Below you will find an alphabetical list of all those non profit / social profit organisations who have applied to attend one of the three Giving Exchange expos, to be held in September in Johanneburg, Cape Town and Rustenburg. You can search for particular Causes by category, province or name, and further information on each organisation's application and work is just a click away.
The votes will be totalled at the end of July when voting closes, and those Causes with the most votes will each be invited to be part of one of the Giving Exchange expos.
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The Homestead
Cause Name: The Homestead (Projects for Street Children)
Cause Cat: Children & Youth
Province: Western Cape
Why GX:
Early intervention projects for street children - Street work and Yizani Drop In centre and the Residential care projects for street children - Homestead Intake Shelter.
The Bridge at Elukhuselweni Children's Home Prevention projects for disadvantaged and vulnerable children...
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The Johannesburg Child Welfare Society
Cause Name: Johannesburg Child Welfare Society (JCWS)
Cause Cat: Children & Youth
Province: Gauteng
Why GX:
We care for children, their families and communities, promote their rights, well being and dignity. The Johannesburg Child Welfare Society (JCWS) was established in 1909 and is a registered non profit organisation (NPO) with Section 18A tax exemption status. The society...
There are four Social outreach training projects in association with two major universities:
English Language Training
Basic Computer Training
Waiter Training
Psychology Students Service Learning
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The Readucate Trust
Cause Name: The Readucate Trust
Cause Cat: Education & Training
Province: Gauteng
Why GX:
Addressing Rural Education - This project intends to address rural education by creating sustainable schools of excellence run and staffed by the local population in rural centres. In areas which have implemented Readucate, such as Tzaneen, Lebowakgomo and De Aar.
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Umcebo Trust
Cause Name: Umcebo Trust
Cause Cat: Education & Training
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Why GX:
We believe strongly in our motto of our work being a new way of doing 'business'. We are convinced that the more you share and play with an open hand, the more that your work grows as well as the skills base that you can draw on.
Our Hospice needs to open this year, 2006, as there is a need for this. Our future hospice was renovated during the last quarter of 2005, but there is still a fair amount of maintenance needed to be done before it opens.
Promoting the Spirit of Volunteerism. Volunteers are fundamental resources for the non-profit sector. The investment of human capital fuels much of the infrastructure that keeps the non-profit doors open and ready for business. Volunteering is also one of the accessible and effective ways to...
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Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa (WSPCCA)
Cause Name: Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa
Cause Cat: Health
Province: Gauteng
Why GX:
I want to promote the following:
The total number of children to date that we have been able to fund. There are 60 at present who have received life saving open heart surgery. This has given them hope and their only chance to lead a normal, productive healthy...
We are planning to promote setting up new project sites to support the literacy and language development of children in disadvantaged cmmunities. We would like to work with schools, libraries or community organisations to set up 'literacy centres' where volunteers can be trained to work...
