises the strong standing of all Africans and inhabitants in the African continent. This proudly
South African organisation was formed in 2016 and registered on 22nd March 2017. The main aim is to build
strong community through skills development. The organisation was founded by Ms Gertze whose passion is
to help vulnerable unemployed youth and women by equipping them with tools and resources which will make
a positive change in their lives. Ms Gertze ideas came through her exposure from her working environment
within the public and private sector where she gained the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to
achieve goals and objectives. Ms Gertze is a registered professional Social worker with twenty five years
working experience within Occupational Health and Safety and Community development.

The services render are based on the four (4) pillars as follows: 1. Information (direct and refer), 2-Job data
and readiness centre, 3-Life / Skills development and 4-Enterprise Development. The geographical area that
Built Africa serves is within Jan Niemand Park, Derdepoort, Lindo Park, East Lynne, Ekklesia, and
surrounding areas of Pretoria East.

The organisation is governed by board members who are coming from different background, passionate and
equipped to contribute positively to the organisation in their area of expertise.

Head Office 133 Meeu Street, Jan Niemand Park, Tshwane, Landline: +27(0)12 800 1066/ Mobile: +27(0)81 391 6318
Website: www.builtafrica.org.za ,Email: elderyg@builtafrica.org.za