Making A Difference

Men on the Side of the Road (Nationwide) project was founded in 2001 to address the plight of unemployed men who congregate daily on the side of the road. They do this primarily through placement in work, and also through skills development and training. Their approach has helped thousands of people find work. MSR provides a bridge which enables their members to move into the mainstream economy. This is done by facilitating employment opportunities through their branded sites, as well as other job creation initiatives and training to enhance members' skills. Each strategically-located site has a designated fieldworker who acts as a coordinator/organiser of the site.
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Psychiatric Aftercare Havens (Eastern Cape) Offers a full therapeutic and residential service to 60 medium to long term patients and a 5 bed ward for short term and those with psychosis or persons that require detox from drugs or alcohol.
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Hospice Viljoenskroon (Free State). Traditionally the hospice cared for terminal cancer patients until the onslaught of the AIDS pandemic hit their community. 98% of patients come from poverty stricken disadvantaged communities. They do not have access to private care and the nearest hospital is 60kms away. The Davida Children's Hospice was opened in 2002 for HIV/AIDS infected, affected and vulnerable children and children at risk. The majority of these children live with extended families that do not have the means to care for them. Hospice aims to provide a safe, stimulating environment, where medical, nutritional and development needs are met and monitored on a daily basis.
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Home-Start South Africa (Gauteng) has been supporting families for the past eight years - the only condition is that they have at least one child under school age. We believe that every child deserves the best start in life. We also understand that raising children can be difficult under normal circumstances. However, when adversity strikes it can be very hard. Whether it is through death of a family member, divorce, illness, children with behavioural problems or a multitude of reasons it makes a difficult life even harder. This is when families need a little extra help to get their children off to a good start, so we match experienced volunteers with families to offer help and support.
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Operation Bobbi Bear (KwaZulu-Natal) exists to rescue and uphold the rights of sexually abused children, minimize their risk of HIV infection and bring them towards wholeness. This is achieved by (amongst other things):
- Collaborating with, and assisting the criminal justice system to ensure the rights and safety of the child victim of sexual abuse.
- Applying therapeutic methods with the use of the "Bobbi Bear", to obtain forensic evidence to assist the criminal justice process, within the best interests of the child.
- Empowering and training local communities to collaborate with the criminal justice system, to ensure the rights and safety of children.
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Human Resource and Social Information Centre (Limpopo) was established by unemployed youth to deal with socio-economic development needs of youth. The organisation focuses on children and youth development. Programmes include: Career guidance and vocational education, job creation projects (poultry, vegetable production, upholstery), community youth entrepreneurship project, leadership skills training, HIV/AIDS education & home community based care, school child support programme and sports and cultural development.
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Mpumalanga Mental Health Society (Mpumalanga) main focus area are people living with disabilities - physical, intellectual & mental illness as well as people infected and affected with Aids. We work extensively with people and families living with depression and present courses on managing and maintaining good mental health: for example: Life Skills Training; Stress Management and Conflict Management. One of our main projects at the moment is Assisted Living Houses for psychiatric patients. Current projects are (amongst others): Physical, battered and abused people & victims of violence; education program for people / children with disabilities; psycho-social rehabilitation; effective life management skills for children.
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Thabang Information Centre (Northern Cape) gives support, care, education and counselling to people who are affected and infected with HIV / AIDS and other illnesses. Development programmes for the youth, women, elderly, orphans, vulnerable children and disabled people empowerment and the community at large. Capacity building for the volunteers, members and community members.
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Keletsong Community Training and Resource Centre (North West) offers quality early childhood development programmes through training the ECD practitioners, Adult Basic Education and Training and equipping women and youth with a variety of skills.
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Ons Plek Projects (Western Cape) provide 24-hour accommodation, counselling and education for female street children ranging from the ages of 6 - 18 years. We provide for approximately 150 new girls per year and we provide for their every need (food, clothing, medical needs, schooling). We empower the girls, through the programs that we run, to cope with life. The girls participate in household duties, including cooking and shopping and most of the girls attend school (formal or informal) or creative educational workshops. Non-school going girls are provided with work skills. We enjoy a 95% success rate in terms of re-unifying the girls with their families or extended family members.
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The CharitySA Team

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