StreetSmart South Africa?works along the same lines as it does in the United Kingdom, San Francisco and Melbourne. It is registered as a Non-Profit Organisation and a Public Benefit Organisation which functions as a conduit fundraising body, distributing raised funds to beneficiaries. The current beneficiaries in South Africa are organisations that work with street children.

A board of Directors coordinates StreetSmart.

StreetSmart raises money via participating restaurants, and distributes this money directly to established charities with the experience and facilities to help children who are living on the streets. Participating restaurants display a StreetSmart card on the table informing patrons that a voluntary R5.00 donation will be added to their bill. They will have the option to give more than R5.00 (or not give at all).

The initiative will run throughout the year and not just at holiday times.

Every cent raised in the restaurants will go to?the following three charities:

• The Homestead - a service provider to boys who live on the street.
  
• Ons Plek - a service provider to girls who live on th street.
  
• Learn to Live - a non-formal educational programme that many street children attend.

StreetSmart?s goal is to be part of the process of social normalisation.

The long-term vision is to develop a StreetSmart South Africa, with key restaurants in all major centres embracing the StreetSmart campaign.

At present StreetSmart South Africa is only operating in Cape Town and Franschhoek.