From the KZN floods of 2022 to the Mthatha floods of June 2025, from the ongoing support of 200 Tiphini families to our Food Bank in Mthatha — our poverty pillar is the foundation's most active and most urgent.
Our poverty relief work crosses two timescales: immediate humanitarian response when communities are in crisis, and long-term, ongoing support that addresses root causes alongside local stakeholders.
In June 2025, the foundation mobilized a large-scale humanitarian response to the catastrophic floods that struck Mthatha and surrounding areas. We delivered emergency food parcels, hygiene essentials, warm blankets and clothing — reaching orphaned children, child-headed households and the elderly.
In 2023 the foundation opened a food bank in Mthatha to provide essential food parcels to disadvantaged families. The bank operates in collaboration with other NPOs to ensure broader, more effective reach, addressing food insecurity at the community level.
The foundation has adopted the Tiphini community in Mthatha, providing ongoing support to 200 families through regular distribution of food parcels. We have also facilitated access to Identity Documents for those who previously lacked the resources to obtain them.
In April 2022, days of heavy rain across KwaZulu-Natal led to deadly floods. 435 people died across the province and thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed. The foundation mobilized emergency relief in coordination with local stakeholders.
Our annual holiday initiative addressing food insecurity among vulnerable communities — restoring dignity, hope, and a sense of belonging during the festive season. Supports elderly-headed households, child-headed homes, people living with disabilities and unemployed individuals.
In response to devastating floods affecting Limpopo communities, the foundation distributed essential relief — food supplies, clothing, sanitary products and household essentials — with particular attention to women, children, the elderly and people living with disabilities.
In 2023 the foundation made a longer-term commitment: the adoption of the Tiphini community in Mthatha. We now provide ongoing support to 200 families through regular distribution of food parcels — and crucially, we have facilitated access to Identity Documents for those who previously lacked the resources to obtain them.
An ID document is the difference between citizenship and invisibility — between accessing social services and being locked out of them. Through Tiphini, we deliver food at the surface and civic participation underneath it. That double-layered intervention is the model we want to scale.
Every contribution underwrites the next school uniform, the next pair of spectacles, the next food parcel, the next family supported. Choose your moment.