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In the past few months earthquakes in Haiti and Chile have caused unprecedented devastation and suffering to the two countries and their people.

Four South African NGOs, namely Inyathelo - The South African Institute for Advancement, Social Change Assistance Trust (SCAT), Community Development Resource Association (CDRA) and Rural Education Access Programme, have launched a survey into the funding practices of the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) and the National Development Agency (NDA).

The survey is aimed at, amongst other things, documenting NGOs’ experiences with the NDA and NLDTF.

SANGONeT is pleased to release the State of ICTs in the South African NGO Sector 2009 report.

The research survey in support of the report was conducted in 2009 by World Wide Worx, on behalf of SANGONeT.

To read the full survey report, click here.

The objectives of the survey were to:

• Establish the effectiveness of South African NGOs with regard to information communication technology (ICT) usage;

SANGONeT has one again produced an annual Development Calendar in the form of a year planner.

The 2010 Development Calendar covers a comprehensive list of international, African and South African dates (e.g. World AIDS Day, 1 December) of significance to people and organisations involved in development and civil society issues.

Copies of the calendar are available for collection from the SANGONeT office in Braamfontein, free of charge.

SANGONeT's physical address is as follows:

29th Floor, UCS Building
209 Smit Street