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To leave footprints of change in neonatal and paediatric ICU wards countrywide through the cultivation of a healthcare culture of swift and broad based intervention, early diagnosis and real and achievable family-centred solutions, which promote excellence of life for both child and family. Footprints 4 Sam has six key initiatives which support under-privileged children with life limiting and chronic conditions. All initiatives are aimed at offering these children and their families hope, love and dignity through sustainable and tangible initiatives.

To offer the highest standards of holistic nursing care for our residents with service models designed to deliver a tailored package of care to each individual. This service is given within a respectful and caring service-orientated environment creating a culture of continuous professional development, we always share our knowledge and expertise with other agencies in this field. Always being accountable to our staff, residents, parents and donors through an accessible open door policy.

To be strategically positioned and become a household name in providing effective clinical practice of family therapy/counselling, training, psychological support, and education, not only to save lives but to improve mental health-care utilization and improving quality of life in the community.

The HeadStart Trust has been working in poor and marginalised communities of the Cape for over 10 years. In the last 5 years, activities centered around Napier in the Overberg, where the Jack family farm is located. Working at Protea Primary in Napier, we started with an organic vegetable garden development, warm beanies for the young learners in winter, donations of extra furniture and annual stationery and art equipment. We also arranged outreach programmes from privileged schools in Cape Town to do community service in Napier. In 2018 The HeadStart Trust introduced a Music Education Programme. The results reflected international experience and research, and were astounding. Music pupils showed an average annual attendance rate increase from around 75% to 98%. Their general behaviour and academic results in other subjects also improved markedly. In 2020 we hired more staff and acquired more instruments and were able to increase those receiving music tuition from 36 to 130 pupils. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Trustees of The HeadStart Trust have agreed to shift the short-term focus of the Trust to Food Relief. There is a history of rural villages in the Cape Agulhas region being ostracised and disregarded, and when financial support isn't sucked completely away, these communities are often last in line. This underlines the massive challenge we face here: for a start, children don't have access to the usual daily school meals (only twice a week) and, in the past, local government bureaucracy has hampered efficient feeding schemes. The community is consequently wary of empty promises. A majority of the community is not earning any income during the lockdown period and finding it very difficult to access the government relief grants promised by Pretoria due to consistently changing criteria and resulting confusion. Foreign nationals, who out of desperation sought refuge in these rural towns and send large portions of their piecemeal income to family members in other African states, are either unable or too terrified to register for any type of relief. The need for assistance is thus overwhelming. We have begun our efforts by vastly expanding the Napier Primary organic vegetable garden and donating the required seed and tools for the village to contribute directly in their own medium-term food security. But we require short-term, encompassing solutions as well. With the full support of Executive Mayor of the Cape Agulhas Municipality, Mr Paul Swart, and Napier's Ward Councillor, Mrs Evelyn Sauls, The HeadStart Trust will play a crucial coordinating role in helping to alleviate the growing social disaster catalysed by this pandemic and the lockdown. We have begun lobbying civil society organisations, government funds and individuals to donate financially to a structured and inclusive Rural Food Relief Platform for Napier and surrounding areas. Furthermore, we will use our personnel and farm vehicles to collect and distribute donated food (under strict lockdown safety measures) to those most in crisis. We will utilise the food storage and refrigeration facilities that have been established at the Thusong Centre and Packtown Food in Bredasdorp. Mr Swart has acknowledged that food collection and distribution is a new challenge for his administration and the municipality desperately needs cooperative partners to overcome the challenge we collectively face as a community. The HeadStart Trust is also liaising directly with various community representatives and farmers. Communication is also continuous with religious leaders and on community social media platforms. As agreed with elected representatives, we will channel food donation through the Napier Community Police Forum (CPF) and local farmer organisations. Local food donations can already be made at the Napier OK Minimark, but our intention is to expand this systematically and emphatically. We need your help to support these communities that are a foundation for our own food security, but find themselves abandoned in this lockdown period.

Their goal is to create better tomorrows for the young children of South Africa. They do this by inspiring collaborative partnerships to help break the cycle of poverty and by applying a holistic multi-generational approach to Do More for young children

Our Mission: Educate, Inspire, Empower We connect educators and students worldwide to increase equal access to inspiring learning experiences. We strive to inspire our students to become entrepreneurs and leaders within their local communities. We seek to empower people to be change makers and to join a global network to share knowledge, skills and a passion for education.

Reduce the decline of endangered seabirds.

AAA principal objective is to improve the treatment, working conditions, and status of working animals in the developing world. Our supporting objectives are to TREAT, EQUIP, EDUCATE and RESCUE as follows: To develop partnerships with local registered charity groups for the implementation of programmes consistent with the objectives of the Association II. To foster co-operative efforts and the pooling of resources by and among the Association, government agencies, universities, partner organisations, animal welfare groups and other organisations and persons with a concern for the welfare of working animals III. To provide for or support the rescue of abused, abandoned and/or injured working animals IV. To provide for or support in the rehoming, rehabilitation and/or refuge of rescued working animals V. To provide and/or support the establishment and/or operation of veterinary clinics and mobile units to treat sick or injured working animals and educate the owners VI. To support programmes that empower and educate animal owners and/or handlers to improve the lives of their working animals, and consequently their own wellbeing and livelihood VII. To aid in the development and implementation of education programmes in schools to break the generational abuse cycle VIII. To raise public awareness and advocate change for the plight of the working animals in developing communities and to promote kindness, empathy and understanding towards animals IX. To provide assistance in situations affecting working animals and their owners affected by natural disasters and in times of critical need X. To provide materials and/or education either directly, or indirectly to improve the condition of working animal apparatus (harness, carts etc) XI. To raise funds to support these objectives

Wildlife ACT is a conservation organisation based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, that focuses on on-the-ground endangered species conservation efforts, the daily monitoring of priority species within protected areas, and the management of human-wildlife conflict, and the promotion of community involvement in conservation. Of particular focus for the organisation is the critically endangered African Wild Dog and Black Rhino, as well as the six Vulture species found in South Africa - of which, several are critically endangered. Through the help of their voluntourism model, Wildlife ACT has been able to provide sustained, free professional monitoring services to more than ten Zululand protected areas for 15 years, as well as contributing endangered species management across Africa, and the restoration of North Island, Seychelles. Wildlife ACT's mission is to save our planet's endangered wildlife and wildlands from extinction. Our aim is to develop and implement innovative, ground based and sustainable conservation models that save our wildlife, protect our wilderness, and benefit our local communities. Our quest is to create inspiring connections with the wilderness, giving people pragmatic ways to support and be part of effective on-the-ground conservation work. Our promise: Real, honest conservation where it's needed most. Through strategic partnerships, sustainable funding models and developing technology: - Implement strategic monitoring and research to inform and enable effective conservation management of wildlife. - Understand the needs of surrounding communities, and develop innovative programs to facilitate socio-economic advancement. - Use Africa-centric, people oriented models to drive wild area expansion. Another essential aspect of Wildlife ACT's mandate lies at the interface of managing human-wildlife conflict and encouraging community conservation efforts. Many people living adjacent to South Africa's protected areas and national parks have only a view across the fence. Wildlife ACT understands that in order for conservation efforts to be sustainable and meaningful, these gaps need to be filled. Their Community Conservation Programme aims to encourage participation in, and strengthen peoples' understanding of, the conservation sector, showcasing the value of nature and highlighting economic opportunities in the sector.

Our Vision "To strive towards empowering others to effectively impact on the social needs of society." Our Mission "We undertake to achieve our vision through developing, mentoring, motivating, supporting, and conscientising local social development and health care initiatives that provide feeding schemes, job creation opportunities and other relevant partnerships." WE ARE A NATIONAL ORGANISATION GEARED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL COMMUNITIES IN OUR COUNTRY. Poverty and unemployment are key factors that hamper progress and development in our country and we need to make a difference. In our approach to the needs of the people we do initiate feeding schemes but these are linked to skills identification and development programmes. This means we want to ensure that every person we help is able to grow and develop into a person who is able to take care of themselves as well as help others. There will always be needs, but through our projects, committed volunteers and members assisted by donations from the public we wish to stand up and be considered as a movement that provides practical help and solutions regardless of the need.

Leveraging technology to end social injustices

Good governance ensures accountability, fairness, and transparency throughout our social, governmental, and business systems. On the African continent, women are underrepresented at every level in the workplace, especially in senior leadership roles. According to the UN, this type of unequal treatment of women in the workplace has cost Sub-Saharan Africa approximately $105bn and has significant implications on the utilization of the continents full human capital potential and achievement of its development goals. The Boardroom Africa was borne out of these realities. We champion female leadership on a pan-African level by building a network of women leaders who collectively dispel the myth that there aren't enough qualified women to support the growth of the continent. We help build role models at the top to change the way organizations are led through our educational content. We offer a board training program for women across the continent and to date, we've trained 64+ women. We also have built a community of over 1,000 women on the continent leading change and deliver open webinars, trainings, and meetups to upskill this network. Finally, we've conducted publicly released research on 13 African countries to assess the gender gap in their companies. We want to shift the demand by ensuring society realizes the benefits of increased female participation in leadership, and create an ecosystem of women who can go into the world and inspire others.