Tuesday 11 September, 2012 - 11:05
Lambano Sanctuary is a Christian nonprofit organistion that cares for HIV positive children in a foster care cluster setting. Lambano is based in Wychwood, Germiston and have been operating since 2001.
Lambano seeks to appoint a Professional Nurse/Hospice Manager, based in Germiston, Ekurhuleni.
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Friday 24 August, 2012 - 13:44
Abraham Kriel Childcare works to ensure the optimal development of traumatised children in need of care. The organisation cares for, develops, empowers and reintegrates traumatised children in need of care (as defined by the Children's Act) and where needed, their families through appropriate care models and therapeutic programmes, to enable them to function independently and to contribute to society.
Thursday 14 June, 2012 - 12:22
Dance for All (DFA) is a nonprofit organisation that teaches dance and offers the opportunity every day to hundreds of children from historically disadvantaged areas to experience joy and to feel whole through the medium of dance. DFA is celebrating 21 years of excellence.
DFA seeks to appoint someone with passion and strong “can-do” attitude as Fundraiser, based in Athlone, Cape Town.
Thursday 24 May, 2012 - 10:22
The Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI) is a nonprofit that works to lessen the devastating social and emotional impact of HIV/AIDS, poverty and conflict among children and youth. In thirteen countries of East and Southern Africa, REPSSI partners with governments, development partners, international organisations and NGOs to provide programmes that strengthen communities’ and families’ competencies to promote the psychosocial wellbeing of their children and youth
Monday 21 May, 2012 - 16:15
A damning United Nations report has highlighted horrific conditions under which many of South Africa's children are forced to live.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report - yet to be released - offers details insight into unnecessary deaths and devastating living conditions of SA's children and demands that government take immediate action.
Thursday 19 April, 2012 - 12:00
The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, which stands accused by the Democratic Alliance of poor financial mismanagement and failing to serve their constituency, is criticised for failing to meet their mandate.
Addressing Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities this week, NGOs were of the view that more needs to be done to assist the vast majority of children in the country who remain deprived of basic rights.
Tuesday 10 April, 2012 - 16:09
A youth activist has complained to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) about Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille's ‘refugee’ comment.
Lukhona Mnguni has asked the SAHRC to ‘advise’ Zille to retract and apologise for her comment on the social networking site Twitter.
Zille referred to Eastern Cape pupils who flocked to the Western Cape for a better education as "refugees" on Twitter.
She tweeted on 20 March 2012: "While ECape education collapsed, WC built 30 schools - 22 new, 8 replacement mainly 4 ECape edu refugees. 26 MORE new schools coming."
Tuesday 10 April, 2012 - 15:16
The Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI) is a nonprofit that works to lessen the devastating social and emotional impact of HIV/AIDS, poverty and conflict among children and youth.
REPSSI seeks to recruit a Finance Intern, based at its Secretariat in Johannesburg.
S/he will provide efficient finance support to the Secretariat in order to ensure an effective operation of all departments at the Secretariat.
This is a three-month internship.
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Monday 12 March, 2012 - 12:40
If you’re never too old to follow your dreams, then you are never too young to get them underway. While some kids are out scraping their knees and playing in dirt, others are dutifully honing their project management and business skills, devising innovative ways to monetise on their ideas all on their own, without any grant from the government. A group of school children in Umzimvubu, Eastern Cape, are proving that long gone are the days when children entrepreneurs were confined to the business of selling sweets and lemonade.
Monday 27 February, 2012 - 15:09
NGOs and advocacy groups are concerned about the Department of Social Development’s announcement that more than 15 million people will have to re-register for social grants in the next year.
But Leonie Caroline, the Western Cape provincial director of the Black Sash, says that, “What the department is proposing is a massive bureaucratic undertaking,” she said. “We feel some people could fall through the cracks.”
