Joint Aid Management is empowering Africans to create
better lives for themselves.
ABOUT US
Joint Aid Management (JAM) is an African-founded, Christian international humanitarian relief and development organisation.
WHAT WE DO
In line with our vision of Helping Africa help itself our programmes provide sustainable solutions for beneficiaries across Africa.
HOW WE WORK
Through local and international donor partnerships, we implement programmes that address the needs of recipient countries.
GET INVOLVED
The movement for change begins with YOU.
SHARE YOUR TIME
JAM always needs volunteers to promote our work and get more people involved in our mission.
SHARE YOUR NETWORK
Help us boost our social media presence by liking and following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
SHARE YOUR MONEY
JAM is a global NGO and you can select the office you’d like to donate through.
Affiliate Countries, Offices and Programme Countries
JAM International has seven affiliate offices located on three continents. These offices are all committed to raising JAM’s operational profile and donor participation. Offices are located in the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Norway and South Africa.
Together with our partners, we operate our programmes, providing life-saving and development services to seven recipient countries on the African continent. These countries include Angola, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda and Sierra Leone.
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Isak Pretorius is the Africa regional honoree for the 2021 YPO Global Impact Award. The award focuses on YPO members making an impact outside the organization that is both sustainable and scalable, affecting people, prosperity, peace or our planet. While aid in Africa is often associated with international organizations, for YPO South African member and JAM International (JAM)
Whilst Coronavirus continues to destroy the livelihoods of many thousands of South Africans, the hunger crisis in the country has reached catastrophic levels with 1 in 10 reportedly going hungry during lockdown as a result of reduced or no income at all. *StatsSA Throughout the lockdown period in South Africa, JAM SA has continued the
As schools in South Africa remain closed, JAM SA has already provided 1 061 000 JAM porridge take-home rations to children and their families across the country. “Our highly nutritious “super cereal” provides the children at our JAM-supported ECD’s with approximately 75% of their required daily nutrients. With approximately 3 000 distribution centres across all nine
JAM South Africa has received official certification from the South African Government to operate as an Essential Services Provider. JAM SA reaches more than 120 000 children daily in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres (pre-schools or creches) across all 9 provinces of South Africa. The Department of Social Development, in line with the recently declared
