It's Back To The SOCIAL Work

Trevor writes:

After the sadness of Vuyo's passing, it's back to the SOCIAL work for this blog... I particularly like the first impression given by the online collateral of the Triple Trust Organisation... don't know too much about them but if WE can add Governance and Accountability to this kind of presentation... who, as a donor, would fail to be impressed?

1. The Triple Trust Organisation (TTO) is a South African not-for-profit organisation committed to the alleviation of poverty in South Africa through making markets work for the poor.

TTO acts as a market development facilitator, and designs and manages projects that will enable poor communities to meaningfully participate in markets.

Also see South African Institute for Entrepreneurship

2. PDF - Excellent production of a Triple Trust Annual Report - 2004/2005

3. PDF - SEEP Network Market Assessment - www.seepnetwork.org/ - document makes this statement:

Box 2. Focus Group Discussions in the Retail Grocery Market —

Triple Trust Organisation in South Africa Triple Trust Organisation (TTO) carried out market research to design a project targeting spaza shops—tiny, home-based grocery stores — and their customers in poor urban areas of Cape Town, South Africa. As part of the research, TTO conducted focus group discussions (FGDs) with spaza shop owners to better understand issues related to stock, supply chain links, and business service use and future interest. TTO also conducted FGDs with customers of spaza shops to learn what spaza shops could do to capture a greater share of their grocery budgets. The information helped TTO design interventions to facilitate links among market players and improve the supply chain in the spaza shop market.

4. UCT low-cost housing concept wins award - A low-cost housing concept developed by UCT's Department of Civil Engineering and a partner, Triple Trust, won an award for the most innovative product at the recent Design for Living Exhibition in Cape Town.

5. Strategy & Tactics - Locally, the Cape Town office assessed spaza shop market potential for the Triple Trust Organisation; worked on a recovery strategy for the EU-funded Microproject Trust Programme in the Eastern Cape; assessed citizen satisfaction in the Departments of Education, Health, Housing and Social Development for the Public Services Commission; and also completed several studies for the Department of Labour.

6. See www.zenkaya.com/

7. See http://www.kwikspace.co.za/ - Modular Buildings

8. See Prefabricated Building Solutions

9. http://www.moladi.com/building_system_news.htm

Regards
Trevor Nel - 011 - 705-2790 - http://www.innercircleforum.com/
trevor@innercircleforum.com