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The National Association of Social Change Entities in Education (NASCEE) is an association of education non-profit organisations seeking to maximise the contribution of NPOs to national development goals connected to education.
We do this by:
- Improving the capacity of our members to ensure effective and well-run NPOs in the sector.
- Collaboration and influence in defining thematic focus areas in partnership with members.
- Advocacy through the expression of systematic challenges and solutions.
Find out more about the NASCEE Mission, Vision & Goal
AccessEd believes that university should be accessible to all young people regardless of socio-economic background or upbringing. While university may not be the choice for all, it should be accessible to everyone. In line with this, the principal objective of AccessEd is to launch and scale university access programmes that promote access to higher education among young people from underserved communities in a non-profit manner. AccessEd's unique programme model mobilises Postdocs, PhDs and Master's students to tutor and mentor young people from underserved communities. We leverage the passion and expertise of postgraduate tutors to convert their research work into a university-style course for pupils to compete. Designed to give pupils an authentic university experience, the programme breaks down barriers to higher education. Aside from postgraduate experts, pupils interact with a range of professionals who further enrich their programme experience through academic enrichment workshops. Programme outcomes include improved subject knowledge, university readiness, motivation, self-efficacy and meta-cognition - key competencies that support progression to higher education. Beneficiaries include pupils and their parents, postgraduate researchers, and teachers.
Education NPO, implementing Whole School Development (infrastructure, curriculum, social welfare, leadership) in rural and township communities
AYDF develops and implements large-scale, evidence-based behaviour change programmes and builds the capacity of other organisations to do the same. With over 20 years of experience, AYDF works with NEET youth, equipping them to overcome challenges like substance abuse, school dropout, teenage pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS. Many participants go on to find employment, return to school, or start businesses. AYDF’s approach is rooted in Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, addressing behaviour change through a systems lens. Their methodology targets root causes by enhancing protective factors and mitigating risk factors in the environments where young people grow up.
Afrika Tikkun Bambanani focuses on providing comprehensive solutions for early childhood development. With a strong emphasis on the crucial years from ages 0 to 6, Afrika Tikkun Bambanani offers a range of services and programs aimed at supporting children's learning and development during their formative years: Curriculum, Practitioner training and Assessment and monitoring of children and practitioners.
The AFRO-Freedom Book Club is a public book club that focuses on Afrikan writers to inspire dialogue and civic engagement in the community. We strongly believe in the voice of Afrikans and the importance of telling our own stories. It is a great setting for Afro-centric, creative, opinionated, and open-minded people. This is an excellent way to enjoy Afrikan literature with a diverse and great group of readers and thinkers.
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Schools Enrichment Centre (AIMSSEC) is the vehicle for public engagement, schools’ enrichment and professional development of mathematics teachers.
Axium Education’s mission is to raise student achievement in rural South African communities. This year marks 15 years of work. From an initial science and maths focused team-of-two, Axium has grown to a staff of 300+ serving more than 7000 children in Grades R-12 in 40 schools spread across two districts. Hundreds of Axium alumni have accessed tertiary studies at universities or colleges across the country, with many returning to work as professionals in the communities we serve.
Biblionef is an NPC (Non-Profit Company) that donates new storybooks to children attending schools and organisations with an educational focus. The majority of our books are locally produced and available in all eleven languages to ensure that South African children can relate to them. These books support endeavours to improve literacy levels, establish a reading culture, and help create the right circumstances to foster a love of reading and respect for the written word. Our Vision is to create lifelong readers who are good citizens, can read and think for themselves, resulting in a society where everyone is literate, has access to education and read both for pleasure and necessity. Our Mission is to make books available for all children (ages 3 – 18) in all the official languages for reading pleasure and for education, and in this way to lay the foundation for children to make good decisions through critical thinking and live balanced and productive lives.
Book Dash is a social impact publisher of open-licensed, African picture books for young children. Based on research that indicates the educational value of owning engaging books from birth, our vision is that ‘Every child should own one hundred books by the age of five’. In South Africa, 70% of young children don't own books.
We support more than 200 Botebong voluntary and community organisations to deliver their services by providing funding, governance, partnership and other relevant information and advice. Through our networks, we bring the sector’s organisations together to ensure their concerns are raised and their voice are heard.
When a child’s imagination is unlocked, possibilities are opened up, allowing them to choose a path for their own future. Breadline Africa enables this journey by providing initiatives and infrastructure to support childhood development in Southern Africa. The renovated containers and prefabricated units are used as early childhood development centres (pre-schools), community kitchens, toilet blocks and primary school libraries.
We have 2 main focus areas, Job creation and education. On job creation side we have a youth development program, workshop for 40 disabled people, daycare for 30 disabled adults and daycare for 15 severely disabled children.
The CIE promotes and supports quality education for the common good through the spiritual, intellectual and professional formation of leaders and teachers in Catholic schools. We are committed to justice and compassion and offer a Catholic perspective in our engagement with society as we work in solidarity with people most in need.
CASME’s vision is to change learners lives through Quality and Innovative Mathematics and Science Education by providing quality teacher professional development opportunities for mathematics and science education in under-resourced and rural schools in South Africa.
Citizen Leader Lab is a home-grown leadership development and support organisation. This award- winning, globally ranked non-profit believes that the tenets of equal opportunity for all, accountable and responsible leadership and partnerships that foster unity and inspire common identity are essential in creating the #TheFutureWeWant for South Africa.
Columba Leadership has existed since 2009 and offers a values-based leadership programme for Grade 10 learners, principals and educators and a model which schools can use to embed values and youth engagement. it is through the effective engagement and connection with values that Columba aims to enhance youth outcomes.
We work in no fee public schools in under-resourced communities, transforming those schools into centres of excellence allowing children from disadvantaged backgrounds to access quality education at their closest community school.
CoolPlay is a 15 year old non-profit organisation that empowers +2500 disadvantaged children on a weekly basis through sports. Due to the harshness of life in townships, children are experiencing trauma daily so we use sports as a tool to teach children psychosocial skills that enable them to thrive despite their every day challenges.
At Datalab, we help you find exactly where your gaps are through an in-depth analysis of your databases, processes and systems. We determine where you are losing resources - whether time, labour or materials. Then we create linkages in your data management system to ensure that all the parts speak to each other and can be consolidated in meaningful and informative ways. This gives us the clarity we need to address any business development concerns at the project and organisation level. We incorporate social learning into all our work, evaluations and learning systems. The result is a thriving business where learning is ubiquitous and the value of gaining knowledge from one another is fully grasped and appreciated.
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