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Upcoming events...
We need YOU to sign up for Do It Day!
Friday 19 October 2007 is the 3rd Do It Day - when big-hearted people across South Africa will be volunteering their time, skills and "sweat equity" to contribute to the greater good of our country. Participants sign up for a single day to take part in a specific development project with a social profit organisation - ranging from digging a vegetable garden to upgrading computer software, packing food parcels to teaching photography. Sign up today at www.doitday.co.za or phone us at Tel: 021 794 0580.
Participate in our giving survey
Please help us understand more about you as a giver - click here to fill in a short online survey about what motivates you to give, what is important to you in choosing an organisation or project, what your preferred payment method is and why, and what kind of information you would appreciate in understanding the effect of your donation.
Invest in animal protection through SASIX
SASIX currently has three Animal Protection projects listed - the Cart Horse Protection Association pilot project to regulate the carting industry on the Cape Flats, the Karoo Animal Protection Society campaign to sterilise female dogs in Karoo communities, and The Emma Animal Rescue Society development of a benchmark animal protection centre in the Western Cape. Click through to any of these projects to find out about how you can buy shares in them for as little as R50.
News from GreaterGood SA
Tamzin Ractliffe, founder of the GreaterGood SA Trust, has clinched the Bequeathing Leader Award at the 2007 Gordon Institute of Business Science Colloquium for Social Entrepreneurs. The award recognises social entrepreneurs who are setting an example by leaving strong organisations in their path and moving on to even more suitable uses of their talent. Tamzin has recently handed over the reins to a capable management team led by Carol Tappenden, and is focusing on building the organisation's sustainability through a new technology venture.
New Managing Director Carol Tappenden was recently selected to attend the Global Social Benefit Incubator - an intensive two-week residential programme for dynamic young social entrepreneurs, held at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley in the US. The programme brought Carol into contact with successful technology innovators from a range of developing countries, sharing ideas about how to scale up their endeavours and achieve sustainability.
Register with GGSA
When you register with GreaterGoodSA we are able to provide you with a more seamless service. All your information will be treated with utmost confidentiality. Click Here to Register
Contact us
Greater Good South Africa
Postnet Suite 293
Private Bag X16
Constantia, 7848
South Africa
t. +27 (0)21 794 0580
f. +27 (0)21 794 2239
e. info@ggsa.co.za
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Greetings!
Have you visited our new, interactive website www.myggsa.co.za - South Africa's first online network for people who want to make a difference? Take a few minutes to register as a giver and join the network!
GreaterGood has created an online space to connect you with great causes and other givers near you. Once you've registered as a giver, you can:
- monitor your favourite causes & the impact they are having
- offer your time, goods or skills to our great causes
- give online through a secure credit card transaction
- track your giving online
- share stories about your giving journey
- network with other givers
- manage your own giving profile page
We also invite you to locate yourself on the map of South Africa.
Once you've registered, you can log in and go to Manage your information.
From there it's easy to use Google Earth software to pinpoint your exact location, and find giving opportunities in your own backyard!
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Theme of the Month
Caring for our animals across the nation
The first week in October is South Africa's Animal Awareness Week. To locate the animal protection causes currently registered with GreaterGood SA, go to the new website www.myggsa.co.za and click on Find or Explore to choose the dedicated Animal Protection and Rescue pages.
Animal protection and rescue organisations do vital work, particularly in the context of a developing country like ours - they run important public education and awareness programmes to prevent cruelty to all our animals, carry out vaccination and sterilisation of strays, offer affordable veterinary services to pet owners in poor communities, provide temporary shelter for stray and distressed animals, and run programmes to rehome the many abandoned and abused animals in South Africa.
This Month's Feature Article
With the festive season ahead, now is a good time to start planning for caring for your pets over the holiday season. In this month's feature article the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals provides practical advice to make sure pets are not neglected or abandoned at a time of year when many people are away from home.
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Experience the Gift
Who is giving and receiving this month?
On the 1st of September, the Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town held a very successful kennel building day. Wood was donated to the public in the form of old pallets, garage doors and props from old film sets. Participants brought along hammers and Mdzananda provided paint and nails. Thanks to the over 40 people from Constantia, Woodstock, Mowbray, Harfield Village and Khayelitsha who participated! See Mdzananda's reportback...
Freeme Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre would like to thank K A Norris who gave to the centre through GreaterGood SA, as well as Riaan Venter (of Strictly Come Dancing fame) and Michelle Garforth. All their donations enabled the clinic to undergo a recent overhaul, to better treat the injured animals in their care - currently owls, eagle, buzzard, falcon, goshawk, secretary bird, hadedahs, meerkats, tortoises, bush baby and foxes! See Freeme's reportback...
The South African Mass Animal Sterilisation Trust is looking for donations to complete the process of converting a container into the first ever sterilisation clinic in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. To find out more click here
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Good lifestyle choices
Stunning photos available from SASIX exhibition
Just over a year ago, the JSE hosted the GreaterGood South Africa Trust for the launch of SASIX, South Africa's first social investment exchange. In September we hosted a photographic exhibition in the JSE foyer, showcasing photographs by Simone Scholtz of a wide variety of inspiring social development projects, to mark the occasion of SASIX's first anniversary.
SASIX is a pioneering social capital marketplace listing evaluated social investment offerings on its website, www.sasix.co.za. Some 33 projects in 11 development sectors are available for investment, while a further 25 fully subscribed projects are currently being implemented. The projects showcased in the photographic display provide a visual account of the impact these projects are having in their communities.
Limited edition photographs are now on sale through our website, in colour or black-and-white, framed or unframed. The proceeds will be used to support the ongoing work of SASIX and its projects. Click through to A Story of Hope to place your order and use our secure online credit card payment service.
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