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The Power is in People: Reflections from our development practice in South Africa

01/05/2016

1 documents

188 pages long

Languages: English

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This Oxfam Australia publication captures experiences, learning, knowledge and underlying principles of the development of the programs in South Africa from 1998 to 2016. In this light, it seeks to do many things: Describe the journey in South Africa through the eyes of Oxfam staff, highlighting key moments and reflecting on the changes over the years; Capture […]

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Stories of Change: Through the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES)

01/04/2016

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

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The Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) is a collaborative partnership between Oxfam Australia’s Southern Africa office and a group of South African-based organisations working at a grassroots level to affect social change. The breadth of issues these organisations tackle is diverse and includes health, sustainable livelihoods which typically involves food security and income-generating activities, early childhood development (ECD), […]

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Wisdom from Everyday Development: A collection of vignettes from South Africa

01/03/2016

1 documents

122 pages long

Languages: English

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This collection of stories of change brings together various short vignettes from community based organizations in South Africa under five key themes from programme work in country. The key areas of focus of these stories are: food security and livelihoods; active citizenship; gender and vulnerability; embracing community complexity; and partnerships. These are all crucial areas […]

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Oxfam’s Journey in South Africa

01/02/2016

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam Affiliates have a long history of supporting civil society organizations in South Africa, spanning the pre and post-apartheid period. This short historical document provides a brief glimpse into Oxfam in South Africa and some of its achievements. In South Africa, the involvement of Oxfam grew from just one affiliate to at least ten affiliates […]

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Research report

Nurturing Through Nature: The socio-economic impact of Umzi Wethu on rural Eastern Cape communities

01/10/2015

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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This study seeks to determine and document the socio-economic impact of the Umzi Wethu programme, which uses nature as a basis to nurture, educate and prepare young, vulnerable people for employment. Umzi Wethu, a programme conceptualized, managed and implemented by the Wilderness Foundation, is actively using biodiversity conservation as a basis for educating and nurturing […]

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Inequality in South Africa: A two part document on the current understanding and dimensions of inequality in health, gender and livelihoods

01/07/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Recognising that inequality is at the heart of the South African ‘development problem’, Oxfam commissioned this research from the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The report, supported by 91 references, is in two parts, with an executive summary. Part 1 covers the current understanding of […]

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Case study

Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) and partner baseline development in South Africa

06/05/2014

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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This publication documents the community participation and planning process used in developing the baseline data in the first year of a five year WASH program in South Africa. It reviews the work with four of the five partner organisations in an Australian African Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) in South Africa. The partners are all based […]

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Building Early Childhood Development Capacity in Limpopo: The Thusanang Trust’s approach

30/04/2014

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study analyses the approach, practice and lessons emerging from the work of Thušanang Trust in building the capacity of Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners and parents in rural communities in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The document is in three main parts. Part 1 explores the policy, strategy and challenges of providing ECD in […]

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Case study

Foundations for the Future: Strategies for the sustainability of JOHAP partners

01/08/2008

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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This study sets out to understand and share the successes and challenges of implementing partner strategies for organisational sustainability, through a case study of JOHAP (Joint Oxfam HIV and AIDS Program) in South Africa. The case study reviews literature on organisational sustainability then, through four JOHAP partner organisations, reviews how such sustainability can be achieved in practice. Aspects considered include: human resources; organisational change; […]

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Case study

Youth Involvement in JOHAP Partner Responses to HIV and AIDS

16/10/2007

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Organisations working with HIV and AIDS are showing a growing understanding of the importance of involving young people in projects. Their participation as full, active and competent partners in program design, decisions, implementation, monitoring and evaluation is valued and sought. JOHAP undertook a case study project in order to understand better and to share successes and challenges […]

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