Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pebbles Project


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The result was keep. As nomination and delete rationales are based upon lack of sources, and those sources have been found, consensus is keep. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 13:32, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Pebbles Project

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No significant coverage for this project. Fails WP:N. SL93 (talk) 04:27, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 04:32, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 04:32, 27 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete, article is sourced to the org's website and a 404 from a source that does not look like it was independent. A search brought up nothing that was not a primary source, meaning that they fail WP:NORG and WP:GNG. Devonian Wombat (talk) 04:56, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.      </ol>

<ol> <li> The article notes: "Through its holistic approach, the Cape-based Pebbles Kitchen has prepared over 50 000 meals for children in need. In 2003 — then a special-needs teacher — Sophia came to South Africa from the UK. She founded Pebbles in 2004. [quote] ... Located on a pastoral corner of Klein Joostenberg Farm on the outskirts of Stellenbosch, the Pebbles Kitchen feeds 1 300 children every day. [quote] The Pebbles Kitchen is not a charity as such, but rather a social enterprise — jointly funded by Goede Mensen and Stichting Clouds Foundation — that forms an integral part of Pebbles' nutrition programme. [quote] The charity currently supports over 1 500 children from birth to 24 years. Most of the beneficiaries live or work on Western Cape wine farms. The kitchen came about as a way to control the nutritional content of the meals for the children. Prior to this development, the meals were supplied externally, but still with a view to becoming a self-sufficient enterprise."</li> <li> The article notes: "Using Lucy’s contacts in the wine industry as a springboard, Sophia set up the Pebbles Project, a charity that aims to enrich the lives of disadvantaged children in the Western Cape, especially those whose lives have been affected by alcohol in some way. ... Volunteers applying to Pebbles are required to show a certain amount of initiative. It is not a surprise to hear Sophia has no truck with 17-year-olds on gap years who want to come and have photographs taken of themselves gazing at babies. [quote] But those who can pitch in and offer something are most welcome. [quote] Others have given rugby or music lessons. A group of Dutch interns offered to design and run a sexual health programme. Pebbles has just won funding for a mobile computer lab and a mobile book and DVD library, so computer wizards or potential librarians would be particularly useful. With a health clinic opening later this month there may also be opportunities for health care professionals, although “there is a mountain of red tape we need to research first,” Sophia warns."</li> <li> The article notes: "... The first one is Sophia Warner, a special needs teacher from the UK and founder-director of The Pebbles Project ... Working with farm owners and their workers to find solutions, Sophia launched the Pebbles Project on the Villiera wine estate near Stellenbosch, where farm buildings were made available for a fully equipped ECD centre and an after-school club (ASC) where older children could spend their afternoons in a safe environment and complete their homework assignments under supervision while their parents are still at work. Since then, 43 different facilities have been established on several farms in the winelands, stretching from Somerset West to Wellington, as well as Citrusdal and now Hemel-en-Aarde."</li> <li> The article notes: "The Pebbles Project is the brainchild of Sophia Warner, who left Surrey, England, for South Africa’s sunny winelands in 2003. This decision changed not only her life, but those of many others. Soon after her arrival here, she identified a need for educational support on farms in the winelands. With her 13-year background in special needs teaching, Sophia particularly wanted to use educational support to address the barriers faced by children with foetal alcohol syndrome. She established the Pebbles Project the following year and in 2005, it opened five crèches to offer support to farm workers’ children. ... The programme is well-resourced, with mathematics and literacy tutors who provide assistance with homework and exam preparation. It has also expanded to include new educational support programmes such as the FACET-mobile learning centres, which were donated by the For Africa’s Children Every Time (FACET) Foundation. Each mobile learning centre has a book and DVD library as well as a computer bus that drives around fortnightly to serve the various farms."</li> <li> The article notes: "As the Pebbles Project celebrates its 10th year, co-founder Sophia Warner explains how the trade has helped provide support and education to children in South Africa's winelands and what a difference it makes."</li> </ol>

There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Pebbles Project to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 08:49, 28 June 2020 (UTC)</li></ul>
 * Keep Cunard's research is again spot on and shows GNG (although the fifth of these is apparently an interview, but the others, such as the piece from the Daily Telegraph, are good). RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:05, 4 July 2020 (UTC)


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