A pilot project of 5 small businesses has stated in Pretoria in co-operation with a local black community receiving help.

Relationships exist with national, service organizations for starting new projects to help:

• the urban poor in Soweto near Johannesburg
• rural poor in Rietsfontein outside Johannesburg
• HIV/AIDS communities in Masoyi near Nelspruit
  

Consulting assistance has been given to an MED project with dryland farmers outside Kitwe, who are experiencing the worst drought this century. This project helps them stay on their land and provide for themselves, rather than to drift to the cities and compound the problems there.

64 families are receiving help from a group loan, being administered by a local Community Worker who is committed to the project. The project is an initiative of ‘Global Care’.