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Project Gateway is based in an old prison in the city of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. In 1992, the old prison became available following its closure in 1989, and was given to Project Gateway to use. It was converted into a centre for several church based community development projects. Through these projects, the Church was able to reach out, meet people in their crisis need, and empower them to be self sufficient.
Given the alarming statistics surrounding the HIV/AIDS pandemic, poverty and unemployment levels and the vulnerability of certain groups within our society, we aim to run effective and dynamic programmes, providing salt and light to the world, changing lives and impacting communities.
Over the years, Project Gateway has supported a huge variety of projects as they reached out to the local communities. Today, we have started to move away from individual projects and aim to equip and empower local people through our empowerment, care and education programmes:
Empowerment:
 Our empowerment programmes specialise in Fashion and in Business Development. We provide skills training and psycho-social support to vulnerable youth throughout KwaZulu Natal through our Sewing and Fashion Skills training programme. Our Business Development Programme seeks to raise up well equipped entrepreneurs running sustainable businesses. We have also recently started a basic Computer Skills Training Programme.
Care:
 Through Ethembeni, our medical dept, we provide education, care and support in health related needs - mainly in the areas of HIV/AIDS and TB. Our Pregnancy Care programme protects, guides and nurtures young women in pregnancy related crises. Our home for vulnerable women specialises in caring for and restoring women to being fully functioning members of society, and our
overnight shelter provides a safe haven, accommodation and meals for the homeless on a daily basis.
Education:
 Gateway Christian School, a registered primary school, seeks to provide good quality education at affordable fees for many of the less privileged children in the local area who would not normally have access to such a level of education.
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Statistics:
Since 1992 Project Gateway has:
Fed over 21.600,000 through the Feeding Scheme
Cared for 9,312 women at the Pregnancy Care Centre
Trained 1500 home based carers and provided basic HIV/AIDS training to 11,200 through the Community Care Project
Educated more than 1000 at the Gateway Christian School
Cared for 1,732 distressed/abused women at Esther House
Assisted 1,100 developing entrepreneurs through the Business Development Programme
Trained over 100 in basic Computer Literacy since 2010
Created 15 sewing clubs in rural areas, trained 297 women in sewing skills, and set up a rural creche for 100 through Rural Home Industries
Placed 49 children in families and supported 319 children in local communities through the Duduza project
Provided shelter for 197,473 homeless people at the Sunset Overnight Shelter
Provided prison tours for 4,261 people and hosted 770 volunteers since 2005 through our Tourism initiative
Educated 4,575 on TB, supported 61 individuals with TB, provided psychosocial support to 35 students, provided 30 adults with basic education, provided crisis intervention services for 75 women, provided pregnancy tests for 40 women, provided an abstinence based schools programme for 4466 learners, and provided accommodation for 21 women through Ethembeni since 2008
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