Read Educational Trust is a South African NGO that operates broadly in the education and literacy sectors, specifically in educator training and the provision of school resources.
Established in 1979 and funded by both local and foreign donors as well as the private sector, READ works alongside the Department of Education to implement teacher training and literacy projects in schools.
MET aims to contribute to the sustainable supply of South African mohair by establishing emerging farmers in financially viable Angora goat farming operations as well as establishing successful black entrepreneurs and participants throughout the entire mohair value chain. It also seeks to maintain and expand job opportunities for black employees within the operations of the South African mohair industry. The principal objective of the Trust is to provide skills development, support, mentorship and assistance to previously disadvantaged and emerging farmers, with the aim of establishing and managing their own agricultural operations
Continue reading →The Environmental and Development Agency (EDA) Trust is a non-governmental organisation with over 20 years of experience in integrated rural development in the communal areas of South Africa. EDA works with rural communities and organisations in the Herschel and Maluti sub-regions of the Eastern Cape, in the southern and central districts of the Northern Province and in the Bronkhorstspruit district in Mpumalanga/Gauteng. EDA is affiliated to a number of rural networks of NGOs and CBOs, and will work to widen the discussions on traditional leaders and institutions into these networks, and to encourage broad participation in the popular formulation of policy at all levels.
Continue reading →Founded in 1973, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) is one of South Africa’s most reputable conservation NGOs. The EWT is dedicated to conserving threatened species and ecosystems in southern and East Africa for the benefit of all people. We achieve this by implementing target-driven research and conservation action programmes, implementing projects that address the threats facing
species, and supporting sustainable natural resource management.
The Independent Development Trust are responsible for delivering social infrastructure and social development programme management services on behalf of government. The social infrastructure programmes we deliver include public schools, clinics, community centres, government offices and these are predominantly in rural communities in the nine provinces of South Africa.
Continue reading →JET Education Services is an independent, non-profit organisation that works with government, the private sector, international development agencies and education institutions to improve the quality of education and the relationship between education, skills development and the world of work.
Continue reading →It is the belief of the Magqubu Ntombela Memorial Foundation that the preservation of traditional knowledge, history and culture has become absolutely vital in Southern Africa if we are to prosper as a winning nation and respect the diversity of people and culture. Another aim of the Foundation is to acquire more land for conservation purposes. This will help support and facilitate the conservation, rehabilitation and protection of Southern Africa’s natural environment.
Continue reading →The Maize Trust was founded in August 1998 to promote the South African maize industry. The Trust serves the industry through financial support for institutions and organisations with programmes aimed at market and production related research. The secondary objectives of the Trust are to fund the assimilation and dissemination of market information and to broaden market access for the benefit of the maize industry.
Continue reading →The Hout Bay Youth Sailing Development Trust (HBYSDT) was founded to provide sailing development opportunities for the youth of the greater Hout Bay area.
Continue reading →During the phasing-out process of the Wheat Board (a statutory institution under the Marketing Act of 1968) the winter cereal industry identified the need for certain functions executed by the Wheat Board to be continued after the Wheat Board’s dissolution.
Winter cereal is defined as wheat, barley, oats, rye, durum wheat and triticale.
The functions which were identified for continuation, were the provision of market information, laboratory services and financial support to research projects.
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