Jems Foundation

Jems Foundation is a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 169-591) founded in 2011 by Shailen & Mel Singh with a mandate to transform society one life at a time. Jems Foundation focuses primarily on community development, youth development, educational development & fighting against societal injustice and inequalities. Since its inception in 2011 Jems has launched various programmes, including a fully functional counselling centre run by professional counsellors & psychologists, An Early Childhood Development facility (ECD) that takes in 25 non-paying students annually from nearby informal settlements & a fully fledged drug and substance abuse rehabilitation facility. Jems also conducts counselling in over thirteen schools across the durban south-basin and has counselled over a thousand learners since its inception. Educational development is a fundamental aspect of our organisation, we have run several training programmes including, No Apologies, Anti-Drug programmes & ready to work programmes together with various stakeholders including SAPS, DOSD, Focus on the Family & ABSA.