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Volkswagen Community Trust (VWCT)

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Volkswagen Community Trust forms part of Volkswagen SA’s Corporate Social Investment activities. Throughout the world, Volkswagen is passionate about making people’s lives better and helping communities; and so the VW Community Trust is passionate about helping the lives of South Africans and building up communities.

Situated in the Volkswagen Uitenhage plant in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, the VW Community Trust strives to make a sustainable difference to communities and the shaping of South Africa.

The VWCT has 4 focus areas:
Education (Currently no bursaries being offered)
Youth Development
Health, Community and Wellbeing
Employee Volunteerism

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South African SDI Alliance (SASDIA)

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The SA SDI Alliance has pioneered people-centered development initiatives by and of the poor since 1991. It supports urban poor communities to find solutions to homelessness, landlessness and poverty.

We build community-organising capacity, pursue collaborative partnerships and implement informal settlement upgrading, livelihoods, and housing projects.

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Southern African Association of Science & Technology Centres (SAASTEC)

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VISION
To contribute to the improvement of life of Southern African nations by improving scientific knowledge and skills through the utilization of interactive living science and technology discovery centres (S&T centres).
SAASTEC is recognised by the South African Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) as representing interactive science centres in the country.

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Southern African Association of Science and Technology Centres (SAASTEC)

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MISSION
To contribute to the improvement of life of Southern African nations by improving scientific knowledge and skills through the utilization of interactive living science and technology discovery centres (S&T centres).
To disseminate knowledge in science and technology to the public in general and the youth in particular through imaginative and enjoyable hands-on exhibits, displays and programmes, so that they can appreciate the relevance of science and technology in their daily lives.

  • To serve as a catalyst for our youth to develop their creativity and to nurture their interest in related fields.
  • To establish a centre of excellence and innovation in non-formal science education.
  • To provide satisfying careers for the S&T centre workforce.
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Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa (PPASA)

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Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa (PPASA) Western Cape Province is the largest and oldest South African non-governmental organisation (NGO) for sexual and reproductive health information/services that are provided to the community. PPASA is affiliated with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), which works in and has facilities in more than 180 countries around the world for the past 70 years.

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Organ Donor Foundation of Southern Africa (ODF)

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The ODF is the national umbrella body for the promotion of organ and tissue donation. We actively plan and implement education and publicity programmes that are designed to raise awareness of organ and tissue donation with the aim being to prime individuals towards consent.
The ODF is not a medical organization and plays no role in the allocation, or procurement, of organs. We receive no funding from government and rely entirely on our own fundraising initiatives and generous donations from corporates and individuals to support our work.


The Foundation has two main focuses:

  1. To raise awareness amongst the entire South African population about the need for, and the benefits of, organ and tissue donation and transplantation.

  2. To educate medical professionals, in both the public and private sector, about the transplantation process. We aim to motivate medical personnel to consider organ and tissue donation when assessing brain-dead patients and help achieve a more efficient referral system, so that more life-saving organ transplants and more life restoring tissue transplants will be performed South Africa.

We also administer an Emergency Flight Plan, which pays for the transportation of vital organs from outlying areas to transplant hospitals if sponsored flights and/or funding is available to do so.

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National Stokvels Association of South Africa (NASASA)

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The National Stokvel Association of South Africa is a self-regulatory organisation mandated to represent the interests of the Stokvel sector, as contemplated in Government Gazette 37903. In terms of the Banks Act 1990 (Act No. 94 of 1990), a Stokvel group is required to be a member of NASASA or a similar body approved by the Registrar of Banks.
NASASA is the sole association approved by the Registrar of Banks. It represents a constituency of over 800 000 Stokvel groups consisting of over 11 million individuals, collecting roughly R50 billion annually.

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Organisation of Civic Rights (OCR)

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The OCR as a community based NGO is committed to developing a better and just society by making a significant and distinctive contribution at regional, provincial and national levels through active grassroots involvement in improving the condition of tenants and the homeless community.

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Photographic Society of South Africa (PSSA)

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The Photographic Society of South Africa is the officially recognised Body representing photographers in Southern Africa. It is the South African equivalent of the Photographic Society of America to whom it is affiliated. PSSA is an autonomous Society and through its affiliations affords members contact with the international affairs of photography.

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