THE TOPSY FOUNDATION partners with rural communities, bringing about change, through a multi-faceted approach to the consequences of HIV/Aids.

It is estimated that 12% to 15% of all South Africans are HIV+, which will result in about three million orphans by 2010. A non-profit organisation, the Topsy Foundation was started in 2000, to join the fight against HIV/Aids – South Africa's new struggle.

The work of the Topsy Foundation is done using three programmes which operate together to help prevent HIV/Aids and alleviate its consequences:
- Home-based Care and Community Outreach
- In-house Care
- Training and Poverty Alleviation

The Topsy Foundation currently works with the rural communities from the Dipaleseng area in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Activities take place from the Sanctuary – a small village with a total of twelve thousand square metres of building floor space. This is the initial 'flagship' for the Topsy Foundation, and in the long term the aim is to replicate it in other rural areas.

The Topsy Foundation has a vision of flourishing rural communities, where people have the tools for change, and where young people in particular, are productive members of society, in spite of the impacts of HIV/Aids. Its work therefore has a focus on children.

The Topsy Foundation receives help and support from individuals and organisations. If you would like to help in any way please contact us:
 

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   Shared Interest helps low-income women, families and communities access affordable credit—credit that helps them become productive and independent. This process stabilizes and strengthens South Africa’s economy. It nurtures community organizations that strive to redress inequality. And most importantly, it benefits women and families affected by HIV, it builds houses, it creates jobs, and it launches small businesses.

"Shared Interest creates the means for US social investors to invest in community-based economic projects that will not only create jobs, but also alternative models of control and ownership."
-Nelson Mandela

 

Thank You!

As a special thank-you to a first-time contributor, Shared Interest is pleased to send you a specially designed reproduction of the South African national anthem and for your partnership in bring hope and opportunity to South Africans!

You can also contact the Shared Interest Director of Community Initiatives, Kimberley Wright or via 646-442-0185

 

 

  Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating the African AIDS pandemic and advancing democracy and equality in South Africa. ANSA also works to further civil rights and safeguard voting rights in the U.S.

In partnership with South African and American organizations, grassroots movements, leaders, artists and activists, ANSA works to make a difference through public education and mobilization, advocacy, grantmaking, media campaigns and the provision of material aid.

ANSA harnesses the talents, visibility and resources of artists to increase awareness, raise money and mobilize action on AIDS, South Africa and U.S. civil rights.

Originally called Artists for a Free South Africa, ANSA was founded in 1989 by Alfre Woodard, Danny Glover, Blair Underwood, Mary Steenburgen, CCH Pounder, Robert Guillaume and friends to mobilize support for South Africa's quest for freedom.

With the approach of the first multi-racial elections in 1994, ANSA concentrated on voter education, working alongside grassroots organizations to help reach millions who had never before been allowed to cast ballots. In one of history's great victories of justice, apartheid was replaced by a stable multi-party democracy and the world's most far-reaching Bill of Rights. Reconciliation triumphed over revenge. As the situation in South Africa has changed, ANSA has altered its focus to address new and pressing needs. In many ways, the real work-of alleviating the suffering and inequities created by centuries of oppression-has just begun. ANSA now works to redress inequities that are the legacies of apartheid in South Africa and segregation in America.

ANSA relies on the generosity of individuals to continue its work fighting AIDS and increasing equality in South Africa. Your contribution will support ANSA programs and will go a long way in helping to redress the inequities that are the legacies of apartheid in South Africa, as well as furthering civil rights in America.

Thank You for Your Support.

 

or Donate by Phone:
Call Toll Free 1-877 4-AFRICA (423-7422)

 

Founded in 1983, All Stars Talent Show Network (ASTSN) uses a "performance-learning" approach to foster the emotional and social development of young people. Each year, thousands of urban youth between the ages of 5 and 25 participate in several dozen All Stars events including auditions, rehearsals, talent shows and development workshops. The All Stars involves young people from the poorest neighborhoods of New York City, Newark, NJ, the San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.

The All Stars Project, Inc. (ASP) (see our Brand Video) is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting human development through the use of an innovative performance and development based model. The ASP creates outside of school, educational and performing arts activities for tens of thousands of poor and minority young people. It sponsors community and experimental theatre, develops leadership training and pursues volunteer initiatives that build and strengthen communities.

Please contact Roweena Naidoo for additional information regarding All Stars Project Inc.

The USA's leading privately-funded youth development non-profit, the All Stars Project, Inc., relies on your support. Thank You.

 

 

Project People Foundation is a U.S.-based non-profit tax-exempt corporation. It was founded to promote social justice and multi-ethnic and inter-faith harmony through programs focusing on economic empowerment through employment and education for women and youth of color.

Black Dolls to Children in the Townships --- How We Began

In 1995, PPF began working with Ikamva Labantu, a non-governmental agency in Cape Town, South Africa, to get black dolls to children living in the townships. Under apartheid, black children had never had the opportunity to play with dolls made in their likeness. The goal was to collect, transport, and distribute 15,000 new black dolls donated by people in the U.S. to waiting children in the townships.

In 1996, PPF expanded its black doll project by collaborating with Ikamva Labantu and engaging black women in South Africa to design and manufacture dolls which were exported to the U.S. Currently, dolls and other hand-crafted items are distributed by PPF not only in the United States but also throughout South Africa and to Ethiopian children living in Israel. This doll donation initiative is called "Sponsor-A-Smile" and anyone can participate by purchasing a doll or stuffed toy and giving it to a child in need.