Abraham Kriel Childcare
Abraham Kriel Childcare (AKC) protects, cares, educates and treats children in order for them to have a chance to become contributing members of society. With more than 800 children in our care, we offer a wide variety of care models to children of all ages that have many different needs and circumstances. Children need an anchor to give them hope and a future. Abraham Kriel Childcare will be that anchor by nurturing and developing almost 800 children.
Amy Biehl Foundation
The Amy Biehl Foundation is a NPO working towards township youth development in the Western Cape and named after Amy Biehl, a humanitarian, researcher & academic who helped create a new democracy but who passed away in 1993 - a victim of apartheid's racial tension - leaving a great legacy behind.
Childline
Childline is an effective non-profit organisation that works collectively to protect children from all forms of violence and to create a culture of children's rights in South Africa.
CHOC
CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation is a country wide voluntary organisation. It brings together the parents of children who suffer from all varieties of cancer or life threatening blood disorders - and is dedicated to improving the welfare and quality of care of children with cancer.
Cotlands
Founded in 1936, Cotlands was originally created as a sanctuary for unwanted babies. It all started one night when a baby was left on the doorstep of Matron Dorothy Reece’s home in Mayfair, Johannesburg. She decided to take the infant in and care for it and out of this single act of kindness, Cotlands was born.
Doctors Without Borders
Since 2000 MSF, Doctors without Borders, have been working in South Africa, primarily in response to the HIV epidemic. In Khayelitsha, the largest township in the Western Cape, MSF has worked with the provincial authorities to pioneer comprehensive HIV treatment, including antiretroviral (ARV) medicines, at a primary care level. Today, these clinics support over 10,000 people on ARV therapy.
FoodBank South Africa
FoodBank was formed to provide a cost effective solution to the growing hunger problem in SA. It is a not-for-profit initiative supported both by the private sector and the South African government. Their vision is to rid our country of hunger and malnutrition.
Heartbeat
Heartbeat is a non-profit (Reg: 015-242), and public benefit (Reg: 18/11/13/4841) organization, as well as a Section 21 company (Reg: 2000/001288/08) that was founded in 2000 by Dr Sunette Steyn. The organization exists to alleviate the suffering of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) by facilitating change in communities.
Hospice Palliative Care Association
Hospice Palliative Care Association (HPCA) was founded in February 1988 and is a membership organisation for South African Hospices. During the last decade HPCA has established national and provincial Palliative Care development structures aimed specifically and purposefully at support and capacity building of member hospices and more recently of partner organisations in terms of the provision of quality palliative care.
I Care
I Care, is a non-profit organisation devoted to finding meaningful and sustainable solutions to the challenge of street children in South Africa. Orphan numbers are currently 1 500 000 in South Africa. (Source: Actuarial Society of South Africa)
Noah
In response to the realisation that we face an "epidemic of orphans" following the AIDS pandemic in South Africa, Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity (Noah), was formed. Noah works on franchising community-based models of orphan care through which motivated individuals from communities are guided to set up their own community networks of care. This functioning web of community support is called an Ark.
NSRI
The NSRI is a non-profit organisation that saves lives on South African waters. NSRI is manned by 920 volunteers at 30 bases around the coast and on 3 inland dams. Donations, bequests and sponsorships cover the annual running cost of R22.5 million. The volunteers save NSRI a salary bill in excess of R230m per annum. NSRI began in 1967 - as a humanitarian service, at no charge to the public.
Reach for a Dream
Fulfilling the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses. Reach For A Dream is a non-profit organisation which fulfils the dreams of children between the ages of 3 and 18 who have been diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses.
SARDA (South African Riding for the Disabled)
South African Riding for the Disabled (SARDA) is a local charity that provides therapy to special needs children by bringing them into contact with and assisting them with riding specially trained horses. The therapeutic benefits that children with physical and psychological disabilities gain from riding at SARDA Cape Town branch is made possible by 12 qualified volunteer instructors and an additional 120 volunteers who, among many other activities, help lead the horses and in many cases physically support the more severely disabled children on the horses.
Sesego Cares
The Sešego Cares team is guided by the premise of “Ubuntu” which transcends the potential and promise that cooperation and willingness to pursue a common goal delivers. Sešego Cares was born in 2005 when the spouses of a few Absa Executives saw the plight of children living in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha Township.
Shine Centre
Established in 2000, The Shine Centre, 2010 WISE Awards nominee and winner of the 2008 Institute for Justice and Reconciliation Award, is a non profit organisation that provides literacy and language enrichment to children in Grades 2 and 3 through regular volunteer-led tutoring.
SOS Children's Villages
The SOS Children's Villages South Africa is a private, charitable, social development organisation. It is politically and denominationally independent, and is an affiliated member of SOS-Kinderdorf International. SOS Children's Villages build families for orphaned and abandoned children. Eight to ten children are cared for in small family-type homes, the SOS families, and are raised like brothers and sisters.
South African National Council for the Blind (Council)
The South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB) is a non-profit organisation that was established in Cape Town in 1929.
The Council is an umbrella organisation encompassing 99 organisations for and of blind people in South Africa across all nine provinces. Their slogan: Empowering visually impaired people to do what they dare to dream.
Read more: South African National Council for the Blind (Council)
Starfish
Starfish Greathearts Foundation is an international development charity, aiming to bring life, hope and opportunity to orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa. They believe that everyone can make a very real difference to the lives of these children.
Sunflower Fund
Imagine being diagnosed with leukemia? For many this is just unthinkable, but each year thousands of South Africans (mostly children and teenagers) have to face this terrifying reality. Fortunately, life-threatening blood disorders such as leukaemia, aplasia, immune deficiencies, inborn errors of metabolism, and other new indications such as auto-immune disorders can now be treated. The Sunflower Fund was formed in 1999, providing financial support to people affected by these diseases.
The Children's Hospital Trust
The Children's Hospital Trust, the fundraising arm of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital is dedicated to supporting the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in serving the children of Africa by promoting the Hospital as a centre of paediatric excellence and by raising capital for selected needs.
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