Children are our future, they are the young minds that will change everything but they need our protection; this charity list highlights all the child welfare heroes in South Africa.
South Africa (06 January 2023) – The Good Things Guy team has been working on these charity lists since the start of the pandemic in 2020. They were created as tools to help people find help or offer it to causes close to their hearts. Over the years, the demand for these lists has grown and today, we are excited to share our lists for 2023.
Our charity list was usually one long one but we have found, with the help of insightful readers, that one list is too much to work through. This year we are splitting the list into various categories. This second list features all the child welfare organisations we have featured over the years and can vouch for. In case you missed it, you can find the animal list here.
If we have missed an organisation or charity, please email tyler@goodthingsguy.com and we will add it soonest; kindly supply the relevant links, which list you are wanting to be added to, as well as which province the organisation works in, the NPO registration details and a brief description of what the organisation does.
Please note, this is a working list, so keep sending through your charities, and we will keep adding them!
South Africa
- ACVV National Council – Website / Facebook
- ABBA Adoption – Website / Facebook
- Care Protect Invest South Africa – Facebook
- Child Welfare South Africa – Website / Facebook
- Cotlands – Website / Facebook
- Courage Child Protection – Website / Facebook
- Girls And Boys Town – Website / Facebook
- Hero in my Hood – Website / Facebook
- LIV Village – Website / Facebook
- National Association of Child Care Workers – Website / Facebook
- Project Dignity – Website / Facebook
- Samaritan’s Feet – Website / Facebook
- Santa Shoebox Project – Website / Facebook
- SOS Africa Children’s Charity – Website / Facebook
- SOS Children’s Villages – Website / Facebook
- StreetSmart South Africa – Website / Facebook
- The Baby Box Project – Website / Facebook
- The South African Breastmilk Reserve (SABR) – Website / Facebook
- The Grace Factory (Working in Johannesburg, Vaal Triangle and Cape Town) – Website / Facebook
- Toy Run – Website / Facebook
- Yes4Youth – Website / Facebook
Eastern Cape
- African Solutions to African Problems (ASAP) (Working in Zitapile Village) – Website / Facebook
- Eyabantwana Trust (Working in East London) – Facebook
- Marist Mercy Care South Africa (Working in Addo) – Website / Facebook
- Missionvale Care Centre (Working in Port Elizabeth) – Website / Facebook
- Youth Potential South Africa – YOUPSA (Working in Gamtoos Valley) – Website / Facebook
Gauteng
- ACFS Community Education and Feeding Scheme (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Arise Shine Hope Centre (Working in Freedom Park) – Website
- ArkStar Kidz Club (Working in Walkerville) – Website / Facebook
- Boikanyo – The Dion Herson Foundation (Working in Gauteng) – Website / Facebook
- Botshabelo (Working in Midrand) – Website / Facebook
- Door of Hope (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Hearts of Hope (Working in Johannesburg) – Website
- Home-Start South Africa (Working in Benoni) – Website / Facebook
- Hopelands Village (Working in Magaliesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Hotel Hope (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Impilo Child Protection and Adoption (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Ingelosi Foundation (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Johannesburg Children’s Home (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Joburg Child Welfare (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Just In Time Baby Sanctuary ( Working in Randfontein) Website / Facebook
- Kids Haven (Working in Benoni) – Website / Facebook
- Manger Care Centre (Working in Benoni) – Facebook
- Princess Alice (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- SA Cares for Life (Working in Pretoria) – Website / Facebook
- Saving Angels Foundation (Working in Pretoria) – Website / Facebook
- Seeds of Africa (Working in Mulderdrift) – Website / Facebook
- The Character Company (Working in Krugersdorp) – Facebook
- The Winnie Mabaso Foundation (Working in Johannesburg) – Website
KwaZulu-Natal
- Angels’ Care Centre (Working in Howick) – Website / Facebook
- Build The Future (Working in Ndwedwe) – Website / Facebook
- Dlalanathi (Working in Pietermartizburg) – Website / Facebook
- Endleleni (Working in Ramsgate) –
- Give a Child a Family (Working in Margate) – Website / Facebook
- I2BA Skills Training (Working in Isipingo) – Website / Facebook
- Izulu Orphan Projects (Working in Zululand) – Facebook
- Operation Bobbi Bear (Working in Amanzimtoti) – Website / Facebook
- Thandanani Children’s Foundation (Working in Pietermaritzburg) – Website
- The Baby Home (Working in Durban North) – Website / Facebook
- Umduduzi – Hospice Care for Children (Working in KwaZulu-Natal) – Website / Facebook
- Zero2Five Trust (Working in eThekwini KwaZulu-Natal and Surrounds) – Website / Facebook
Limpopo
- Eco Children (Working in Hoedspruit) – Website
Mpumalanga
- Pediatric Care Africa (Working in White River) – Facebook
Northern Cape
Western Cape
- Africa Children Aid (Working in Cape Town and in neighbouring countries) – Website / Facebook
- Afrika Tikkun (Working in Gauteng and Western Cape) – Website
- Badisa TRIO (Working in Kraaifontein) – Website / Facebook
- Badisa (Working in Bellville) – Website / Facebook
- Bless-a-Baby (Working in Western Cape) – Website
- Boost Africa Foundation (Working in Killarney Gardens) – Website / Facebook
- Children’s Book Network (Working in Overberg) – Website / Facebook
- Distance For Difference (Working in Somerset West) – Website / Facebook
- The Justice Desk (Working in Khayelitsha and Nyanga, Western Cape) – Website / Facebook
- Flow Foundation SA (Working in Claremont) – Website / Facebook
- George Child and Family Welfare (Working in George) – Website / Facebook
- Heartlands Baby Sanctuary (Working in Somerset West) – Website / Facebook
- Heart to Heart Care Centre (Working in Mossel Bay) – Website / Facebook
- Heavenly Haven (Working in Mossel Bay, Great Brak River) – Website / Facebook
- Hermanus Child & Family Services (Working in Hermanus) – Website / Facebook
- Home From Home (Working in Plumstead) – Website / Facebook
- Imbali Western Cape (Working in Paarl) – Website
- Isabelo (Working in Franschoek) – Website / Facebook
- Kin Culture (Working in Cape Town and the Garden Route) – Website / Facebook
- Kuilsrivier Jeugtrust (Working in Kuilsrivier) – Website / Facebook
- Leliebloem (Working in Crawford) – Website / Facebook
- Life Community Services (Working in George) – Website / Facebook
- Mamas Pay It Forward (Working in Cape Town) – Facebook
- Masikule (Working in Helderberg) – Website
- Melkbos Care Centre (Working in Melkbos) – Website
- MercyAIDS (Working in Durbanville) – Website / Facebook
- Newborn Trust (Working in Cape Town) – Website / Facebook
- Orphan Care Foundation (Working in Westlake) – Website / Facebook
- Paedspal Paediatric Palliative Care (Working in Cape Town) – Website
- Patch – Helderberg Child Abuse Centre (Working in Helderberg) – Website
- Pebbles Project (Working in Western Cape) – Website / Facebook
- Primary Science Programme (Working in Cape Flats and Overberg) – Website
- The Zoe Project (Working in Western Cape) – Website / Facebook
- SOSA (Working in Western Cape) – Website / Facebook
- Sparking Minds (Working in Knysna) – Website / Facebook
- The Parent Centre (Working throughout Western Cape) – Website / Facebook
- Tiny Owl Baby Home (Working in Durbanville) – Website / Facebook
- Ukama (Working in Vrygrond) – Website / Facebook
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