Programme Description
The SANCRC is a civil society coalition of 160 like-minded child rights organisations in South Africa all working towards the goal of realising children’s rights.
The SANCRC advocates to strengthen the national child care and protection system to ensure every child receives the nurturing care they need, not just to survive, but to develop to their full potential.
The SANCRC was constituted and formalised in 2021.
When the coalition was formed as a voluntary association to serve as a collective vehicle to unify, coordinate, pool resources, and mobilise, capacitate, and coordinate a broad base of like-minded Civil Society Organisations (CSO), including children, Give a Child a Family Africa was one of the founding members.
The vision is a South Africa where our collective resources are managed by an effective developmental state to realise the rights of every child to, not only survive, but to develop to their full potential so that they may become active citizens of a sustainably resilient, prosperous, safe, democratic and well-run country systems.
South Africa – Rest of Africa
SANCRC is a platform for civil society to join forces in advocating for change concerning children’s rights.
GCF is instrumental in the advocacy and promotion of children’s rights.
Currently, GCF serves on the steering committee of the SANCRC.
Problem Statement
Civil society has worked in silos on specific issues and rights – such as education, health, protection, and for specific vulnerable groups, such as children with disabilities.
There is enormous pressure on organisations to fill the large service delivery gaps left in the wake of the weak developmental child care and protection system. This means that organisations must direct most of their resources to service delivery, leaving little available for transformational advocacy.
Target Group
The members of the coalition are united in their shared vision of a South Africa where the rights of all children are realised and where no child bears the burden of poverty and inequality.
GCF alongside other members:
- Include a broad base of organisations and individual advocates, activists, researchers and development practitioners.
- Are located across the country in all nine provinces, in rural, urban and peri–urban areas.
- Include NGOs, faith-based organisations, community-based organisations, development institutes, policy think tanks, research institutes, as well as individuals who have committed to advancing the rights of children.
- Include children and child-led organisations.
The goal/target is to ensure compliance with child and human rights treaty obligations.
Ensure that children’s rights are recognised as a national, rights-based development imperative.
Ensure coordinated, state-wide action and accountability for realising the rights of every child, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised, to survive, develop to their full potential, be protected and participate in all decisions that affect them.