Collaboration Vital for Child Protection

In South Africa, one in four children experiences some form of maltreatment during their childhood. This maltreatment can include physical, sexual, and emotional abuse or neglect. This year, for National Child Protection Week, we wanted to hear how the public ...

A Day of Gratefulness: New Soup Kitchen Facility Opens in Mbekweni

Food insecurity is a significant concern in South Africa's impoverished communities. Eunice Ralarhala from the Drommedaris extension of Mbekweni in Paarl works to tackle food insecurity in her community. Since 2019, Eunice has been running Gratefulness Soup Kitchen in this ...

Valcare’s Amazing Race: A Networking Event Done Differently

Valcare recently hosted another inspiring networking event, connecting over 130 members, partners and funders in one of the biggest events Valcare has hosted in over two years. The Valcare Amazing Race, which started and ended at Ashanti Estate in Paarl, ...

The Urgency of Collaboration in the Social Impact Space

Over the past two years we have seen a significant shift in the South African social impact space towards greater collaboration and partnerships. With businesses decreasing their social investment spend and rising socio-economic needs, many nonprofit organisations (NPOs) have had ...

10 Quick Social Media Tips for Nonprofits

Nearly 95 percent of South Africa's population has access to the internet through their smartphones, and 25 million people are on social media. This is a massive number, making social media the best tool for organisations with limited budgets to ...

Tips for Nonprofits: Five Tools to Digitise Your Admin

Resources are scarce in a nonprofit space and as a result the person doing the admin, also needs to do a variety of other tasks like helping with office management, finances, policy and HR matters. Reducing admin through digitisation saves ...

Spreading Christmas Joy to Children in the Paarl Valley

Christmas came early for hundreds of children in the Paarl Valley this month. Through the Love My Valley Christmas Gift Drive, 352 young children each received a school backpack containing educational supplies, toothpaste, a toothbrush, a bar of soap, a ...

GivingTuesday – Donate Goods to Support Local Nonprofits

You've heard about Black Friday and Cyber Monday but have you heard about GivingTuesday? On Tuesday, 30 November, South Africans will join a worldwide movement promoting charitable donations on the Tuesday following Black Friday. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 with ...

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