- Program Civil Society
- Program Area Increasing Access to Justice
- Grant Amount $220,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2016–December 31, 2017
- Location Cape Town, South Africa
- Geographic Focus South Africa
About this grant
The Black Sash Trust was founded in 1955 by a group of women who were fighting for the recognition of human rights for all in South Africa. Its aim is to contribute to the creation of a society that has effective laws and comprehensive social protection for the most vulnerable. It conducts rights awareness programs for community-based organizations and poor and marginalized people. Past support enabled the grantee to train community-based organizations and members of the public about human rights and how to access them, provide the tools and information to community-based organizations on how to monitor the delivery of government services, and launch the Dullah Omar School to train community-based paralegals. This grant will enable the grantee to continue to protect, improve, and expand social security and social protection for vulnerable people; train community-based organizations on human rights and how to access them; and work on a campaign to stop illegal deductions from the accounts of social grant beneficiaries.