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Our service is free. It is not free to run.
MCSA has never charged a family a cent. Every rand you give keeps the emergency helpline answered, the awareness network running, and safety education going into classrooms that would otherwise never see it.
77%
of children reported are found
Your support is part of what makes that number possible.
R0
charged to families, ever
Assistance is free at the point of need, for everyone.
All donations are tax deductible
Missing Children South Africa is a registered NPO (067 095) and an approved Public Benefit Organisation. Section 18A tax certificates are available on request from taxcertificate@missingchildren.org.za.
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Helps put safety education booklets into a rural pre-school classroom.
Ways to give
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Every one of these reaches us. Pick the one you already use.
SnapScan
Scan and give from the SnapScan app, and repeat the donation to turn it into a monthly contribution.
GivenGain
Give through GivenGain, or start your own fundraising campaign for MCSA and rally your friends.
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Direct deposit / EFT
Pay straight into MCSA’s account from your banking app. Please use your name as the payment reference so we can send you a receipt.
- Account name
- Missing Children SA
- Bank
- Standard Bank
- Account type
- Cheque
- Account number
- 272471216
- Branch
- Tyger Manor
- Branch code
- 050410
- SWIFT code
- SBZAZAJJ
Woolworths MyDifference
Choose MCSA as your cause in the Woolworths app. A share of what you already spend comes to us, at no cost to you. If you previously supported us through Wrewards or MySchool, those have been replaced by MyDifference, so please switch over.
- Download the Woolworths app
- Join MyDifference
- Go to the Loyalty hub and tap ‘Causes’
- Select ‘Choose My Own’
- Search for Missing Children South Africa and select us
Where your money goes
What your donation actually pays for.
MCSA's costs are unglamorous and unavoidable: a helpline that has to be answered at 3am, the flyers that go out within the hour, and the fuel and printing behind the safety education programme.
The emergency helpline
Answered 24 hours a day, every day of the year, by people who know what to tell a parent in the worst hour of their life.
The awareness network
Designing and distributing missing-person flyers across a national social and media network within hours of a report.
Safety education
Taking Tips for Children and Tips for Parents into schools and rural early childhood development centres.
Support for families
Standing with families for as long as a case stays open, which in some cases means years.
Questions
Before you give.
Yes. Missing Children South Africa is a registered NPO (067 095) and an approved Public Benefit Organisation (PBO 930 034 181), so all financial contributions are tax deductible.
Request a Section 18A certificate from taxcertificate@missingchildren.org.za. Individuals should include their full name and ID number; businesses should include the registered company name and tax number.
Never. Our service is free to the community and always will be. If anyone asks you to pay to have a missing person's details circulated, it is not us. Please report it.
Yes. We work with companies on corporate donations, CSI initiatives and strategic support, and MCSA holds a Level One B-BBEE procurement recognition.
Start a conversation at donations@missingchildren.org.za.
Sharing a missing-person flyer costs nothing and is genuinely one of the most useful things anyone does for us. Choosing MCSA as your cause on the Woolworths MyDifference programme is also free.
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Help MCSA bring children home safely. However you give, it goes further than you think.