Transforming the lives of
CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES
Even Ground is transforming the lives of children and families in South Africa by partnering with community-based organizations driving high-impact education, health and nutrition, and youth development solutions.
We are changing the story for
YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS
Even Ground is transforming the lives of children and families in South Africa by partnering with community-based organizations that drive high-impact education, health and nutrition, and youth development solutions. We achieve this by partnering with organizations who have the greatest potential for impact in the communities where they are based. Through increasing financial investments, capacity development, and knowledge sharing, we are able to build these organizations’ sustainability and amplify their impact. Together, we are working towards a South Africa where every child thrives.
CONNECTING
CHANGEMAKERS
By connecting changemakers in the US with local changemakers in South Africa, we support the success of the children they serve.
This partnership paves the way for the greatest potential for local impact. Our role is to connect these local organizations and leaders, who have the highest potential for deep and meaningful impact in the historically disadvantaged communities where they are based, with individuals in the US who can help make this change possible.
Populations served:
Primary school children
Focus areas:
Primary school education,
university readiness
Populations served:
Infants, young children,
parents and carers, teachers.
Focus areas:
Disability services, inclusion,
teacher training, parenting supporting
Populations served:
Young children and parents
Focus areas:
Early childhood development, nutrition
Populations served:
Young children, primary school children,
parents and carers
Focus areas:
Early childhood development, nutrition,
after-school enrichment, literacy, farming
Populations served:
Girls and Young women
Focus areas:
Youth agency, youth development
Populations served:
Young children, teachers
Focus areas:
Early childhood development,
teacher training, infrastructure
By facilitating connections across continents, Even Ground enables you to become a part of these solutions on the ground.
SPARKING SOLUTIONS
Even Ground invests in hyperlocal,
community-driven solutions on the ground.
Our relationship with our partners is unique because we work together long-term to grow and support programs that catalyze change. Our goal is to support these organizations through increasing financial investments, capacity development, and knowledge sharing as they grow to build their sustainability and amplify their impact into the future.
By focusing on long-term support for a small number of partners, and identifying key initiatives and unique problems that need our support, Even Ground becomes a true partner in
dynamic, yet focused, long term community-led change.
CHANGING LIVES
Even Ground changes lives by investing in organizations that ensure children have adequate support from infancy to young adulthood – allowing them to grow and develop to their fullest potential.
EVEN GROUND
partners serve
and
PATHWAYS
FOR CHANGE
Investing in children as they grow and the families that support them:
Issue
Vision for change
Even Ground supports projects that work to ensure high-quality ECD programs are within reach for all children and families in South Africa.
Success story
Even Ground and our partner organizations are supporting 2,043 children through preschool programs in 2023, ensuring they will be on track to start school.
Issue
Vision for change
Success story
Issue
Vision for change
Success story
Issue
Vision for change
Success story
Issue
Vision for change
Success story
OUR
STORY
Even Ground was founded in 2003 by a passionate group of students from the US and South Africa who recognized the transformative potential within South African communities. Initially founded to help address the educational, health, and social needs of children and families affected by HIV, the organization has expanded significantly over the last two decades to focus on education, health and nutrition, and youth development. The board members and project partners have grown and flourished, fostering valuable connections that continue to uphold the organization’s initial vision and mission.
Even Ground was founded in 2003 by a passionate group of students from the US and South Africa who recognized the transformative potential within South African communities. Initially founded to help address the educational, health, and social needs of children and families affected by HIV, the organization has expanded significantly over the last two decades to focus on education, health and nutrition, and youth development. The board members and project partners have grown and flourished, fostering valuable connections that continue to uphold the organization’s initial vision and mission.
Become a
CHANGEMAKER
Being part of Even Ground as a donor is an opportunity to become a
changemaker yourself; it means being part of highly effective and
impactful solutions for change.
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what
difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the
significance of the life we lead.”
- Nelson Mandela
$50
meals for a child in one of our
early childhood development
centers.
$500
disabilities to receive
occupational and physical
therapy and specialized support
for a year.
$1,000
woman to participate in Brave’s
leadership program for a year.
$5,000
childhood development center
serving more than 100 children
for a month.
Via mail
Even Ground
40 W 51st St (PO Box 4320)
New York, NY 10020