Hope in Crisis
by Starfish Greathearts Foundation
£37,523.00
raised by 203 donations
of £50,000.00 Target Goal
75%
The Story
Children across the country are suffering from poverty, exclusion from basic services and ill health. Many thousands of vulnerable and orphaned children and their communities have no access to healthcare, food security, sanitation, education or safe shelter. Starfish Greathearts is working with its partners to continue to deliver critical services to these communities. We need your support to be the lifeline for vulnerable and orphaned children.
HEALTH
The Wellness Wagons have made themselves available to assist the Department of Health as needed. The Wagons are in the unique position of being able to access the remotest areas where there are little to no healthcare facilities available. Classrooms have been transformed into isolation facilities. Strategic hand-washing and sanitising stations have been set up. We are ready to assist with the vaccination programme, providing education and registration in rural communities in local languages.
NUTRITION
With schools having shut down, many children have lost their only meal for the day. Where permitted, we are continuing to provide meals-to-go. The Wellness Wagons are delivering food boxes, with enough food for a month, to children and families in need.
EDUCATION
Communication channels have been established to help inform and educate our communities, debunk myths and calm fears. Home-Based Care Teams have been trained.
Starfish Greathearts Foundation
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on all corners of life in South Africa, standing as the most affected country on the continent. It’s already vulnerable population of 8.2 million HIV sufferers and 2 million orphaned children have been plummeted into increased poverty, deprivation and insecurity. Damage from the pandemic could affect the nation for years to come.
For South Africa’s children, these difficult times have had dire consequences. Many children have had to experience the loss of a loved one and the loss of all stability. By October 2021, 134,500 children had lost a parent or primary caregiver to the virus. To add to this devastation, new global estimates indicate the actual number of Covid-associated orphanhood in the area to be 10 times higher than the estimated rates. The pandemic has brought ramifications for children’s education, physical health, mental health and wellbeing, development and future life prospects. These children will carry this burden with them forever. We must help to take the weight of the world from their shoulders.
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Hope in Crisis: Latest Donations
Anonymous donated £3,150.00 on 2025/2/15 at 16:1.
donated £10.00+ £2.50 on 2025/2/10 at 1:46.
Anonymous donated £100.00+ £25.00 on 2025/2/1 at 6:52.
donated £30.00+ £7.50 on 2025/1/28 at 1:45.
"A belated Christmas present from Spirit Displays. This donation was chosen as an alternative to sending Christmas cards and gifts to our customers."
donated £2,500.00 on 2025/1/21 at 13:15.
donated £10.00+ £2.50 on 2025/1/10 at 1:46.
Anonymous donated £50.00 on 2025/2/16 at 12:9.