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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Non-Profit Organisation"”.
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Experiences of intimate partner violence amongst women in a non-profit organisation in Blouberg Municipality, Limpopo Province
… been victims of intimate partner violence in a non-profit organization in Blouberg Municipality, Limpopo Province. The study employed a qualitative research approach, and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Eight participants were selected based on purposive sampling and data was …
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A theoretical exploration and practical application of the principles of branding design for a non-profit organisation in South Africa
… such principles in the redesign of an existing non-profit brand in South Africa. The value of this study lies in the amalgamation of existing theory on commercial and non-profit branding and its subsequent application as validation criteria (brand audit criteria), which is used to test both the …
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An exploratory study into the experiences and challenges of founders of non-profit organisation in the Western Cape with specific reference to fundraising
New Non-profit Organisations (NPOs) are being registered daily. They are established by passionate individuals committed to providing critical services in support of the national development agenda and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They therefore form an integral part of a …
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Governance in sport and recreation organisations : an analysis
… examines emerging issues in the governance of non-profit sport and recreation organisations. Firstly, the thesis examines definitions of non-profit organisations and the contribution that non-profit organisations make to society, especially, the contribution to aspects of the civil society. The …
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An investigation of marketing capabilities and performance in the UK's non-profit organisations
… of marketing capabilities in for-profit businesses. Despite the evidence of the importance of marketing capabilities in shaping the direction of marketing in for-profit businesses, only a small amount of research investigating the concept of marketing capabilities in the non-profit …
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An examination of the role of the Public Library in Cape Town, in support of Early Childhood Development, with special reference to Harare Public Library, Khayelitsha
… Development Centres in its community, and the non-profit organisation (NPO) providing educational services. It is argued that the provision of ECD will help reduce the cycle of poverty by strengthening the educational foundation of South Africa’s children. The main finding of the study is that …
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Seeing, surfacing, patterning: A socially inclusive architecture for the blind
… correspondence with the prominent Western Cape non-profit organisation The League of Friends of the Blind. Further, the concern is not merely with how buildings could be designed to better accommodate this community, but also shifts focus to how the ‘urban surface' (Wall, 1999) within which …
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The role of corporate social investment in supporting early childhood development in South Africa
… to gather information from both the CSI and ECD Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) sectors in South Africa. The sample populations consisted of CSI initiatives of 500 of South Africa's best managed companies from the TOPCO Media: Top500 publication, and 62 ECD NPOs in South Africa from a database …
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The Streetscapes Project : reflective paper
… are employed by Khulisa Social Solutions, a non-profit organisation (NPO) that adopts a systemic approach to breaking the cycle of crime and poverty. Streetscapes falls under two of the NPO's eleven programmes, i.e. the offender rehabilitation & reintegration programme and the diversion …
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The Panopticon, the State and Non-Profit Organisations in South Africa: A Systematic Review of Literature
The role of civil society, including non-profit organisations (NPOs), in promoting and protecting democratic processes is one of the key global debates about democracy. One indicator of the development of an enabling democratic environment is the nature of the relations between NPOs – especially …
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Exploring active citizenship through spoken word poetry
… conducted with the support of Africa Unite, a non-profit organisation in Cape Town that offered their school club members as participants in the programme. The workshops targeted young people who would be eligible to vote in South Africa's next general elections, set to take place in 2024. …
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Exploring the quality of life needs of pregnant women who use substances in low-income rural communities in the Western Cape
… use support programme of a collaborating non-profit organisation. The data analysis of this study was guided by Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Systems Theory and the QoL Framework. The study found that while community resources, social support, hope, and resilience offered opportunities …
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A health audit for corporate entrepreneurship on selected non-profit organisations
… sustaining competitiveness and transforming organisations into opportunity driven and value creating innovative organisations. The purpose of this study is to conduct an Entrepreneurial Health Audit within Non-Profit Organisations. The aim is to identify the levels of entrepreneurial …
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Evaluating the Impact of the Movement for Change & Social Justice's Men's Forum on the Effective Engagement of Men with Health Care Services in Gugulethu
… The Movement for Change and Social Justice is a non-profit organisation focused on empowering the community and ensuring that individuals have sufficient knowledge on health and social matters. In line with this objective, the organisation established a Men's Forum – a program intended to create …
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Developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for the mentoring component of the Principals Academy Trust
The Principals Academy Trust (PAT) is a non-profit organisation, whose programme is focused on improving the leadership competencies of school principals in poor and marginalised communities in South Africa largely through mentoring. While PAT collects quantitative data to monitor the performance …
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Workplace Friendship and Anxiety: Organisational Insight through the Psychodynamic Exploration of Interpersonal Relations
… and employers are being urged to support intra-organisational relations (Marjoribanks, 2016). This reveals the need to build on the work of friendship scholars (Grey and Sturdy, 2007; Harding, 2013; Fritz, 2014; Rumens, 2017) who call for more critical empirical studies to appreciate workplace …
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Problematising ‘happiness’: A critical explanation of the UK’s happiness agenda
… years). In addition to this, in 2010 a non-profit organisation named Action for Happiness (AfH) was founded which sought to maximise the ‘happiness’ of society by offering individual members help and training towards living a ‘happier’ life - an endeavour which is understood to be …
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Democratising Democracy: Reimagining Prisoners as Active Citizens Through Participatory Governance
This thesis explores the work of the non-profit organisation User Voice and its prison-based democratic council model. Mixed methods were employed to examine the construction and operation of a council, which strives to give a voice to prisoners and to facilitate collaborative problem-solving with …
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Milk matters 4.0: bridging milk donor, staff and student needs towards a purposeful and maintainable system
Milk Matters is a Cape Town based non-profit milk bank. Their primary role is to collect expressed breastmilk from donor mothers, pasteurize it and distribute it to recipient infants in need. This dissertation explores the design and deployment of a donor-facing mobile application and staff-facing …
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Outcome evaluation of the family affairs parenting programme
… a parenting programme offered by Life Choices, a non-profit organisation based in Cape Town, South Africa. Life Choices focuses on parenting skills development through workshops, psychosocial counselling, and job-search counselling services for parents and caregivers. The main aim of the Family …
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