Al-Anon Hope for families and friends of problem drinkers Al-Anon's purpose is to help anyone whose personal life is or has been deeply affected by association with a problem drinker.

Befrienders South Africa Befrienders South Africa provides free emotional support to those who may be depressed, lonely or suicidal.

Centre for Civil Society Research and postgraduate teaching unit

Centre for Conflict Resolution Promotes constructive, creative and cooperative approaches to the resolution of conflict and the reduction of violence in South African and the region.

Centre for Study of Violence and Reconciliation Research and projects aimed at a peaceful transformation in the Southern African Region.

Child Justice Alliance A site dedicated to providing information on the Child Justice Bill that was tabled in Parliament in August 2002 and the Bill's passage through parliament.

Choruscall Global Telephone, Video and Web Conferencing, based in Johannesburg.

Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative (CSPRI) CSPRI is a project of the Community Law Centre of the UWC. CSPRI focuses on prisons and corrections, with the aim of improving the human rights situation in South African prisons through research-based lobbying and advocacy.

Community Law Centre Promotes the human rights and democratic norms enshrined in the South African Constitution and in international human rights instruments; pays special attention to the position of women, children and other vulnerable groups such as persons with disabiliti

Conducting Focus Groups How and when to use focus groups, selection of participants, size of groups, question guide, etc.

Conducting Focus Groups (USAID) How to conduct focus groups

Conducting Interviews General guidelines for conducting interviews: preparation, types of interviews, topics, sequence of questions, wording of questions, etc

Correctional Service of Canada Resources for prison operations, policy, practice & research

Crime Research in South Africa Academic quarterly published by the Department of Criminology, University of South Africa.

Crime Victims of SA

Data Collection Toolbox Tools for archival data, field notes, observation, focus groups, in-depth-interviews and surveys

Designing Surveys How to design a survey: goals of project, determining samples, interviewing methodology, etc.

Educo Africa Educo Africa provides leadership development through wilderness-based experiential learning; a non-profit educational trust, Educo focuses on youth development, although courses are offered for all age groups.

Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service (EDIAIS) Impact assessments - from basic information collection to case studies and planning evaluations; focuses on grassroots action learning.

Framework for Program Evaluation (Center for Disease Control) A framework for evaluating programmes

Government Communications and Information System - (GCIS) Speeches, documents, searches and general information about the South African government.

Government Online By developing a comprehensive government home page, the government has created a mechanism in terms of which the information from government departments, provinces and other government bodies is accessible through a one-stop gateway.

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Conducts research in the areas of social analysis, education and training, as well as democracy and governance.

Institute for Security Studies (ISS ) Studies Information on the security debate in South Africa.

Institute of Criminology Initiates, coordinates and develops research and the extension services in the broad field of criminology, and promotes public interest in all aspects of this field; current projects include research in policing, sentencing, youth justice and gender viole

Institute of Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) An independent non-profit public interest organisation promoting democracy in South Africa.

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Resource Book for Monitoring and Evaluation Planning, monitoring and evaluation of programme performance.

International Victimology Website Contains a victimology research database, victim services and victimisation prevention database, documents and publications, links and a bulletin board.

Lawyers for Human Rights An NGO that strives to promote, uphold and strengthen human rights; contains information on child rights, gender, penal reform, refugee rights, constitution and much more.

Legal Resources Centre (LRC) The Legal Resources Centre is an independent, client-based, non-profit public interest law centre which uses law as an instrument of justice

legalbrief.co.za A daily news service covering a wide range of current developments related to law and justice.

Life Line Southern Africa 24-hour telephone crisis intervention service in relation to child abuse, rape, domestic violence, AIDS, drug abuse, trauma debriefing, etc.

Living on the Edge Adventures Adventure Camps & Teambuilding

NACRO Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation A guide to monitoring and evaluation related to offender reintegration.

Non-PROFIT pathfinder Online information resource on civil society research and innovation

Optimystic Survivors of Child Abuse with support group. This site is all about living optimystically - with optimism and faith.

Parliamentary Monitoring Group Monitoring and minutes of procedings of South African Parliamentary Committees

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis Various resources for conducting an impact analysis.

Rape Crisis Counselling service for women and men, over the age of 16, who have been raped or sexually assaulted.

Readucate Fighting Crime through Literacy. Teaching any child or adult to read is a simple home literacy programme. Anyone who can read can teach reading - no special training is needed, just the ability to read and a desire to help.

Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (RAPCAN) (This is proper name) This organisation is committed to developing child abuse prevention strategies to combat the patterns of abuse which affect the lives of children and adults.

Speak Out – we will survive Emergency rape information, information about abuse, legal aspects and the stories of survivors.

Statistics South Africa Timely, accurate and accessible statistics to help advance economic growth, development and democracy in South Africa.

The Anger Management Centre of South Africa supporting individuals to manage anger, conflict, emotions, behaviour and stress more effectively

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Crime Prevention Centre Science and technology in the fight for security and justice.

The Southern Africa Humanitarian Information Management initiative An initiative geared towards improving and widening the knowledge base of humanitarian operations in the region.

The Urban Institute Economic and social research

Troubled Teens Dedicated to providing parents with only the best articles and advice on dealing with their teenagers.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Helping governments and communities make the world a better place for children. Advocates children's rights and helps meet their needs.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) UNDP is the United Nation’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

University of the Witwatersrand Law School Information on the South African Law Commission, Constitutional Court cases and court appeals.

US Dept of Justice National Institute of Corrections Resources for US prison operations, policy and practice.

Victim Offender Mediation Association Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA), an international membership association, supports and assists people and communities working at models of restorative justice.

Women's Net Vibrant and innovative networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social action.