Our Charities

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund was founded by Nelson Mandela soon after South Africa's first truly democratic election in 1994. It was his personal response to the misery and hopelessness that poverty had inflicted on South Africa's children, the most innocent part of any society.

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund supports organisations implementing programmes and projects that empower children and youth from impoverished backgrounds to improve the quality of their lives. The Fund places emphasis on creative, innovative and participatory initiatives that have the potential to change the ways in which society responds to children and youth.

Mr Mandela’s integrity and love for children can be seen throughout NMCF and its commitment to the welfare of society’s most vulnerable citizens, its children. The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund strives to change the way in which society treats its children and youth.

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund programmes of work include: disability, wellbeing of the child, skills development, leadership and excellence, and HIV/AIDS.

www.mandela-children.org.uk

The FW de Klerk Foundation was established in 2000 and aims to promote peace in multicommunity states. Due to the relevance of its role and the achievements of former President FW de Klerk, the Foundation is well positioned to play a catalytic role in South Africa, Africa and the world in working for harmonious relations between ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious communities in multi-community societies.

Between 1990 and 1996 all South Africa’s significant parties, representing majorities from all its communities, succeeded in bridging centuries of division, discrimination and bitterness, and established a foundation for future unity, justice, prosperity and democracy.  The Foundation established a Centre for Constitutional Rights which promotes the values, rights and principles in the Constitution, monitors development, and informs and assists people and organisations in claiming their rights.

www.fwdklerk.org.za

Starfish Greathearts Foundation is an international charity, responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa. Their aim is to empower communities to deliver professional and sustainable services to children made vulnerable or orphaned by the impact of HIV/AIDS. Starfish currently delivers crisis intervention, comprehensive care and development programmes to more than 36,000 children. These programmes are delivered through partnerships with non-governmental and community based organisations throughout South Africa.

Starfish believe that everyone can make a very real difference to the lives of these children - one at a time!

www.starfishcharity.org

MaAfrika Tikkun is a non-governmental non-profit organisation that works toward the transformation of South African communities by investing in, and delivering, home based care and support to vulnerable children and families in South African townships. MaAfrika Tikkun registered as a Black Economic Empowerment company in 2006 and has a multiracial and multicultural team.

MaAfrika Tikkun’s vision is to empower and educate children and youth to lift themselves out of the spiral of poverty and disease that has affected the communities for decades by providing holistic services focused on caring for children ranging from one year to 19 years of age, as well as their guardians.

MaAfrika Tikkun also provide psycho-social, educational and recreational programmes for children and youth, which operate out of community centres.

www.maafrikatikkun.org.uk

Thuthuka, from the Zulu verb meaning “to develop”, is the South African accounting profession’s transformation initiative to promote the study of Maths, Science and English at school level.  Bursaries are provided to students from disadvantaged backgrounds wanting to pursue Chartered Accountancy as a career.

The UK Thuthuka Charity has been established to support and develop educational upliftment amongst disadvantaged scholars and students in South Africa and the UK.

www.thuthuka.org