In heightening ASC’s levels of regional solidarity work, our representatives joined over 450 delegates drawn from labour, student, youth, economic justice and human rights networks and other social movements’ grassroots movements, community-based organizations, faith based organizations, women’s organizations; who gathered at the 2016 Southern African Development Community People’s Summit between the 17-19th of August 2016 …
With funding from Foundation for Human Rights, ACTION Support Centre is currently undertaking a Roll Back Xenophobia Program in Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal which is centered on civic education to teach civic responsibility, which is a way to promote and enlighten responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles. The goal of the program is to enable and facilitate …
“Peace in Africa is in our hands” Currently around the world, refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and others viewed as “foreign” have been the targets of violent attacks. ACTION Support Centre is currently at the forefront, addressing xenophobia motivated violence in four local communities in different provinces of South Africa. We acknowledge with appreciation Freedom House, …
The ACTION Support Centre planned, facilitated and documented the NPA’s two day partners meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference accorded partners an opportunity to reflect on their past four-year programme activities, their organizational strategies and how they have impacted on inequality. It also explored collaborative approaches for their partner organizations whilst sharing challenges …
The attendance of ACTION and other Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) to the 2015 Civil Society Organization (CSO) workshop based in Johannesburg, was hosted by the Co-operative for Research and Education (CORE). The workshop focused on identifying scarce and critical skills in the education NGO sector for 2015. To this end, the organization had been commissioned by …
CORE Survey to measure sustainability of Civil Society Organisations Read More »
From Early Warning to Response in the Prevention of Violence A multi-stakeholder partnership between 5 organisational formations Members of the ASC flew to the UK in September to meet partners from the Making All Voices Count (MAVC) project. Below are the reflections and observations about the project that were noted at the Symposium The MAVC …
The ACTION Support Centre facilitated a session during a two day workshop on transformative leaders for the Stop Stock Outs Project (SSP) participants drawn from 8 provinces in South Africa. The Stop Stock Outs Project is a national campaign to assist the thousands of health care users whose lives remain threatened by the chronic plague …
Leadership training: individual self-reflection and collaborative leadership Read More »
The ASC team has been working on collecting the stories of Somali women for a publication that is intended to document the stories of Somali women living in South Africa – why they came, what they faced on the journey, what their experiences have been after reaching South Africa and what their aspirations are for …
Listening Voices: Refugee women to share their stories Read More »
In moving forward with the Post -2015 Development Agenda, the issue of inclusivity has been raised. Vulnerable groups such as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex individuals (LGBTI), women, the elderly and migrants should no be left behind in implementing the Post-2015 Development Agenda. These were some of the sentiments shared among those that attended …
No matter our ethnicity, religion or background, we can always find things in common with others who we share this planet with. During the month of August, which is internationally celebrated as women’s month, there are men and women everywhere who are willing to leave their differences aside in pursuit of a common goal: the …
