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Supporting Child-Headed Households In South Africa
Ntombi* wakes up every morning with one thing on her mind: food. A 15-year-old mother of one and caregiver to two more siblings, Ntombi works every day to scrape together enough money to survive. Through a combination of infrequent gifts from relatives and winnings...
Freeing Hearts And Changing Lives
Amanda, a 24-year-old young mother of a 4-year-old little girl, found herself battling the painful memories of her past. She did not know who she could share her pain with. The trauma of rape and the hardship growing up in a very poor family haunted her. But her...
FEEDING BODIES AND MINDS
Imagine a 5-year-old boy who goes to bed hungry, and wakes up in the morning without any food to eat before he goes to school. At school, he cannot concentrate in class and during playtime he has no energy to play with other kids. The reality is that in South Africa 1...
THE POWER OF CONNECTION
A child’s first experience in education plays a vital role in their development. HOPE worldwide South Africa (HWW SA) in partnership with Care for Education (CFE) have found ways to include education, fun and play in the everyday lives of young and vulnerable...
SUCCEED PARTNERSHIP EXPANDS TO THE MPUMALANGA PROV
HOPE worldwide SA is excited to announce the expansion and launch of the SUCCEED partnership in the Mpumalanga province. SUCCEED is a flagship programme in partnership with Makro that supports Early Childhood Development Centres and Carers with young children. SUCCEED...
Volunesia (Noun)
"The moment you forget you’re volunteering to help change lives because it’s changing yours." Volunteers are vital to the success of our programmes, and every year we host international volunteers who join and journey with us to support our Early Childhood Development...
CHANGING THE WORLD ONE MEAL AT A TIME
Lebogang Mokoena, a 32-year-old woman from Zandspruit, has 3 children aged 13, 9 and 5 years. She has raised them on her own because their father walked out on them. They faced hunger on a daily basis. Then things changed. Her kids were malnourished and unwell....
ACCELERATING ACCESS TO SERVICES
HOPE worldwide SA through the SUCCEED Programme with Makro, hosted a service delivery Imbizo primarily for households with young children, at Muzomuhle Primary School in Diepsloot on 6 October 2017. HOPE worldwide SA was able to bring together service providers to...
GRADUATION DAY: FROM DISTRESSED TO DETERMINED
This Women’s month, 2017, we saw 400 amazing women graduate from our SUCCEED Parent Support Groups (PSGs) nationwide. We celebrate with them in their joy of being able to believe in themselves and also believing in a better future for their children. Our PSGs host...
TRAINING TO TRANSFORM
“Parents are a child’s first and most important teacher and home is the most important classroom”. But they need skills and support to help their children develop and thrive. Also, many children in South Africa still do not have access to formal early learning...
