Ways to Support
Many Ways to Help: Find the One That Fits You
This page is for anyone who wants to understand the options first. Ready to give right now? Go straight to Donate →
- Registered German non-profit (e.V.)
- 0% admin fee — 100% direct to projects
- Tax-deductible receipts (Spendenbescheinigung)
- Quarterly reporting
Donate monthly
Donate Monthly: the Easiest Way to Make a Lasting Difference
A monthly donation means our partners can plan ahead, instead of waiting to see what comes in. It is the
simplest way to support Sawabona Africa for the long term. You can change or cancel it at any time.
Sponsor a Child
Sponsor a Child or Tutor, Personally and Directly
Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
From €10/month
Part-sponsor a child’s education, mentoring and family support at any amount that is comfortable for you. Full sponsorship is available on Bright Start’s own page.
Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tutor Sponsorship : €20/month or €240 per yr
Funds one tutor’s mentoring and instruction for a month at PYMA’s daily afterschool home.
Five districts of Lesotho
Child Sponsorship : €35/month or €425/yr
Covers one student’s secondary school fees, life skills training and a place at the annual Leadership Camp.
Uthando and Impande don’t run child-sponsorship programmes, they are supported through general and project donations instead. See how to help Uthando → · See how to help Impande →
Fundraise And Other Ways to Give
However you would like to give, there is a path that fits.
Our supporters live all over the world, so alongside sponsoring a project directly, here are other ways to help, grouped by what is actually involved.
giving platforms
GoFundMe, betterplace.org and GivenGain each let you do two things in one place: give directly to Sawabona Africa right now, or set up your own fundraising page, for a birthday, a run, or a work collection, that sends everything you raise straight to us.
1
Pick a platform and set up your page
All three let you create one for free, in a few minutes, with a photo and a line on why you are raising money.
2
Share it
Send the link to friends, family or colleagues, as a birthday post, a team channel message, or
a card at your leaving do.
3
See what it did
Once the funds arrive, we will let you know exactly which project your fundraiser supported.
The platform most people already recognise, wherever they live, good for a birthday or event fundraiser aimed at friends who may not know Sawabona Africa yet.
Visit GoFundMe ↗
Germany’s largest donation platform. Give directly to our project there, or start your own free “Spendenaktion” (fundraising campaign), everything raised goes straight to Sawabona Africa.
Find us on betterplace.org ↗
A global, not-for-profit-only platform with no subscription fees. Donate directly on our own page, or start your own fundraiser linked to it.
Visit our GivenGain page ↗
Give while you shop
No extra cost to you
Germany only
Shop online at hundreds of retailers you already use — a share of your purchase goes to Sawabona Africa automatically.
Visit Bildungsspender ↗
Germany only
A shopping app that gives a share of your everyday online purchases to the charity of your choice.
Visit Gooding ↗
Through your employer
Workplace giving
Used by many companies to run employee donation-matching and workplace-giving programmes — check if yours is one of them.
Visit Benevity ↗
Is your company deciding whether to support Sawabona Africa directly? See our Corporate & CSR section →
Corporate and CSR Partnerships
Give your Company's CSR a Project it can Actually See.
We’re happy to partner with your company in Germany and virtually, wherever your team is based. Together, we can shape something that fits your business: funding a specific project, a hands-on volunteering day, or an ongoing partnership with real, visible impact.
- Tax-deductible in Germany : every corporate gift qualifies for a Spendenbescheinigung, the same as an individual donor’s.
- Real visibility : a logo in our “Supported by” strip on every page of the site, and in our newsletter when relevant.
- A project you can see : quarterly reporting on exactly what your support achieved, the same standard every donor gets.
- 0% admin fee : your gift goes directly to the project it is designated for.
What Partnering Can Look Like
Fund a themed programme
Choose a project and back something specific, for example, a Maths and Science for Girls programme at a partner school.
A team volunteering day
Bring your team to a project in person for a hands-on activity, not just a donation.
Co-host an event
We have run real events together with corporate partners before, not only fundraising asks.
Become a Sawabona Africa Member
We welcome you to be part of our small team.
Annual membership
Members receive our full newsletter and a vote at our Annual Members’ Meeting. Open to German residents (SEPA mandate required).
€30