Social Development
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Grantmaking in the disability sector – “˜Nothing about us without us’
1 September 2011
Elinor Kern, CSI Practitioner at Tshikululu Social Investments, considers how social investors should approach their work in the disability sector – in an inclusive partnership with the people they support.“˜Nothing about us without us’ is an international disability slogan that encapsulates the importance of the inclusion of people with disabilities.
Until recently, much of the focus in disability sector work has been on the medical and individual implications for people living with disabilities, but this is a limiting approach and does not take into account their social needs. It is most commonly referred to as a “˜medical model’, which is not developmental in nature and it does not acknowledge the real needs of people with disability.
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Securing the future – brick by brick
4 July 2011
Maboe Primary School in Limpopo. Seven classrooms, toilets, borehole and renovations to existing classroom completed
Tshikululu Social Investments has been engaged in infrastructural capital projects since its inception. This work continues in especially the education and health sectors, with Tshikululu’s hands-on project management of client construction projects, from blueprint phase to handover.
Here, Tshikululu shares some advice and thoughts for social investors to consider when undertaking this intensive and sometimes risky work.
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South Africa has a responsibility to grow a better future
14 June 2011
While South Africa needs to solidify its plans to reduce the effects of climate change, it also needs to develop clear policy to address soaring food costs, increase sustainable subsistence farming, and promote market transparency.
Written by Gina de Villiers, Senior Communications Specialist at Tshikululu Social Investments.
For most of us, the global food system is broken, says Oxfam. Their recently released report describes a new age of food crisis – food price spikes and oil price hikes, devastating weather events, financial meltdowns, and global contagion. Behind each of these, there are slow-burn crises smouldering – creeping and insidious climate change, growing inequality, chronic hunger and vulnerability, and the erosion of our natural resources.
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Broken families are breaking youth
12 May 2011
We argue that the fact that two thirds of children do not live with their parents is damaging our future workers, entrepreneurs and leaders.
Written by Lucy Holborn for the South African Institute of Race Relations. This article is an executive summary of the second report on research conducted by the Institute into the state of South African families and youth.
Unemployment, teenage pregnancy, crime and drug and alcohol abuse all affect South Africa’s youth. Family breakdown and the absence of fathers in particular, may contribute to these social ills.
