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  • EU Grants Côte d'Ivoire €5m Emergency Humanitarian Aid

    The European Union (EU) is to release an emergency humanitarian aid of €5 million for those threatened by the post-election crisis Côte d'Ivoire.

    In a press statement, European commissioner in charge of international aid, Chritina Georgieva, points out that, “Our duty is to work out emergency plans and as soon as possible give humanitarian aid to the victims.”

    Georgieva says the post-electoral troubles Côte d'Ivoire had displaced mass populations of 11 000 people to Ghana, Liberia and Guinea-Conakry.

    The funds released will be managed by NGOs, humanitarian partners of EU and operating in Côte d'Ivoire.

    To read the article titled, “EU grants Côte d'Ivoire five million euro emergency humanitarian aid,” click here.




    Source: 
    Afrique en ligne

  • SA Philanthropists Motivated by ‘Ubuntu’ – Report

    Wealthy South Africans are among the world’s most generous philanthropists, motivated by a sense of ‘ubuntu’ and the fact that the country is one of the world’s most unequal societies, according to an ABSA report.

    ‘Global Giving: The Culture of Philanthropy’     notes that the country is the second-most charitable country, behind the United States.

    The report ranks SA fourth, with Ireland and India joining first, in giving up time to help the less fortunate. It also finds that SA  along with the US, Ireland and India, lead the way as countries that donate significant amounts of money and time to charitable causes.

    To read the article titled, “Rich South Africans are champion givers,” click here.
    Source: 
    Business Day

  • Naidoo Calls for Return to Struggle Basics

    Former communications minister, Jay Naidoo, says major weaknesses exist in South Africa's civil society movements and its citizenry as a result of decisions taken by government in 1994 when it demobilised NGOs and civil society, making people ‘passive bystanders in their own lives’.

    Naidoo, who currently chairs the Development Bank of South Africa, states that now a new challenge exists: to deepen organisation to give communities the power to negotiate improvements in their lives.

    Speaking at the Inyathelo – The South African Institute for Advancement’s three-day conference in Cape Town, Naidoo says that in 1994 a culture was initiated that argued that government will deliver jobs, houses, education, health and basic service to the people. He maintains that NGOs and civil society was effectively disbanded.

    To read the article titled, “Jay Naidoo calls for return to ‘struggle basics’,” click here.
    Source: 
    Times Live

  • Engen Donates FIFA Hampers to Orphans and Vulnerable Children

    Press Release

    18 September 2010

    Johannesburg: Engen Gauteng and Convenience and Corporate Social Investments (CSI) department has donated more than 100 FIFA hampers and lunch to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) attending the kids club at Nkanyiso Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Organistation in Naledi, Soweto.

    Speaking during the event, Engen’s Regional Promotions Executive, Sindy Gramoney, stated that, “We are delighted to be able to support and help the children belonging to Nkanyiso”.

    Our OVC entertained the Engen delegation and showcased their skills in drama, dance, sharing messages on HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancy, health and nutrition through poems – which they learn during our kids clubs taking place every Saturday.

    “Nkanyiso is very delighted for the support and donation that we received from Engen, the donation means a lot to the children as most of our children have no parents that buy them presents, so it brings a lot of joy to the kids to see that they are also other people that love and care about them too,” says Ethel Zulu, Managing Director at Nkanyiso.

    Our organisation is currently operating in Gauteng’s most disadvantaged communities and rural communities of Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape.

    For more information:

    Ethel Zulu
    Managing Director: Nkanyiso
    Tel: 011 326 3507
    Mobile: 082 976 9805
    Email:  ethel@nkanyiso.co.za

    Sindy Gramoney
    Regional Promotions Executive
    Engen Petroleum Limited
    Tel:  011 480 6342
    Cell: 0 82 623 4417
    Email: sindy.gramoney@engenoil.com
    Date published: 
    18/09/2010
    Organisation: 
    Nkanyiso Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Organistation

  • NGOs Urged to ‘Inspire Action’

    Ted Hart, chief executive officer of Hart Philanthropic Group (tedhart.com) and P2PFundraising, and Founder and CEO at GreenNonprofits.org, is urging delegates attending day-two of the Johannesburg leg of the 2010 SANGONeT ‘ICTs for Civil Society’ Conference, to ‘stop fundraising and inspire action’.

    Hart calls on NGOs to design interactive websites that allow users to upload and exchange content.

    He is of the view that a website is an ‘asset’ to the organisation and should represents what the organisation stands for. He further maintains that the website’s navigation should tell the users about the priorities of the organisation and inspire them to take action. This action could be signing-up to an online newsletter, making an online donation, recruit volunteers, etc.

    For those of you not able to attend the Johannesburg, Durban or Cape Town events, visit our live blogs to follow updates of the conference sessions as they unfold.
    Source: 
    SANGONeT

  • 2010 South African NGO Web Awards Announced

    The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) has announced the winners of the 2010 South African NGO Web Awards.

    Click here to view the full press release.
    Source: 
    SANGONeT

  • SANGONeT Announces Winners of 2010 South African NGO Web Awards

    The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 South African NGO Web Awards
    Press Release

    01 September 2010

    The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 South African NGO Web Awards.

    The winning organisations are:
    The winners were announced on 1 September 2010 in Johannesburg during the first leg of SANGONeT’s 6th Annual “ICTs for Civil Society” Conference.

    The three winners each received R10 000 worth of prizes sponsored by Torque IT.

    The overall objectives of the competition are to raise awareness amongst South African NGOs about the benefits of having an online presence, stimulate interest in the application of web solutions and applications, and showcase best practices in website creation and maintenance.

    In line with SANGONeT’s 2010 conference theme of “Fundraising in the Digital World”, the 2010 competition aimed to identify NGOs which excel in “Best Use of Websites for Online Fundraising”.

    "The entries received for the 2010 competition, and the quality of the three winning websites, reflect the growing importance of online tools such as websites to the fundraising and resource mobilisation efforts of NGOs in South Africa," says David Barnard, SANGONeT’s Executive Director.

    The following organisations were shortlisted for the 2010 South African NGO Web Awards:
    For more information:

    Nicolle Beeby
    Project Manager: NGO Pulse Solutions
    011 403 4935
    083 379 5551 
    nicolle@sangonet.org.za 

    David Barnard
    Executive Director
    011 403 4935
    082 870 8968
    info@sangonet.org.za

    Ends...
    Date published: 
    01/09/2010
    Organisation: 
    SANGONeT

  • CSOs Criticise Chinese Aid in Africa

    African civil society organisations have expressed concern about the terms of China’s increasing activities on the African continent.

    An agricultural economist in Zambia and chairperson of the Zambian Civil Society Trade Network, Stephen Muyakwa, agrees that international finance is needed for development and it should not matter where it comes from. However, he warns that there are some problems with the Chinese loans and development aid.

    Muyakwa says loans offered by China are not transparent and neither do they come with conditions on how the money should be spent, adding that this could fuel corruption, as African governments are free to use the money as they wish.

    To read the article titled, “Concerns over Chinese investment and working conditions,” click here.
    Source: 
    All Africa

  • Donors Reduce Aid to Mozambique

    The donors, who have been treating the country as a special case due to its war-torn past, have now decided not to increase the budget support to the country for 2011.

    They are apparently disappointment over governance, lack of commitment to fight corruption and the exclusion of parties at last year's elections.

    The outgoing chairperson of the donor group, known as the G19, Finnish ambassador, Kari Alanko, was quoted as saying that, " ... the fact that in some areas of governance performance is considered unsatisfactory has caused some [donors] to reduce their pledges in relation to what had been in their long-term plans."

    To read the article titled, “Donors put brakes on Mozambique aid,” click here.
    Source: 
    Mail&Guardian

  • Survey: ICT for Social Change Funding Landscape

    The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), as part of its Network of Networks project for a free and open internet, is conducting a survey into the information communication technology (ICT) for social change funding landscape.

    The organisation says the survey is aimed at tracking the shifts in funding and and making recommendations on collective advocacy with donors on funding.

    The APC says the survey will also examine the possibilities for creating an annual civil society summit on ICT public policy.

    To complete the survey, click here.
    Source: 
    Association for Progressive Communications
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