Organisations working to alleviate and/or eradicate poverty in South Africa can be found here.
19 causes found:
Border Rural Committee (BRC)
The Border Rural Committee (formerly the Grahamstown Rural Committee) was set up in 1982 as a non-governmental organisation to assist rural communities in the Border-Kei region in their struggle against forced removals and forced incorporation into former homelands. As the political...
Catholic Community Service (CCS) aims to bring about its vision/mission through the operation of three porgrammes namely Thuthukani Organisational Development Programme, Maru Garden Programme and the Impilo Nutrition Programme. We aim to work in partnership with people...
The Catholic Development Centre was established in 1988 by the catholic diocese of Umtata which was worried by the ever increasing poverty and hunger in the former Transkei homeland. The Catholic Development Centre responded by implementing numerous programmes in...
We have achieved a lot by bringing aid to the poor. We import dairy products every year approximately 8tons, and distribute it free of charge through the Church Care Centres and parishes. We used to import second hand clothing every year for free distribution until the government...
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Gadra Advice and Community Work
Gadra Advice and Community Work have been in existence for over 50 years in Grahamstown. It started as a charitable organisation following a disaster in the township and included school feeding schemes, educational programmes and distribution of food and clothing. Over the years this...
For some time now two of the churches from the “white” communities and two from the “black” communities in Somerset East and Cookhouse have enjoyed a close working relationship. Having to deal with the intense poverty and hunger endured by the many very poor and needy, the four...
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Letsatsi Small Business Solutions
Letsatsi Small Business Solutions was established in 1995 as an organisation in charge of educare development in North West, Free State and Northern Cape Provinces. In 1998 a research was done whereby the results indicated a need for black economic development. Then the services were...
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NewDay Organisational Development Services
Many people are accepting the call to respond to the suffering and poverty prevalent in our land and on our continent. Often at great personal cost, individuals and groups are using their talents and resources to provide relief and assist in empowering children, women and men caught...
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Operation Hunger
Operation Hunger is a Non Government Organisation concerned with the problems of chronic malnutrition and poverty in South Africa. In 1994 Operation Hunger decided to build upon the strengths of the organisation's work in the past and sharpen its focus to address the problems of...
Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA) was established in 1958 in response to the South African Government's withdrawal of the national school feeding programme in Primary schools.
Through its partnerships with Government, other NGO's,...
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People's Welfare and Development
The organisation has initiated a new and challenging project of free computer literacy, targeting refugee children, orphanage and the most vulnerable in Pretoria and Johannesburg cities. The Pretoria Computer Training centre has already kicked off with 74 learners and...
Sisonke Social Development and Entertainment is an organisation that focuses mainly on poverty alleviation and increased self-reliance. This organisation started as an Entertainment Organisation, but due to different aspects which face our society, we saw it was not enough to only...
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The Ark City of Refuge
The Ark City of Refuge opened its doors in 1992 in response to the extremely high rate of homelessness and unemployment in the Western Cape.
It is unique among organisations and is probably the only one of its kind in the world. Since our inception,...
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The City Mission
The Mission was founded in 1902 as a concerned response to poverty in Cape Town. The mission's founder was instrumental in the founding of the fresh air camp movement. He was active in the rag-trade in the early Cape Town and responded to the poverty he saw on the streets...
The Impumelelo Awards Trust was established in 1999 and is based on the Innovations in Government programme in the USA, the Philippines, Brazil, Chile, China, Peru, Mexico and Kenya, all supported by the Ford Foundation. Our main aim is to foster and provide incentive for public...
“The Storehouse” was formed on 1 September 2000 when floods hit Mozambique and Mpumalanga. At this time we felt that there is a need to be mobilized and prepared to help those who suffer from disasters such as floods and earthquakes, by having basic items such as food,...
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The Warehouse
The Warehouse was created in 2003 by the Anglican Parish of St John’s in Wynberg, Cape Town. It was established to mobilise, support and equip churches to effectively respond to poverty and injustice, particularly within the Wetton Lansdowne Philippi corridor of the Cape Town Metropole....
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Train Empower Nurture Develop International
Train Empower Nurture Develop believes that every person has a right to dignity and to the fulfilling of their potential. This is often undermined due to poverty causing undue suffering. Train Empower Nurture Develop aims to assure individuals of a sustainable livelihood, access...
We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
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We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
Enterprise Development Project
We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
Wishes for The Storehouse
We believe that it is these declarations that have brought these individual parties together. We realise that there is a definite reality in need of urgent turnaround strategies to address the masses of poverty stricken citizens. The founder of the organisation came to a point in...
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