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Message from Rooks Moodley

It is with great excitement that I pen this momentum and structure activities to
message as we present the second edition ensure that the Eastern Cape becomes a
of the Eastern Cape CSI Handbook reflecting funding destination with the ultimate aim of
on the launch edition which was released creating a better life for all within the Eastern
only a year ago (June 2014). Cape.

The ECNGOC core mandate is to strengthen We are of the view that a business could
the NPO Sector and the second edition adopt an NGO which will then contribute to
is being released in the same year as the sustainability of the NGO sector which goes
ECNGOC celebrates 20 years since its far beyond financial injections into projects.
inception as an umbrella body representing Currently, there are 10 382 registered NPOs
more than 700 NGOs in the Eastern in the Eastern Cape and as a result of the
Cape. In being able to implement its core global funding crisis many of the NPOs
mandate, the ECNGOC has entered into a have been forced either to close down or
partnership with the Border-Kei Chamber of to drastically downsize. The NPO sector
Business (BKCOB) to catalyse the ECNGOC is definitely under threat which will result
Provincial Corporate Social Investment (CSI) in a social catastrophe in our Province and
programme. The partnership is premised on Country if more NGOs close down as this
the Migration to Strategic CSI which reflects impacts on social economic transformation
on a famous quotation, “Business cannot within our communities.
succeed in a failing society.“ This then poses
a question, “How do we meet share holder The migration to Strategic CSI which meets
interests while meeting developmental shareholder interests while at the same
outcomes?“ This is what is termed the shared time addresses developmental outcomes
value approach. will ensure that both business and society
succeed through the shared value approach.
Therefore, the partnership between the We would encourage business to consider
ECNGOC and the BKCOB is crucial in investing in the CSI space and joining us as
providing a platform to strengthen the the NPO sector in being GAME CHANGERS
interface between business and the NPO in creating a better world for all while at the
sector. The purpose of this publication is to same time increasing business potential.
offer business tips into the CSI space as well
as to provide an opportunity for NGOS that Warren Buffet said and I quote, “If you are in
have undergone a due diligence process to the luckiest one percent of humanity, you
be profiled, affording business a mechanism owe it to the rest of humanity to think about
to channel its CSI spend. the other 99 per cent “
Through the ongoing work of the dedicated Rooks Moodley
CSI task team, a subcommittee within Director
the BKCOB, we have been able to create

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