Beulah Africa actively builds socioeconomic development capacity within the natural resources industries of Africa, bringing the public, private, and NPO sectors together to meet the developmental needs of low-income, low-skilled or unemployed people and marginalised communities. The Beulah Africa flagship programme focuses on skills training at grassroots level to prevent vulnerable youth from engaging in high-risk behaviour to meet their basic needs. The project empowers beneficiaries to take ownership of their futures, study, find employment or start businesses. [FULL LISTING]
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation is a more than 15-year-old independent public benefit organisation that fosters an inclusive, empowered society. Its sustainable, cost-effective programmes, which are aligned with global and national development objectives, are implemented by its partner entities Adopt-a- School Foundation, KST, the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust, and Black Umbrellas. A leader in education and enterprise development, the foundation empowers school learners, teachers, principals, tertiary students, entrepreneurs, and vulnerable women and children in the school communities it works in. [FULL LISTING]
i4WATER is a non-profit company that partners with businesses and vulnerable rural, peri-urban and urban communities on projects that improve environmental wellbeing and support sustainable livelihoods. It implements water stewardship and land care programmes, as well as educational and food security initiatives, through skills development and training. i4WATER’s flagship project, Wise Ways Water Care, was established in 2016 and won the 2018 Trialogue Strategic CSI Award. [FULL LISTING]
Simply Change’s aim is to drive sustainable youth employment through innovation and entrepreneurship. With a focus on education, sports, recreation and recycling, the non-profit organisation develops confident, work-ready young people through upskilling and training. An example is the ‘Each one, teach one’ programme, which coaches youth to manufacture hula hoops from repurposed and recycled material, as well as train them in brand activation, financial literacy and more. The programme further promotes physical and mental wellness through hula hooping, yielding positive academic and emotional results in school children. [Full Listing]
The social and community development arm of Communicare, Vulamathuba provides socioeconomic development support to Communicare tenants and people in the surrounding neighbourhoods. It aims to establish an empowering environment that will advance and sustain the social and economic mobility of these communities, alleviate poverty, and assist vulnerable tenants. [FULL LISTING]
YLED is a Gauteng-based non-profit organisation that imparts life skills for success and develops the entrepreneurial spirit among in-school learners and out-of-school youth from diverse communities and backgrounds. It aims to upskill them and prepare them for the future. YLED’s flagship programme, established in 2004 (formally registered in 2014), is a mini-MBA programme that gives selected inschool grade 11 learners the opportunity to have their leadership, interpersonal and entrepreneurship skills honed through five different skills models: employability, leadership, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and social awareness skills. [FULL LISTING]