Al Ansaar Foundation

Community development work in Durban requires understanding both formal and informal systems — how municipal services reach some neighbourhoods and bypass others, how informal settlements organise themselves, where government grants stall and where voluntary organisations can step in. Al Ansaar Foundation operates within this landscape, coordinating interventions that combine immediate relief with longer-term support. The foundation manages food security programmes, educational initiatives, and welfare support that operate through established community networks and local partnerships. This embedded approach — working with existing social structures rather than imposing external solutions — shapes how the foundation designs and delivers its programmes across the city's diverse communities.