Socio-Economic Development
About our Socio-Economic Development Programmes
As a good corporate citizen, it is important for the SACAA to make an impact beyond its mandate of controlling, promoting, regulating, supporting, developing, enforcing, and continuously improving levels of safety and security throughout the civil aviation industry.
The SACAA explores transformation-related initiatives to help address the imbalances of the past, including the triple challenges of poverty, inequality, and unemployment through its socio-economic development (SED) projects.
Our programme is primarily focused on the education and poverty alleviation of our communities across the country, especially where women, youth and children are concerned.
Programmes
Child-Youth Headed Families
The SACAA demonstrates its commitment to reducing poverty in the country through its child-youth-headed households programme.
Child and youth-headed households are a prevalent phenomenon and have become part of our society. A child-headed household is defined as a situation where minors under the age of 18 are responsible for caring for their younger siblings and managing household decisions. This includes meeting the physical, social, and emotional needs of their siblings or any other individuals living in the home.
The SACAA program currently focuses primarily on youth-headed families. We provide monthly grocery vouchers to identified families across the country, allowing them to allocate their social grant money to other essential needs, ultimately improving their overall quality of life.
IFLYSTEM (Maths and Science Tutors)
The iFlySTEM programme aims to improve the performance of students struggling in Maths and Science through extra classes, which have proven effective. It was launched in response to increased interest in aviation careers identified by the SACAA Aviation Career Awareness programme. However, many students lack funding to pursue these aspirations.
The SACAA Bursary programme provides financial assistance to students from disadvantaged communities, enabling them to study fields like Aeronautical Engineering and Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. Unfortunately, poor grades in Maths and Science often make learners ineligible for these bursaries.
School administrators have noted a key issue in public schools: a shortage of math and science teachers. Since these subjects are vital for aviation, medicine, engineering, and technology careers, the iFlySTEM project was introduced to address this educational challenge.
School Support
The school support programme is designed to uphold the organisation’s commitment to prioritising education as a key focus of its Social and Economic Development (SED) policy.
The organisation provides support to public primary schools in rural areas by making one-time donations to address specific needs identified by the schools. This assistance targets essential resources that enhance the well-being and technological skills of the students.
Charity Support
We provide support to selected charity organisations focusing on women, children, and individuals with disabilities through financial and in-kind donations over three years
Requests for Support
The SACAA is currently not in a financial position to fund new project proposals, should you wish to introduce your initiative to the SACAA SED committee for future consideration, kindly complete this form and email it to csi@caa.co.za