More people are relying on the help of others to feed themselves and their families; these are the charities keeping bellies filled this year.
South Africa (07 January 2025) – People around the world are struggling with rising costs of living and South Africa is no exception. People are struggling to feed themselves and their families, and often turn to organisations for help. We have a list of organisations that work tirelessly to make sure everyone has a meal.
Feeding schemes and organisations come and go in South Africa as funding is found or dries out. Sadly, over the years, our charity list related to a single meal or huge food parcels has dwindled, and this year, it is the smallest yet – BUT there are still organisations filling the hunger gap, making sure people have food to eat.
We personally reached out to each of these organisation to see if they wanted to be included. Some help when disaster strikes, some run soup kitchens for the destitute and some teach communities how to grow food but all ensure that nobody goes hungry!
Please note that this is a working list, so keep sending through your charities, and we will keep adding them!
South Africa
- Feed the Nation SA – Website / Facebook
- FoodForward SA – Website / Facebook
- Gift of the Givers – Website / Facebook
- Meals on Wheels – Website / Facebook
- Mould Empower Serve (MES) – Website / Facebook
- Operation Hunger – Website / Facebook
Eastern Cape
- Healing Hands Foundation (Working in Gqeberha and Nelson Mandela Bay) – Facebook
- Love Story (Working in Port Elizabeth) – Website / Facebook
- SVDP St Vincent de Paul Society (Working in Walmer, Gqeberha) – Website / Facebook
Gauteng
- Charity Begins With Me (Working in Johannesburg North) – Facebook
- Con Brio (Working in Bryanston) – Website / Facebook
- Daily Bread Org (Working in Fourways) – Facebook
- Doorway to Dignity (Working in Randburg) – Website / Facebook
- Healing Waters Foundation (Working in Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook
- Kindness Like Confetti (Working in Johannesburg and Pretoria) – Facebook (JHB) / Facebook (PTA)
- Ladles of Love (Working in Gauteng) – Website / Facebook
- Nosh Food Rescue NPC (Working in Johannesburg) – Facebook
- One Small Act of Kindness (Working in Randburg, Johannesburg) – Facebook
- Sought Out Foundation (Working in Alexandra) – Facebook
- SVDP St Vincent de Paul Society (Working in Victory Park) – Facebook
- The Angel Network (Working throughout Johannesburg) – Website / Facebook.
- The Cradle of Hope (Working in Krugersdorp) – Website / Facebook
- The People’s Pantry (Working in Lorentzville) – Website / Facebook
- WAS Foundation (Working in Krugersdorp) – Facebook
KwaZulu-Natal
- Action in Isolation (Working in Midlands) – Website / Facebook
- The Angel Network KZN (Working in Durban) – Facebook
- The Domino Foundation (Working in Durban and surrounds) – Website / Facebook
Northern Cape
Western Cape
- Angel Wings Cape Town (Working in Cape Town) – Facebook
- Enviro Solutions Centre – Website / Facebook
- HEART NPO (Working in the Drakenstein) – Facebook
- Ladles of Love (Working in the Cape Peninsula) – Website / Facebook
- Ndihluthi (Working in Western Cape) – Facebook
- RAM – Rescue Among Many (Working in Western Cape) – Facebook
- Service Dining Rooms (Working in Cape Town) – Website / Facebook
- South African Water Warriors (Working in Cape Town) – Website / Facebook
- Stellenbosch Feeding In Action (Working in Stellenbosch) – Website / Facebook
- Table View Angels (Working in Table View) – Facebook
- Yiza Ekhaya Soup Kitchen (Working in Khayelitsha) – Website / Facebook
If we have missed an organisation or charity, please email tyler@goodthingsguy.com, and we will add it soonest; kindly supply the relevant links as well as which province they work in, the NPO/NGO/NPC registration details and a brief description of what the organisation does.
Sources: Various – Linked Above
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