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ActionAid South Africa is an Associate of the international anti-poverty agency ActionAid International. In 2006 ActionAid South Africa was established as a country programme. ActionAid employs a rights-based approach and works with poor communities as well as community-based organisations, non-governmental organisations and other development players. It focuses on six themes: Women's Rights, Food Rights, HIV/Aids, Human Security, Governance and Education. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]

The Helen Suzman Foundation believes that a free society is the best guarantor of good governance, stability, economic growth and human development. Established to honour the work of its patron-in-chief, The Helen Suzman Foundation has the aim of strengthening South Africa's relatively new democracy by prompting the principles of liberty, equality of opportunity, individual human rights and respect for the needs of the poor, cultural minorities and the powerless. These principles apply not only in the political sphere, but also in the spheres of development and poverty reduction. Protecting liberty and choice is especially important in counteracting the effects of one-party dominance in emerging democracies like South Africa. ... [according to site editor's information]

Wahenga is a Swahili word that means "those who can be relied on to give sound advice".Wahenga is a non-profit organisation based in Africa, which focuses on strengthening livelihoods by fighting hunger, poverty and mitigating the impacts of climate change. Wahenga provides a range of technical and management services to governments, donors, development agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society more generally, political parties and the private sector.The thematic areas of expertise include: vulnerability assessment and analysis, information management, mapping and data management, livelihoods monitoring and evaluation, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and resilience building, food and nutrition security, social protection, HIV/AIDS and Gender. ... [according to site editor's information]

The Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF) is a not-for-profit, pro-poor microfinance institution. The aim of SEF is to work towards the elimination of poverty and unemployment. This is accomplished through two programs, the Microcredit Programme (MCP) and the Tšhomišano Credit Programme (TCP). MCP focuses on existing, but generally marginal micro-enterprises and provides them with micro-loans. On the other hand, TCP strictly targets women who live below half the poverty line. ... [according to site editor's information]