The Joburg church partners with HOPEww
Early Childhood Development is a National Crisis
HOPE worldwide South Africa has been serving vulnerable children, households and communities since 1993. From 2011, we have focused our efforts on the most vulnerable – young children aged 0-6 years, as this is the most critical period in a child’s development. What happens in early childhood will last a lifetime.Through partnerships with various organisations, sponsors and volunteers - we have reached nearly 16 000 vulnerable Children through our Early Childhood Development programmes.
We are investing in young children through: Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre (crèche) support, Community ECD Parenting programmes, Nutritional Support, and through our ‘Adopt a Family’ programme. We are operating in seven provinces in South Africa: Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Free State where many challenges face children and families. These include; poverty, hunger and high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates.
Each year volunteers from the Joburg church of Christ get on their bicycles and ride to raise money for HOPEww's early childhood development plans. Hundreds of thousands of Rands have been raised so far and we hope to continue doing more each year.
