In 1985 a Massachusetts group including South African political exiles, launched the Fund for a Free South Africa, to help mobilize American philanthropic support to grassroots organizations there working to relieve suffering and inequities of apartheid. When it ended in 1994, their name changed to the South Africa Development Fund, and their focus shifted to undoing damage from apartheid—supporting organizations promoting human rights, healthcare, education, development, and justice, in non-sexist, non-racist, ways. In twenty-one years of grant-making, they have awarded over $10 million in grants, which they raise from foundations, corporations and individuals; 97% of funds raised go to grantees; only 3% supports operations. SADF accepts donor-advised donations, 100% of which are transferred to specified projects in South Africa. As the HIV/AIDS crisis has escalated, SADF has focused increasingly on that, becoming a leader in the field as the first organization to fund the Treatment Action Campaign nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. This year South African authorities endorsed a plan to cut new infections in half by 2011. SADF will be there, dealing with the crisis and fostering social transformation. You can join them in their very effective work.