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The Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children (TTBC) is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to ensuring abused children are protected and rehabilitated. The organisation provides therapy, counselling, assistance, love, comfort, safety and on-going support to children who have been abused.

TTBC seeks to appoint a Fund Developer, based in Parktown, Johannesburg.

The person will join TTBC’s team and take on the role of fundraising.

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The Childhood Cancer (CHOC) Foundation South Africa is a nonprofit organisation that provides support for children suffering from cancer and life-threatening blood disorders as well as their families.

The Johannesburg Division of CHOC seeks to appoint a person, or possibly couple as House Manager(s) at the CHOC House in Diepkloof, Soweto, Johannesburg.

Arise Children's Ministry believes that God desires families for children and that a loving, supportive, stable family environment is a tangible expression of God’s dream come true. The Ministry ultimately desires to see every child being raised in such a Christ-centred environment. It works with child and youth care centres, churches, and families in Cape Town to promote foster care and adoption for children without a family structure with the aim that every child might have a family.

Arise Children's Ministry seeks to appoint a Social Worker, based in Heideveld, Cape Town.

Save the Children is an international child charity whose mission is saving children's lives and fighting for their rights.

Save the Children in South Africa provides practical and emotional support to vulnerable children in three of the country’s poorest provinces - Free State, Limpopo and Eastern Cape. In the last year, nearly 73 000 children have benefited from its food support, help with registration for child-support grants, healthcare and school uniforms.

The Childhood Cancer (CHOC) Foundation South Africa is a nonprofit organisation that provides support for children suffering from cancer and life-threatening blood disorders as well as their families.

The Western Cape Division of CHOC seeks to appoint a person, or possibly couple as House Manager(s) at the CHOC House in Bergvliet, Cape Town.

The overall purpose of the post is to manage the support given to patients and their parents/caregivers at the CHOC House, manage the House and its facilities and liaise with hospital staff.  Note that this is a live-in position.

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF) strives to change the way society treats its children and youth. The Fund has embarked on a strategic framework for the period 2010 to 2015, reflecting a new trajectory on its journey to ‘change the way society treats its children and youth. This framework intends to give voice and dignity to the African child by building a rights-based movement.

NMCF seeks to appoint an experienced and knowledgeable Specialist Advisor on Capital Campaigns, based in Johannesburg.

This is an eighteen-month contract position.

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The Health Systems Trust (HST) is a nonprofit organisation that strives to build comprehensive, effective, efficient and equitable national health systems by supporting the implementation of functional health districts in South Africa and in the southern African region.

HST seeks to appoint to appoint eight facilitators to support the Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality through Strengthening Primary Health Care (RMCH) programme.

Umtha Welanga is a nonprofit, community-based project that provides capacity building on HIV/AIDS through education and awareness programmes. The orgnaisation renders support services to people infected and affected, recruits and monitors foster placements and parents so as to provide a family environment for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC).

Umtha Welanga seeks to appoint a Home Based Care Worker (HBCW), based in Khayelitsha, Cape town.

This is a one-year contract position starting on 3 December 2012.

Umtha Welanga is a nonprofit, community-based project that provides capacity building on HIV/AIDS through education and awareness programmes. The orgnaisation renders support services to people infected and affected, recruits and monitors foster placements and parents so as to provide a family environment for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC).

Umtha Welanga seeks to appoint a Community Social Worker, based in Khayelitsha, Cape town.

This is a one-year contract position starting on 3 December 2012.

SAALED – The Southern African Association for Learning and Educational Differences, is a nonprofit, BEE accredited organisation that strives to identify and meet the needs of those children in the education sector who learn differently.

SAALED seeks to appoint a National Manager, based in Johannesburg.

The incumbent would report to the National Board, through the Chairperson of SAALED.

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