Support Children Orphaned by Aids in South Africa

On this GlobalGiving Rewards Bonus Day you have a great opportunity to help children in South Africa access healthcare and education. On the 12^th of July, GlobalGiving will match your donation to Starfish by 50% while funds remain. There will also be a 100% match on new recurring donations and at the end of Bonus Day, the projects with the most funds raised and the most donors secured will each receive a $1,000 bonus prize. We need your support to get that match!

With your help last year, 12 916 children received a holistic package of services (inc health, education & child protection), home visits were carried out to 6 034 children, Nutritional support was provided to 7 129 children, 4 261 children participated in after school care programmes and a total of 3 574 children received primary health care services through the Wellness Wagon, which included top to toe health checks, HIV testing and TB screening.

When you donate to Starfish Greathearts Foundation, you become part of a larger movement of people working together to bring life, hope and opportunity to children orphaned or vulnerable in South Africa.

Below is one of many stories from the children we support. Your generous donations help change the lives of children orphaned or vulnerable. We urge you to continue donating as generously as you can this GG Rewards Day and spread the word to friends, families and colleagues to donate to Starfish on the 12^th of July!

Starfish and Leseding Care Givers making a difference!

I am 15 years old residing on farms, with both parents and my elder brother.

My parents are farm workers and they never dream of leaving the farms, I once asked them what will happen to me when I finish school, my dad keep saying that I will also be a farm worker, It breaks my heart to know that my life will end in the farms.

Both parents are drunkards; there is a never passing day without them drinking. It annoys me so much to have such family and as for my brother, he is a nobody he smokes nyaope (an addictive drug) like no body’s business.

I drop out from school for about a year, but because of the love of the outsiders I realize that there is more to life than being a child from the farms. Leseding Care Givers found me in the mist of misery I had given up altogether, my parents do not care about me or the things I want in life, or I want to become.

Ever since I have become part of Leseding Care Givers, I have seen life differently, coming from the farm does not mean that you should end up being a farm worker. That’s what I learn from one of the carer from Leseding. I am very proud to say that I am a beneficiary in LESEDING care givers, and I am thankful for all that I received from them, food parcels, school materials, and other material support. “Thank you so much Leseding and Starfish for your support, I have now gained self-confidence and believe that my life won’t end at the farm”