Causes
There is something for everyone on GreaterGood South Africa. You are free to browse the many good causes already registered on the site and spread your gifts around to those whose work, aims and objectives meets your personal giving preference.
You can browse, search and choose Causes according to the Category in which their activities and services fall. Some Causes may be in more than one category if, for example, they provide youth programmes in environment and conservation.
Animal Protection & Rescue
Arts & Culture
Children & Youth
Community Development
Disaster Relief Education & Training
Entrepreneurial Development Environment & Conservation
Gender Issues
Health
HIV & Aids
Land & Agriculture
Legal Aid
People with Disabilities
Poverty Alleviation Registered Schools
Volunteerism
Water
You may prefer to develop a long-term relationship with a cause and choose your favourite cause to support regularly with donations of your time, money or unused goods. This can be made simpler if you register and specify your preferred Cause as part of your account details. Each time you login this choice will then automatically be displayed, though you will always have the option of changing your personal Cause.
Finally, you may prefer to browse the Cause wishlists and respond to directly to those needs.
What happens if you don't want to choose a Cause?
If you do not have a favourite personal Cause, or don't want to make a choice between Causes, you can make a donation to the greater good poverty eradication programme and your gift will be distributed to causes supporting poverty eradication in South Africa.
Nominate a Cause
If your favourite Cause is not currently listed, you can nominate it for inclusion on this site. We will contact your nominated cause and register it on the site if it meets and agrees to Greater Good South Africa's Terms and Conditions. Our assessment and agreement with each Cause ensures that GreaterGood South Africa is a funding channel that all parties can trust.
Cause Currencies
There are various "currencies" you can use to make a donation to the Cause of your choice or to purchase quality goods and services to benefit a Cause. It's not just about money, you can use also use the membership and loyalty programme points listed below. All membership programme points donated are converted to their cash equivalent by the respective Points Programme Service Providers and remitted to the Cause of your choice.
Wishes
To make it easy for you to make a meaningful contribution, GreaterGood South Africa also showcases wishes of causes. These are 'wishlists' of specific goods, items or funds that NPOs and CBOs require urgently.
You can browse wishes of Causes by Category or look at the wishes of your favourite Cause.
If you have goods to donate, you can search for wishes for a Cause near you that requires those goods. Once you have made your donation, Greater Good South Africa will arrange for the goods to be collected from from you, deliver them to your beneficiary and provide you with feedback.
Dreams
Would you like to contribute to the improvement of education in South Africa?
You can browse, search and choose to support a Teachers Dream.
Here GreaterGood South Africa features the inspiring dreams of bona fide, registered South African educators who are dedicated to improving the quality of learning for their learners.
Teachers Dream is a partnership between Greater Good South Africa, the Shuttleworth Foundation and the South African Council of Educators.
Many educators have brilliant ideas of how to make Maths and Science come alive, how best to demonstrate life skills, how to show children the geography of the land or how to explore the metaphors of the Arts.
These "teachers' dreams" could easily come to fruition with support of small grants. In real terms, it actually doesn't cost that much to take Grade 4 learners to the planetarium or the Grade 10's to an inspiring exhibition. Activities such as these significantly build children's capacity through experiential learning, and enhance the learning outcomes of both the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) for the GET Phase, and the National Curriculum Statement (FET Phase).
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