Previous ICA Projects

Members of ICA spearheaded various projects since 2012. As their circumstances changed, these projects may have become dormant, superfluous, or completed. Inquire about reviving any of them, should you be interested in pursuing one or more of them.

Jhaal Syal Youth Foundation

The Jhaal Syal Youth Foundation assisted with creating schools for poor children in Pakistan and was spearheaded by Jimshaid.

Jhaal Syal Youth Foundation

The Jhaal Syal Youth Foundation was spearheaded by our ICA Representative and Team Leader in Pakistan, Jamshaid Iqbal Jay. Although Jamshaid is an IT engineer, he prefers to promote the opportunities of youth for better education and future.

As president of the Jhaal Syal Youth Foundation, Jamshaid worked alongside more than 100 members as a youth welfare society. Together they assisted poor students to be able to participate in education and sports activities.

Jamshaid handing over whiteboards to students at Jhaal Syal youth Foundation

DETAILS OF THE JHAAL SYAL YOUTH FOUNDATION WERE:
Physical address:  Office name Salman & sons, Ada Jhaal Syal, Rata Tiba to Burewala Road, District Vehari-Pakistan

Contact by celphone: cell # +92-300-9793341 +92-345-5477481

The Jhaal Syal Youth Foundation Registration Number was ICA-127-964.12 NPO-JSYF 

Note: This project has ended.

Cleaning Up Beaches Organization

ICA members have started a pilot project along the south coast of kwaZulu Natal to clean up the beaches of Africa.

At this stage, the work is being done by the hands of a few volunteers who wish to make this a phenomenal project, involving machinery and many more workers to save the ecology as well as to improve the general scenery along the beaches.

Our team leaders were born along the coast, and have a deep, inherent love of the coastline.

Sisters in Africa

Welcome to SIA!

The crucial task of SIA is the coaching young girls between the tender ages of 14-18 and the educating and empowerment of young women between the ages of 18-35, through providing them with vital information regarding them personally, and which will also intensify their independence.

Generally in Africa as a whole, many women and children are still facing inequality, as well as injustice, during their developmental stages because of social pressures, peer pressure and also fears from insufficiency, low self esteem, and other socio-economic and environmental issues.

Young women are isolated and ill-informed when it comes to economic independence, which leads to many women with great potential losing grasp of their visions and dreams, leaving some too frightened in reaching their full potential. Sisters of Africa realised this gap in society, then decided to take a stand against negative factors through informing, educating, empowering and restoring the place of young women in modern day society, and also assisting in educating them on financial matters.

Our aim is to make certain that our young women are fully independent in all sectors of life, which includes: * informing *educating *empowering *restoring *financial education. Read our Master Plan here

You are heartily invited to join us!

Warm regards, GuGu Khathi Project Manager

Please note: Sisters in Africa (SIA) is part of the Social branch of Independence Commission Africa

SAPOR

South African Prison Offender Rehabilitation (SAPOR) is part of the Social branch of Independence Commission Africa NPO.

SAPOR, as a non-governmental community-based organisation with international affiliations, will work as an external partner to the Department of Correctional Services to assist the correctional system achieve its objectives to balance between aligning the Department with international trends in correctional services, and ensuring that the reality of the South African correctional system and South African society is taken into account. 

SAPOR assists in the rehabilitation of prisoners in South Africa according to the guidelines prescribed by the United Nations and as accepted by the South Africa government. 

SAPOR pays particular attention to incorporating foreign policies as laid out by the UN standards and norms into their operations, namely:

  • The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Offenders;
  • The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules);
  • Basic Principles for the Treatment of Offenders;
  • The United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines);
  • The United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Their Liberty;
  • The Model Treaty on Extradition;
  • The Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance;
  • The Model Treaty on the Transfer of Supervision of Offenders Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released;
  • International and Interregional Co-Operation in Correctional Centre Management and Community-Based Sanctions; and
  • The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Section 36B) Comment/ Proposal.

The SAPOR organization manual incorporates abbreviated information from the above modules and sets out its principles regarding prisoners on:

  • Work, Education, Leisure and Family Visits;
  • Drugs;
  • Health Care;
  • Juveniles; and
  • International Co-Operation.

SAPOR mission

SAPOR assists with the successful rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders through goal orientated work, projects and formal arrangements made with relevant departments in the Correctional system.

SAPOR is dedicated to prevent crime and moral regeneration, and supports poverty alleviation programmes. 

SAPOR vision

Successful rehabilitation of offenders will erase repeat offences and lift the strain off the government which has to facilitate repeat offenders.

Bridging communication between society and offenders will assist successful reintegration by the offender into society as a valuable member of society.

SAPOR Strategy

SAPOR carries out voluntary work within the correctional services and is guided by the approach to rehabilitation as set out in the White Paper.

SAPOR furthermore wishes to partake in joint projects with the correctional services which include representation on Community Supervision and Parole Boards.

SAPOR wishes to engage in regular consultations with various correctional service departments to ensure it gathers all round knowledge on what is required to provide the Department with the best possible service

SAPOR consults with the community and family members of offenders to promote societal responsibility in the eradication of crime. 

SAPOR International Affiliations

SAPOR is in affiliation with the International Human Rights Commission and Just Detention International organizations, both which deal with prisoners on an international basis.

SAPOR endeavours to maintain and expand its high standard of operation through networking with more similar organizations, who share active partnerships with the United Nations in particular.

Through networking and partnerships, integrated regional policy aspects, programmes and mechanisms can be meaningfully coordinated and maintained. 


SAPOR operations are performed by volunteers who use their own time, expertise and funds.

MEMBERSHIP

IF you would like to join SAPOR as a supporting member or operational volunteer, you are very welcome irrespective of age, race, sex, religion and political preferences. The field we cover is huge and all assistance possible is welcomed. 
Kindly click on our  membership button or contact us button 

Donations to SAPOR

All donations to SAPOR are fully applied directly to its operational field, and recorded for by an independent accountant. 
Donations can be made in any amount into our Paypal or bank account, for which we are most grateful. Kindly mark payments clearly as “SAPOR Donations” by reference.

ICA the organization

Independence Commission Africa (ICA) was issued the registration number 127-964NPO as a non-profit organization on 25 September 2013 by the Social Department of South African government.

THE ORGANIZATION 

The Organization shall:

  • Exist in its own right separate from its members
  • Be able to own property and other possessions.
  • Be able to sue and be sued in its own name.
  • Continue to exists even when its membership changes and there are different office bearers.
  • Organization proceeds/profits shall not be shared as dividends to some or all of its members, but will be used for reasonable re-imbursement for services performed and agreed to by a two thirds majority quorum. 

Objectives of the Organisation

  • To promote, support and assist in the development of both hard and soft skills.
  • To build the capacity of the unemployed women, men, youth and other vulnerable groups to become economically independent.
  • To campaign and access funding so as to support and promote self-help projects in order to make them self-sufficient and eradicate poverty
  • To network with other organizations catering for the upliftment of the conditions of the underprivileged communities.
  • We will use persons with previous experience in positions as mentors for occupiers of posts which need the skills. 

Area of Operation

  • The activities of the organization shall be vocal globally and speak out against atrocities, genocides and injustices world over.
  • The organisation is able to affiliate to civic organisation globally and attend global conferences on affiliated issues.
  • Initial operation was within South Africa and is spreading across Africa and will not exclude global activity. 

Income and Property

  • The organization may not give any of its money or property to its members or office bearers, unless it is to pay for work that a member or office bearer has done for the organization.
  • The payment must be a reasonable amount for the work that has been done. A member of the organization can only get money back from the organization for expenses that he/she has paid for on behalf of the organization.
  • Members or office bearers of the organization do not have rights over thing that belongs to the organization. 

ICA strategy for independence in Africa

The ICA strategy for independence in Africa is:

  • To build a solid foundation of support, wherein the desires of the people are clearly stated.
  • To promote our vision of citizens equipped mentally and physically for the challenges of the future;
  • To maintain transparency in all matters, including our open support as a voluntary rallying point for the social and economic needs required to create the perfect citizen full of ability and opportunity, who is not scared to make a new path in the ever changing world landscape.

We embrace principles of government which serve the people, and do not elect self serving individuals.

Responsibility is an honour, and politicians are civil servants paid by the people and should recognize this honour.

We open dialogue and discussion in which all positive contributions are acted upon to grow a unified people, able to profit from it assets, and not be a pawn in the industrial revolutions of other countries, who have traditionally exploited resources to their own ends.

We support the finding of wealth for people of their own country from which they can draw economic independence

  • We support the recovery of wealth which has been channelled away from African countries illegally, to generate wealth for the future.
  • We campaign and access funding so as to support and promote self-help projects in order to make them self-sufficient and eradicate poverty
  • We seek and expose the truth of our past, present and future leadership.
  • We implement measures to enforce zero tolerance for crime.
  • We support actions to create an independent Africa through agriculture and industry.
  • We promote education in all spheres.
  • We support the education of the people from Africa in the political arena.
  • We support the establishment and maintenance of infrastructures in Africa which would allow the country to run like a well-oiled machine.
  • We co-operate with like minded individuals and organizations.
  • We network with other organizations who promote economic independence.
  • We propose a decentralization of power in the system of governance for Africa, based on the Swiss canton confederation of States.

We are the bridge which carries all nations in Africa towards a dignified life style. 

Restore wealth to Africa

We endorse transparency of all matters concerning Africa; Wealth which has been taken illegally from the continent needs to be restored; Wealth which is generated in Africa should be applied to the progress of Africa.

Protection in Africa

Our mission is for every person in Africa to be able to have a safe and comfortable lifestyle; to protect our wildlife, ecology and economic infrastructures.

ICA supports global anti-colonial movements

 Independence Commission Africa supports the right of self-determination of every person and nation in the world, and will be the promoter of a wider global anti-colonial movement where expedient.