SIOC Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) and the Climate Disaster Resilience Fund (CDRF) have announced their partnership aimed at resourcing and capacitating SIOC-CDT to ably support government in preparing for and responding to as well as assisting beneficiary...
Bringing hope and a positive future for children with disabilities According to Stats SA, “The national disability prevalence rate is 7,5% in South Africa. The prevalence of a specific type of disability further indicates that 11% of persons aged five years and older...
A recent report – ‘Period Poverty: Stigmas add to young girls’ woes’1 estimates that “at least 7 million South African girls don’t have access to basic sanitary products each month”. This results in “an estimated 30% of young girls not attending school during their...
25 October 2021 – Northern Cape. Friday, 22nd October marked the last day of the week-long SIOC-CDT school’s eyesight campaign in the JTG District for 2021. Around 303 students from Galaletsang High School and Baitiredi Technical and Commercial High School in...
This September, South Africa will focus on several pressing healthcare issues as we observe ‘Eye Care Awareness’, ‘Oral Health’, ‘Heart Awareness’ and ‘National Month of Deaf People’. “This is an important month,” says Vusani Malie, CEO, SIOC-CDT. “It brings with it...
In the Northern Cape, a capacity building project, funded by the SIOC Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT), that focuses on expanding the facilities for maternity care has been taking place since October 2019. The Northam Clinic Maternity Ward upgrade, funded by...
This week sees the handover of no fewer than 273 sets of school uniforms across 15 schools in the Northern Cape and Limpopo regions. As part of SIOC Community Development Trust’s (SIOC-CDT) Kanako Social Responsibility programme. “Our goal is to provide assistance and...
The Science and Mathematics at University of Stellenbosch (SciMathUS) programme provides a second opportunity for educationally disadvantaged learners to enter higher education studies in Mathematics, Science and Commerce-related fields. The programme, which turns 20...
SIOC-Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT), rolls out vision care project to communities in the Northern Cape. Even before the pandemic hit us, it’s common knowledge that the South African public healthcare system was buckling under the pressure of a large population...