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GreaterGood News
July 2008
Feeling the pinch
As high food prices and the soaring cost of fuel hit ordinary South Africans in the pocket, many are wondering what impact the economic downturn is having on the thousands of organisations working with the poorest of the poor. We spoke to causes and our own experts about the far-reaching effects of inflation on development in South Africa
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Impact you can measure
The SA Social Investment Exchange (SASIX) is where carefully selected development projects are listed for the public to invest in. Each project is researched, evaluated and monitored using specially designed assessment tools so that investors can track their impact on people and communities. Find out more about the SASIX evaluation process and how it helps us to measure real change in society.
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Last chance to support mother-tongue literacy
"Our centre serves an extremely poor community," says Dinah Mashabela, principal of the Ebenezer ECD Centre in Witbank. "The lack of learning resources is huge and books are non-existent." GreaterGood SA's Donate-a-Book campaign is helping provide new books in IsiZulu and Sesotho for the 70 children who learn and play at Ebenezer every day. Visit www.donate-a-book.co.za to show your support before the campaign ends on 31st July.
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Can social entrepreneurs change the world?
Wherever you go in the development world these days, people are talking about social entrepreneurs and how they just might be the answer to tackling global poverty. By using entrepreneurial principles to work on the world's big problems, can these action-oriented people find solutions where traditional non profits have failed? GreaterGood SA's own founding social entrepreneur, Tamzin Ractliffe, investigates the phenomenon.
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Good connections
- Sparrow schools are looking for volunteers to help them during the school holidays to prepare meals for all the hungry children. View request
- GreaterGood SA is looking for Do It Day volunteering project proposals from registered causes. Apply online
- A psychology student at the University of Pretoria seeks volunteer work relating to his field of study View offer
- Buhlebuyeza Crèche in Kwa Sithebe, KwaZulu-Natal needs story books in isiZulu for 35 children to read and enjoy. View project
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