About Us SCAT vision
Vibrant sustainable rural communities
SCAT mission
SCAT's mission is to improve the quality of life of people living in rural communities with the aim of them living in a vibrant and sustainable environment.
Background information
Scat is an award-winning human rights NGO, which focuses on supporting community based organisations through providing funds, fieldwork support and capacity building. Scat has been in existence for 20 years. It has an excellent track record in development. Scat currently supports 60 rural organisations in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, North West and Free State Provinces. In order to qualify for support from Scat organisations must meet the criteria of being rural, community governed, accountable and transparent, have women participating at all levels in the organisation and have membership open to all.
What is an LDA?
Scat refers to its partners as Local Development Agencies (LDAs) and in most instances these are Advice Offices which, in addition to offering para- legal advice to members of the community, also deal with issues of local government service delivery, accessibility of social security, land tenure and redistribution, income generation and job creation, protection of employment rights, women’s empowerment and the protection of other minority groups in the communities where they work.
History of SCAT
Scat was initiated by its three founder trustees subsequent to discussions with members of the Norwegian Government and the Church of Norway who used to visit the country during the dark years of apartheid. The discussions were out of concern for the high levels of poverty, lack of access to resources and violations of human rights in the country, more especially in rural areas. They responded by assisting towards the formation of Scat which they used to channel funding to support the building of a strong civil society making it possible for marginalized rural communities to have access to resources.
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