Cisco EMEA Programme

Eligibility Criteria

This programme is currently available only to eligible South African non-profit organisations (see Programme eligibility Criteria)

• Products will be distributed to eligible organisations only, not to individuals.
• An organisation must have an annual budget of less than R35 million per annum.
• Organisations which provide the following types of services are eligible to receive Cisco donations through this programme:
• Basic Human Needs:
• Housing & shelter
• Low income housing
• Housing for the aged
• Help and accommodation for the homeless
• Refuges and shelters
• Care and housing of children and orphans
• Food & income
• Food distribution
• Helping meet basic needs inc. finance
• Job training/basic skills training/help into work
• Legal aid and counselling and advice
• Access to clean water
• Mine clearance
• Access to Education:
• Special needs education
• Access to basic skills
• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Digital inclusion
• Re-training of long term unemployed
• Access to Health Services:
• Awareness, support and information for sufferers of illness
• Health counselling
• Care for the elderly
• Aid to the handicapped
• Prevention of cruelty to children
• Rescue & emergency services
• Rehabilitation services (drugs, alcohol etc)

The following types of organisations are not eligible to receive Cisco donations through this programme:

• Religious organisations without a secular community designation: A secular designation is defined as an organisation separate from the church or religious organisation that provides services to people regardless of their religious beliefs and does not propagate a belief in a specific faith. Example: A refugee shelter with Public Benefit Organisation status that is run by a church, but is a separate and unique organisation that provides shelter and assistance to anyone who qualifies for services, regardless of religious beliefs.
• Foundations and grant-making organisations
• Schools
• Museums
• Libraries
• Camps
• Zoos
• Cultural and environmental education organisations
• Any organisation that advocates, supports or practices discrimination based on race, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, language, size, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background or disability.

In terms of the programme:

• During one fiscal year (1st July – 30th June), an organisation may request any quantity of Cisco products in a single order . The combined administrative fees for all ordered items may not exceed R9500 (R118,750 retail value) + VAT.

• An organisation that is an affiliate of a larger organisation (with no more than 10 affiliates) may order products individually, providing it is a registered South African Public Benefit Organisation in its own right.
• An organisation must demonstrate that it has a technology line item in its budget and must be able to state the amount of that budget line item.
• An organisation must demonstrate that a Trustee or Director of the organisation has requested the equipment.
• Cisco may, at its sole discretion, provide "functionally equivalent" substitute product(s) for any request or order.
• Cisco products may not be transferred or resold.
• Recipient organisations are required to sign an Equipment Donation Agreement.