ACESS (Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security)
www.acess.org.za

African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI)
http://www.aryi.interconnection.org
The African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI) is a collaboration of youth and community-based projects and organizations in Africa working to fight HIV/AIDS and malaria.

AFSA
http://www.aids.org.za
provides general information about AIDS in a South African context, keep interested parties informed of the AIDS Foundation's activities and facilitate an accessible channel for anyone wishing to contribute to the financial support given to various AIDS initiatives.

AIDS Bulletin
http://www.mrc.org.za
Medical Science Research Council, South Africa

AIDS in Africa
http://www.aidsinafrica.com/

AIDS Law Project
http://www.hri.ca/partners/alp

AIDS Law Project's Resource Centre
http://wwwserver.law.wits.ac.za/cals/alp/resource/index.shtml

ART for Humanity
http://www.afh.org.za/
Art for Humanity has been serving the South African Art community since 1988 when, as an ad-hoc committee called Artists for Human Rights and subsequently as the Projects Committee of Artists for Human Rights Trust, thy have engaged with cultural production specifically in the visual arts, to promote human rights awareness regionally and among the global community.

Art for Humanity has recently linked up with three organisations that will collaborate on its upcoming project, ‘Women Artists and Poets Advocating Childrens’ Rights’ - humanitarian NGO’s Children First and the Advice Desk for the Abused, as well as BAT Centre, an art and community development organisation. They will help AfH to develop an endorsers and advocacy programme and to provide the brief to the participating artists. As organisations that have made it their priority to advocate the rights of the child, Children First and the Advice Desk for the Abused, will both advise the project committee on an expert level, whereas the BAT Centre will assist with the selection of poets and artists.

Artists Helping Children
http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/
Artists Helping Children is a non-profit charity dedicated to bringing comfort to children in hospitals, clinics, and shelters by brightening their environment with murals and other art. There are so many children right now who must live on a daily basis, suffering, and always surrounded by bleak, white walls. Their mission is to bring color and fun to these children's lives by painting uplifting murals on institutional walls, making the child’s visit much less stressful. By creating an atmosphere of wonder, and by encouraging participation, kids will be able to take their focus off of their pain and refocus their energy.

Beat It!
http://idol.co.za/productions/hiv/index.html
Contains information on Beat It! a TV series being shown in South Africa, which focuses on HIV issues.

Bernard van Leer
http://www.bernardvanleer.org/
Welcome to the Bernard van Leer Foundation's Early Childhood Development (ECD) Website. This site has been developed to share information with organisations and others to promote the holistic development of young children. It draws on experience from the Foundation's field-based programme and other relevant work in order to inform and influence policy and practice.

Birth to Twenty
http://www.wits.ac.za/birthto20/
Birth to Twenty is the largest and longest running study of child health and development in Africa, and one of the few large-scale longitudinal studies in the world.

Boes.org
http://www.boes.org/protect.html
Contains Children's Rights material including the Convention on the Rights of the Child in many different languages.

Child Abuse and Neglect
http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/5/8/6/
An international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect including sexual abuse, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment.

Casa Alianza Convent House Latin America
http://www.casa-alianza.org
An independent, nonprofit organisation dedicated to the rehabilitation and defence of street children in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Casa Alianza is headquartered in San José, Costa Rica.

Centre for Early Childhood Development
http://www.cecd.org.za/
The Centre for Early Childhood Development provides training, support and advice in the field of early childhood development by offering courses and programmes aimed at enhancing individual and organisational capacity; by developing and disseminating resources; and by carrying out research specifically related to the African context.

Child Labour
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/child/index.htm
International Labour Organisation - contains information, policies and documentation.

Child Justice Alliance
http://www.childjustice.org.za/
The Child Justice Alliance is a network of NGOs, CBOs, academic institutions and individuals working to ensure that the Child Justice Bill is passed by the South African parliament.

Child Rights Project
http://www.communitylawcentre.org.za/children/index.php
Works towards the recognition and protection of children's rights within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.

CHIN
www.chin.org.zm/
- Children in Need Network, (CHIN) Zambia - a network of over 70 organisations serving children in need in Zambia

Child and Youth Care Network
http://www.cyc-net.org/
On this south African site, a number of valuable resources and the on-line version of the new Journal, Relational Child & Youth Care Practice.

Children of War
http://www.rb.se/chilwar/index.htm
A newsletter on child soldiers from Rädda Barnen - Swedish Save the Children.

Children's House
http://www.childhouse.uio.no
An interactive resource centre for the exchange of information that serves the well being of children.

Children's Institute
www.uct.ac.za/depts/ci

ChildStats
http://www.statssa.gov.za/RelatedInverseSites/Children%20Internet_new/Html/Frames.htm
a Project of the Data Collection and Monitoring Task Group (MTG) of the National Programme of Action (NPA) for Children in South Africa

Cities and Children
http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/urb/urbhome.html
Provides information on how an urban environment affects the development of a child.

Commission on Gender Equality
http://www.cge.org.za
The Commission on Gender Equality is one of the six State Institutions supporting Constitutional Democracy called for in the 1996 South African Constitution.

Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development
http://www.ecdgroup.com
An important source for information on the needs of young children and their families.

Diketso Eseng Dipuo Community Development Trust (DEDI)
http://www.dedi.co.za/
Diketso Eseng Dipuo Community Development Trust (DEDI) is a non-profit-community and family development organization in the field of early childhood care and development based in the Free State Province in South Africa. The organization is action-oriented, Diketso means actions, and Eseng Dipuo means not just talking.

ECPAT International
http://www.ecpat.net
A global network of organisations and individuals working together for the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes.

EPOCH (End Physical Punishment of Children-USA)
www.stophitting.com

Francois-Xavier Bagnoud
http://www.fxb.org
Focus on orphans and AIDS

Growing up in Cities
http://www.unesco.org/most/growing.htm

Gun Control Alliance
http://www.gca.org.za/

Health-e
http://www.health-e.org.za
A news agency dedicated to producing news and analysis for the print and electronic media regarding health policy and practice in South Africa.

HEARD (The Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division)
http://www.und.ac.za/und/heard/
Established in 1998 at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa as a research and teaching organisation to undertake academic and applied research, teaching, training and conferences into the economic, development and social impacts of HIV/AIDS and review interventions to deal with the epidemic.

HIVAN
http://www.hivan.org.za/
HIVAN is firmly committed to an ethos of partnership in all its activities. It strives to facilitate rather than monopolise, to support rather than dictate, and to supplement and partner rather than compete. A second central tenet of HIVAN's approach derives from the University's commitment to academic and research excellence and a scholarship of engagement. In this respect, the Centre seeks to achieve close co-operation and articulation between research and application and to ensure that all of its programmes and activities are relevant, applied, and responsive to the needs of stakeholders throughout the province. HIVAN provides a central, enabling "hub" for the sharing and development of information and resources in response to the crisis of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and beyond. This involves broadening access for all to acedemic, technical, human and financial capital by identifying synergies between stakeholders, facilitating partnerships and generating a range of multidisciplinary research, training and intervention programmes.

Idasa WebSite
http://www.idasa.org.za
An independent non-profit public interest organisation promoting democracy in South Africa

Independent Complaint Directorate
http://www.icd.gov.za

Kenya Aids Intervention Prevention Project Group
http://www.kaippg.org

Lawyers for Human Rights
http://www.lhr.org.za/

Lifeline
http://www.lifeline.org.za/

Medecins Sans Frontiere
http://www.msf.org

National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW)
www.pretext.co.za/naccw
a South African non-profit organisation providing professional training and infrastructure to promote healthy child and youth development and to improve standards of care and treatment for troubled children and youth at risk in family, community and residential group care settings.

Never Hit A child
http://www.neverhitachild.org

NICRO
www.nicro.org.za/
NICRO is a national crime prevention non-profit organization working towards a safer South Africa. The offender reintegration, community victim support, diversion and youth development and the economic opportunities project services are offered in all nine provinces.

NIH: Focus on the HIV-AIDS Connection
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/newsroom/focuson/hiv00/default.htm
This excellent site contains extensive documentation demonstrating beyond any reasonable scientific doubt that HIV causes AIDS.

Panos Institute
http://www.panos.org.uk

Parliament of South Africa
http://www.parliament.gov.za

Parliamentary Monitoring Group
http://www.pmg.org.za

Play -Train - training and development for creative playwork.
http://www.playtrn.demon.co.uk
Aims to increase opportunities for school-age children to be creative and express their identity in all kinds of out-of-school settings. Committed
to equal opportunities, it challenges discrimination and inequality, and works towards the implement Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Public Protector
http://www.polity.org.za/govt/pubprot

Quaker Peace Centre
http://www.quaker.org/capetown/

Radda Barnen including Children of War Newsletter
www.rb.se

RAPCAN Resources against Child Abuse and Neglect
http://www.rapcan.org.za/

Rape Crisis
http://www.rapecrisis.org.za
Counselling service to women and men, over the age of 16, who have been raped or sexually assaulted.

SANCA
http://www.sn.apc.org/sanca/
South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence

Save the Children (UK)
www.scfuk.org.uk

Soul Beat Africa
http://www.comminit.com/africa/
Soul Beat Africa is a web-based initiative focusing specifically on sharing information about using communication for change and development in Africa. It is a space to share experiences, materials, strategic thinking and events, and to engage in discussion and debate. Through Soul Beat Africa, people and organisations are sharing information about how communication is being used to address such issues as HIV/AIDS, economic development, women's issues, youth, health, and the environment, to name only a few. Experiences in developing radio programmes, edutainment, drama, mass media campaigns, and a diverse range of communication programmes are summarised, always with contact information, helping to connect communicators across the continent.

Soul City
www.soulcity.org.za

South African Government Online
http://www.gov.za/

Southern African AIDS Training Programme
http://www.satregional.org
The Southern African AIDS Training Programme (SAT) is a regional collaboration that supports community responses to HIV and AIDS through in-depth partnerships in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe and wider networking, skills exchange and lesson sharing throughout the region. SAT funding and skills building activities support partners in a wide range of relevant activities - HIV prevention, HIV and AIDS care and support, impact mitigation, networking and information exchange, HIV-related advocacy on gender and human/child rights. SAT partners are operating at community, national and regional levels.

South African Human Rights Commission
http://www.sahrc.org.za

South African Law Commission
http://www.law.wits.ac.za/salc/salc.html

The AIDS Consortium
http://www.aidsconsortium.org.za
Provides access to information on any aspect of HIV/AIDS and lobbies for a human rights-based response to the pandemic.

The Rights of the Child
http://www.pbs.org/tal/un/childrights.html
a summary of the key points of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Synergy Project
http://www.synergyaids.com/
The Synergy Project is a five-year, performance-based contract that provides technical assistance to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the design, evaluation, and coordination of HIV/AIDS programs, and in the identification and dissemination of lessons learned from these programs

UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org
(Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS)

UNICEF
www.unicef.org
For the protection of children's rights across the world.

UNICEF MAGIC
http://www.unicef.org/magic/
Media activities and good ideas by, with and for children. The MAGIC website is UNICEF's (United Nations Children's Fund) response to the Oslo Challenge of 1999, which called on media professionals, educators, governments, organizations, parents, children and young people themselves to recognize the enormous potential of media to make the world a better place for children.

United Nations Cyberschoolbus
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus
Designed for students and teachers everywhere and carries projects and resources about the United Nations.

United Nations Development Programme
http://www.undp.org.za/

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts
An important site for human rights information and a selection of full text documents relating to the CRC.