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Information is power. Those who can afford it and know how to navigate their way around the Internet, have unfettered access to information that gives them a distinct advantage when it comes to exploring opportunities, developing their own potential and finding solutions to problems. Unfortunately, only 60.73 per cent of South Africans used the internet in 2021. Of these, many had only marginal access. This is so, even though over 90% of all phones in South Africa are smartphones – status symbols without substance because of high data costs, poor or no reception, and intermittent or no electricity supply in townships and rural areas. With the knowledge of the world moving online, lack of access to information is going to become the single biggest obstacle to equality and progress in our country. That’s why South African Conversations is printing this 368-page Directory of tools, resources, services and solutions offered by NPOs, civil society, faith-based organisations, and the government.
Information is power. Those who can afford it and know how to navigate their way around the Internet, have unfettered access to information that gives them a distinct advantage when it comes to exploring opportunities, developing their own potential and finding solutions to problems.
Unfortunately, only 60.73 per cent of South Africans used the internet in 2021. Of these, many had only marginal access. This is so, even though over 90% of all phones in South Africa are smartphones – status symbols without substance because of high data costs, poor or no reception, and intermittent or no electricity supply in townships and rural areas.
With the knowledge of the world moving online, lack of access to information is going to become the single biggest obstacle to equality and progress in our country.
That’s why South African Conversations is printing this 368-page Directory of tools, resources, services and solutions offered by NPOs, civil society, faith-based organisations, and the government.
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RESOURCE DiRECTORY
ANIMAL WELFARE
Child Welfare
CIVIL SOCIETY
Crime & Justice
CRISIS SUPPORT
Disability
A bridge between online and offline worlds
first edition
EDUCATION
Employment Solutions
& Sustainable Livelihoods
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Food Growing
FOOD, HUNGER & NUTRITION
Gender & Violence Issues
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HEALTH
Human Rights
LABOUR MATTERS
Land, Housing & Essential Services
LGBTQI+
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MEN
MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Migrants & Refugees
SENIOR CITIZENS
Social Welfare
& Humanitarian Support
SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ADDICTION
Women & Family
YOUTH
A toolbox for individuals, families, communities, businesses and policy-makers
to help us create the kind of world we all want to live in.
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do not have sustained access to the Internet.
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The DISABILITY section is complete.
All other sections provide an overview only.
None of the main issues which humanity is facing
will be resolved without access to information.
– Christophe Deloire
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Want to know something – anything? Google it. From relief for
ulcers to how to handle a job interview, everything you could
possibly want to know is at your fingertips, online.
Knowledge is power. Those who can afford it and know how
to access this 21st-century privilege have a distinct advantage
when it comes to exploring opportunities, developing their
own potential and finding solutions to problems.
Unfortunately, roughly 40% of South Africans never use the
Internet. Of the 60% who do, many have only marginal access
– at work or on free and social media platforms. (Source:
www.statista.com)
This is so even though over 90% of phones in South Africa
are smartphones: status symbols without substance due to
high data costs, poor or no reception, and intermittent or no
electricity supply in townships and rural areas.
But even if we had 100% accessible internet coverage,
cultural isolation and lack of knowledge about how to find
information on the internet will remain formidable obstacles.
The BIG divide of our time – and our biggest obstacle to
equality and progress – is neither money, nor race, but
access to information. With the knowledge of the world
increasingly moving online millions of South Africans will be
left behind.
That’s why South African Conversations is printing this
comprehensive directory of tools, resources, services and
solutions offered by non-profit, faith-based, civil society and
government organisations – to give marginalised South
Africans an opportunity to find information that affluent
people take for granted.
Theresa Muller, Editor
www.southafricanconversations.co.za
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southafricanconversations.co.za
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Important disclaimer | Information
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usefulness, nor does inclusion in this book
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Help us make the next edition of the
Resource Directory as accurate as possible
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ENDORSEMENTS
This is a welcome and much-needed
resource for South Africa.
It contains information that makes it
possible for anyone to find what they
need to improve their lives.
It is useful for those with no access to
the internet or with no data, and for
those who work to assist people.
It is very informative, easy to use and
a powerful guide to critical solutions
to problems we experience as South
Africans.
This book should be in every school,
every police station, every clinic,
community library, community centre,
community radio station, and in every
Government Department that interacts
with the people of South Africa.
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RESOURCE DiRECTORY
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Animal Welfare
CHILD WELFARE
Civil Society
CRIME & JUSTICE
Crisis Support
CYBER SAFETY
Disability
EDUCATION
Employment Solutions
& Sustainable Livelihoods
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Environment
FOOD GROWING
Food, Hunger & Nutrition
HEALTH
Human rights
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Labour Issues
LAND, SHELTER & SERVICE DELIVERY
LGBTQI+
MEN
Mental & Emotional Health
MIGRANTS & REFUGEES
Money
SENIOR CITIZENS
Social Grants & Humanitarian Support
SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ADDICTION
Traditional Knowledge
WOMEN, FAMILY & GENDER ISSUES
Youth
A bridge between online and offline worlds
first edition
A toolbox for individuals, families, communities, businesses and policy-makers
to help us create the kind of world we all want to live in.
An insanely detailed and
meticulous listing to help
communities without access to
data get help and resourcing.
– Karen Brokensha
The Domino Foundation
This extensively researched - almost
encyclopedic - directory is a
comprehensive resource for dealing
with our most pressing issues in South
Africa.
The plethora of information is well
curated, meticulously researched,
diligently conveyed and readily
accessible and implementable.
Despite its packed pages, this is not
a book of cold facts; it is permeated
with a sense of nurturance and
genuine care ... to purposefully and
practically bring an end to hunger,
poor health, malnutrition, poverty and
discrimination.
From touching and haunting stories
... to practical advice ... the ethos of a
Here's what people say about the book.
In fact, it should be in every home that
doesn’t have access to the internet,
because it tells South Africans exactly
where to find solutions to every
conceivable challenge ... It’s like having
access to Google, but in print and
tailor-made for South Africa.
It complements Government efforts
towards compliance with the Bill
of Rights in our Constitution. It
helps protect every citizen’s right to
information and gives meaning to the
principle that ‘working together we can
do more’.
– Lumko Mtimde
Special Advisor to the Minister in the
Presidency, The Presidency, Republic of
South Africa (June 2021)
This directory provides access, ideas
and direction to South Africans across
careers, professions, income and
education levels. It is an absolute must
have for every South African – not only
those without access to the internet.
– Ali Engelbrecht
CEO, Women in Business
The directory ... has enormous
worth for South Africa. It is
especially valuable for people who
are marginalised and who have
limited access to the internet ... It
is my wish that every home could
have access to this amazing labour
of love. Getting it into the hands
of those who need it most would
be a collective effort from those of
us who are committed to the cocreation
of our preferred future.
– Rev Theo Mayekiso
Author of Being Black
A South African Story that Matters
This publication is so needed for
South Africa, especially for those
in rural and township areas where
connectivity is an issue …
– Linda Morrison
MD, We are Durban Social Upliftment
This resource directory is very
useful for those who want to uplift
themselves and others!
– Fumani Baloyi
return to the bounty of nature and to
one’s own inner power permeates the
book.
This book is for everyone, not just for
the poor, because it suggests ways in
which we all can improve our own
welfare and that of our fellow citizens.
– Mirna Lawrence
Writer & Educator
... a meticulously compiled, unique
and comprehensive encyclopedia
of valuable information. It is
professionally designed, inviting
and easy to use, with foresight and
understanding of people’s needs.
This masterpiece of a resource
should be available in every home,
every village, school, company
and institution in South Africa –
including Parliament, Chambers of
Commerce, universities, non-profit
and civil society organisations.
It is an amazing resource to aid
our individual and collective
development.
– Dr Meshack Khosa
CEO, Fresh Thinking Capital
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ENDORSEMENTS
It is not only necessary but imperative
that all public, private, labour and
civil society sectors do everything in
their power to get this extraordinary
resource into the hands of the people
of South Africa. For in its pages are
gathered the wisdom, solutions and
tools that will allow all South Africans
to take individual responsibility for
building a better world – for ourselves,
our families, our communities and our
country. – Professor Dan Sandi
The South African Conversations
Resource Directory is an excellent source
of useful information that will empower
people to tap into opportunities and
better their own lives.
We all think that everyone nowadays has
access to Google, but this is simply not the
This directory is one of the most
incredible resources I have ever
come across as a participatory
development activist collaborating
with marginalized communities.
It is an extraordinarily beautiful
and accessible tool providing
access to information and
knowledge that communities
can draw on to give substance to
the rights provided for us by our
Constitution.
It is a handbook for human-scale
development in the small places
where human rights truly count
in struggles for “equal justice,
opportunity and dignity”.
– Dr Marjorie Jobson
National Director,
Khulumani Support Group
Every so often a miracle happens. Every
so often this miracle is accessible to
those who most need that miracle in
their lives. One such a miracle landed
on my desk today. And it’s called the
South African Conversations Resource
Directory.
Described as a “Toolbox for
individuals, families, communities,
businesses and policy-makers to help
us create the kind of world we all
want to live in” is an understatement.
The Resource Directory holds within
its pages the power to liberate poor
and under-serviced communities.
This labour of love, affirmation and
empowerment is exactly with Paulo
Freire had in mind when he said -
“To affirm that men and women are
We'd love to hear what you think, too. talk.to.us@southafricanconversations.co.za
case. Millions of our people do not have
money for data to find the information
that can change their lives. This book
should circulate our townships and rural
areas where communities are deprived of
information.
The Directory does what it says: it
provides a bridge between online and
offline worlds, making it possible for all
South Africans to easily and cheaply
find information that wealthy people
take for granted. It equalises access to
information. It goes one step further by
giving people multiple possible solutions
to resolve particular situations. Every
household in impoverished communities
should have a copy of this book. It will
change their lives.
The Directory is also a powerful tool for
any institution or person who works to
help others.
The Black Business Chamber
unreservedly endorses this empowering
tool and we thank South African
Conversations for creating it.
– Renee Andrews, Treasurer General,
Black Business Chamber
The Education section provides
a comprehensive overview
of good quality, (mostly free)
online resources, for learners
and teachers alike. There are
subject-specific categories, as
well as a general category [with]
links between different areas of
knowledge. Each of the sections
points to resources available
both in South Africa and
internationally.
The directory is very relevant in
these difficult times [with] upto-date
information on online
teaching ... home-schooling and
specific resources for writing the
matric exams.
It offers information on career
guidance, study opportunities in
South Africa and abroad, as well
as bursaries and scholarships.
The directory succeeds in
presenting this vast amount
of information in an easily
accessible way.
– George Dor
Advanced Mathematics Educator
persons and as persons should be free,
and yet to do nothing tangible to make
this affirmation a reality, is a farce.”
Theresa Muller’s Resource Directory
makes our freedom a meaningful
possibility.
The Directory provides corporates,
government departments, public
entities, development agencies and
municipalities with an opportunity to
restore communities’ ability to chart
their own development, to create the
communities they want to live in by
making this resource available to
them. Imagine the impact if every
community-based organisation in
your CSI community is gifted with this
empowerment tool. Imagine the impact
frontline service-providers can have with
access to this Directory on their desks.
This Directory will go down in Mzansi’s
history as one of those small miracles
that made a huge difference in shaping
the country we all want.
– Lidia Pretorius
Disability Empowerment Consultant
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HOW THIS BOOK COULD BE USED
Any human, anywhere, will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities
simply by being given the opportunity to do so. – Doris Lessing
It is our sincere hope at South African Conversations that the information in this book will empower,
bring hope and positive change to individuals, families and communities all over South Africa.
One small entry could do that. Dip in, and see what pertains to your life.
A TEACHER could use the Directory to ...
A STUDENT could use the Directory to ...
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Find out how to teach, give homework assignments and
monitor learners remotely – even if the only electronic
platform available is WhatsApp.
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Become an active citizen.
Counter human rights abuses.
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Compile world-class lessons for every subject under the
sun, using free, award-winning content and lesson plans
from all over the world. (Many similar – sometimes inferior
– products are being sold in South Africa.)
Find quality, affordable/free computers and solar power
to run a computer lab.
Find volunteers to support struggling students.
Start a school library, with excellent quality free books.
Report corruption and mismanagement at their school.
Report child molestation and rape, and follow through
until justice is served.
Sign up for free online workshops and courses for
personal and professional development.
Help a malnourished child and family, or start a
school garden to help eliminate malnutrition in their
community.
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Deal with a crisis pregnancy.
Deal with rape and follow through until justice is served.
Get equipment and assistive devices for a disability.
Improve their written and spoken English, free of charge.
Explore world-class national and international resources
on a myriad of subjects.
Find free ebooks, including free academic textbooks that
are still in use by universities elsewhere in the world.
Learn about career options and support for
entrepreneurs, should they want to start a business upon
graduation.
Maintain a healthy, nutritious diet – on a shoestring.
Access support for specific health conditions, including
HIV/AIDS.
Learn to respect the diversity of humanity – including
gender-diverse people.
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Effectively deal with bullying and help their school
develop guidelines for an anti-bullying plan.
Educate learners & families about online safety.
Guide a depressed learner to emotional health.
Help a learner with a disability get the equipment and
support that they need.
Support a pregnant learner in completing her studies.
Help a learner obtain their birth certificate, so they can
get their matric certificate and go study further.
Direct learners to resources to decide what to study and
access funding for it.
Show an unemployed former student where to access
learning and earning opportunities.
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Find support as a member of the LGBTQI+ community.
Find support for depression and mental health issues.
Get help for substance addictions.
Learn about the harmful effects of pornography … and
what to do about pornography addiction.
Deal with gender-based violence – as a perpetrator or as
a victim.
Join international youth platforms and programmes, and
explore overseas study and internship opportunities.
Learn how to handle and save money.
Support their families back home with empowering
information that addresses so many of the issues that
we struggle with as a country.
But make no mistake: this book will be a valuable resource for anyone who serves society – even those who think
that they don’t need it. Take a look! And use the information to bring positive change to someone’s life.
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CONTENTS
Are you, your family or community faced with a challenging situation?
Take a look at the resources and solutions in this directory. Help is available: mostly free or low-cost.
Make a call. Don’t give up hope. People do care.
And don’t stop doing everything you can do to help yourself.
Knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. – Peter Drucker
This book will give you access to both.
If you’re a concerned onlooker, policy-maker, community or business leader, look out for the boxes:
Here's what YOU can do to make a difference in every section.
Animal Welfare .................................................. 9
Gender & Violence Issues .............................. 53
Child Welfare ..................................................... 10
Health .................................................................. 54
Civil Society ......................................................... 11
Human Rights ..................................................... 56
Crime & Justice ................................................. 12
Labour Matters .................................................. 57
Crisis Support .................................................... 13
Land, Housing & Essential Services .......... 59
Disability ............................................................... 14
LGBTQI+ ................................................................ 60
EDUCATION ........................................................... 40
Primary & Secondary School Subject Resources
Resources for Schools & Educators
Access to Books
Resources for Lifelong Learning
Employment Solutions &
Sustainable Livelihoods .............................. 45
Entrepreneurship .............................................. 46
Food Growing ....................................................... 49
Food, Hunger & Nutrition ............................... 51
Men ......................................................................... 61
Mental & Emotional Health ........................... 62
....................................... 63
Migrants & Refugees
.................................................... 64
Senior Citizens
Social Welfare & Humanitarian Support .65
...................... 66
Substance Abuse & Addiction
.............................................. 67
Women & Family
...................................................................... 68
Youth
Everything is connected ... no one thing can change by itself. – Paul Hawken
Help spread awareness
of the lives of those who
cannot speak for themselves
Order a copy of the South African Conversations Resource Directory
and we’ll email you a free, print-quality PDF of each of these six posters
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ANIMAL WELFARE Overview of listings & editorial headlines
A long time ago only kings had rights. Then rights were extended to property-owning white men.
Then all men. Then women. Then children ...
We need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are deserving of basic rights.
The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. – Moby
FOOD FOR PETS DURING
TOUGH TIMES
AFFORDABLE
Home-made pet food
FOOD for THOUGHT
Laws to Protect Animals
REPORT ANIMAL SUFFERING
All living beings deserve ...
ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
EQUINE WELFARE:
HORSES & DONKEYS
LIVESTOCK WELFARE
WILDLIFE WELFARE
INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
ARTICLES
Do Animals
have feelings?
Do they have rights?
Respect for Life
starts with
RESPECT
for all living things
• Freedom from thirst and hunger.
• Freedom from discomfort.
• Freedom from fear and distress.
• Freedom from pain, injury or
disease.
• Freedom to express normal
behaviour.
• Freedom to be free.
– The internationally acknowledged
Five Freedoms
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
For Pets |
For Farm animals |
For Wild animals |
The Frightening Link
Between Animal Abuse
and Human Violence
ANIMAL ACTIVIST, ADVOCACY, LAW
& SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
Resources for Teachers
Animals hurt, just like we do.
They feel pain, fear, hunger, thirst,
loneliness ...
Be conscious.
Be compassionate.
Movies & Documentaries
That Raise Awareness
of Animals
as Sentient Beings
Support for Animal
Welfare Charities
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CHILD WELFARE Overview of listings & editorial headlines
In serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.
– Carol Bellamy
HELPLINES
RELEVANT NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION
ACCREDITED ADOPTION
SERVICE PROVIDERS
Adoption Role-Players
CHILD WELFARE
ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
STREET CHILDREN & YOUTH.
CHILD/YOUTH-HEADED
HOUSEHOLDS
Here's How You Can
Help Street Children
ARTICLES
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
| f openarmssa
PROVINCIAL
Are You Pregnant?
Do You Need Information
and Advice?
Here’s what YOU can do to
make a difference
CHILD ADVOCACY
Children Have Rights!
CHILD MENTAL HEALTH
CHILDHOOD SAFETY
CRISIS / UNWANTED
PREGNANCIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
(ECD) CAPACITY-BUILDING
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
PROVINCIAL
Free APP for ECD
Teachers & Parents
HUNGER & NUTRITION
LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES
MISSING CHILDREN
ONLINE SAFETY
Thabiso’s Story
and the REAL problem with
crime in South Africa
An orphanage
inside an old-age home?
Learn From Finland’s Simple
Solution To Infant Deaths
Birth Certificates
Why every child needs one
And how to get it
What every child MUST know
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
SAFE HOUSES FOR BABIES
SEXUAL & OTHER ABUSE
OF CHILDREN
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CIVIL SOCIETY Overview of listings & editorial headline
You do live in a democracy but unless you use it, you don't have one. – Dr Helen Caldicott
CAPACITY-BUILDING
ORGANISATIONS
DEMOCRACY
CAPACITY-BUILDING
PROTECTION FOR
WHISTLEBLOWERS
RESOURCES & TOOLS
WHERE TO REPORT WHAT
WHERE TO REPORT
CONSUMER COMPLAINTS
Films For Action
Lessons for CHANGE
NPO & CBO CAPACITY-BUILDING
ORGANISATIONS
Looking for Solutions?
Don't Reinvent the Wheel!
Tech Capacity for
Civil Society
SOCIAL CHANGE CAPACITY-
BLDG ORGANISATIONS
FUNDING & SUPPORT
Transformational Learning
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
PLATFORMS
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS
LEGAL SUPPORT
.
UNDERSTANDING &
INFLUENCING BUDGETS
Learn how to participate in
Government budget processes
WHISTLEBLOWING PLATFORMS
& AVENUES TO REPORT
WRONGDOING
How To Communicate
Without A Trace
ORGANISATIONS THAT
FACILITATE REPORTING
Government Guidelines
for Whistleblowers
Free Download ‘Must-Reads’
ARTICLE
Here’s How to Become An Active
Citizen and Make Your Voice
Heard
WHERE TO REPORT CRIME
WHERE TO REPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
WHERE TO REPORT
GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
C
WHERE TO REPORT INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER LEARNING
(COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES)
WHERE TO REPORT SCHOOLS
& EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT CENTRES
Where to report a teacher
who hurts children or youth
WHERE TO REPORT LARGE-SCALE,
ORGANISED & COMMERCIAL
CRIME & CORRUPTION
WHERE TO REPORT
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
OR A JURISTIC ENTITY
WHERE TO REPORT MEDICAL
MISCONDUCT OR MALPRACTICE
WHERE TO REPORT POLICE
& TRAFFIC POLICE
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CRIME & JUSTICE Overview of listings & editorial headline
People should talk about jail... learn what is happening because it affects the children,
the families. They should know what it’s doing to our society. It’s not just about people being ’bad’.
When people are hungry and don’t have school fees and don’t know what else to do, stealing is
something real. It would be better to help people than to shut them up in jail.
– Participant at a South African Conversations Community Conversation
CRIME PREVENTION,
LAW & ORDER
JUSTICE FOR THE
WRONGFULLY ACCUSED
ARTICLES
The link between childhood
trauma and crime
REPORT POOR CONDITIONS &
ILL-TREATMENT OF INMATES
The Self-Perpetuating Cycle
of Crime & Violence
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
FOOD for THOUGHT
HOLISTIC PREVENTION,
SUPPORT & REINTEGRATION
PROGRAMMES
INMATE EDUCATION
A Lesson From India
Offenders Rights
RAPE IN DETENTION
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE &
VICTIM SUPPORT
SUPPORT FOR YOUTH IN
CONFLICT WITH THE LAW
WORK FOR EX-OFFENDERS
Looking for a job when you
have a criminal record?
It's very interesting that
if you look at societies with the
least equal distribution
of income, they tend to be
the most violent ...
the poorest societies
are not at all the ones
that are the most violent.
– Joshua Farley
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Our hard-won political freedom will mean nothing
unless we have freedom from violence, freedom from fear.
– Madiba
24-HOUR NATIONWIDE
EMERGENCY HELPLINES
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
EMERGENCIES
CALL CHARGES
FREE CELL PHONE CALLS
COMMERCIALLY-OWNED MEDICAL
EMERGENCY SERVICES
EMERGENCY CALL CENTRES
What to do
in case of an emergency
CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE
CHILDREN
DOMESTIC ABUSE, FAMILY &
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
ELDER ABUSE
HATE CRIMES
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
DISASTER RELIEF
MISSING PERSONS
RAPE
IMMEDIATE CARE CENTRES
STILL NEED HELP?
USEFUL NUMBERS
AMBULANCE & PARAMEDICS
DROUGHT
ELECTRICAL EMERGENCIES
FIRE & RESCUE
MOUNTAIN RESCUE
POISON EMERGENCIES
POLICE
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE
SEA RESCUE
WATER
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
How to Prepare For a Disaster
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DISABILITY
Disability is the norm of the human condition. Imperfection, incompleteness, brokenness
- these are universal human experiences, and those of us with dramatic physical disabilities are
mirrors for what is true of the whole human family. – Father Michael Lapsley
t
ACCESSIBILITY
Disability Info South Africa | Search
for ‘Building Regulations’ and for ‘Facilities
for the Disabled Guidelines’ | www.
disabilityinfosa.co.za
RampUp | A wonderful, resource-rich
website to enhance inclusion, participation
and a sense of belonging for people with
disabilities. Useful for any organisation that
wants to enable meaningful access and
participation. Free downloads include:
• General guidelines & accessibility
checklist to facilitate inclusion
• A framework for accessibility of church
buildings, worship services, external
environment, transport and activities
• A Biblical view of disability
erna@tlm.co.za | www.rampup.co.za |
You
Tube
f RampUpSA | rampupsouthafrica
ADVOCACY & INFORMATION
CREATE | Local, provincial, national and
international advocacy for disability rights
and community based rehabilitation (CBR).
Works with disabled people’s organisations,
groups of parents with children with
disabilities, groups of youth with disabilities,
and includes engagement with communities,
municipalities and government departments
as well as other NPOs and businesses |
14 Hyslop Rd, Pietermaritzburg, KZN |
033 345 5088 | admin@create-cbr.co.za
| www.create-cbr.co.za
Department of Public Service and
Administration – Diversity management
/ employment equity | Advocacy for
the employment of people with disabilities
in the public service | Batho Pele House,
Tshwane/Pretoria | 012 336 1108 |
dm@dpsa.gov.za | www.dpsa.gov.za
Department of Social Development |
Responsible for social development,
protection and welfare services to the
public. Contact the office in your province
to find out what services, facilities and
programmes are available for people with
disabilities | customercare@dsd.gov.za |
www.dsd.gov.za
• Helpline | 012 312 7727
• Eastern Cape | 043 605 5000
• Free State | 051 400 0302/4/7
• Gauteng | 011 355 7687 / 7977 / 7878
• KwaZulu-Natal | 033 264 5400
• Limpopo | 015 293 6004 / 6053/4
• Mpumalanga | 013 766 3098 / 3253
/ 3031
• North West | 018 387 3434 / 0255 /
3497 / 0281
• Northern Cape | 053 807 5600
• Western Cape | 0800 220 250
Department of Women, Youth and
Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD)
| Ensures that the socio-economic
empowerment and rights of women, youth
and persons with disabilities are upheld,
allowing them to participate meaningfully in
all areas of the economy and the workplace
| 36 Hamilton St, Arcadia, Tshwane/
Pretoria | 012 359 0000 / 0011 / 0013 /
0071 | ministry@women.gov.za | www.
Tube
dwypd.gov.za | f dwypdza | You
DWYPD
Institute for the Promotion of Disabled
Manpower (IPDM) | Advocacy and
capacity-building for the economic
empowerment of people with disabilities
with regard to sustainable employment |
Contact through website or Facebook |
www.ipdm.co.za | f IPDMZA
Office on the Status of Disabled Persons
(OSDP) | Monitors & raises awareness of
the rights of people with disabilities in the
public sector. Capacity building for disabled
people | Office of the Presidency, East
Wing, Union Bldg, Tshwane/Pretoria | 012
300 5480 / 81 | eva@po.gov.za / ria@
po.gov.za | www.presidency.gov.za
People for Awareness of Disability Issues
(PADI) | Educating / raising awareness on
disability issues in academia & business |
59 - 1st Ave, The Hill, Johannesburg | 011
436 0409 | f PADI101
South African Disability Institute | A
platform for issues relating to public
perceptions of disability, as well as norms
and standards of services and service
delivery to persons with disabilities. Contact
via the website | www.sada.org.za
South African Human Rights Commission
| Training on the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
public awareness campaigns; advocacy;
research into strategic areas of disability,
economic and social inclusion; monitoring
and assessment of compliance with human
rights obligations. Useful publications,
including: Promoting The Right to Work of
Persons with Disabilities: Toolkit for the Private
Sector | Disability Toolkit for Employers
| Braampark 33 Hoofd St, Braamfontein,
Johannesburg | 011 877 3600 | www.
sahrc.org.za | f SA Human Rights
Commission
• Eastern Cape | 3 – 33 Phillip Frame Rd,
Waverley Park, Chiselhurst, East London
| 043 722 7828/21/25
• Free State | 18 Kellner St,
Bloemfontein | 051 447 1130
• KwaZulu-Natal | 136 Margaret Mncadi,
Durban | 031 304 7323/4/5
• Limpopo | 29A Biccard St, Polokwane
| 015 291 3500
• Mpumalanga | 34 Brown St,
Mbombela | 013 752 5890/5870
• North West | 25 Heystek St,
Rustenburg | 014 592 0694
• Northern Cape | 45 Mark Rd, Ancorley
Bldg, Upington | 054 332 3993/4
• Western Cape | ABSA Bldg, 132 Adderley
St, Cape Town | 021 426 2277
Toolkit on Disability for Africa | Best
practice examples from the African
continent, and practical tools to implement
the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons
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with Disabilities. Free download (with other
resources) | www.un.org/development/
desa/disabilities/resources.html
AUDIO & OTHER-ACCESSIBLE
BOOKS & LEARNING-AIDS
Also see EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: BOOKS
elsewhere in the directory.
Blind SA | Production of Braille materials
| 011 839 1793 / 4 | www.blindsa.org.za
Bookshare | A unique digital library for
people with dyslexia, learning disabilities,
blindness, low vision, retinitis pigmentosa,
cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers.
Readers can customise their experience
with ebooks in audio, audio and highlighted
text, braille, large font, and other formats –
including books in 34 languages – on almost
any device, including smartphones, tablets,
Chromebooks, computers, and assistive
technology devices. Find virtually any book
for school, work or the joy of reading from
almost one million titles! Free and paid
options | www.bookshare.org
Digital Book | A large collection of free
public domain audio books and ebooks |
www.digitalbook.io
LibriVox | Free audiobooks read by
volunteers from all over the world |
librivox.org
National Support Pack | Braille learning
materials developed by the Department
of Basic Education for Grades R–12 |
www.education.gov.za search for ‘Learner
Support Package’
There is a wonder in reading
Braille that the sighted will never
know: to touch words and have
them touch you back.
– Jim Fiebig
Sign Language Education & Development
(SLED) | Produces South African Sign
Language literature and educational
resources for Deaf children (ECD to Grade
12) and teachers | 8A Waverley Business
Park, Wycroft Road, Mowbray, Cape Town
| 021 448 2520 / 082 375 3075 | info@
sled.org.za | www.sled.org.za
South African Library for the Blind |
Audio and tactile reading material for
visually impaired readers. Find out from
your local library how to gain free access.
Volunteer narrators invited | 046 622
7226 | admin@sancb.org.za | www.
salb.org.za
Tape Aids for the Blind | An
Independent National Audio Library &
Digital Production Service for blind, vision
impaired & print-disabled persons. Over 500
volunteer narrators & proof-readers assist
in producing ‘Talking Books’ – including
school text books and course materials,
on request – in all official languages. The
‘books’ are enabled with unique navigational
features for easy place-finding by blind
people. The service is entirely free. Financial
contributions appreciated | Head Office:
14 Mitchell Crescent, Greyville, Durban
/ Toll-free: 0800 33 55 22 / 031 309
4800 | Cape Town / 021 689 5983 |
Johannesburg / 011 7866130 | Pretoria /
012 362 5414 & Mamelodi / 012 842 3578
| Margate / 039 312 5000 | operations@
tapeaids.org.za / director@tapeaids.org.za |
www.tapeaids.com
Incredible change happens in
your life when you decide to take
control of what you do have power
over, instead of craving control
over what you don't.
– Steve Maraboli
MATHS LEARNING AID
Accessible Maths | Find out what is
available or being worked on to provide
multiple ways for all students to interact
with maths content – including those who
have learning disabilities, motor difficulties,
and those who are blind or have low vision
| www.diagramcenter.org/accessible-mathtools-tips-and-training.html
DISABILITY MEDIA
BBC Ouch | A website that reflects the
lives and experiences of people from all
over the world who live with disabilities.
Articles, blogs, interviews, life hacks, a
message board + | www.bbc.co.uk/ouch
| f Ouch.BBC
Disability Info South Africa | An online
directory with links to sites that deal with
different aspects of disability, e.g.: assistive
devices; sports & hobbies; organisations;
government grants; accessible features;
self help centres; transport services;
service dogs; finding jobs, tax deductions,
etc. | 021 761 4831 | info@disa.org.
za | www.disabilityinfosa.co.za | f
infodisabilitysouthafrica
Rolling Inspiration |
www.rollinginspiration.co.za |
f RollingInspirationMag
Thisability | 031 702 6871 / 061 407
5200 | simon@thisability.co.za |
www.thisability.co.za
DISABILITY-SPECIFIC
SUPPORT RESOURCES
Also see NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS
elsewhere in this section
ALBINISM
Albinism Society of South Africa (ASSA) |
A self-help group offering information,
support, counselling and educational
programmes | 187 Lara’s Place, Lilian
Ngoyi St, JHB | 011 838 6529 | info@
albinism.org.za | f AlbinismZA
Compassion for Albinism
The Human Rights Media Centre
offers workshops, documentaries,
books and short stories about
the experiences of South Africans
living with albinism. Understanding
creates empathy – an antidote to
discrimination | 021 761 3303
| media@hrmc.org.za | www.
hrmc.org.za then select Resources &
Services in the menu.
Khulisa Social Solutions | Storytelling,
peace-making and dialogue circles –
addressing the violent and discriminatory
behaviour that persons with albinism face
because of ignorance and myth | 011
788 8237 | info@khulisa.org.za | www.
khulisa.org.za | f Khulisa Social Solutions
You
Tube
| Khulisa Solutions
YouTube | Albinism | Albinism
Awareness Campaign | Always make your
voice louder | People With Albinism |
Defending the Human Rights of People with
Albinism | Health – Albinism | People
with Albinism - Breaking the Deadly Silence
| Shining the light on issues faced by
people living with albinism | The Besties
With Albinism | Why I’m Proud of My Albinism
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Did you know? About 90% of
the world’s visually impaired
people live in developing
countries? There are roughly
400 000 blind people in South
Africa, 80% of whom live in
poor and rural areas.
And did you know that ...
80% of
blindness
is preventable
Blindness can be prevented by
breastfeeding children for as long as
possible, and by eating lots of fruits and
vegetables. Many eye conditions can be
cured by simple medical interventions.
Yet, more South Africans are disabled by
blindness than any other disability.
Vitamin A is especially important for
the eyes. Carrots, red peppers, sweet
potatoes, dark leafy greens, butternut,
melons and apricots all contain lots of
vitamin A.
Cataracts (a clouding of the eye’s lens)
are the leading cause of blindness in
South Africa but can be prevented
through diet or cured by early medical
interventions. Get regular eye checkups!
Glaucoma is the second-biggest cause of
blindness but it, too, can be prevented
or medically treated.
Diabetes (a direct result of poor
nutrition, lack of exercise and being
overweight) causes roughly 8% of all
blindness and it is on the increase!
Eye injuries or infections, like ‘pink-eye’,
can cause blindness if left untreated.
Get medical help asap.
Cannot afford eye care? Ask for an eye
test at a school or for treatment at a
Primary Health Care clinic.
All state-owned hospitals provide free
or low-cost eye care to pensioners on
chronic medication.
Many optometrists offer free eye testing
as well as pensioner discounts on
frames and lenses.
AMPUTEE
Amputee Club of South Africa |
Prosthetic fitting, education, funding,
prosthetic fabrication, rehab & training |
2 Moller St, Witpoortjie, Roodepoort | 084
442 8894 | charlb09@yahoo.com |
Riding For A Limb | An NPO that uses
their passion for motorcycles to raise funds
for prosthetic limbs for amputees | 084
442 8894 | ridinhforalimb1@yahoo.com
| f Riding For A Limb / BIKERSforBIKERS1
f | There are a number of amputee
support groups on Facebook. Search for
Amputee / Amputee Support Group /
Amputee Help.
BLINDNESS & VISION DISORDERS
Also see VISION DISORDERS in the HEALTH pages
Eyes for people who
cannot see
Be My Eyes | A free iOS or
Android app that allows blind and
low-vision people to use their
camera-enabled smartphone to
request video support from sighted
volunteers. Available anywhere in
the world, any time of the day or
night. Unlimited, free calls for big
and small tasks: find a dropped item;
read a product label; navigate new
surroundings. 100% anonymous.
You can sign up to volunteer, too.
Answer a call only when you’re
available | www.bemyeyes.com
Action for Blind and Disabled Children
| SETA accredited training provider for
people who are blind, deaf or living with a
disability | 105 Van Wyk St, Cnr Wilhelm
St, Roodepoort | 011 760 6468 | ian@
action4.org.za | www.action4.org.za |
f Actionforblindanddisable
Blind SA | Comprehensive information
and services, including production of Braille
materials and free Braille instruction | 5
Fuchs St, Alrode, Alberton | president@
blindsa.org.za | 011 839 1793 / 4 |
www.blindsa.org.za
Cape Town Society for the Blind |
Uplifting blind and visually impaired
persons through education, access to
assistive resources and career development
programmes | 45 Salt River Rd, Salt River
| 021 448 4302 | info@ctsb.org.za |
capetownsocietyfortheblind.co.za
Eyes2Eyes Foundation | Raises funds
for early detection of eye disease through
innovative technology and to assist people
from disadvantaged communities in the
Western Cape who have low vision due
to cornea disease, like keratoconus, gain
access to custom scleral lenses | 44
Teubes Rd, Kommetjie, Cape Town |
083 400 5882 | info@eyes2eyes.org.
za | www.eyes2eyes.org.za | f
eyes2eyes2020
Helen Keller Society | Low vision
assessment (not eye testing) to establish the
impact of eye condition on independence,
and to offer possible solutions, information
and support. By appointment only.
Donation-based | 2A Links Dr, Pinelands,
Cape Town | 021 531 5311 / 082 053
3731 | lowvision@helenkeller.org.za |
www.helenkeller.org.za
League of Friends of the Blind (LOFOB) |
Early childhood development of visually
impaired children, parent support,
independence training for newly blinded
adults, rural outreach providing basic
training and assistive devices, assists with
preparation for inclusive education, sports
clubs, low vision service | 94 Klip Rd,
Grassy Park, Cape Town | 021 705 3753
| info@lofob.org.za | www.lofob.org.za
libguides.wits.ac.za Search for Resources
for Blind and Visually-Impaired Persons
National Organisation of the Blind in
South Africa (NOBSA) | Rehabilitation
of the newly blinded who are not in an
institution. Living skills, mobility instruction,
money matters, braille instruction,
typing and referrals | 1211 Mwasi St,
Mofolo Central, Soweto | 011 048
7520 / 067 660 0267 | info@nobsa.
org.za | www.nobsa.org.za | f
NationalOrgOfTheBlindInSA
Ocularists Association of Southern
Africa (OASA) | Fits and manufactures
custom designed artificial eyes and artificial
eye shells to cover a blinded eye. The
association is a coordinating body for
professionals working with the rehabilitation
of patients suffering from all forms of Ocular
and Orbital trauma resulting in blindness
or loss of either one or both eyes and who
aim, through eye prosthesis, not only to
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restore lost orbital and ocular contours and
function, but also to buoy the spirit of the
patient through holistic treatment. Website
contains a list of registered Ocularists in
South Africa | info@oasa.org.za | www.
oasa.org.za
South African National Association of
the Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
| Provides computer training; produces
braille documents and music CDs. Ga-
Ramongwana, Manyama, Polokwane. 015
101 1328 | admin@sanabp.co.za |
www.sanabp.co.za | f SA National
Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted
Persons
South African Blind Youth Organisation
(SABYO) | Promotes access to education,
social integration, employment, HIV/
Aids awareness, personal development,
leadership, and participation in sport and
recreational activities | 011 452 3811 |
f South African Blind Youth Organisation
- SABYO
South African Guide Dog Association |
Guide Dogs for people who are visually
impaired, Service Dogs for people who
are physically disabled, Autism Support
Dogs for children on the high support
Autism Disorder Spectrum, as well as
free orientation and mobility training and
support | 011 705 3512 | info@
guidedog.org.za | www.guidedog.org.za
| f South African Guide-Dogs Association
for the Blind
South African National Council for the
Blind (SANCB) | Serves, supports and
facilitates the prevention and rehabilitation
of blindness, through a network of over
100 member organisations | 514 White
St, Bailey’s Muckleneuk, Tshwane/Pretoria
| 063 686 8098 | 012 452 3811 |
admin@sancb.org.za | helpdesk@sancb.
org.za | www.sancb.org.za
St Dunstan’s Association for South
African War-Blinded Veterans | Physical
and emotional support and referrals | No
2 Howard Studios, Cnr Howard & Sheldon
Dr, Howard Place, Pinelands, Cape Town |
021 531 2028 | info@stdunstans.org.za
| www.stdunstans.org.za
Tiba Services for the Blind | Referrals,
counselling, community based preventative
and rehabilitation services for the
visually impaired in Ennerdale, Eldorado
Park, Lenasia and surrounding informal
settlements | Cnr. Nirvana Dr & Sastri
Close, Extension 13, Lenasia | 011 852-
1315 | tibaservices4blind@telkom.net |
www.tiba.org.za
BURNS
Also see FACIAL DEFORMITIES elsewhere in
the DISABILITY pages, as well as CHILDREN’S
HOSPITALS under ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE in
the HEALTH pages.
Burn Foundation of Southern Africa |
Advocacy, awareness raising, education
and training. Organises therapeutic camps
and youth retreats for burn survivors
| 021 761 5954 / 011 761 5954 |
info@burnfoundation.org.za | www.
burnfoundation.org.za
Children of Fire | Assists badly burned
children with reconstructive surgery
and other post-trauma rehabilitation.
Children stay as long as needed, some
undergo multiple operations, receive
occupational and physiotherapy, posttrauma
counselling, go to school and heal
before returning home. Some children
are taken overseas when the treatment
they need is not available in South Africa.
Promotes legislation and legal assistance
for children who are disabled through
burn injuries. Educates people in squatter
camps about the dangers of fire and
ways to prevent fires. Promotes societal
acceptance of physical disfigurement
resulting from fires | 011 726 6529
| 58 Auckland Ave, Auckland Park,
Johannesburg | firechildren@icon.co.za
| www.childrenoffire.org
Hero Burn Foundation | Raises
awareness of the devastating effects
of burns. Promotes the spread of
information to help prevent burns.
Works towards making a comprehensive
programme of burn related services
available to burn survivors and their
families | 082 902 1133 | info@
heroburn.org | www.heroburn.org |
f HeroBurnFoundation
South African Burn Society |
Research and treatment of burns.
Teaches an internationally recognised
Emergency Management of Severe Burns
(EMSB) course to doctors and health care
practitioners. Useful resources under
Recent Literature | www.saburnsociety.
co.za | f SABurnSociety
CLUBFOOT
More than 2000 babies are born with
clubfoot (deformed feet) in South Africa
every year. It is a correctable condition, yet
it causes disability without proper medical
attention. Accurate diagnosis and early
intervention are important.
Steps | Improves the lives of children
born with clubfoot through access to
treatment, support for families as well as
clinics, and supplying affordable clubfoot
braces to prevent recurrence. Informationrich
website! | 021 462 7357 | info@
steps.org.za | www.steps.org.za | f
STEPS.SA
Become an organ and skin
donor and save a life!
“[An average of]
161 children are severely burnt every
month in South Africa ... the availability
of donor skin is crucial to alleviate
suffering and to contribute towards
reducing these high mortality rates.”
– Dr Nikki Allorto, Specialist Burn
Surgeon
You
Tube
Burns Care with Dr Nikki Allorto
Please register to be an organ donor as
well as askin donor at one of these sites:
• Centre for Tissue Engineering |
www.tissuedonation.org.za
• Organ Donor Foundation |
www.odf.org.za
• Recycle Me | www.recycleme.
co.za
• Vitanova | www.vitanova.org.za
It doesn’t matter how old you are,
as long as you’re healthy, you could
help alleviate the enormous need for
donated tissue upon your death.
DEAF
Deaf Community of Cape Town |
Advocates for change in the education
system for deaf pupils | 2nd Rd,
Heathfield, Cape Town | 021 712 7904 |
dcomct@gmail.com | www.dcct.org.za
Deaf Federation of South Africa
(DEAFSA) | Branches throughout SA
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| 011 482 1610 | SMS: 082 333 4442
| brunodruchen@deafsa.co.za | www.
deafsa.co.za | f DeafSA
EyeBuzz | A platform for understanding
deaf issues and for engaging the wider
community | www.wits.ac.za/centre-fordeaf-studies/eyebuzz
| f EyeBuzzSA
Foundation for Children with
Hearing Loss | Raises funds to assist
underprivileged children and adults to
obtain amplification devices – hearing aids
and cochlear implants | 1240 Webb St,
Queenswood, Tshwane/Pretoria | 012
333 3130 | info@hearingloss.org.za |
www.hearingloss.org.za | f FCHLSA
Global Coalition of Parents of Children
Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
An international collaboration of parent
groups dedicated to empowering families
with a deaf or hard of hearing child. Useful
resources and information on website |
www.gpodhh.org
Test Your Hearing
With This Free App
hearWHO | Early detection of
hearing loss is crucial for its effective
rehabilitation. Check your hearing
from time to time, especially if you
often wear headphones or listen
to loud music, work in noisy places,
use medicines that are harmful to
hearing, or are aged 60+. Download
the hearWHO app – developed by
the World Health Organisation – to
check and monitor your hearing status
over time. The app can also be used
by health workers to screen people
for hearing loss and refer them for
diagnostic testing if needed.
Hi Hopes | Centre for Deaf Studies, WITS
School of Education. Early Intervention for
deaf & hard-of-hearing babies, because
hearing impacts all areas of development,
e.g. language, socio-emotional, perceptual,
cognitive and future academic performance
| Thembalethu Bldg, Wits Education
Campus, St Andrews Rd, Parktown,
Johannesburg | 011 717 3750 | info@
hihopes.co.za | www.hihopes.co.za
• Gauteng | gauteng.hihopes@gmail.com
• KZN | hihopeskzn@gmail.com
• Limpopo | hihopeslimpopo@gmail.com
• Mpumalanga | hihopes.
mpumalanga@gmail.com
• Western Cape | hihopeswc@gmail.com
Life-Changing, Free Apps
for People Who are Deaf
or Hard of Hearing
Live Transcribe | An amazingly
accurate, free Android app that
transcribes speech in real time, so
that you can see it as text on your
phone as someone is talking. It also
allows you to type your response
in the same document, without
interrupting the conversation. What’s
more, it can do so in more than 70
languages, including Afrikaans & Zulu.
Use it for everyday interactions,
chats with friends, getting directions,
shopping, voice messages on your
phone, watching a movie that doesn’t
have sub-titles, etc.
The app also allows you to select
sounds in your home that you
would like to be notified about, such
as when a smoke alarm beeps, a
doorbell rings or a baby cries.
Developed by Google engineers in
partnership with Gallaudet University,
a school for people who are deaf and
hard of hearing | www.android.
com/accessibility/live-transcribe/
RogerVoice | A free, speech
to text app that creates subtitles
for phone calls with real time
transcription of a conversation – for
people with hearing difficulties.
Free for unlimited use with friends
who also have the Rogervoice app,
otherwise a monthly subscription fee
is required | www.rogervoice.com
National Institute for the Deaf |
Education, empowerment, rehabilitation,
spiritual & social development, knowledge
resource and care services / programmes
covering the whole lifespan of Deaf people
and people with hearing loss. Guidance
and support to parents of children with
hearing loss | 30 De la Bat Rd, Worcester,
Western Cape | 023 342 5555 | nid@
nid.org.za | www.nid.org.za
Northern Cape Deaf Federation |
95 Dutoitstan Road, Kimberley | 053 832
4453 | SMS line: 072 750 9705
Roots Resources | Resources for parents
and teachers of deaf and hearing-impaired
children | www.wits.ac.za/centre-for-deafstudies/roots-resources
Society of Hearing Aid Acousticians
(SHAA) | Gatekeepers to essential
hearing care and rehabilitation, and an
educational resource for members as well
as the public regarding modern hearing
aid technology and hearing aid fitting |
secretary@shaa.co.za | www.shaa.co.za
There are approximately two million
deaf people in South Africa. Learn
sign language so that they can be
included in more conversations.
South African Sign Language (SASL)
is not the same as American or
British Sign Language (ASL or BSL).
Learn Sign-Language
on YouTube
National Institute for the Deaf
| Look for ‘Learning SASL (South
African Sign Language)’ in the
Playlists.
South African Sign Language
Dictionary RealSasl |
An extensive library of videos that
form a Sign Language ‘dictionary’
of authentic SASL – for teachers,
students and interested people |
Also at www.realsasl.com along with
more resources.
South African Sign Language
Lessons | A series of short sign
language lessons, stories and tips to
teach you how to sign correctly.
Or with this free app
FingerTalk - SASL Dictionary |
Learn the basics of South African Sign
Language. Includes a comprehensive
dictionary. On Google Play.
South African Association of Audiologists
(SAAA) | Audiologists work with patients
who have problems with hearing, balance or
other ear-related problems. Search for an
audiologist near you on their online search
engine | 082 727 5977 | admin@
audiologysa.com | www.audiologysa.co.za
South African National Deaf Association
(SANDA) | Managed by deaf people,
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representing more than 4 million deaf &
hard of hearing South Africans | 845
Francis Baard St, Arcadia, Tshwane/Pretoria
| 012 343 0661 | info@sanda.org.za |
www.sanda.org.za
St Vincenzo School for the Deaf | The
Haven, St Vincent School for the Deaf.
Jellicoe Ave, Melrose, Johannesburg | 011
788 5430 | principal@stvincentschool.
co.za | www.stvincentschool.org.za
THRIVE | A parent-led programme
providing unbiased support to families with
children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Extremely comprehensive South Africanoriented
information and resources on the
website | www.thrivesa.org.za
A Free Voice App for People
Who Cannot Speak
SymboTalk | Free and useful for
anyone who is deaf and mute, on the
autistic spectrum, has Down Syndrome
are paralysed or have speech challenges.
The app talks for you when you click
on a picture or symbol. You can
also create sentences by clicking on
different pictures.
The app has communication boards
for different areas of life. Each board
contains pictures or symbols and
can be customised with people’s
own pictures. Clicking on a symbol or
picture reads it aloud and adds it to a
sentence which can also be read.
It can be used online or downloaded
on any device or platform with any
screen size | m.me/SymboTalk
| symbotalk@gmail.com | www.
symbotalk.com | f SymboTalk
DEAF & BLIND
Association for the Sensory Disabled
| A day-care centre and a permanent
group home for sensory-disabled children
in the Breede Valley | 1091 Waterloo St,
Worcester, Western Cape | 023 342 7939
| info@asd.org.za / operations@asd.org.za
| www.asd.org.za
DeafBlind South Africa | For children
who are deaf and blind | 17A Napier
Street, Worcester | 082 688 5344
| info@deafblindsa.co.za | www.
deafblindsa.co.za
KwaZulu-Natal Blind and Deaf Society |
Services, support & training for Blind & Deaf
persons | 23 Ismail C Meer St, Durban |
031 309 4991 | director@bdskzn.org.za
| www.bdskzn.org.za | f bdskzn
FACIAL DEFORMITIES
Also see BURNS elsewhere in the DISABILITY
pages, as well as CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS under
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE in the HEALTH pages.
Operation Smile | A volunteer medical
NPO that provides free reconstructive facial,
cleft lip or cleft palate surgery | 103-104
Waverley Business Park, 5 Wyecroft Rd,
Observatory, Cape Town | 021 447
3608 | infosa@operationsmile.org |
southafrica.operation-smile.org (no hyphen)
| f operation-smileZA
Smile Foundation | Assists children with
any type of facial abnormality – e.g. cleft lip
and palate, burn victims, facial paralysis,
etc. – to receive corrective plastic and
reconstructive surgery within South Africa
| 57, 6th Rd, Hyde Park, Johannesburg |
086 127 6453 | info@smilefoundationsa.
org | www.smilefoundationsa.org
Wentworth Foundation | Provides
comprehensive care to poor patients with
cleft lip / palate and other anomalies and
facial deformities. You will need a letter
of referral from your local dental clinic or
government hospital to join the waiting
list for services | Durban, KZN | 031
564 6501 | Contact online | www.
wentworthfoundation.org.za | f
wentworthfoundation
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of SA |
Information, workshops, referrals, support
with equipment and assistive devices,
support groups for affected people and
their families | gmnational@mdsa.org.
za | www.mdsa.org.za | f Muscular
Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa
• Gauteng | 12 Botes St, Florida Park
| 011 472 9703 / 011 472 9824 |
gmgauteng@mdsa.org.za
• KwaZulu-Natal | 24 Somtseu Rd,
Durban | 031 332-0211 |
projectskzn@mdsa.org.za
Western Cape | 3 Wiener St, Goodwood,
Cape Town | 021 592 7306 |
capemanager@mdsa.org.za
STAMMERING / STUTTERING
Speak Easy | Support groups by people
who stutter for people who stutter. Self help
groups in different parts of the country |
Head Office: Johannesburg: Dina Lilian 082
820 6225 | info@speakeasy.org.za |
www.speakeasy.org.za
The Stuttering Foundation | A US NPO.
Resource- and information-rich website |
www.stutteringhelp.org | f stutteringhelp
You
Tube
| The Stuttering Foundation
YouTube | 7 Tips for Talking with the
Child Who Stutters | How I Overcame My
Fear of Stuttering, LeRon Barton | Stop
My Stutter with Gareth Gates Part 1 of
4 / Part 2 of 4 / Part3 of 4/ Part 4 of 4 |
TRANSCENDING STUTTERING: The Inside
Story Part 1/ Part 2, Part 3
DISCRIMINATION
If you experience discrimination because
of a disability, contact a relevant
organisation listed under ADVOCACY &
INFORMATION elsewhere in this section, or
in the HUMAN RIGHTS pages, elsewhere in
the directory.
It is your right to be treated equally and
fairly – always and in all ways!
EDUCATION ADVOCACY
Down Syndrome Inclusive Education
Foundation | Advocates for early
intervention and implementation of inclusive
education curricula in mainstream schools
| 021 712 5552 | info@down-syndrome.
co.za | www.down-syndrome.co.za
Inclusive Education South Africa |
Information support networks and services
for families, educators and service-providers
of children with disabilities to facilitate
inclusion into ordinary neighbourhood
schools | 021 762 6664 / WhatsApp
079 374 2064 | info@included.org.
Tube
za | www.included.org.za | Inclusive
You
Education South Africa
Right to Education for Children with
Disabilities Alliance | Coordinates the
voice of civil society in support of the right
to education for children with disabilities |
021 959 2950 / 082 927 2996 | r2e.cwd@
gmail.com | f R2ECWD
The Southern African Association for
Learning and Educational Differences
(SAALED) | An NPO of educators,
parents and professionals from a variety
of disciplines focused on integrating
pupils with various forms of disabilities in
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mainstream schools | info@saaled.org.za
| www.saaled.org.za
EMPLOYMENT (MAINSTREAM)
Also see ADVOCACY & INFORMATION, as well
as ENTREPRENEURSHIP elsewhere in this
section, and EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS &
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS elsewhere
in the directory.
Association for Persons with Disability
Limpopo | Assists employers and job
seekers with disabilities | 1 Pafuri Ave,
Peninapark, Polokwane | 015 291 1787
| awareness@apdlimpopo.co.za | www.
apdlimpopo.org/job-placement
Association for the Physically Disabled
| Recruitment of people with disabilities
for employers looking to hire persons with
disabilities. Branches throughout SA |
Head Office: 011 646 8331/2/3/4 | info@
apdjhb.co.za | www.apd.org.za
Income-generating
Support for mothers of
children with disabilities
Recycles used and new clothing to
create micro-business opportunities,
employment and job readiness/skills
training specifically for mothers of
children with disabilities, who are often
forced to remain at home to provide
care, preventing the family from finding
ways out of poverty | 45 Migmatite Dr,
Zwartkop, Centurion | 012 663 4168
| WhatsApp 082 866 7112 | www.
clothestogood.com |
f Clothes to Good
Deaf Hands at Work | Training and work
opportunities for skilled and unskilled deaf
individuals and for businesses looking to
employ disabled people | Noordhoek,
Eastern Cape | 021 785 7737 / 073
653 7675 | info@dhwsa.co.za | f
deafhandsatwork
libguides.wits.ac.za | Search for:
Resources for Blind and Visually-Impaired
Persons: Scholarships/Jobs
National Career Advice Portal / Khetha
| Counselling and information to help
people with disabilities find employment, as
well as information for career development
practitioners to assist such people with the
process | Khetha Walk-in, Mon – Fri, 8:00
– 16:30: 123 Francis Baard St, Tshwane/
Pretoria | 0860 35 66 35 / 086 999 0123
/ WhatsApp, SMS or please call me: 072 204
5056 | careerhelp@dhet.gov.za | www.
careerhelp.org.za | f careerhelp
EMPLOYMENT & WORKSHOPS
(SHELTERED)
Also see RESIDENCES & DAY CARE CENTRES
elsewhere in this section.
FREE STATE
ENGO Care Centres | Skills development
and social rehabilitation of adults with
disabilities | www.engo.co.za
• Bethlehem | Cnr Wes & Wessels St
| 058 303 1799 | salilenisgr8@gmail.
com
• Bloemfontein (Head office) | 22 Van
Heerden Rd, Wilgehof | 051 407 7223
| info@engo.co.za
GAUTENG
AIM Centre | Protective workshop, skills
training, personal development and part- or
full-time work opportunities for people with
disabilities | 79 Orion St Kensington |
011 616 5041 | info@aim4independence.
co.za | www.aim4independence.co.za
Coronationville Care Centre &
Workshops | 5a Prisca St, Coronationville
| 011 477 4248 | cccw@telkomsa.net |
f CCCWcommunity
Employment Solutions for People with
Disabilities | Protective workshop for
people with various disabilities in Tshwane
| 8 Dr Savage Rd West, Prinshof, Tshwane/
Pretoria | 012 325 6567 / 6585 | ceo.
employmentsolutions@gmail.com | www.
disabilityemployment.co.za
Johannesburg Council for the Disabled
(JOCOD) | A protective workshop dayfacility
for adults with disabilities, focusing
on skills training, incubation of cooperatives,
sports & recreation, employment, incomegenerating
projects, welfare and related
services, education and learnerships
| 292 Peshwar St, Ext. 11b, Lenasia,
Johannesburg | 011 852 2144 / 2147 |
info@jocod.org.za | www.jocod.org.za
Mamelodi Association for People with
Disabilities | Protective workshop;
meaningful activities and income-generation
| 6957 Kubone Dr, Mamelodi | 012 820
1014 | emellangmapd@gmail.com |
f Mamelodi Association for People with
Disabilities
Rotallia Workshop | A workshop for
mentally disabled adults, adjacent to
Elmahof House which is residence for
many of the workers | 55 Eggo Jan St,
Oberholzer, Carletonville | 018 787
4757 | rotalia1972@gmail.com | f
RotaliaElmahof
South African Disability Development
Trust (SADDT) | Skills development and
employment by means of SETA learnerships
| 85 Fleet St, Ferndale, Randburg | 011
326 3282 | f South African Disability
Development Trust
Tembisa Self Help Association for the
Disabled | A community-based, self-help
factory with various income-generating
projects where people with disabilities can
thrive and deliver a meaningful service
to their community. Projects range from
gardening, recycling and wheelchair-repairs
to computer training | 484 Danteloome
Rd, Sangweni Section, Thembisa | 011
925 6385 / 011 022 3745 | tshad.org@
gmail.com / tshad@telkomsa.net | www.
tshad.6te.net
KWAZULU-NATAL
Association of and for Persons with
Disabilities – KwaZulu-Natal (APDKZN)
| Protective workshops, meaningful
activities and contract work for adults
with disabilities | 65 Gemini Crescent,
Woodhurst, Chatsworth | 031- 403 7041
| apdkzn@mweb.co.za
Saint Giles | Work centre, remedial
gymnasium, educational trust, mobility
devices hire and charity shop | 4 Prince
St, Durban | 031 337 4404 | info@
saintgiles.org.za | www.saintgiles.org.za
WESTERN CAPE
Chris Steytler Industries | A protective
workshop that offers work rehabilitation
programmes to people with disabilities
over the age of 18 | 11 Uranium St,
Triangle Farm, Bellville | 021 945 4988/1
| info@chrissteytler.co.za | www.
chrissteytlerindustries.co.za
Disability Workshop Development
Enterprise (DWDE) | Offers a variety of
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sheltered work options | 086 722 7762
/ 021 674 6139 | info@dwde.co.za |
www.dwde.co.za
Drakenstein Centre | Protective
workshops offered by the Department
of Social Development | Main Rd,
Simondium, Paarl | 021 863 0446 / 7 |
drakcentre@paarlonline.co.za | www.
westerncape.gov.za/facility/drakensteincentre
Oasis Association | Work and life skills
programmes, day-care & group homes
for people with intellectual disabilities |
Admin Office: 33 Lee Rd, Claremont, Cape
Town | 021 671 2698 | info@oasis.org.
za | www.oasis.org.za
• Claremont Bakery | Cnr Lee Rd &
Imam Haron, Claremont | 021 674
5570
• Oasis Claremont Books And Bric-
A-Brac Shop / Recycling | Cnr
Lee Rd and Imam Haron, Claremont
| 021 674 5570 / 021 671 2698
| booksclaremont@oasis.org.za /
recycling@oasis.org.za
• Oasis Claremont Protective Workshop
| Cnr Lee Rd and Imam Haron,
Claremont | 021 674 5570
• Oasis Goodwood Protective Workshop
| 16th Str & 8th Ave, Elsies River |
021 933 1586 | workshop@oasis.org.
za
The Village Work Centre | Protective
workshop providing employment & training
for adults with Cerebral Palsy | 11 First
Ave, Claremont, Cape Town | 021 683
1300/1 | frontdesk@villageworkcentre.
org.za | www.villageworkcentre.org.za
Unity Work Centre | Opportunities,
training and packing work for people with
any disability | 12 Silver Park, Silver St,
Brackenfell, Cape Town | 021 982 2034
| rinahartzenberg@gmail.com | www.
unitybydisabled.co.za
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Also see SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURS WITH
DISABILITIES in the ENTREPRENEURSHIP pages
Amavulandlela Funding Scheme | A
funding scheme exclusively for people
with disabilities, administered by the Small
Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa). Register
and apply online. Should sefa be unable
to match your needs, you will be directed
to other options | 012 748 9600 |
helpline@sefa.org.za / info@sefa.org.za |
www.sefa.org.za
Disability Chamber of Commerce and
Industry | Member of the Disability
Advisory Council to the Minister of Public
Works and an Advisory to the Small
Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa). Provides
business networking, training, advice &
referral services to members | 6120
Ditshego St, Vosloorus, Boksburg | 084
964 2773 / 078 171 5482 | Request a call
or fill in a form online | www.dcci.co.za
Disability Workshop Development
Enterprise (DWDE) | Links economic
opportunities and service providers with
other-abled workers in South Africa | 086
722 7762 / 021 674 6139 | info@dwde.
co.za | www.dwde.co.za
Eastern Cape Disability Economic
Empowerment Trust | Creating
mainstream economic opportunities and
providing support for entrepreneurs and
job seeking people with disabilities | 16
Greenwood St, Berea, East London | 043
722 7334 | thabiso@ecdeet.co.za /
asanda@ecdeet.co.za | www.ecdeet.co.za
EQUIPMENT & ASSISTIVE DEVICES
Wheelchairs are the most commonly
needed assistive devices. It is an
essential tool for empowerment,
dignity and overall well-being, allowing
people to be mobile, to access
education, employment, healthcare and
community life. Yet, thousands of South
Africans remain bed-ridden, rely on
family members to carry them around
or turn to unsafe, uncomfortable,
adapted & homemade alternatives that
often worsen their condition.
In accordance with section 27 of
the South African Constitution, our
government MUST provide free
wheelchairs and other assistive
devices, such as hearing aids, crutches,
orthopaedic shoes, prosthetic limbs,
etc. to qualifying recipients, to fulfil
its obligation to provide essential
healthcare services to citizens.
Ask for a professional rehabilitation
assessment at your local clinic or
government hospital, as well as for
assistance with obtaining the prescribed
assistive device. Your name will be
added to a waiting list for the needed
device.
It is your right to be helped. Call the
Department of Health on 012 395 8000
if your condition has been assessed but
you don’t get the prescribed device. Or
contact one of the organisations listed
below for guidance or assistance.
Chaeli Campaign | Making mobility and
education available to disabled children
under 18 throughout SA | Chaeli Cottage,
16 Culm Rd, Plumstead, Cape Town | 021
762 3835 | info@chaelicampaign.co.za |
www.chaelicampaign.co.za
National Council of and for Persons
with Disabilities | Will facilitate referrals
to the relevant government department
for access to assistive devices | 29
Andries Pretorius St, Eastleigh, Edenvale,
Johannesburg | 011 452 2774 / 2455 |
Contact via website | www.ncpd.org.za
Shonaquip Social Enterprise |
Innovative, rough terrain / rural-appropriate
paediatric wheelchairs & assistive devices,
support services and training for parents,
people with disabilities, NPOs and
governments across SADC | 45 LesterRd,
Wynberg, Cape Town | 021 797 8239
| shona@shonaquip.co.za | www.
shonaquip.co.za | f Shonaquip Social
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Enterprise | ShonaquipSE
South African Disability Development
Trust (SADDT) | Funding for workplace
assistive devices + for disabled individuals
| 85 Fleet St, Ferndale, Randburg | 011
326 3282 | f South African Disability
Development Trust
Sweethearts Foundation | Fill in an
online form or write to sweethearts@
sweetheartsfoundation.org to request a
wheelchair | www.sweetheartsfoundation.
org | f thesweetheartsfoundation
The Bumble Bee Fund | Strives to
better the quality of life of disabled children
by enhancing their personal mobility and
independence, in particular by providing or
assisting in the provision of mobility aids |
admin@bumblebeefund.co.za or complete a
form, online | www.bumblebeefund.co.za
| f The Bumble Bee Fund
The Rachel Swart Fund | Assists
disabled people from impoverished
situations to get access to wheelchairs and
assistive devices | 71 Klipfontein Rd,
Rondebosch, Cape Town | 021 689 8376
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| rachelswart@absamail.co.za | www.
rachelswart.org.za
Many national & regional organisations
listed under GENERAL SUPPORT
ORGANISATIONS, below, also offer
support with obtaining equipment and
assistive devices.
GENERAL SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
ACVV | Renders social, residential and
other care for elderly people with disabilities
in the Eastern Cape, North West, Northern
Cape and Western Cape. Call for information
about services near you | Head office:
61 Caledon Street, Cape Town | 021
461 7437/7447 | info-hk@acvv.org.za |
www.acvv.org.za | f ACVVHeadOffice
Association for Persons with Disabilities
(APD)
• Eastern Cape | Jeffrey’s Bay | 042
296 0865 | jakkie@mweb.co.za
• Free State | 47 Park Rd, Willows,
Bloemfontein | 051 430 2883 / 051
444 1660 | operations@apdfs.co.za /
reception@apdfs.co.za
• Gauteng | 1 Western Boulevard (off
Main Reef Rd), Fordsburg, Johannesburg
| 011 838 3012/16
• KwaZulu-Natal | 65 Gemini Cres,
Woodhurst, Chatsworth | 031 403 7041
| apdkzn@mweb.co.za
• Limpopo | 1 Pafuri Ave, Peninapark,
Polokwane | 015 291 1787 | www.
apdlimpopo.org
• Mpumalanga | 2 Silver Oak St,
Mbombela / Nelspruit | 013 741 3699
| annette@apdmpumalanga.org |
www.apdmpumalanga.org
• North West | Techford Centre,
Klerksdorp | 014 533 0593 |
maphozab@gmail.com
• Northern Cape
Upington | 074 603-0091 / 074 602
9523 / 084 622 2980 | apdupt@mweb.
co.za or hotelmarie@gmail.com
Kimberley | miemiehiggs@gmail.com
• Western Cape | 320 Koeberg Rd,
Tijgerhof, Milnerton | 021 555 2881 |
director@wcapd.org.za | www.wcapd.
org.za
Curamus Association | For current
SANDF members and their family with
disabilities, as well as military veterans
(SADF, MK, APLA, AZNLA) who were injured
during military/struggle operations.
Awesome motivational information and
useful links on the website | 012 314
0185 | curamus1@gmail.com | www.
curamusassociation.co.za
Disabled Children’s Action Group (DICAG)
| Formed by parents to address the needs
of children with disabilities, with specific
focus on children in difficult situations (i.e.
as a result of racial oppression, environmental
location, and/or severe disability) | 86
affiliated local parent branches in nine
provinces | Head office: 1A Tyne Rd,
Wynberg, Cape Town | 021 761 3531 |
sandra@dicag.co.za | www.dicag.co.za
Disabled People South Africa (DPSA)
| Formed by persons with a disability to
represent and promote the development
and integration of disabled people in all
spheres of life, and to make South Africa
accessible to all. Call for information about
a branch near you | 021 422 0357 |
info@dpsa.org.za | www.dpsa.org.za
Genetic Alliance South Africa |
Education and support for the care and
prevention of rare diseases and congenital
disorders such as albinism, cerebral palsy,
cleft lip / palate, club foot, congenital heart
disease, Down syndrome, spina bifida |
61 Peter Place, Bryanston, Jhb | 010 594
3844 / 072 476 7552 | info@
geneticalliance.org.za | www.
geneticalliance.org.za | f
alliancegeneticssa
National Council of and for Persons with
Disabilities | Awareness programmes,
influences government policies, promotes
physical access, supports the schooling
of children with disabilities in special and
mainstream schools both in terms of
learning and assistive devices to aid their
education, offers youth programmes,
facilitates economic participation of
people with disabilities, offers enterprise
development programmes | 29
Andries Pretorius St, Eastleigh, Edenvale,
Johannesburg | 011 452 2774 / 2455 |
Contact via website | www.ncpd.org.za
QuadPara Association of South Africa
(QASA) | Assists quadriplegics with a
wide range of support services designed
to promote rehabilitation, community
integration and independence. Branches
throughout SA | 031 767 0348 / 0352 |
info@qasa.co.za
Uhambo Foundation | Reducing
inequalities and barriers to participation for
children with disabilities through parent and
caregiver empowerment programmes |
45 Lester Rd, Wynberg, Cape Town | 021
797 8239 | info@uhambofoundation.org.
za | www.uhambofoundation.org.za
EASTERN CAPE
Christian Blind Mission (CBM) | Works
with rural workers with any disabilities |
Belvedere Office Park, Bella Rosa St,
Tygervalley, Bellville | 021 914 3014 /5 /6
/7 | cbmsa@cbm.org | www.cbmsa.org
Association of Rehabilitation for People
with Disability / Rehab4Disability
| Physical, psychological and social
rehabilitation of persons with a disability |
6 St Luke’s Rd, Southernwood, East London
| 043 722 1811 | info@rehabec.org |
www.rehabec.org
The Association for Rehabilitation of
Persons with Disabilities | Affiliated
to NCPD/APD, SANCB and SAFMH |
6 St Lukes Rd, Southernwood, East
London | 043 722 1811 | director@
rehabec.org | www.rehabec.org | f
4peoplewithdisabilities
GAUTENG
Alexandra Disability Movement |
Childcare, food security, disability grants,
training, work and housing assistance
for people with disabilities | 161 9th
Rd, Kew, Sandton | 011 882 1147 |
admin@alexandradisabilitymovement.co.za
| www.alexandradisabilitymovement.co.za
Masizakhe Project For The Physically
Disabled | 829 Elias Motsoaledi Rd,
Moroka, Soweto | 011 984 2260
The Lighthouse Centre | A stimulation
centre offering socialising events, outings,
activities, instruction and training for
underprivileged, intellectually disabled
children and adults | 133 Risi Ave,
Linmeyer, Johannesburg | 011 435 8584
| info@thelighthousecentre.co.za |
www.thelighthousecentre.co.za
Vezabantu for Persons with Disabilities
| Home-based support, support groups
and activities for people with disabilities in
Katlehong, Thokoza and Vosloorus | 555
Mosoeu St, Tsolo, Katlehong | 076 767
8441 | tembagogela@yahoo.com | f
Vezabantu
KWAZULU-NATAL
Siyakwazi | A community-based
organisation that supports children
under the age of 7 who have disabilities
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and barriers to learning through early
interventions, awareness strategies,
family and teacher participation in homes,
ECD centres and local schools in rural
communities in the UGU District |
Bhambula, Kwanzimakwe | 071 274 6285
| info@siyakwazi.org | www.siyakwazi.org
LIMPOPO
KG Maluleke Memorial Disability
Integration Organisation | Fostering
self-reliance and societal integration | 66
Burger St, Polokwane | 015 291 4138
| info@disabilityempowerment.co.za |
www.disabilityempowerment.co.za | f
kgomano
NORTHERN CAPE
Badisa | Residential and communitybased
services for people with Intellectual
disabilities and sight impairment. Call for
information about facilities near you |
021 957 7130 | info@badisa.org.za |
www.badisa.org.za | f BadisaCharity
Champion of Hope | Support, skills
development & training, job creation &
economic empowerment for people with
disabilities, hearing impairment and Aids |
88 Vygie St, Vanderkloof | 078 886 7902 /
WhatsApp 065 700 8851 | infocoh949@
gmail.com | f Champion of Hope
WESTERN CAPE
Badisa | Residential and communitybased
services to people with Intellectual
disabilities and sight impairment. Call for
information about facilities near you |
021 957 7130 | info@badisa.org.za |
www.badisa.org.za | f BadisaCharity
Cape Mental Health | Community-based
services for persons with intellectual and
psychosocial disabilities include assessment,
referral, counselling, support. Special
education care centres for children with
severe intellectual disabilities. Skills training
and work opportunities for youth and
adults with intellectual disabilities | 18 &
22 Ivy St, Observatory, Cape Town | 021
447 9040 | info@cmh.org.za | www.
capementalhealth.co.za
Senecio | Occupational therapists
supporting centres for adults with severe
to profound disabilities in underprivileged
communities in the Western Cape. Also
empowers caregivers and parents with
knowledge and skills | 67 Caledon St,
Somerset West | 021 852 3856 | info@
senecio.org.za | www.senecio.org.za
Western Cape Forum for Intellectual
Disability | Advocacy, training,
networking & support for service providers
to ensure a better quality of life for people
with intellectual disabilities in the Western
Cape | ASAT House, Alexandra Hospital,
Annex Rd, Maitland | 021 510 4686 |
info@wcfid.co.za | www.wcfid.co.za
Western Cape Government | Offers a
directory of information about services for
Persons with Disabilities, e.g.: Day Care for
Adults, Day Care for Children, Protective
Workshops, Residential Facilities for Persons
with Disabilities | www.westerncape.
gov.za > Directories > Facilities > Scroll
through available categories OR search for
“Disability”
Western Cape Network on Disability
| A lobbying and advocacy network for
all organisations in the disability sector, to
address gaps in service delivery to persons
with disabilities, promote rights and equal
opportunities and share information |
061 602 7256 | info@wcdisability.org.za
| www.wcdisability.org.za |
f wcnetworkdisability
GRANTS
See SOCIAL WELFARE & HUMANITARIAN
SUPPORT elsewhere in the directory.
HEALTHCARE
See HEALTH elsewhere in the directory.
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Disability Rights Charter of South
Africa | Asserts the right of disabled
people to represent themselves and live
independently in a safe environment, free
from discrimination, exploitation and abuse
| Search for and download it here: www.
medbox.org
Independent Living Institute (ILI) |
Specialises in consumer-driven policies for
disabled peoples’ self-determination |
www.independentliving.org
Living Link | A practical, life- and workskills
programme, integrating adults with
intellectual disabilities into society, making
independent living possible | www.
thelivinglink.co.za
Gauteng | 1, 17th St, Parkhurst,
Johannesburg | 011 788 8249 |
admin@thelivinglink.co.za
Western Cape | Sunrise House, 55
Morningside St, N’dabeni, Cape Town |
021 532 1812 | gregory@thelivinglink.co.za
“As a partially disabled person, my
greatest fear is to find myself at the
mercy of someone who had convinced
themselves they were acting in my ‘best
interests’ – restricting my choices based
on their need for control rather than
my need for independence. A severely
disabled friend was physically abused and
victimized as a child by family members.
Denying independence and autonomy
is almost a given for people with mental
disabilities.
People with disabilities can be needy and
demanding and make tempting targets
for frustrated, untrained caregivers. It
even happened to Dr Stephen Hawking,
who was disabled by ALS. If you encounter
suspicious circumstances involving
someone with a disability, please
don’t look away or make excuses for
questionable behaviour. Report it!”
– Anonymous submission
INSPIRATION
Disability-Themed Movies
| Breathe | Coda |
| Children of a Lesser God |
| Gaby: A True Story |
| Inside I’m Dancing |
| Lorenzo’s Oil | Mask |
| Miracle Run | My Left Foot |
| Ray | Right Footed |
| Stronger | Temple Grandin |
| The Diving Bell & the Butterfly |
| The Miracle Worker |
| The Peanut Butter Falcon |
| The Sea Inside |
| The Theory of Everything |
| Wonder |
There are people in the world who
defy society’s idea of what living with a
disability looks like ... people who put
the rest of us to shame with our petty
concerns about outward appearances.
There are three men, in particular, who
should be known to all of humanity.
Their names are Nick Vujicic, Sammy
Basso and Zion Clark. Sammy is a
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scientist and researcher. The other two
are entrepreneurs and motivational
speakers. Google them. You’ll be
amazed. And inspired.
You
Tube
you belong | On this channel, look for
the series titled Activated. In these episodes,
South Africans with disabilities share their
lived experiences. Showcased by SABC2.
MUSIC
SA Disabled Musicians Association
(SADMA) | Advocacy for, talent scout and
training for disabled musicians throughout
Southern Africa. Recording studio designed
to serve the needs of blind and physically
disabled musicians | 121/3 Seventh Ave,
Highlands North, JHB | John Mothopeng:
079 537 7094 | info@sadmamusic.org.za
| www.sadmamusic.org.za
NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS
Also see the HEALTH, as well as the MENTAL &
EMOTIONAL HEALTH pages elsewhere in the
directory.
For and about people whose
brains are different
Different Brains | A resourcerich,
multi-media site promoting
understanding & acceptance of
neurodiversity through stories, ideas
and information. Resources cover:
Addiction, ADHD, ALS, Alzheimer’s
Disease, Anxiety, Asperger’s
Syndrome, Autism Spectrum
Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline
Personality Disorder, Cerebral
Palsy, Concussions, Depression,
Developmental Coordination
Disorder, Down Syndrome, Dyslexia,
Eating Disorders, Epilepsy, Insomnia,
Migraines, Multiple Sclerosis, OCD,
Parkinson’s Disease, Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder, Schizophrenia,
Strokes, Tourette Syndrome,
Traumatic Brain Injury and more
| www.differentbrains.org | f
different.brains
ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA
Alzheimer’s South Africa | Support,
education, training and information for
patients, families and caregivers. Support
care groups throughout SA – see below |
National helpline 0860 102 681 | www.
alzheimers.org.za | f AlzheimersSA
• Eastern Cape | 041 581 5300 |
easterncape@alzheimers.org.za
• Free State | 25 Elias Motsoaledi St,
Langenhovenpark, Bloemfontein | 071
381 8953 | managerfs@alzheimers.org.
za
• Gauteng
National office | 113 Mount St,
Bryanston | 011 792 2511 info@
alzheimers.org.za
JHB | 222 Modderfontein Rd, East
Elphin Lodge, Lyndhurst | 011 346 2757
| admingp@alzheimers.org.za
Tshwane/Pretoria | 29 Lion St,
Sterrewag | socialworkergp@
alzheimers.org.za
Soweto | 246 Tau St, Sports Hall,
Diepkloof | 079 591 1304 | soweto@
alzheimers.org.za
• KwaZulu-Natal | 26 Scott Rd, Pinetown
| 031 702 8811
• Mpumalanga | MAXSA Bldg, Cnr Streak
& Ferreira Sts, Mbombela | 013 752
3578
• Northern Cape | 087 150 5058 / 083
415 1484 | ncape@alzheimers.org.za
• Western Cape | 021 979 2724 |
managerwc@alzheimers.org.za
Dementia SA | Assists health
professionals, as well as families with limited
access to private health care, to live with
dementia or care for those with dementia.
Offers training, resources & information |
24-Hour helpline: 0860 636 679 | info@
dementiasa.org | www.dementiasa.org
YouTube | What is it? | Mind-Brain
Talks | What is Alzheimer’s disease? |
What is dementia? | What is vascular
dementia? |
What can you do about it? | actionalz |
Alzheimer’s Society (UK) | Best and Worst
Foods for Alzheimer’s Disease, Drs. Ayesha
and Dean Sherzai | Boost Brain Health,
Heal Autoimmunity, and Improve the Gut
Microbiome with Dr. Datis Kharrazian
| Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, M.D. - The
Alzheimer’s Solution: Prevent Cognitive
Decline at Every Age | How to Prevent
Alzheimer’s With Diet | Nutrition and
Dementia: The MIND Trial by Dr. Martha
Clare Morris | Power Foods for the Brain,
Neal Barnard, MD | The Effects of Obesity
on Dementia, Brain Function, and Fertility
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
(ADD) & HYPERACTIVITY
The research is quite clear: there is a
link between poor diet, junk food and
malnutrition on the one hand, and
hyperactivity, psychological problems,
poor academic performance,
delinquency and violence on the other.
Could it be that the solution to so
many of our problems is as simple as
the daily intake of adequate nutrition?
If your child has been fed from an
early age on a diet that includes
lots of sugar and E-additives, it
could well be that you have never
seen the true personality of your
child.
– Gordon Walker, father of a hyperactive,
attention-deficit child cured through diet
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity
Support Group of Southern Africa
(ADHASA) | Counselling, referrals,
general and dietary information, as well as
holistic, practical support to those affected
by ADHD and associated conditions |
Head office: Delta Park School, Conrad Dr,
Randburg. Open weekdays 8 am – 2 pm
during school term | 011 888 7655 |
What’s App 074 447 3201 | Soweto Help
Desk | 291 Mapheto Street, Moroka |
011 986 5067 / 067 084 6188 between 10
am – 3 pm, Mon – Fri | soweto@ADHASA.
co.za | Find information on the website
for branch / practitioner / support groups
in Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo,
Mpumalanga, North West Province,
Northern Cape, Western Cape, as well as
for Zimbabwe and the Kingdom of Eswatini
(Swaziland) | info@ADHASA.co.za |
www.adhasa.co.za | f ADHASA.ADHD
YouTube | What is it? | ADD/ADHD
| What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder? | ADHD - What is it and what’s
the difference with ADD? | Dr. Daniel
Amen: ADD, Your Brain, and Innovation
What can you do about it? | How to Treat
ADHD [Without Medication] | Is ADHD
an Advantage? | Making ADHD your
Superpower
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AUTISM
Also see SCHOOLS, DAY CARE CENTRES &
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES for CHILDREN WITH
DISABILITIES elsewhere in this section, as well
as the HEALTH and the MENTAL & EMOTIONAL
HEALTH pages elsewhere in the directory.
Action in Autism | Support for people
with Autism, their families and caregivers |
105 Haig Rd, Parkhill, Durban North, KZN |
031 563 3039 | info@actioninautism.org.
za | www.actioninautism.org.za
Autism South Africa (ASA) | Parent
support, caregiver training, education,
advocacy, resources. Branch websites have
useful contacts of neurodevelopmental
clinics, medical specialists, therapists,
schools, etc. | Head Office: Children’s
Memorial Institute, Gate 13 Joubert St &
Empire Rd, Johannesburg | 011 484 9909
| info@autismsouthafrica.org | www.
aut2know.co.za | f AutismSouthAfrica
• Eastern Cape | www.aut2know.co.za/
eastern-cape
• Free State | www.aut2know.co.za/freestate
• Gauteng | www.aut2know.co.za/gauteng
• KwaZulu-Natal | www.aut2know.co.za/
kwazulu-natal
• Northern Cape | www.aut2know.
co.za/northern-cape
Autism Western Cape | Free
counselling, education & support to
individuals, families, schools and special
care facilities | Buchanan Square, 160
Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock | 021 685
9581 | admin@awc.org.za | www.
autismwesterncape.org.za
YouTube | Look for anything with, about
or by Temple Grandin
BIPOLAR & SCHIZOPHRENIA
Bipolar South Africa | An anonymous
blog by and for people with bipolar to write
and learn about their condition | www.
bipolarsa.co.za | f bipolarza
Bipolars Supporting Bipolars | A
members-only Facebook group. Ask to join if
you are bipolar.
Cape Support for Mental Health (CSMH)
| An advice & emotional support group for
families of people affected by schizophrenia
| 083 713 8653 | mail@capesupport.
org.za or leave your contact details on their
site | www.capesupport.org.za
Family and Friends Bipolar Support
Group South Africa | A membersonly
Facebook group. Ask to join if you or
someone you love is bipolar.
South African Schizophrenia and Bipolar
Disorders Alliance (SABDA) | A support
group for persons with schizophrenia,
bipolar and related disorders and for those
who look after them | 011 326 0661 |
info@sabda.org.za | www.sabda.org.za
YouTube | Foods for Protecting the Body
& Mind: Dr. Neal Barnard | How DIET
Affects Your Brain & Mental Health. From A
Former Schizophrenic
CEREBRAL PALSY
Cerebral Palsy Eastern Cape | 54
Admiralty Way, Summerstrand, Gqeberha/
PE | 041 583 2130 | info@cpaec.org.za
| www.cerebralpalsy.org.za
KnowCP | Supplies information in most
South African languages through mail,
e-mail, telephone and fax | 041 583
2130 | info@cpaec.org.za | www.
cerebralpalsy.org.za
KZN Cerebral Palsy Association |
Enhances lives and functional independence
of children and adults with Cerebral Palsy |
23 Sanderson Rd, Cowies Hill Park, Pinetown
| 031 942 3867 | info@kzncerebralpalsy.
co.za | www.kzncerebralpalsy.org.za
Malamulele Onward | Creating
possibilities for children with Cerebral Palsy.
Sites in SA and Lesotho. Open to volunteers
| Gate 10, 13 Joubert St Ext., Johannesburg
| 011 484 9456 | info@cpchildren.org
| www.malamuleleonward.org
National Association for People with
Cerebral Palsy South Africa (NAPCP)
| Coordinates all activities country-wide,
for and on behalf of persons with cerebral
palsy. Services include special education,
workshops, clinics, social and vocational
counselling, residential care, transport and
independent living and are rendered by
affiliated organisations, workshops, projects
and special needs schools | 011 452
2774 / 082 349 9630 | elizma.woods@
napcp.org.za | www.napcp.org.za
United Cerebral Palsy Association of
South Africa | Support for individuals
with Cerebral Palsy | 8 North St,
Townsview, Johannesburg | 011 435
0386/ 7/ 8/ 9 | info@ucpasa.co.za |
www.ucpa.za.org
Western Cape Cerebral Palsy Association
| Provides for the diagnosis, treatment,
care, residencies, training and employment
of persons with Cerebral Palsy. Training
and counselling for parents, guardians
and caretakers | St. Giles Centre, 71
Klipfontein Rd, Rondebosch | 021 685
4150 | info@wccpa.org.za | www.
wccpa.org.za
DOWN SYNDROME
Down Syndrome South Africa (DSSA)
| Umbrella body for all Down Syndrome
associations in South Africa. Eight branches,
one support group and four outreaches.
Provides parent support, counselling,
resources and workshops | Head Office:
0861 369 672 | dssaoffice@icon.co.za |
www.downsyndrome.org.za
• Eastern Cape
Amathole (East London) | 2 Dunn St,
Arcadia, East London | 043 722 4918 /
083 552 4616 | dsaael@telkom.net
Gqeberha/PE | 8 Greenways Office
Park, Meltsetter Rd, Lovemore Heights,
PE | 083 629 9906 | info@pedsa.
co.za | carol.massyn@pathcare.co.za
• Free State | Bloemfontein. Advice,
info | 051 421 0146 / 084 505 0853 |
f SymboTalk
• Gauteng
Johannesburg | 26 Fort St, Birnam,
JHB | 0861 369 672 / 011 615 9401 /
072 652 2377 | dssa.ned@icon.co.za
Tshwane | 54 Hofmeyer Rd, Lyttelton
Manor, Centurion | 012 664 8871 |
dsat@downs.org.za
• KZN | Durban | 382 Stella Rd,
Malvern, Durban | 064 167 0808
/ 084-534-2118 / 073-123-0373 |
downskzn@iafrica.com
• Limpopo
Polokwane | 083 268 3655
Tzaneen | 078 246 0888
• Mpumalanga
Stationed at Witbank Hospital | 079-
592-3618 / 078 665 6041 / 072 586 5261
• Northern Cape | Stationed at
Kimberley Hospital | 083 427 9258
• Northwest Province | Mafikeng
Outreach Group. Advocate Nontsikelelo
Sojane | 018 387 6900 / 078 594 8763
• Western Cape
Belville | 73 Van Der Stel St, Oakdale,
Bellville, WC | 021 919 8533 | info@
dsawc.co.za | www.dsawc.co.za
Rondebosch | Red Cross War
Memorial Children’s Hospital, Section S8,
Out Patient Department, Klipfontein Rd,
Rondebosch. 021-689-1519 / 021-658-
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5526 | downscape@gmail.com |
www.downscape.co.za
Peter Pan Down Syndrome Centre |
Inclusive education and integration of
able-bodied and special needs learners |
Cnr Essex and Coronation Rds, Maitland,
Cape Town | 021 510 8670 | peterp@
telkomsa.net | www.peterpan.org.za
EPILEPSY
Epilepsy South Africa | Specialised and
comprehensive services to people living
with epilepsy and other disabilities, including
education and economic empowerment
through job creation and entrepreneurship.
Resource-rich website. National helpline:
Ask for closest branch. 0860 374 537 |
info@epilepsy.org.za | www.epilepsy.org.
za | f epilepsy.southafrica
• Eastern Cape | 19 Vincent St, Vincent,
East London | development.ec@
epilepsy.org.za
• Free State | 52 Boom St, Parys |
056 811 5959 | freestate@epilepsy.
org.za
• Gauteng | 011 811 1590 |
gauteng@epilepsy.org.za / info@
gautengepilepsy.org.za
• Mpumalanga / Limpopo | 603
Ligwalagwala St, Dullstroom | 013 254
0163 | epilepsympu@mweb.co.za or
mpumalanga@epilepsy.org.za
• North West | 2698 Nkosi St, Vryburg
| 053 927 3422 | northwest@
epilepsy.org.za
• Western Cape | Govan Mbeki Rd,
Wetton | 021 703 9420 | wcape@
epilepsy.org.za
Reea Epilepsy Care Centre | Residential
care centre and workshop for people with
epilepsy | 20 Marlborough Ave, Craighall,
Johannesburg | 011 788 4745 | 011
442 6435 | admin@epilepsycarecentre.
za.net | www.reea.org.za
Bursaries for Students
With Epilepsy
Epilepsy South Africa Educational
Trust | Awards tuition bursaries
to persons with epilepsy | www.
epilepsy.org.za > educational-trust
HEAD & BRAIN INJURIES
Headway | Assists people with brain
injury and their families. Call for branch
closest to you. Headway Gauteng | 85
First Rd, Hyde Park | 011 442 5733
| headway@iafrica.com | www.
headwaygauteng.co.za
Stop Concussions | A Canadian
site with useful information about the
causes, effects and consequences of
concussions – especially sports-related |
stopconcussions.com
PARKINSON’S
Dance for Parkinson’s South Africa |
Specialised dance classes – physically
or via Zoom – to provide a sense of
achievement, motivation and hope for the
future | info@danceforparkinsons.org.za
| www.danceforparkinsons.org.za | f
DFPSouthAfrica
Parkinson’s Africa | Raises awareness,
educates and supports research about
Parkinson’s disease in Africa. Works to
improve treatment options and patient
access to Parkinson’s disease healthcare.
Provides support to patients, their families &
carers. Information-rich website | Contact
via website | www.parkinsonsafrica.com
Parkinson’s Disease SA Support Forum
| A platform to help improve the quality
of life for people with chronic neurological
conditions and movement disorders
like Parkinson’s disease | Contact via
messenger | f ParkinsonAssociationSA
Free Download
Google these exact words:
A GUIDE TO MANAGING
PARKINSON’S DISEASE - Sanofi
to download the free 8-page booklet
jam-packed with information to
help patients, family and caregivers
understand and cope with Parkinson’s.
YouTube | What is it? | Movement
signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
| Non-movement symptoms of Parkinson’s
disease | What is Parkinson’s Disease?
| What is Parkinson’s disease? Nervous
system diseases |
What can you do about it? |
Understanding the Impact of Nutrition on
Parkinson’s with Michael Greger, M.D.
Home remedies | Avoid caffeine, alcohol
and other stimulants. Eat a healthy diet.
Exercise. Get enough sleep. Avoid stress.
RESIDENCES & DAY CARE CENTRES
Also see EMPLOYMENT – SHELTERED, above,
and SOCIAL SERVICES & ACCOMMODATION in
the SENIOR CITIZENS pages
EASTERN CAPE
Lake Farm Centre | A home for
intellectually disabled adults. Lakeside Rd,
Kragga Kamma, Gqeberha/PE | 041 379
1555 | admin@lakefarm.org.za | www.
lakefarm.org.za
Sivenathi Special Care Centre | A home
for children with profound mental and
physical disabilities | 6210 Hillside, Golf
Course, Fort Beaufort | 073 950 1105
| thembela.ndzandze@gmail.com | f
sivenathicentre
The Summerstrand Cheshire Home |
For physically disabled adults. 7 Gomery
Ave, Summerstrand, Gqeberha/PE | 041
583 2183 | managerchs@cheshirehomes.
co.za | www.cheshirehomes.co.za
FREE STATE
ENGO Care Centres | Care for people
with disabilities | www.engo.co.za
• Bethlehem | Cnr Wes & Wessels St |
058 303 1799 | salilenisgr8@gmail.com
• Bloemfontein (Head office) | 22 van
Heerden Rd, Wilgehof | 051 407 7223
| info@engo.co.za
• Viljoenskroon | 9 Du Plessis St | 079
569 9288 | ebenhaeser@engo.co.za
GAUTENG
Avalon Association | Residential facility
for people with physical disabilities | Cnr
11th Ave & 10th St, Dewetshof, Kensington,
JHB | 011 616 3203 | avalonassoc@
telkomsa.net | www.avalonassociation.
org.za | f Aval0nAss0ciati0n
Avril Elizabeth Home for the Mentally
Handicapped | Permanent and day-care
residents | 11 Castor Rd, Germiston |
011 822 2233 | aehcontact@mweb.co.za
| www.avril.org.za
Broken Wings | A home for adults
with disabilities | 15 Glen Albyn St,
Raceview, Alberton | 011 869 3415 |
brokenwings@absamail.co.za | www.
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Elmahof House | For mentallychallenged
adults | 55 Eggo Jan St,
Oberholzer, Carletonville | 018 787 4757
| rotalia1972@gmail.com |
f RotaliaElmahof
Little Eden: Elvira Rota Village | Home
for adults and children with profound
intellectual disabilities | 79 Wagenaar
Rd, Edenvale | 011 609 7246 | info@
littleeden.org.za | www.littleeden.org.za
Paul Jungnickel Home | A residence for
adults with disabilities | Plot 214
Zwavelpoort, Lynnwood Rd, Pretoria East
| 012 940 0221 | info@kwo.org.za |
www.kwo.org.za/paul-jungnickel-home
Phyllis Robertson Home | For adults
with disabilities | 8 Dr Savage Rd West,
Prinshof, Tshwane/Pretoria | 012 326
4105 | admin@phylisrobertsonhome.org.
za | www.phyllisrobertsonhome.org.za
Sizanani Children’s Home | A residential
facility for children and young adults
with moderate to profound intellectual
and physical disabilities | Plot 59 - 60,
Roodepoort Farm, R25 Groblersdal Rd,
Bronkhorstspruit | 013 935 7918 |
info@sizanani.org | www.sizanani.org
St Giles Association | Residence for
Persons with Disabilities | Cnr 10th Str
& 11th Ave, Dewetshof, Johannesburg |
011 615 7681 | stgiles@telkomsa.net |
www.stgileshome.org.za
Talisman Foundation | Accommodation,
psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery
programme for people diagnosed with
mental health conditions, e.g. schizophrenia,
depression and bipolar mood disorder |
58 Plinimmon Rd, The Hill Ext, Johannesburg
| 011 435 0727 | reception@talisman.
org.za | www.talisman.org.za | f
talismanfoundation
West Rand Association for Persons with
Disabilities | Residential, day-care,
training and income-generating facilities
for multi-disabled adults and children from
Roodepoort to Westonaria | 9 Wheeler
St, Oatlands, Krugersdorp | 011 660 7964
| wrapd@intekom.co.za | f West Rand
Association for Persons with Disabilities
KWAZULU-NATAL
Careways | Residential and day care
for intellectually impaired adults | Kloof
Methodist Church, 4 Park Lane, Kloof,
Durban
| 031 764 2167 | tinas.careways@
gmail.com | www.carewayskzn.co.za
St Luke’s Home of Healing | Assisted
living for the mentally and physically
challenged | Kearsney, KZN | 032 552
8074 | stlukeskearsney@mtnloaded.co.za
| www.stlukeshome.org.za
Victory Over Disability Homes | For
and by people with disabilities | 16 Jones
Crescent, Escombe, Queensburgh | 031
464 5637 | v.o.disabilityhomes@gmail.
com | @victoryoverdisability
NORTHERN CAPE
Badisa Disability Care | Residential &
day care, skills development & economic
empowerment across the NC. Call for info
about a facility near you | Head Office:
021 957 7130 | info@badisa.org.za |
www.badisa.org.za
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
People – and especially children
– with disabilities are extremely
vulnerable to abuse, neglect,
sexual molestation and social grant
mismanagement by parents and
relatives. Many are abandoned by
their own families.
What would society be like if there
weren’t people who take it upon
themselves to house, care for and
love these unfortunate beings?
Many of the institutions that do the
exhausting, labour-intensive work of
providing educational and residential
care to individuals with mental and
physical disabilities – particularly
in rural areas and poor townships
– are in dire need of financial and
other support. They don’t have
sophisticated marketing arms to tell
their story or seasoned fund-raisers
to appeal for assistance.
Find them in the township near
where you live – and see what you
are moved to do to help.
WESTERN CAPE
Badisa Disability Care | Residential &
day care, skills development & economic
empowerment across WC. Call for info
about a facility near you | Head office:
021 957 7130 | info@badisa.org.za |
www.badisa.org.za
Camphill Village | The village is
comprised of 13 houses accommodating
up to 100 residents, as well as working
enterprises in a safe, farm environment |
Klein Dassenberg Rd, Dassenberg, Cape
Town | 021 571 8600 | info@camphill.
org.za | www.camphill.org.za
Community Mental Health and
Psychiatry Foundation (CMHP) |
Comprehensive care, long-term facilities and
group homes in Cape Town and Boland area
for individuals with psychiatric conditions |
021 981 9850 | info@mentalhealth.org.za
| www.mentalhealth.org.za
Durbanville Quadriplegic Centre |
Affordable accommodation for quadriplegics
and paraplegics. Assistance with the
accumulation of the means to better living
standards: health, independence and social
integration. Runs awareness programmes
to help prevent spinal cord injuries | 18
Hafele St, Durbanville, Cape Town | 021
975 5459 | quads@telkomsa.net |
www.durbanvillequadcentre.co.za
Gabriella Centre | A residential and
day care facility for children and young
adults with profound physical & intellectual
disabilities, such as Cerebral Palsy | 4
Helderberg Rd, Stuarts Hill, Somerset West
| 021 852 9827 | info@gabriellacentre.
org.za | www.gabriellacentre.org.za
Oasis Association | Work and life skills
programmes, day-care & group homes
for people with intellectual disabilities |
Admin Office: 33 Lee Rd, Claremont, Cape
Town | 021 671 2698 | info@oasis.org.
za | www.oasis.org.za
• Delft Oasis Day Centre | 27
Pokkiedoring Crescent, Rosendal, Delft |
021 956 5519 | daycentres@oasis.org.
za
• Kenwyn Group Home | 38 Chukker Rd,
Kenwyn | 021 797 7136 | services@
oasis.org.za
• Ravensmead Oasis Day Centre | Cnr
Northway & 150 Christian St, Ravensmead
| 021 932 6541 | daycentres@oasis.
org.za
• Ruyterwacht Group Home | 18 & 20
Sakabula Crescent, Ruyterwacht | 021
535 2785 | services@oasis.org.za
Orion Organisation | Adult Day Care
for profoundly disabled adults, as well as
Residential Home for different degrees of
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disability, ranging from people learning to
live independently to those who require
24-Hour medical care | Reygersdal Ave,
Westfleur, Atlantis, Cape Town | 021
572 8490 | info@orionorganisation.
co.za | www.orionorganisation.org | f
OrionOrganisation
Rosedon House | A residential and
occupational training facility for adults
with Cerebral Palsy who are unable to
live independently or with their families
| Rosedon House, 11 Rosedon Road,
Lansdowne, Cape Town | 021 696 2042
| rosedonhouse@telkomsa.net | www.
wccpa.org.za/project/rosedon-house
Sunfield Home | A protective workshop
and residential centre for intellectually
disabled adults who are unable to function
without guidance and protection | Bainskloof
Rd, Wellington | 021 873 5038 |
021 007 0034 | elmarie@sunfieldhome.
co.za | www.sunfieldhome.co.za
SAFETY
Kidpower International | Researchbased,
empowering, trauma-informed,
culturally sensitive, age-appropriate
interpersonal safety education for all
abilities, needs and ages: children, teens
and adults. The extraordinary collection
of free resources in their Online Learning
Centre teaches ‘People Safety’ skills that
can be used throughout life to take charge
of the emotional and physical safety of self
and others. Topics cover prevention of: child
abuse, bullying, kidnapping, assault and
more | www.kidpower.org
SCHOOLS, DAY CARE CENTRES &
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
NATIONAL
Deaf Federation of South Africa (DEAFSA)
| The website contains a list of schools and
educational institutions that cater for the
Deaf | 011 482 1610 | brunodruchen@
deafsa.co.za | www.deafsa.co.za
Genetic Alliance | Download a list of
special schools equipped for varying abilities
around South Africa at www.geneticalliance.
org.za/support/list-of-special-schools
EASTERN CAPE
APD Day Care Centre for Children
with Disabilities | ECD Centre for 32
profoundly disabled children aged 1-6 from
Motherwell township in Gqeberha/PE |
041 461 1370 | bernadine.hendricks@
apdnmb.org.za | apdnmb.org.za
Aurora Special Care Centre | A “home
away from home” for 40 full time residents,
76 children and 14 mildly disabled adults
that attend a daily stimulation centre | 52
Alan Dr, Walmer Downs, Gqeberha/PE |
041 368 6180 | gm@aurorasa.co.za |
www.aurorasa.co.za
Canaan Care Centres | Care for children
aged 0-16 with physical disabilities | 5
Glen Eagles Rd, Stirling, East London |
071 422 4723 | info@canaancare.co.za |
www.canaancare.co.za
FREE STATE
Martie du Plessis School for the Cerebral
Palsied | A school for cerebral palsied,
physically disabled and learning disabled
children | 91 Du Plooy Crescent, Fichardt
Park, Bloemfontein | 051 522 6801
| mdupschool@mdup.co.za | www.
martieduplessis.co.za
Thiboloha School for the Deaf and Blind
| For visually impaired, deaf and multihandicapped
learners, grades 0-10 | 98
Motebang St, Witsieshoek, Phuthaditjhaba,
Free State | 058 713 0048 / 2821 |
thiboloha@lantic.net | f thibolohaschool
Tswellang Special School | Cnr
Dr Belcher & Monapi St, Mangaung,
Bloemfontein | 051 432 3975 |
admin@tswellang.co.za | www.tswellang.
co.za
GAUTENG
CARE. Centre for Autism Research &
Education | A school, treatment facility
and safe haven for kids with autism | 30
Raglan St, Cnr 9th Ave, Orange Grove,
Gauteng | 011 485 0335 / WhatsApp 082
909 0054 | info@thecarecentre.co.za |
www.thecarecentre.co.za
Casa do Sol School | For learners with
Down syndrome and learning difficulties |
85 – 1st Ave, Linden, Randburg | 011 782
0231/2 | www.casajoburg.co.za
Olievenhoutbosch Disability
Organisation | Support for people with
disabilities. Inclusive school for the informal
settlement | 2095 Naledi St, Ext 13,
Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion | 072 877
8452 | olievendisability@gmail.com | f
ODOCharity
Pathways Roodepoort | School and
aftercare for children & youth with severe
mental & physical disabilities | Bernard
Rd, Poortview, Roodepoort | 082 903
0087 | services@pathwaysroodepoort.
org.za / centremanager@
pathwaysroodepoort.org.za | www.
pathwaysroodepoort.org.za
Prinshof School for the Visually Impaired
| A multicultural English & Afrikaans school
for blind and partially sighted learners.
Grade R–12 | 19 Prinshof St, Tshwane/
Pretoria | 012 328 4170 | info@
prinshof.co.za | www.prinshof.co.za
Rainbow Day Care Centre | Multifaceted,
developmental & rehabilitative
services and stimulation centre for children
aged 3 – 18 who cannot gain admission
to special schools due to the nature and
severity of their mental and physical
disabilities | J.C.I Bldg, Main Reef Rd,
Randfontein, West Rand | 011 693 6841 /
072 732 1059 | tatum@wrapd.co.za
Rotara School | For learners with severe
intellectual disabilities | Plot 56, Railway
St, Oberholzer, Carletonville | 083 539
8036 / 018 011 2865 | rotaraschool@
yahoo.com | f Rotara School
Society for the Care of Mentally and
Physically Disabled Persons | 6 Jan
Beam Ave, Eldorado Park, JHB | 011 342
2034 | harvey.c@telkomsa.net
Sonitus School for the Hearing Impaired
| Teaches an auditory verbal programme,
encouraging learners to master verbal
communication. Includes a supportive
parental guidance programme | 180 Jan
Coetzee St, Jan Niemand Park, Tshwane/
Pretoria | 012 800 1161/2/3 | info@
sonitus.co.za | www.sonitus.co.za
Sparrow Schools Educational Trust |
Integrated, affordable, holistic education &
accredited occupational skills programmes
for learners with cognitive disabilities
• Foundation School | Grade 1-7 |
32, 1st Ave, Melville | 011 482 3520/1
• Combined Technical Skills High School
| Grade 9 / NQF Level 1 | Cnr. Gerty
& Hermans Sts, Sophiatown | 011 673
3558 / 011 477 7010
• Sparrow FET College | NQF
qualifications ranging from level 1 – 4 |
Cnr. Gerty & Hermans Sts, Sophiatown |
011 673 4410/19
• Head Office | 39 St. Swithins Ave,
Melville | 011 482 1015/09 |
www.sparrowschools.co.za | f
sparrowschools
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Special Moments |
• Day-care for children with all types
of disabilities | 3 Marie Louise Ave,
Terenure, Kempton Park
• Day-care for children with special needs
/ disabilities | 3 Marie Louise Ave,
Terenure, Kempton Park
• Tutor Centre for children with barriers
to learning | 139 Rienert Ave, Edleen,
Kempton Park
084 773 2425 / 011 976 0539 | info@
specialmomentsdaycare.co.za | f Special
Moments Daycare
St Vincenzo School for the Deaf | The
Haven, St Vincent School for the Deaf.
Cnr Tottenham & Jellicoe Lane, Melrose,
Johannesburg | 011 788 5430 |
principal@stvincentschool.co.za | www.
stvincentschool.org.za
Sunshine Association | Supports
children with intellectual, developmental &
physical disabilities | TMI Bldg, 22 Joubert
St Extension, Parktown, Jhb | 011 642
2005/ 6/ 7 | info@sunshine.org.za |
www.sunshine.org.za
The Key School | For Specialised
Education (Autism) | 7 Rhodes Ave,
Parktown, Jhb | 011 726 2445 / WhatsApp
082 555 6412 | admin@thekeyschool.
co.za | www.thekeyschool.org
The Star Academy | Education &
treatment for children with autism.
Branches in Johannesburg, Cape Town,
Durban and Tshwane/Pretoria | Head
Office: Jhb: 011 440 7796 | info@
thestaracademy.co.za | www.
thestaracademy.co.za
Transoranje School for the Deaf |
Specialised education for deaf or severe
hearing impaired learners from age 3 |
855 WF Nkomo St, Tshwane/Pretoria West
| 012 386 6072/5 | transoranje2@
gmail.com | toibo.org.za/portfolio-item/
transoranje-school
Transvalia School for Epilepsy and
Learning Disabilities | Specialised and
remedial education, occupational & speech
therapy, audio assistance and counselling
for pupils who suffer from epilepsy, ADHD,
dyslexia, autistic spectrum, etc.: Grade 1–12
| 200 Jan Coetzee St, Jan Niemand Park,
Tshwane/Pretoria | 012 800 1071/2/3/4
| admin@valies.co.za | www.valies.co.za
KWAZULU-NATAL
Ethembeni School | Caters for 250
learners with physical disabilities and visual
impairments. Boarding facilities for children
from all over KZN | Old main Rd, Inchanga
Park | 031 942 1783 | ethembeni@
mweb.co.za | www.ethembenischool.
co.za | f ethembenischool
Sunfield Home School | A small homely
school for intellectually impaired youth
aged 6 – 23 | 7 Old Main Rd, Canelands,
Verulam | 032 533 3632 / 072 375 3871
| sunfieldhomeschool@telkomsa.net |
www.sunfieldhomeschool.co.za |
f SunfieldSchool
LIMPOPO
Grace and Hope Centre | Special needs
school | Seshego-A, Polokwane | 015
223 1086 | graceandhope@mweb.ac.za
Spitskop Special Needs School | Care
& education for children with Autism,
Down’s syndrome, Epilepsy, brain
damage, Cerebral Palsy | Spitskop farm,
Thabazimbi, Limpopo | 072 4633 657
| office@spitskopschool.co.za | www.
spitskopschool.co.za
MPUMALANGA
Dasha Foundation | A school for
children with disabilities | 8 De Kock St,
Mbombela / Nelspruit | 013 741 4039
| dashaschool@telkomsa.net | www.
dashafoundation.co.za |
f Dasha Foundation
NORTH WEST
Tshwaraganang Disability Centre | Day
care for children with disabilities | 8
Ikageng Rd, Potch Industria, Potchefstroom
| 018 297 0803 | f Tshwaraganang Day
Care Centre For Children with Disabilities
NORTHERN CAPE
Boitumelo Special School | Public
school for special needs pupils | 1913
John Daka St, Phuthanang, Kimberley |
053 872 0809
Elizabeth Conradie School | For children
with any type of disability | 91 Memorial
Rd, South Ridge, Kimberley | 053 832
4354/ 5 | elizabethconradiekby@gmail.
com | f ElconOFFICIAL
WESTERN CAPE
Agape School for Cerebral Palsied
Children | Cnr Sentinal & Yellowwood
Rd, Mitchells Plain | 021 392 4162 |
agape@new.co.za | f Agape School
Tafelsig
Athlone School for the Blind | Provides
education and residential care for blind
and visually impaired children from
disadvantaged communities | Athlone St,
Beroma Estate, Glenhaven, Bellville South |
021 951 2234/5/6 | info@asftb.org.za |
www.athloneschoolfortheblind.org
Carel Du Toit Centre | Early intervention,
pre-primary and foundation phase Listening
and Spoken Language environment for
children with hearing impairment |
Tygerberg Hospital, 14298 Francie Van Zijl
Dr, Parow | 021 938 5303 | secretary@
careldutoit.co.za / hoof@careldutoit.
co.za | www.careldutoit.co.za | f
careldutoitcentre
De Heide Children’s Special Care Centre
| Day care & educational programmes for
children & youth with profound physical and
intellectual disabilities/barriers to learning
| 11 Second Ave, Claremont, Cape Town
| 021 683 5470 | deheidecentre@
telkomsa.net | www.wccpa.org.za/project/
de-heide-special-care-centre
Emmanuel Day Care Centre | For
young people with mental, intellectual &
physical disabilities | 135 Nottingham Rd,
Sherwood Park, Atlantis | 021 572 0976
| emmdaycare@telkomsa.net | www.
emmanueldaycare.co.za | f emmdaycare
Eros Cerebral Palsy School | For
learners with Cerebral Palsy, physical
disabilities, special medical needs & learning
difficulties | Tarentaal Rd, Bridgetown,
Athlone | 021 637 9080 | info@
erosschool.co.za | www.erosschool.org.za
Friends Day Centre | Appropriate
education, personal skills development
and therapy for children and adults with
severe to profound intellectual and physical
disabilities | Annex Rd, Alexandra
Hospital Grounds, Maitland | 021 511
5801 | info
@friendsdaycentre.org.za | www.friends
daycentre.org.za | f FriendsDayCentre
Jan Kriel School | For learners with
special educational needs | Skool St,
Kuils River | 021 903 1108 | jks@
jankriel.co.za | www.jankriel.co.za | f
jankrielschool
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Orion Organisation | Day Care Centre
for children with various disabilities |
Reygersdal Ave, Westfleur, Atlantis | 021
572 8490 | info@orionorganisation.co.za
| www.orionorganisation.org |
f OrionOrganisation
Peter Pan Down Syndrome Centre |
Inclusive education pre-school | Cnr.
Essex & Coronation Rds, Maitland, Cape
Town | 021 510 8670 | peterp@
telkomsa.net | www.peterpan.org.za
Pioneer School for the Visually
Impaired | Caters for caters for:
blind learners, partially sighted learners,
deafblind learners, learners with learning
barriers, multiple disabled learners |
20 Adderley St, Worcester | 023 342
2313 | prinsipaal@pioneerschool.org.
za | www.pioneerschool.org.za | f
PionierskoolWorcester
SNAP | Special needs adapted
programme (JP-G7); training for parents,
teachers, facilitators & tutors | 9 De Dam
St, Vierlanden, Durbanville, Cape Town |
021 975 7224 | reception@snap.org.za
/ admin@snap.org.za | www.snap.org.
za | f SNAP/specials needs adapted
programme
Vista Nova School | A public school
offering holistic, multi-disciplinary education
for special needs learners | info@
vistanova.co.za | www.vistanova.co.za
• Primary School | 11 Milner Rd,
Rondebosch | 021 689 5323
• High School | Loerie Ave, Pinelands,
Cape Town | 021 531 7192
SPORTS
Free State Sport Association for the
Physically Disabled | info@fssapd.co.za
| www.fssapd.co.za
Department of Sports, Arts and Culture
| Responsible for sport & recreation for
people with disabilities. Call for facilities
in your area | Regent Bldg, Cnr Madiba
(Vermeulen) & Queen St, Tshwane | 012
304 5000 | admin@sasapd.org.za |
www.srsa.gov.za
Differently Abled Cricket Club | For
blind, deaf, intellectually and physically
impaired cricketers | 200 Baviaanspoort
Rd, Derdepoort, Tshwane | 082 998 4568
| admin@dacc.co.za | www.dacc.co.za
| f Differently Abled Cricket Club
Roxy Davis Foundation | Teaches
adaptive surfing and offers surf therapy
and ocean-based experiences to individuals
with physical, intellectual, cognitive or
sensory disabilities | Muizenberg,
Cape Town | 082 406 0155 | info@
roxydavisfoundation.org | www.
roxydavisfoundation.org |
f roxydavisfoundation
SA Riding for the Disabled Association
(SARDA) | Therapeutic and recreational
horse riding for disabled people | SARDA
Centre, Brommersvlei Rd, Constantia, Cape
Town | 021 794 4393 | capetown@
sarda.co.za | www.sarda.co.za |
f SARDA - South African Riding for the
Disabled Association
South African Sports Association for
Physically Disabled | Run by volunteers
to support physically disabled and visually
impaired athletes and sports people |
admin@sasapd.org.za | www.sasapd.org.
za | f South African Sport Association
For Physically Disabled
South African Deaf Sports Federation |
Developing world-class Deaf sports in South
Africa | president@sadeafsports.co.za |
f South African Deaf Sports Federation
Special Olympics South Africa |
A sports and development organisation
that provides year-round sports training
and athletic competition at all ability levels
in a variety of sports for children and adults
with intellectual disabilities, across all nine
provinces. Additional programmes: ECD
programme for children ages 2 – 8; a health
programme including screenings and
referrals in dentistry, optometry, audiology,
physiotherapy, nutrition and podiatry;
inclusive sport, leadership and skills
development for youth with and without
intellectual disabilities | Process House,
Epsom Downs Office Park, 13 Sloane St,
Bryanston, Johannesburg | 011 706 3323
| info@specialolympics.org.za |
www.sosouthafrica.org.za |
f specialolympicsSOSA
Waves for Change | Recognised
approaches to therapy fused with surfing
or other physically challenging activities for
at-risk youth, as well as youth with mental
& physical disabilities. Provides training
and support that empowers other coastal
communities with under-resourced social
services to design, launch and evaluate their
own surf therapy intervention. Resourcerich
website | 23 Beach Rd, Muizenberg,
Cape Town | 087 153 7960 | info@
waves-for-change.org | www.waves-forchange.org
| f WavesforChange
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TRAVEL
Higher Ground | Therapeutic
adventure holidays for children & adults
with a disability | 072 141 4408 |
HigherGroundSA@gmail.com | www.
higherground.org.za | f Higher Ground
South African National Parks |
Affordable, accessible camping &
accommodation. See list on website |
012 426 5000 | reservations@sanparks.
org | www.sanparks.org
Accessible Places
Google Maps | Select the option
for “wheelchair accessible” or
“accessible places” when planning
your route. Use street view to zoom
in for further visual information about
the accessibility of a place and its
surroundings, e.g. ramps, rails, etc.
Wheelmap | Find, add and rate
wheelchair-accessible places – bus
stops, toilets, cafes, restaurants,
shops, cinemas, parking lots and
much more – worldwide. This
participatory app and service are free
of charge.
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General Do's And Don'ts
When Interacting With A Person With A Disability
• When people look different: Don’t
stare! Don’t point. Don’t look away.
Don’t look through the person as if
they don’t exist. Don’t be excessively
nice. Act as you would with anyone
else.
• A person with a disability is not a
‘disabled person’. They are simply a
‘person who has a disability’. Nor are
they, as a group, ‘the disabled’. They
are ‘people with disabilities’.
• Don’t use outdated terms such as
‘deaf and dumb’, ‘handicapped’
‘crippled’ or ‘retarded’. If you’re
uncertain about the correct term,
ask.
• Avoid disempowering words, such as
‘victim’ or ‘sufferer’. Say ‘person with
epilepsy’ rather than ‘person who
suffers from epilepsy’.
• A disability is not a disease. Most
people with disabilities are as healthy
as anyone else.
• Don’t talk about ‘disabled’ and ‘normal’
people. It implies that people with
disabilities are ab-normal. There are
people with disabilities and people
who have no disabilities.
• Don’t say ‘Something’s wrong with
so-and-so’. Nothing’s wrong with that
person. They simply have a disability.
• When referring to someone’s disability,
ask yourself if it is really relevant.
• Don’t worry about using words like
‘walking’, ‘running’ or ‘see you later’.
People with disabili-ties use the same
words, even if they can’t walk or see.
• It is difficult for anyone, but especially
for a person sitting in a wheelchair to
look up for a long time. Sit down, even
if it means squatting down on your
haunches, and talk face-to-face.
• Don’t make assumptions about
what a person with a disability can
or cannot do or participate in. Don’t
assume help is needed. Ask. They will
tell you. Adults with disabilities want
to be treated as independent people.
Place things within their reach to
enable them to be independ-ent.
• Don’t lean on or over a person’s
wheelchair. Don’t ask a person using
a wheelchair to hold things, like
your coat or shopping. The chair is
an extension of their personal body
space. So is the cane or guide dog of
a person who is blind. Respect that
personal space.
• People who use canes or crutches
need their arms to balance
themselves, so never grab their arms
to try and help them. People who
have limited mobility may lean on
a door for support as they open it.
Pushing the door open from behind
may cause them to fall. Even pulling
out or pushing in a chair may present
a problem. Always ask if help is
needed.
• Blind people generally know how to
orientate themselves and get around,
even if they use a cane or a guide dog.
If help is needed, don’t grab their arm.
Instead, ask if they would like you to
guide their hand to a railing or the
back of a chair.
• Identify yourself before making
physical contact with a person who
is blind. If you are going to leave, tell
them that you are going now.
• Always introduce a blind person to
everyone in a group, and describe the
setting and placement of furniture in
a non-visual way, e.g. ‘the water cooler
is about three paces to the left of your
seat.’
• Where appropriate, offer to read
written information to a person who
is blind.
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• Use a qualified sign language
interpreter when communicating
complex information to a per-son who
is deaf, i.e. during a job interview or
when a crime is being reported.
• Speak directly to and maintain eye
contact with the person with the
disability – as you would with anyone
else. Ask directly, ‘What would
you like?’ rather than asking the
interpreter, helper or companion:
‘Ask her what she’d like.’
• When someone has difficulty speaking,
give that person your undivided
attention. Don’t inter-rupt or finish
their sentences for them. Say if you
don’t understand. If you’re not sure,
you can repeat what you understood.
If all else fails, ask the person to write
it down.
• Don’t tease or laugh at a person with
a speech disability. Many people
with cerebral palsy, for instance,
have slurred speech and involuntary
body movements – which is no
indication of their mental capacity
or awareness of what is going on.
Your impulse may be to discount
what the person said. Check yourself
and pay attention as you would with
anyone else. To be taken seri-ously is
important to all of us.
• Don’t park your car in a space
reserved for people with a disability.
These spaces are wider than usual
to get wheelchairs in and out of a
car, and are close to the entrance for
those who cannot push or walk far.
• Lastly: people with disabilities are
just people – individuals with likes
and dislikes, problems and joys,
just like any other person. While
the disability is an integral part of
who the person is, it alone does not
define him or her. Treat all people
with respect and as individuals. n
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SNAPSHOTS
of DISABILITY IN South Africa
Three children. One debilitating disease. Three different outcomes. . .
Photo: Melina Huet | melina.huet@yahoo.com
1. NOBILO'S STORY
Nobilo was born in a remote village in the Eastern
Cape, about 10 years ago. She was the first child
of Nonto and Andile. Sometime during the child’s
first year, Nonto undertook the expensive and long
journey to the clinic in the big town. At the clinic she
was told that there is something wrong with her
baby. They said the child had Cerebral Palsy and that
there was nothing to be done about it.
According to Nonto’s beliefs and those of her
community, disability is the result of witchcraft. It
is believed to be a sign that the ancestors have
stopped protecting her family because of something
bad they have done, making it easy for bad things
to happen to them and for their enemies to bewitch
them easily – which explains the birth of a child with
a disability. People who give birth to such children
are often shamed and labelled as ‘sinners’. Because
of this, mothers often abandon their children as
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her and then he left, saying that he will never come
back. The community started avoiding contact with
Nonto. Ashamed of herself and her baby, distraught
over the loss of her husband and the cruel isolation
of the community, Nonto gave in to the feelings
of hopelessness and depression, and committed
suicide.
Nobilo was left in the care of her grandmother,
Nceba, who didn’t have the heart to abandon the
child. She took care of Nobilo in a shack next to
her own, never allowing anyone to see the child
and never allowing the child to see the outside of
the shack. She never spoke of the child. It was her
secret. Years later, the community had no idea that
Nobilo was alive and living in their midst. The child
doesn’t talk and doesn’t move much. She makes ugly
guttural sounds when she needs something. Nceba
feeds her and takes care of her most basic needs,
but otherwise ignores her. Nobilo suffers from
neglect, malnutrition, bedsores and a host of other,
unattended medical conditions.
depending on where they were born.
soon as they realise that there is a problem. They will
claim that the child has died because they don’t want
to be shamed by the fact that they have given birth
to ‘Sebopiwa’ – a term for people with a disability that
means the creation of something non-human.
But this was Nonto’s first child. She felt bound to her,
unable to abandon her. She told Andile what the
doctor had said when he came back from the mine
over a long weekend. He told her that she must have
done something to anger the ancestors. He beat
Nceba doesn’t have information to dispel the old
myths that this child is the product of witchcraft. She
doesn’t know that help is available. She doesn’t know
how to cope with what is happening. Every now
and then she loses it and hits the girl. But mostly
she quietly carries her burden on her own – aware,
on a very deep level, of the human being inside
that deformed shape and behind the inability to
communicate.
After all, there is precedent in the community for
what she is doing. Bonani, the stark-naked, ravingmad
boy who is now a man, has been tied up in
chains since childhood next to his mother’s house.
He is fed and looked after. When it gets very cold, he
is taken inside. At least the chains prevent him from
hurting himself or others.
Knowledge is a scarce commodity in isolated, rural
areas. People are left to their own assumptions
and superstitions, with little information or
understanding of the real nature of the problem – or
of the possible solutions and help that are available.
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2. THEMBA'S STORY
Themba is 10 years old. He has a form of Cerebral
Palsy. He lives with his unemployed grandmother,
Nwabisa, in a shack in an informal settlement on the
Cape Flats. He seldom leaves the house, not even to
attend the local clinic, because it is simply too difficult
to transport him. He does not attend school because
the school for children with a disability is far away and
his grandmother cannot afford the transport to get him
there – never mind the fee for the school itself.
When Themba was born, his mother Lindiwe did not
want to believe the doctors when they said there is
something wrong with her baby. After all, the baby
had all the right parts in all the right places. But it
soon became apparent that her baby had been born
with a disability. The doctors said that there were
organisations that could help. She took the child
to the clinic often during the first two years, but as
the child got heavier, she went less frequently. The
nurse who always helped her at the clinic she used
to go, stopped working there. The other people were
unfriendly. It felt like a waste of money to take time off
from her domestic job and pay for a taxi to go there
and be told there is nothing they can do for her child.
And there were the rumours of witchcraft. Old friends
were avoiding her. Lindiwe started drinking. She lost
her job in the suburbs. One day, a long, long time ago,
she left the shack and she hasn’t come back. No-one
knows what has become of her.
Themba and his grandmother are very poor. There
are days when he doesn’t get anything to eat. His
body is under-nourished, making it difficult for him
to fight off illnesses. Themba is smart. He can kind of
make himself understood with grunts that indicate
yes or no. He has learnt many things over the years.
His biggest fear is that there will be a fire again,
because his grandmother is now too frail to carry him
outside the shack. The last time there was a fire, it
destroyed 10 shacks, including theirs. Nwabisa and a
neighbour managed to get him out in the nick of time.
They lost everything in that fire.
Themba has no friends his own age. He hears
their laughter and shouting outside the shack and
sometimes he gets a glimpse of playing children
through a tiny hole in the wall. But he doesn’t want his
grandmother to help him outside, because he doesn’t
want them to make fun of him and call
him names.
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His grandmother does not read or write and so,
she doesn’t know about the resources that are
available to assist children like Themba. And even
if she could read, it is unlikely that she would come
across relevant information because they don’t
have access to the Internet, they don’t have a TV
and there is little money to pay for luxuries like
printed material. She has never taken Themba to
the clinic since Lindiwe went missing.
Themba’s grandmother has a memory of a girl
with yellow hair sitting in a chair that seemed to
move all by itself on the pavement next to the
road. She saw it with her own eyes out of the taxi
window the one time she went to the clinic with
Lindiwe. She wishes with all her heart that she
could have one of those for Themba, even though
it would be difficult to navigate such a chair on
wheels over the sand in this informal settlement.
Photo: Kenny OMG | wikimedia commons
3. ANGELA'S STORY
Angela has Cerebral Palsy. She is not invisible. She
is 10 years old and comes from a wealthy family.
She has a custom-made, automated wheelchair
and a laptop to compensate for her weak arms
and legs. She attends a local, mainstream school
in one of the wealthy suburbs of Cape Town. Her
mother takes her to school in the mornings and
picks her up in the afternoons, using the family’s
second car which has been specially modified
to easily accommodate Angela’s wheelchair so
that she doesn’t have to get in and out of it.
Angela’s classmates have been informed about
her condition and are 100% accepting of her
differences. Her teachers are supportive and
constantly reinforce Angela’s unquestioned right
to acceptance and inclusion. Angela leads a full
life. She takes part in school activities, as well as
wheelchair sports and she has a wide circle
of friends.
Not that life is easy for Angela. She faces huge
challenges every day, not least of which is
overcoming the discriminatory responses to her
condition from people who don’t know better.
And, of course, like any normal human being, she
suffers from bouts of self-doubt, self-criticism and
self-rejection. But then she is buoyed up by the
loving support of a family that will not let her slip
into oblivion. Life is tough, sure. But when you
are loved and cared for and have the doors to
opportunity and participation opened to you, then
all kinds of things become possible.
Photo: Hilton Teper | wikimedia commons
n
Themba’s life is sentenced to a bed in a shack.
He has very few prospects of learning much that
is new or of participating in anything beyond the
limited interaction he has with his grandmother.
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The effect of
Poverty
On Disability
It is clear that the same disability in different
circumstances will have a very different effect
on an individual’s life.
The life-chances of a poor person with a disability
are severely affected by lack of information,
resources, assistive devices, access to health-care,
education and other opportunities.
But that’s not all: people living in poverty are
also more likely to become disabled because of
inadequate nutrition, poor sanitation, sub-standard
safety, lack of information, and inadequate
treatment of diseases – all of which in turn
perpetuates poverty.
v Roughly 3 million South Africans live with a disability.
v Vision impairment in South Africa is the highest of all disabilities
(32%) and it is estimated that 97% of all blind and partially sighted
people in the country are unemployed.
v More than 80% of black children with disabilities live in extreme
poverty and have poor access to appropriate health care,
nutrition and early childhood development support.
v Children who live with a parent with a disability are also
disadvantaged by the disadvantages and lack of assistance
suffered by their parents.
v Poverty results in many disability grants being shared by
the whole family at the expense of care for the child with
the disability.
v Research indicates that violence against children with disabilities
in the developing world occurs at rates at least 1.7 times greater
than against their able-bodied peers.
v Children and young people with disabilities face multiple barriers,
discrimination and exclusion in education and training. Human
Rights Watch estimated in 2015 that over 600,000 children with
disabilities are not in the school system in South Africa. Black
children form the biggest part of this group, reinforcing cycles of
poverty, disability and marginalisation.
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A challenge to affluent families
who have a child with a disability
Only you know the stress, sorrow, emotional
ups and downs, the financial impact, the silent
despair, the heartache and the all-consuming
exhaustion that comes from taking care of a
special needs child.
Here is a challenge that will demand even more
of you, that will require you to step outside
your comfort-zone and outside your normal
boundaries. Yet it is a challenge that could bring
immense healing, joy and love to your world.
Find a family in the ever-present township on the
outskirts of your town that has a child with the
same or similar disability as your child. It takes
compassionate insight to begin to understand
the plight of a family taking care of a child with
a disability, living on the fringes of society in a
disadvantaged community.
You are uniquely qualified to do that.
Befriend that family. Share your knowledge,
expertise, information and resources with this
family. Walk a mile in their shoes. See if you
can help them access the support, care and
education that you demand and probably take
for granted for your own child.
Start a support group for all families struggling
with disability in your municipal area. Start a
community volunteer group to help give the
parents a break from the constant demand on
their time and attention.
Photo: Sally Dimartini
Acknowledge the life lessons that will inevitably
be learnt on both sides. Write and let us know
what transpires.
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Input into the Disability articles: Portia Lefera. People at the Chaeli Campaign. Information supplied by the Department of Women, Children and People with
Disabilities. Sources: Enabling reform, Why supporting children with disabilities must be at the heart of successful child care reform. Published by Every Child
and Better Care Network. | Free Wheeling published by the Regional Rehabilitation Research Institute on Attitudinal, Legal and Leisure Barriers,
Washington, D.C. | Disability etiquette. Tips On Interacting With People With Disabilities published by United Spinal Association, www.unitedspinal.org/
publications | www.ncppdsa.org.za | www.nappyrun.org.za | www.rampup.co.za | www.padi.za.org | Compiled by: Therésa Müller.
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Photo: Anton Crone | antoncrone.com
If you keep your eyes open you will see what needs
to be done. You will remember your grandmother’s
wheelchair, now stored in your parents’ garage ... or
the crutches you used when you broke your leg in
high school, hanging in the rafters ever since ...
There are many people who urgently need
equipment. Children wait 2 to 5 years for an
appropriate wheelchair, often spending that time
lying in bed.
HOWEVER, an ill-fitting wheelchair can cause serious
health problems ... and a chair meant for indoor use
will break down within months in outside terrain.
WhatsApp Shonaquip Social Enterprise on
082 490 0357: ‘Please send info on responsible
equipment donation.’
What can be done?
First of all, see the person, not the disability
Do you have a disability or do you take
care of a person with a disability/?
v
v
v
v
v
v
Know that disability has nothing to do with
witchcraft, nor with being cursed. Worldwide some
200 million children – 10% of the world’s young
people – are born with a disability or become
disabled in some aspect of their body, before
age 19. As people get older they are also likely to
become disabled due to accidents or ill health.
There are Government and non-profit organisations
set up to help people in your situation. Look for help
in the relevant sections of this Directory. Bear in
mind that the best place to take care of a child with
a disability is not in an institution, but in a home,
among family – if that is possible.
Speak with someone at your local clinic, with the
headmaster at a school near you, with a minister
at a church or with your Ward Councillor about
getting support for your situation.
Attend a support group of families coping with a
similar disability.
Take good care of your health and the health of
your charge.
Make time for yourself and your relationship with
your other children and important people in your life.
Are you a concerned onlooker?
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Befriend a person with a disability. Don’t
patronise. There is a person, just like you, behind
the impairment.
Offer support to a family dealing with a disability.
Make it possible for a person with a disability to
take part in recreational and social activities, to
access education and skills training opportunities,
or to go to the shops or visit family.
Volunteer at an organisation or facility for people
with disabilities. Most of them need all kinds of things:
infrastructure maintenance; fundraising; social media
presence.
Make monetary contributions – especially to
facilities for severely disabled children in rural
areas and poor townships.
Donate clothing, groceries, bedding and furniture.
Share what you know. Gather and present
information about organisations in your area that
assist people with disabilities and their families
with therapy, medical care and appropriate
assistive devices. Share your copy of this Resource
Directory.
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v
v
v
v
v
v
Share your knowledge of grants, resources and
information to help improve independence and
inclusion in society for people with disabilities.
Speak up about neglect and abuse. Suggest
alternatives. Help alleviate the stress, tension and
the burden of taking care of a person with
a disability.
Adopt or foster an orphan with a disability.
Encourage independent living for people with
disabilities and provide support, wherever possible.
Become aware of what special needs facilities are
required by people with disabilities and campaign for
such facilities in your community.
Lobby for inclusive education – giving children with
disabilities access to mainstream education.
HERE’s what you can do as a community
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Don’t withdraw from a family that has a child with a
disability. They need your love, support, friendship
and acceptance more than ever.
Mobilise your community to volunteer with families
caring for children or adults with a disability. Help
make food, clean up, play and interact with the
member of the family who has a disability – giving
the regular care-giver a break. This could be for a few
hours or a few days at a time.
Promote inclusive education for all people from as
early as possible.
Promote the involvement of people with disabilities in
all aspects of your community – including planning
and decision-making.
Make sure that your sports facilities, parks,
pavements, transport systems, school grounds,
buildings and public amenities are accessible to
people with disabilities.
Lobby for built-in ramps on all pavements, to allow
wheelchair users to get from one place to another
independently.
Career and other life options for people with
disabilities are mostly limited not by their own
potential, but by the inability of society to support
them in reaching their full potential. Make sure
that your community has the necessary facilities to
care for and support people with disabilities, with
v
particular focus on early childhood development
for children with disabilities.
Prejudice, misconceptions and ignorance about
disabilities are often at the root of the abuse, neglect,
abandonment and infanticide of children with
disabilities. Start a discussion group between people
with and without disabilities in your community to
talk about these issues, as well as the rights and needs
of people with disabilities, and to get experts to share
their information.
Here’s what Businesses can do
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Employ people with disabilities. Shift the focus from
the disability to individual capabilities.
Sponsor the education, health care, therapy and
assistive devices for employees’ children with
disabilities.
Donate to organisations that serve people with
disabilities – especially in rural areas and townships.
Make your buildings and facilities architecturally
accessible so that people with disabilities can be equal
participants.
Source corporate gifts from among the products of
organisations that care for people with disabilities.
Rent the facilities of an organisation that cares for
people with disabilities for your next function or
conference. Let them do the catering to augment their
income.
Present people with disabilities like anyone else in
your corporate promotions’ material.
Add product and over-the-counter medication
descriptions in Braille, alongside English. n
Photo: Shutterstock
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EDUCATION:
South African-specific resources are marked in red
Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless,
which makes every human a potential genius. – Michael J. Gelb
An exciting adventure awaits those who enter these pages.
We’ve scoured the internet to
bring you the best, most highquality
lesson plans and content
for every subject under the sun.
Most of what is listed in the
Education pages are Open
Educational Resources (OER),
which means that they are
freely available for use, reuse,
adaptation and sharing by
educators and students.
You, the reader, will have to do
the hard work of figuring out
which of these many tools and
resources are relevant for you,
and then find ways to start using
them. Good luck! And have fun.
GENERAL CONTENT FOR ALL
SUBJECTS FOR ALL CLASSES
Here is an example of one of 60 world-class,
general educational content resources listed
in the Directory
Global Oneness Project | Brings the
world to your classroom with free awardwinning
films, photo-essays, articles,
companion lesson plans, exercises and
assignments, collaborative discussion
questions, reflective writing prompts
and more. Lesson plans are set for high
school students, but can be adopted for
elementary and middle school use. Subjects:
African studies, Animals, Anthropology,
Architecture, Art, Art history, Asian studies,
Biology, Botany, Communications, Creative
writing, Cultural anthropology, Drama,
Ecology, Economics, English, Environmental
science, Environmental studies, Film,
Geography, Government, Healthcare,
History, Humanities, Japanese, Journalism,
Literature, Modern world studies,
Music studies, Native American studies,
Philosophy, Photography, Physics, Poetry,
Political science, Psychology, Religion,
Skills for Health, Social Studies, Sociology,
Spanish, Theatre Studies, Women’s Studies,
World Languages. Completely free of
charge! | www.globalonenessproject.org
SUBJECT-SPECIFIC CONTENT
ART & CULTURE
4 resources
ASTRONOMY
3 resources –all South African
BIOLOGY
4 resources
CREATIVITY
13 resources
CYBER SAFETY
6 Resources, including an award-winning,
free, pre-school to Grade 12
Digital Citizenship Curriculum
ENGINEERING
5 resources – including a free bridge-building
game that teaches pre-school to Grade 2
learners how to design a solution to a problem
using basic engineering principles
ENVIRONMENT / NATURE STUDIES
28 resources –
of which 11 are South African
FINANCIAL LITERACY
2 South African resources
FITNESS
4 resources
GEOGRAPHY
3 resources
HISTORY
23 resources –
of which 16 are South African
A Quick Overview of
Apartheid
Must Watch Documentary
HUMAN RIGHTS
17 resources –
of which 4 are South African
Free Human Rights Toolkit
LANGUAGES
10 resources – of which 3 are South African.
Includes resources to learn to speak
all 11 of our official languages,
as well as sign language
Promote & Preserve Your
Mother-Tongue
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PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL SUBJECT RESOURCES
MATH
MATRIC
48 world-class resources
MUSIC
8 resources –
of which 1 is South African
8 South African resources
HOMESCHOOLING
READING & WRITING
8 resources – including top quality
FREE Homeschooling resources
30 resources –
of which 8 are South African
EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
& WEB TV SITES
Children’s Books ...
And a Game
20 resources, including YouTube.
16 resources –
of which 8 are South African
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
3 international resources
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING & MATH
(STEM – MIXED)
COOL TOOLS FOR STUDENTS
31 resources – of which 8 are South African.
Includes free NASA materials for Grade R–12
SEX EDUCATION
3 resources
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING
3 resources
STATISTICS
2 resources
TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL SKILLS
24 resources – ALL with coding resources
for teachers and students – including coding
for children as young as 4!
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EDUCATION: RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS & EDUCATORS Overview
South African-specific resources are marked in red
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees;
if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
- Chinese Proverb
AFTER SCHOOL SUPPORT
CAPACITY-BUILDING
Children Have Rights!
Corporal Punishment
EDUCATION RIGHTS
EQUIPMENT &
INFRASTRUCTURE
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
ONLINE LEARNING
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
OFFLINE ELECTRONIC
CLASSROOMS
REPORT MISMANAGEMENT &
CORRUPTION AT YOUR SCHOOL
SUPPORT FOR NPOS IN THE
EDUCATION SECTOR
A Directory of NPOs
in Education
Where to report a teacher
who hurts children
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
LEARNING AIDS FOR LEARNERS
WITH DISABILITIES
MENTAL HEALTH
ONLINE SAFETY
PROTECTING LGBTQI+ LEARNERS
SEX EDUCATION
VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE
LEGAL SUPPORT
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
ONLINE CLASSROOMS
RESOURCES TO HELP YOU CREATE
AN ONLINE CLASSROOM
COMPUTER SKILLS
Schooling the world
YOUTH WELLBEING
BULLYING
Free Basics
FOOD for THOUGHT
ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS & TOOLS
Teaching With WhatsApp
(if that’s all you have)
CHILD ABUSE / SAFETY
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EDUCATION: ACCESS TO BOOKS Overview
Schools can give you a lot of opportunities, but relying on schools to give you an education is ridiculous.
I have a graduate degree, and I’ve learned more from library books than I’ve ever learned in class.
– Jamie, the Self-Made Scholar
AFRICAN PUBLISHERS
OPEN-ACCESS ACADEMIC
RESOURCES (mostly free or low cost)
37 resources –
many offering free downloads of textbooks in
current academic use
FREE VIRTUAL LIBRARIES &
OTHER SOURCES OF BOOKS
& INFORMATION
More than 20 resources with free access to
millions of books in various formats
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EDUCATION: RESOURCES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING Overview
South African-specific educational resources are marked in red
Actually, all education is self-education.
A teacher is only a guide to point out the way, and no school,
no matter how excellent, can give you education. – Louis L’Amour
There are hundreds of education
resources on the internet –
available free of charge to
anyone who signs up, regardless
of whether you have a matric
or whether you’re 18 or 80. It is
a worldwide revolution that is
making knowledge freely available
to all who want to educate
themselves.
You can go through the entire
degree programme at the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (yes, MIT!) completely
free of charge.
Universities and colleges around
the world have for some time
already been making knowledge
available online at greatly reduced
fees and sometimes completely
free of charge. Free offerings
are referred to as Massive Open
Online Courses (MOOC) or Open
Educational Resources (OER).
The pandemic has further forced
huge portions of academic and
business education online.
Carefully research and compare
what is available. Some institutions
offer entirely free study options,
complete with a certificate. Some
offer a mixture of free and paid
options. Some make their money
from charging a fee for the actual
qualification assessment – that’s
if you want the certificate or
degree you studied for– so the
knowledge is free, but without
certification. Some charge a
nominal registration fee. Some
do not offer certification unless
one attends in person. Knowledge
– even without a certificate – is
not necessarily a bad option,
because it can open doors to
entrepreneurship, to increased
self-confidence, to a raise if you are
one of the lucky ones with a job,
and even to employment if you can
demonstrate that you know what
you’re talking about.
Be aware that exchange rates for
nominal fees may render some
seemingly attractive international
options just as expensive as
attending a local university fulltime.
Also, be aware that some
institutions are more credible than
others. Some are businesses and
some are educational institutions.
Some are internationally
accredited and some are not.
Carefully consider what you aim
to achieve before investing your
money or your time.
However one views this, the trend
towards free access to knowledge
is an incredible opportunity
for people all over the world to
become educated, regardless of
location, age or qualifications –
as long as they have a computer
to work on and access to the
internet. What’s going to matter in
the end is the ability to apply that
knowledge – not the piece of paper
that certifies that one has jumped
through the hoops to get it.
So, go on! Explore. This is a new
world! And it is your oyster!
Formal education
will make you a living;
self-education will make you
a fortune.
– Jim Rohn
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STUDY OPTIONS, CAREER
GUIDANCE, BURSARIES &
FUNDING SOURCES
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
OVERSEAS FUNDING & STUDY
OPPORTUNITIES
FREE (or low-cost) COURSES &
STUDY OPTIONS: GENERAL
ADULT LITERACY
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
HEALTH
TECHNOLOGY
SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES
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EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS & SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
Being employed or running a business are NOT the only options to making a living.
Living off the land and selling the things we grow and make with our hands
are equally viable endeavours - even on a very small scale. After all, why do we work? – Editor
LEARNING & EARNING
PLACEMENTS & INTERNSHIPS
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT through
the SECTOR EDUCATION &
TRAINING AUTHORITY (SETA)
Qualified but no work
experience?
Or simply out of work?
VOLUNTEER!
ARTICLES
How to make a living
when there are no jobs
SEARCH OR REGISTER
ONLINE FOR WORK
Old, 'over-qualified '
unemployed & needing a job?
JOB BOARDS
JOB SEARCH ENGINES
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
SOUTH AFRICAN JOBS
DATABASES
SUPPORT FOR
UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE
TEMPORARY WORK
WORK READINESS & SUSTAINABLE
LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMMES
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
Funding for Youth
Work Programmes
Out-Of-The-Box Solutions
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP Overview of listings & editorial headlines
The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Peter Drucker
There are unbelievable world-class resources for entrepreneurs available on the internet –
most with incredibly generous free options. If you don’t find it in this section, Google it.
APPS, TEMPLATES, TOOLS
& SOFTWARE (Mostly free)
Find The Right Software or
App For Your Business
ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE
BALANCE, PRODUCTIVITY & FOCUS
BUSINESS FORMS,
LEGAL AGREEMENTS & LETTER
TEMPLATES
BUSINESS PLAN TEMPLATES
CLOUD STORAGE & FILE SHARING
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP
MANAGEMENT (CRM) TOOLS
FREE FAXING
FREE SCANNING
FREE WEBSITES
MARKETING TOOLS
PROJECT / TASK MANAGEMENT TOOLS
SALES TOOLS
DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
QUICK INFO
GENERAL SUPPORT: NATIONAL
GENERAL SUPPORT:
PROVINCIAL
SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS,
ENTERTAINERS & FILM-MAKERS
Are you a film-maker?
Want To Be A Writer?
SUPPORT FOR CO-OPERATIVES
Lessons from Elsewhere
SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURS
WITH DISABILITIES
SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURS
IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY
Here's what YOU can do
to make a difference
SUPPORT FOR FARMERS
Stay Informed
SUPPORT FOR
INVENTORS & INNOVATORS
SUPPORT FOR MANUFACTURERS
SUPPORT FOR MILITARY
VETERAN ENTREPRENEURS
SUPPORT FOR NPOs
SUPPORT FOR PROPERTY
DEVELOPERS
SUPPORT FOR SMEs
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
SUPPORT FOR THE TOURISM
INDUSTRY
SUPPORT FOR WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS
FUNDING SOURCES
GOVERNMENT FUNDING
Don’t Pay Bribes or Fees!
SURVEY TOOLS
TOOLS THAT SAVE TIME & MONEY
BUSINESS, CO-OP & PATENT
REGISTRATION
Local Governments!
Here's what you can do
to make a difference
A Free Tool to Find
a Suitable Lender
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COMMERCIAL FUNDING
ARTICLES
CROWD-FUNDING
EQUITY CROWD-FUNDING
& ANGEL INVESTORS
Assess Your ‘Fundability’
& ‘Investability’
FOUNDATIONS
Here’s what you need to know
about recycling to
1. Make more money from it
2. Honour the people who
recycle and
3. Safeguard our world
VENTURE CAPITAL
LEARNING, MENTORSHIP
& SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS ARTICES, BOOKS &
PUBLICATIONS
FREE (or low-cost) ONLINE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MOTIVATION & TRAINING
MENTORSHIP
TRAINING ORGANISATIONS
An Astonishing Free Toolkit
for Entrepreneurs
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RED: KENNY: APPROVED & INVOICED; GREEN: APPROVED, NOT PAYING; DIRECT ORDER: NOT THROUGH KENNY
Take back your
power.
Grow your own food!
Imagine a world in which families and communities are fundamentally
self-sufficient ... living sustainably from the land, the way we,
as a species, have lived for 99% of our time on earth, but with the
advantage of modern tools and technologies at our disposal.
Imagine not being dependent on shops for sustenance,
making use of their offerings when it suits us –
not because we have no choice.
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FOOD GROWING
Growing your own food is like printing your own money. – Ron Finley
COMMERCIAL FARMING
EDIBLE PUBLIC SPACES
Gardening for
Mental Health
Surviving & thriving, in
spite of the challenges
Inspiration From a
Decade Ago
GROWING INDIGENOUS CROPS
FOR FOOD & MEDICINE
BOOKS ABOUT
INDIGENOUS PLANTS
Free Downloads
VIDEOS & TALKS
ABOUT SCHOOL GARDENS
VIDEOS & TALKS ABOUT
URBAN FARMING
So, You Want To Start
A Community Garden?
No Space To Garden?
Moving on Empty:
Food and Migration
GARDENING TRAINING
INFO & VIDEOS
Want to understand how
it all fits together?
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
Influential books, films
& documentaries
FOOD SECURITY & CAPACITY-
BUILDING ORGANISATIONS
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL SUPPORT
ORGANISATIONS
Free Download ‘Must-Read’
How to start a FOOD garden
4 Traditional Crops
My Family's Garden
Indigenous Seeds
SEED SAVING
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Thembi is eating pap. It makes her happy because it fills the
hole in her tummy, as it has done for many nights in a row
now since Gogo got a whole bag of mealie meal after she
did that last piece job. She goes to sleep hugging her baby
brother, happily dreaming of the possibility of a bread and
jam sandwich at the learning centre the next day. What luck
that would be if she could eat twice in one day!
At least for tonight and while the mealie meal lasts, Thembi
will not be one of the millions of South Africans who go to
bed on an empty stomach. But she and her baby brother
are part of the 27% of South African children under the age
of 5 who are stunted because of severe malnutrition and
lack of micro-nutrients in their diet.
Edible Weeds
a solution to malnutrition in South Africa?
By Catherine Anthony & Theresa Muller
Childhood malnutrition has devastating effects on the life-chances of an
individual: reduced learning capacity, reduced productivity, lower wages and
a lifetime of poor mental and physical health.
Many players are working on the problem of chronic hunger in our country.
But there is also something that people can do for themselves to increase
their daily intake of nutrients. Something that won’t cost any money and
that they may even find in their backyards!
What are we talking about? The plants rich in medicinal and nutritional
value that grow all around us – nature’s gifts that our ancestors relied on,
but that we have forgotten about because we think that anything edible
must come from a packet or a bag, bought from a shop. You will probably
recognise some of the plants listed in this article as ‘weeds’, even though
they were sources of food and medicine dating back thousands of years.
A plant won’t fill a hole in the stomach as well as a plate of porridge, but
adding even a small quantity of wild ingredients to your daily intake of food
will supply immune-boosting vitamins, minerals, micro-nutrients and fibre to
keep your family healthy and well-nourished.
Start by finding one of these plants in your neighbourhood. Watch a
YouTube movie about identifying different varieties and how to cook and
use them for healing. Speak with old people in your community. Many of
them will remember walking in nature, gathering things to eat or to use as
medicine. Then find the second plant ... soon you won’t be spending money
on green leafy vegetables, because you’ll get them free from mother nature.
Read the Foraging Guidelines elsewhere in the FOOD, HUNGER &
NUTRITION pages. Be kind to nature. Never pick the whole plant: always
leave enough so that it can continue to grow and provide food. Always
properly identify plants before using them.
1. Dandelion. (Scientific
name: Taraxacum officinale)
Appearance Dandelion is
named after the tooth-like
appearance of the leaves (dents
de lion
means teeth of the
lion in French). Has a long taproot and
toothed leaves. Its flowers grow on a
single, non-branching stem, are yellow
and turn into fluffy pom poms when
producing seeds.
Where does it grow? | Everywhere
in the world where the sun shines.
Poisonous look-alikes | All
dandelion look-alikes are safe and
edible, but not necessarily as tasty.
Nutritional value | Highly
nutritious. High in potassium and
vitamins A & C. Also contains vitamins
B & D. Rich source of iron, magnesium
& calcium. and B complex; Protein;
Biotin; Iron; Magnesium; Zinc;
Manganese; Phosphorous; Calcium;
Contains antioxidants.
Good for | Kidney, liver & gall
bladder, digestion, water retention,
constipation, inflammation. General
tonic.
Parts of the plant used | Every
part of the plant is edible.
Taste | Bitter-sweet
How to use | Eat the leaves and
flowers raw in salads & savoury
smoothies immediately after picking,
for optimal nutrition and before they
wilt. Make dandelion pesto. Cook like
spinach. Add to soups and stews.
Make a tea with it. Roast and grind
the roots to mimic coffee.
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FOOD, HUNGER & NUTRITION Overview of listings & editorial headlines
When people are hungry, they struggle to find a way out of poverty.
But charity must, by necessity, be a short-term answer. We must find sustainable, long-term solutions
to help every family become independently food and nutrition-secure. – Editor
FORAGING FOR FOOD
Foraging Guidelines
Here's what YOU can do
to make a difference
ARTICLES
Foraging for Very Nutritious
Wild Greens & Grains
ONLINE RESOURCES
ABOUT EDIBLE & MEDICINAL
PLANTS IN THE WILD
What's That Plant Called?
HUNGER RELIEF
Useful information for
decision-makers
Real Food
Edible weeds:
A solution to malnutrition
in South Africa?
Common-sense ways
to stretch the budget,
reduce waste, save money
and improve the nutrient
content of the food
you feed your family
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
Free Download ‘Must-Read’
Stuff pretending to be food
NUTRITION / LIFESTYLE
INFORMATION & RESOURCES
HEALTHY FOOD –
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
HEALTHY RECIPES
Must Watch
Traditional African
Cooking Channel
TALKS & VIDEOS
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WHY DO YOU
DO THIS TO US?
WE ARE FELLOW
HUMAN BEINGS.
We like sex. It is natural.
We like to look nice. To be attractive.
We like being liked. Loved. Treasured.
But we don’t like being hurt. Or humiliated.
When you force yourself upon us, we are both left empty.
Harmed. Our humanity denied. Ours and yours.
Please love us and we will willingly engage with you.
It is natural. But respect us if we say no. It is our right.
If you’ve raped a woman: find a way to ask for forgiveness and to forgive yourself
so that you can restore your humanity and live the way we’re meant to live.
In love. In harmony.
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GENDER & VIOLENCE ISSUES
For most of recorded history, parental violence against children and men's violence against wives was
explicitly or implicitly condoned. Those who had the power to prevent and/or punish this violence
through religion, law, or custom, openly or tacitly approved it. – Riane Eisler
DEFINITIONS
Abuse Manifests
in Many Ways
Things you can do to protect
yourself & your children
Here’s how to SECRETLY
let people know
that you need help
DOMESTIC ABUSE, INCEST &
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
HELPLINES
SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL SUPPORT OGANISATIONS
Where to report a teacher
who hurts children
Obtaining a
Protection Order
GENDER EQUALITY,
ADVOCACY, INFORMATION
& EDUCATION
ONLINE RESOURCES
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Advice from an
anonymous female cop
Adapted from a WhatsApp
message of unknown origin
NON-CONSENSUAL PORNOGRAPHY,
DOCUMENTED SEXUAL ASSAULT
& CYBER BULLYING
RAPE
When a Woman shares
her experience
EMERGENCY & TRANSITIONAL
SHELTERS
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
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HEALTH Overview of listings & editorial headlines
Health does not come from the doctor or the pharmacy or the operating room.
Sometimes they can save lives, but being healthy comes from the lifestyle choices we make every day.
– Dr. Mimi Guarneri
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Information on these pages is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment,
but as a record of available information on the internet and of knowledge about traditional remedies and the
body’s ability to heal itself when we live a healthy lifestyle. Some information may seem contradictory: do your own
research and find what works for you. ALWAYS seek the advice of a medical doctor or qualified health professional
regarding health-related conditions. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it.
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS
DISASTER HEALTHCARE
FIND A HOSPITAL
GAUTENG HEALTH FACILITIES APP
HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE
MIGRANT & REFUGEE HEALTHCARE
PRO-BONO SURGERIES
RURAL HEALTHCARE
YOUR RIGHT TO HEALTHCARE
Problems with a Government
hospital or clinic?
ALTERNATIVE, NATURAL,
TRADITIONAL & INTEGRATED
HEALTHCARE
ACUPUNCTURE &
CHINESE MEDICINE
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES
RESOURCES
CHIROPRACTIC CARE
HOMEOPATHY
NATUROPATHY
REFLEXOLOGY
10 Things YOU Can Do To
Regain & Retain Your Health
CONDITION-SPECIFIC
RESOURCES
ARTHRITIS
ASTHMA
Smoking ... and ill health
BIRTH DEFECTS
BURNS
CANCER
Free App for Early Detection
Of Breast Cancer
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
CORONA AND OTHER VIRUSES
& BEING WELL
DENTISTRY
Free Must-Read Download
DIABETES
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
FIBROSIS
FOOT HEALTH
HAEMOPHILIA
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HEART & STROKE
HIV & AIDS
HIV Prevention & Treatment
How To Set Up An HIV/
AIDS Support Group
HYPERTENSION & PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION
HYPERTHYROIDISM
IMMUNODEFICIENCIES
INFLAMMATION
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
KIDNEY DISEASE
LYMPHOEDEMA: SWOLLEN LIMBS
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
OSTEOPOROSIS
Free Parkinson’s Info Download
SPINE RELATED DISORDERS
STROKE
TUBERCULOSIS (TB)
TURNER SYNDROME
VISION DISORDERS
DOCTOR GOOGLE
Must Watch Video
PREGNANCY, CONTRACEPTION
& ABORTION SERVICES
Useful Information
for Pregnant Moms
& New Parents
The Miracle Of Life
Report illegal abortion
providers
RESOURCES FOR DOCTORS, HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS
& HEALTH-CARE FACILITIES
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE &
CAPACITY-BUILDING RESOURCES
BURNS EXPERTISE
CARDIAC EXPERTISE
EYESIGHT EXPERTISE
HIV & TB HEALTH CARE
WORKERS HELPLINE
MEDICINE INFORMATION
RARE DISEASES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
RURAL SUPPORT
Are You a Medical
Professional?
Here’s How YOU Can Make
A Difference
PSORIASIS
RARE DISEASES
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HUMAN RIGHTS Overview of listings & editorial headlines
Our hopes for a more just, safe, and peaceful world can only be achieved when there is universal
respect for the inherent dignity and equal rights of all members of the human family.
– Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Human rights belong to all human
beings simply because we exist. Our
right to be alive, to be safe and free, to
be respected, to have access to food,
water, a place to live, and more – cannot
be taken away, regardless of how much
money we have, what language we
speak or where we live in the world.
Human rights can be restricted in
specific situations and according to
due process and by a court of law* if a
person is found guilty of dishonouring
the human rights of another person.
So, not only do all human beings have
rights, but we also have an obligation to
respect and protect the human rights of
other human beings.
ARTICLES
South Africa’s
Bill of Rights
guarantees our
Human Rights
Not white?
Not welcome!
INTERNATIONAL / CONTINENTAL
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS
LEGAL SUPPORT & RESOURCES
SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN
RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS
SPECIAL FOCUS
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LABOUR MATTERS Overview of listings & editorial headlines
By raising the living standards of millions, labour miraculously created a market for industry
and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production.
Those who attack labour forget these simple truths.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
CAPACITY-BUILDING & SUPPORT
FOR WORKERS AND THEIR
ORGANISATIONS
ARTICLES
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Domestic Workers:
These Are Your Rights!
Here's what you need to
know about the
Unemployment Insurance
Fund (UIF)
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
SUPPORT FOR CASUAL WORKERS
SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC
WORKERS
Are you being sexually
harassed or abused
at your place of work?
Are YOU paying / earning
a living wage?
TRADE UNIONS
INTERNATIONAL
SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE UNION
FEDERATIONS
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NATURE
IS
CHOKING
ON OUR
RUBBISH.
If you don’t want
to live in a world
that looks like this
STOP LITTERING!
Every little piece ends up somewhere.
Just put it in a rubbish bin. Please?
And hold your municipality accountable
for keeping the environment clean!
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LAND, HOUSING & ESSENTIAL SERVICES Overview
Housing is a physical requirement. But it is also much more -
It is a spiritual need which goes to the root of a dignified and tolerable life.
It is at the core of a better life for all South Africans.
– Joe Slovo
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BODIES
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
ENERGY
WATER & SANITATION
Drinkable Water
WASTE REMOVAL
MUNICIPAL SUPPORT FOR
INDIGENT (POOR) HOUSEHOLDS
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
HOUSING
Are you facing eviction?
EMERGENCY HOUSING
UPGRADING INFORMAL
SETTLEMENTS
HOUSE & LAND OWNERSHIP
SUBSIDIES
Want a house, but don’t
qualify for a subsidy?
To qualify for any
government housing
programmes, you must ...
USEFUL GOVERNMENT
PUBLICATIONS
TOOLS & RESOURCES
COMMUNITY ORGANISING
SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
EVICTIONS & FORCED
REMOVALS
GENERAL
HOUSE BUILDING
INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
LAND ACCESS, RIGHTS, CLAIMS
& REDISTRIBUTION
MINING AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
Free Download ‘Must-Reads’
RURAL & FARM DWELLERS
SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
SKILLS & CAPITAL FOR
NEW LANDOWNERS
URBAN / CITY DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN’S RIGHT TO LAND,
HOUSING & PROPERTY
People who are homeless
are not social inadequates.
They are people without homes.
– Sheila McKechnie
FREE HOUSES
Lessons From Elsewhere
Report Corruption,
Unethical Behaviour
& Poor Public Service
REDUCED-RENTAL
ACCOMMODATION
Watch these MOVIES
to understand some of the
issues around informal
settlements
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LGBTQI+ Overview of listings & editorial headlines
Being gay is like being left handed. Some people are, most people aren't and nobody really knows why.
It's not right or wrong, it's just the way things are! – Ngan Tengyuen
ADVOCACY, CAPACITY-BUILDING,
LEGAL & OTHER SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
BOOKS, TALKS & VIDEOS
DEFINITIONS
FOOD for THOUGHT
DIVERSITY TRAINING
FREE RESEARCH REPORTS
HATE CRIMES & OTHER CRISES
HEALTH SERVICES
LGBTQI+ BUSINESS
LGBTQI+ FOREIGNERS
LGBTQI+ POLITICAL MOVEMENTS
LGBTQI+ PROJECT FUNDING
MEDIA
MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH
ARTICLES
LGBTQI+ Q&A
Lessons from America
A letter to the family
Intersex Brochures & Guides
Someone to Talk to
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MEN
Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.
– Edwin Louis Cole
ADDICTIONS
CIRCUMCISION
CIRCUMCISION INFORMATION
HELP FOR BOTCHED
CIRCUMCISIONS
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIP
COUNSELLING
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
|As a Man, a Father,
a Partner
Free Download
HOMELESS MEN & BOYS
MEN’S GROUPS
FOR MEN
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMMES
FOR BOYS
MEN’S HEALTH
HIV & AIDS
SEXUAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH
BIRTH CONTROL FOR MEN
PROGRAMMES & SUPPORT FOR MEN
FATHERHOOD
BEING A FATHER
FATHER’S RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
SUPPORT FOR GRIEVING FATHERS
GAY & BISEXUAL MEN
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE & RAPE
Baba. Men and Fatherhood in South
Africa | ...
HELP FOR PERPETRATORS OF
RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE
RESOURCES FOR BOYS AND MEN
VIDEOS
WEBSITES
GENDER SENSITIVITY TRAINING
SUPPORT FOR MALE CHILD &
TEEN VICTIMS OF RAPE
Help for Men Who Raped
SUPPORT FOR ADULT MALE
SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD
SEXUAL ABUSE
Here's a short movie that
every South African man
should watch
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MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH
YOU are the one thing in this world that you must never give up on.
Asking for help is the first step.
– Lili Reinhart
SUICIDE FACTS
Warning Signs
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
& HELPLINES
HELPLINES FOR THOSE WHO
SERVE OTHERS
SOMEONE TO TALK TO
GENERAL SUPPORT
CONDITION-SPECIFIC SUPPORT
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
(ADD) & HYPERACTIVITY
BIPOLAR & SCHIZOPHRENIA
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY &
EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
Natural Anti-Depressants
EATING DISORDERS
GRIEVING & BEREAVEMENT
SUPPORT
MEDITATION
MEDITATION APPS
MEDITATION CENTRES
ONLINE MEDITATION
Listen to the teachings of
the masters
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
FOR CHILDREN
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING &
SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
MENTAL RESILIENCE TRAINING
MOTIVATION
RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS, TEACHERS AND
LAY COUNSELLORS
SELF-HELP PRACTICES &
TECHNIQUES
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE
(TAPPING)
FOOD & MENTAL HEALTH
HYPNOSIS
QIGONG
YOGA
A FREE Therapy Session
for Anyone
SELF-HELP RESOURCES
HELPFUL WEBSITES
The Science of Happiness
INSPIRING TEACHINGS
TALKS & VIDEOS
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
SOCIAL MEDIA & MENTAL HEALTH
SUICIDE PREVENTION
SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSE & TRAUMA SURVIVORS
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MIGRANTS & REFUGEES Overview of listings & editorial headlines
There are no nations! There is only humanity.
And if we don't come to understand that right soon,
there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.
— Isaac Asimov
DEFINITIONS
ARTICLES
Want to know what life is like
for a refugee in SA?
How Can South Africans Help
the Foreigners in Our Midst?
EDUCATION & PSYCHOSOCIAL
SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE
CHILDREN & YOUTH
I Am An African
GBV & HUMAN TRAFFICKING
HEALTHCARE
INFORMATION,
SERVICES & SUPPORT
Your Rights –
Regardless of Your
Legal Status
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
Don't be at the mercy of lost
or stolen documents!
LEGAL SERVICES
SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES
WITH DISABILITIES
Free Download ‘Must-Read’
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SENIOR CITIZENS Overview of listings & editorial headline
A society that does not value its older persons
denies its roots and endangers its future.
– Nelson Mandela
Millions of senior citizens in townships are living in abject poverty and regularly experience isolation, abuse and
neglect. This is exacerbated by weakened family ties, financial insecurity, limited mobility, and a lack of access to
quality healthcare. Dire living conditions are the norm for many older persons who live in neighbourhoods rife
with crime and with limited access to basic services such as water, electricity and emergency services. Many are
also unaware of their rights and lack the resources or information to seek help when they need it. Despite this,
many older persons still support large families on their meagre pensions and are often the sole breadwinner in
the household. For an older person who is bedridden and alone, accessing help can be nearly impossible.
– Ikamva Labantu
DEFINITIONS
WHO IS OLD?
WHAT IS ELDER ABUSE?
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
HELPLINES
CALL CHARGES
WHERE TO REPORT ELDER ABUSE
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
FOOD, HEALTH & PSYCHOSOCIAL
SUPPORT PROGRAMMES
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL
HEALTHY AGEING
INTERNATIONAL & ONLINE
RESOURCES
MENTAL & EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
SENIOR CITIZEN
DISCOUNTS & PRICE-BREAKS
SOCIAL WELFARE
& ACCOMMODATION
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL
Online Directory of
Retirement Accommodation
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
at a senior-citizen complex
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
As a domestic employer |
As a concerned onlooker |
As a business |
As family |
YOUR TIME NOW!
Here’s how YOU can make
a difference – as an elder
Preamble to the South African
Older Persons Charter
ARTICLES
FOOD for THOUGHT
INSPIRATION
Must Watch Video
Lesson From Elsewhere
SUPPORT FOR GRANDMOTHERS
CARING FOR GRANDCHILDREN
GRANDMOTHERS
holding families together
all over South Africa
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SOCIAL WELFARE & HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT Overview
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural.
It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
– Nelson Mandela
GOVERNMENT BODIES
SOCIAL GRANT INFORMATION
A GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICA’S
GRANTS
SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL SECURITY
AGENCY (SASSA) CONTACT INFO
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
SASSA PAYMENTS
THE END OF THE GRANT
THE GRANTS
CARE DEPENDENCY GRANT
CHILD SUPPORT GRANT
DISABILITY GRANT
What does this say about us?
And what can YOU do about it?
ASSISTANCE WITH & INFORMATION
ABOUT SOCIAL GRANTS
SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS,
IMPOVERISHED, DESTITUTE &
ADDICTED PEOPLE
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
SHELTERS & PROGRAMMES
FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
WELFARE ORGANISATIONS &
HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
– As a policy-maker
ONLINE RESOURCES
Must-Watch Free Movie
ARTICLES
FOSTER CARE GRANT
GRANT-IN-AID
OLD PERSON’S GRANT
WAR VETERAN’S GRANT
INDIGENT SUPPORT
SCHOOL FEES
SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS
(SRD) GRANT
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
Shelter when it is
freezing outside
Take Note
Life Without a Home
The Secret Love Project
Yes we CAN,
South Africa!
Begging For Change
in South Africa
Lessons From Elsewhere
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ADDICTIONS Overview of listings & editorial
Addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing.
– David Sheff, Author of ‘Clean’
HELPLINES
A short movie for
parents & teens
ALCOHOL ADDICTION
Responsible Consumption
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
SUPPORT FOR THOSE AFFECTED
BOOKS
VIDEOS, ETC.
COCAINE ADDICTION
GAMBLING ADDICTION
PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION
The Research
PORN BLOCKERS
SMOKING ADDICTION
REFERRAL SERVICES
ADDICTION TREATMENT
FACILITIES, INFO & SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
TRAINING & CAPACITY-BUILDING
ORGANISATIONS
VIDEOS
ARTICLES
Damaged in the Womb
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WOMEN & FAMILY Overview of listings & editorial headlines
The family is the cornerstone of our society.
More than any other force it shapes the attitudes, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child.
And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive
scale the community itself is crippled. So, unless we work to strengthen the family, to create conditions
under which most parents will stay together, all the rest - schools, playgrounds, and public assistance,
and private concern - will never be enough. – Lyndon Johnson
CRISIS / UNWANTED
PREGNANCY COUNSELLING
Here's what you can do
to make a difference
– as a Policy-Maker!
Want to know what issues
affect women?
What to do if you find
an abandoned baby
INSPIRATION
LEGAL SUPPORT FOR WOMEN
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
CHILD SUPPORT / MAINTENANCE
PROGRAMMES FOR GIRLS
& YOUNG WOMEN
If you need help with a crisis pregnancy or know
someone who needs help, go to
www.crisispregnancy.org.za
and search the database for service
providers in your province
NATIONAL
FAMILY WELFARE,
RELATIONSHIP & MARRIAGE
COUNSELLING
NATIONAL / MULTIPLE PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL
ROLE MODELS
SUPPORT FOR SEX WORKERS
SUPPORT FOR SINGLE
& TEEN PARENTS
PROVINCIAL
Are You Pregnant
And Need Information
And Advice?
Here’s what YOU can do
to make a difference
The family
is the only way we have
of teaching people
to be human.
– Margaret Mead
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
ARTICLES
A Guide To Birth Control /
Methods of Contraception
BABY SAFES
BABY SAFE LOCATIONS
Crisis Pregnancy
What are the Options?
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YOUTH Overview of listings
If you're not happy with any area of your life:
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOU are in control.
You
Tube
Team Fearless
Are you young
and homeless?
Are you thinking about
running away from home?
Do you live in a household
without any adults?
The Africa That I Want
Free Download ‘Must-Reads’
Youth Unemployment
BIRTH CERTIFICATES, IDENTITY
& OTHER DOCUMENTS
COOL FREE THINGS ONLINE
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMMES
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
PROGRAMMES, PLATFORMS
& OPPORTUNITIES
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
FOOD for THOUGHT
Learn to Become a Mentor
RELATIONSHIPS
RESOURCES FOR
SELF IMPROVEMENT
RESOURCES FOR YOUTH WORKERS
PROVINCIAL
Young & Bored?
Do You Love Nature?
Get Ready for the
World of Work
Need Motivation?
Funding for Youth
Work Programmes
SEXUAL, REPRODUCTIVE AND
OTHER HEALTH & WELLBEING
RESOURCES
YOUTH ACTIVISM
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