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The Vision, goal, and activities of Project Feed the Children regarding the care of orphaned and vulnerable children in our communities, is also in keeping with the vision of the National Action Plan for Orphans and Other Children. The National action plan defines orphaned and vulnerable children as follows: An orphan is defined as a child under the age of 18 years whose mother, father or both biological parents have died.

The South African Child Gauge report of August 2024 states that challenges have emerged since the Covid 19 pandemic which is stalling progress and threatening the development and survival of children.  It is found that 1 in every 25 babies born in South Africa dies before their 5th birthday.  It has also established that more than a third of children live in households, where their basic needs are not met and more than 1 in every 4 children under the age of 5, their development is stunted – meaning they are chronically malnourished and their physical growth and brain development is compromised. 

“A vulnerable child is defined as any child under the age of 18 years whose survival, care, protection or development may be compromised due to a particular condition, situation or circumstance that prevents fulfilment of his or her rights.”

Over the past 20 years, we have established Community Centre’s within 3 settlements and at rural schools where we have fed, cared for and introduced ECD programs. 

Most of these centre’s have become independent and are run by members of their respective communities. 

Our pilot and founding campus continues to operate in Cloverdene, Benoni, with the intention of expanding operations in the south of rural KZN.

In the ECD program, our kitchens prepare and serve 2x nutritious hot meals per day, to ECD children including any street children. This equates to an average of 2 200 plates of food a month.
An average of 60 pensioners, widows and families also receive food parcels from the Cloverdene campus.