Five pillars
Our policy rests on five pillars: sustainability, empowerment, ownership, transparency, and cooperation.
Sustainability
Sustainability: we measure our success by the number of projects and organisations that continue to grow after our involvement has ended. According to Cordaid, our approach is exemplary: ‘the initiative and approach of the South Africa Foundation ... provides an examplary model of development aimed at sustainability and self-sufficiency.’
Empowerment
Empowerment: allowing people and organisations to discover their own strengths and talents, and offering them a chance to develop them. Just as important as financial assistance is the sharing of knowledge and experience. Networking is an important activity, and we make extra funding available for training and education.
Ownership
Ownership: the initiative lies with the people themselves. We aim to channel 100% of our funding through partner organisations. In doing so, we stay critical and we challenge people to take initiative. We keep a close eye on the budget to determine if and when an organisation is able to move on without us.
 Transparancy
Via this website, we aim to inform you concisely and clearly about our philosophy and our work. In October 2008, the South Africa Foundation was awarded the ‘Transparency Prize 2008’ (Transparantprijs 2008) for the most transparent annual report in the category ‘small organisations’. The beautiful trophy was made by glass artist Bert Grotjohann. Mr Rinnooy Kan, chairman of the jury, commented on our annual report: ‘The South Africa Foundation has, despite a limited budget, presented a good annual report marked by simplicity, temperance, and involvement.’ A summary of our annual report in English can be found on the page Publications & Downloads, Publications in English >> to Publications in English
Cooperation
The South Africa Foundation cooperates with partners in South Africa, England, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. We do so in the spirit of one of Nelson Mandela’s sayings: ‘By working together we can build the South Africa of our dreams’.
We cooperate in various ways:
- One organises while the other one pays
- Organise together
- Pay together
- Organise and pay together.
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Added value
A partnership should bring added value to all parties involved. An overview of our partners can be found in our annual report, available for download on our ‘Publications & Downloads’ webpage, Publications in English >> to Publications in English
Questions about cooperation?
Should you have any questions about our cooperation, please consult the FAQ or Q&A webpage >> to FAQ or Q&A page
Are you interested in cooperating with the South Africa Foundation, or do you know of a project that may be of interest to us? Please contact us at
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Other pages
Other Who we are pages: Governance >> to Governance, Founders >> to Founders, Target Group and Goals >> to Target Group and Goals, Mission and Strategy >> to Mission and Strategy
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