Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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Wishing you a happy giving season!
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Learning to fish
It has been a bad news week for the development sector with reports of yet another respected non profit having to cut services and retrench staff. Causes across the Myggsa giving community are reporting similar difficulties: international donors are withdrawing; the Lottery is just that – a Lottery; and government departments seem unable to get funds to organisations delivering essential services. With news of the Global Fund cancelling Round 11, it is becoming clearer than ever that we can no longer rely on grant aid to come to the rescue. It is time for Africa to learn how to fish.
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Africa: bread basket or basket case?
Tutu Fellows from The African Leadership Institute (including GreaterGood’s CEO, Bridgit Evans) developed two fascinating scenarios on where Africa could find itself in 2025, depending on the decisions Africans and their leaders make today.
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Ethical leadership in CSI
Describing ethics as “who we are” and “what we do”, Kris Dobie from the Ethics Institute of South Africa addressed GreaterCapital’s last Social Investment Leaders Forum for 2011 on the thorny topic of ethics in CSI.
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HIV and AIDS: where are we?
The number of AIDS-related deaths globally has fallen by 19%, according to the UNAIDS Global Report for 2011. The news is even better in sub-Saharan Africa where new infections have fallen by more than 26%. The annual HIV incidence in South Africa dropped by a third between 2001 and 2009. What we are doing to fight this pandemic is clearly working. But there is much still to do: South Africa has more people living with HIV (an estimated 5.6 million) than any other country on earth. And just last week, the Global Fund announced it was cancelling Round 11 funding.
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Last chance to Like2Give
It’s simple: you like our Facebook page and we give you the chance to go shopping for good on Gifts4Good. Four lucky winners have already received their R500 Gifts4Good vouchers but there is still time for another six ‘likeable’ people to win an online shopping spree with heart. The competition ends on 15th December 2011.
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The rise of the stokvel
A recent study conducted by African Response found that the stokvel market in South Africa is valued at R44 billion, an increase from R33 billion in 2007. This is significantly larger than the country’s agricultural or electricity sectors. The size of the stokvel sector and its popularity across income brackets make it a form of saving that will be around for some time to come. As the year draws to a close, many will be claiming their stokvel savings in the form of bulk groceries and cash. GreaterCapital researcher, Mmamohau Tswaedi, discusses the rise of alternative savings.
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Making the most of Myggsa
Thanks to the people who joined our very first Knowledge Session and who stuck with it through sound problems. We will be using different technology for our Sessions in 2012 and hope this will make the experience even better. Despite the technical glitches, we got lots of positive feedback and may run this particular session again.
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Wear your heart on your sleeve
Now’s the time to show your support for an organisation like the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust with the 16 Days of Activism to End Violence against Women and the giving season coming together at the end of the year. Find out how you can get involved in their valuable work supporting survivors and trying to reduce the high incidence of rape in South Africa.
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