SALT Alliance vision
We see strong and courageous South African families and community groups responding to needs and opportunities in their communities, using the many assets that they have.
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Who we are |
SALT Alliance, founded in 2010, is an Alliance of six South African Christian non-profit organisations working in four of the country’s nine provinces. Each Alliance Member delivers their own programmes but with shared programme foci and some joint activities.
The Alliance facilitates peer learning and accountability, and community-based research and advocacy. Members also fundraise and manage funds collectively. |
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What we do
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How we workSALT Alliance Members work independently on programmes in the communities where they are based. Collective learning, research and advocacy takes place work through on-line collaboration, face to face meetings and exchange visits.
Members also work together to run SALT Imbizos (meetings) to capacitate community groups with whom they work. SALT Alliance meetings are characterised by peer and expert learning sessions, peer review sessions, programme design and review, and times for general sharing and encouragement. The work of the Alliance is facilitated by a part-time Secretariat of two people. 
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History & impact
SALT Alliance was formed in Johannesburg in August 2010 by a group of South African Non Profit Organisations who were all working in the area of Health and HIV/Aids and were recipients together of a five year (2011 – 2015) Dutch Government grant. Alliance Members mostly knew one another from previous joint learning initiatives and decided to come together as they sought, through their individual programmes, to work within the following objectives:
1. Increasing health seeking behaviour and use of health services
2. Increasing the role of change agents to impact health seeking behaviour
3. Increasing performance in lobbying and advocacy related to health services
4. Fostering human resources for quality management of community programmes
The main activities of Members in this 2011-2015 period included working with community groups and (among others) support groups, religious congregations, families, youth groups, health facilities and schools, assisting vulnerable groups to attain good health through disease prevention, provision of home-based care, development of change agents, access to health services, nutritional support, psycho-social support and palliative care. In addition to common activities and donors, members encouraged one another on the basis of their shared a biblical Christian world view and faith.
SALT Alliance Members have worked together through on-line collaboration, site visits and face-to-face meetings. SALT Alliance has come together each year on 2 to 3 occasions for a week of peer learning, review, accountability and encouragement. They have also worked together to capacitate community groups with whom members work.
With the end of the five year funding grant, SALT Alliance members have committed to continue their collaboration, with a revised strategy focused on strengthening families and community groups.
1. Increasing health seeking behaviour and use of health services
2. Increasing the role of change agents to impact health seeking behaviour
3. Increasing performance in lobbying and advocacy related to health services
4. Fostering human resources for quality management of community programmes
The main activities of Members in this 2011-2015 period included working with community groups and (among others) support groups, religious congregations, families, youth groups, health facilities and schools, assisting vulnerable groups to attain good health through disease prevention, provision of home-based care, development of change agents, access to health services, nutritional support, psycho-social support and palliative care. In addition to common activities and donors, members encouraged one another on the basis of their shared a biblical Christian world view and faith.
SALT Alliance Members have worked together through on-line collaboration, site visits and face-to-face meetings. SALT Alliance has come together each year on 2 to 3 occasions for a week of peer learning, review, accountability and encouragement. They have also worked together to capacitate community groups with whom members work.
With the end of the five year funding grant, SALT Alliance members have committed to continue their collaboration, with a revised strategy focused on strengthening families and community groups.