Tshwaranang Projects

Rather than listing every one of our projects, we thought we would just tell you about some of the best:

Hope House

Christa with a child at the orphanage.

Hope House is an orphanage run by Tshwaranang. Usually home to roughly 30 children, we first opened in 2004, and have been going strong since then.

With children anywhere from birth until the age of 16, Hope House feeds, clothes and homes everyone in its diverse family. And, of course, when they are old enough, our carers send them to school each day (regardless of how much they want to go!)

Sadly, there are children living with HIV positive status in the house, but happily we have been able to establish ARV therapy for them. So far, all of them have responded very well to treatment, and we hope they will be with us for a long time further.

If you wish to find out more about Hope House, please visit www.hopehousechildcare.org.

Good News Project

Joyce, volunteering with village children.

One of our newest projects, this is a project led by Freedom Ministries of Harrismith. They have been given an 'open door' into Mokgolokoeng by the village leader; Chief Moloi. The community is extremely underdeveloped, with no running water, toilets, electricity or even paved roads.

There are many exciting new initiatives beginning in the village, including essential life skills teaching for children, adult literacy and education, income generating agricultural projects and church/community events.

Alongside the spiritual and social development approach, Tshwaranang, together with Freedom, are aiming to improve other services, including health care, HIV and AIDS awareness, water supply, and most ambitiously, a community centre, with centralised services and resources for all inhabitants.

Child Care Forums

Fed and satisfied!

Throughout the Harrismith area there are 7 feeding kitchens, semi-permanent structures where, on average, 2,100 children are fed every day. Without these kitchens, many parents on the poverty line would not be able to fully provide for the needs of their children; it is a vital provision for the community.

Through Tshwaranang, these feeding kitchens are staffed everyday, and so the meals are cooked, the children kept nourished, and the community strengthened.

The volunteers (paid a stipend) belong to the Child Care Forums, one in each ward, and these are maintained by our charity, providing essential feedback, both about the services being provided and the children themselves.

Vegetable Tunnels

Many people living in our local townships do not have any methods to generate income. There is a scarcity of jobs, and often they are many kilometres away, inaccessible for those who do not have a transport.

Vegetable tunnels are sustainable projects, where we supply and build a three by nine metre tunnel from plastic piping and bird-proof netting. They are then used to grow vegetables, and the proceeds sold, providing income, and the means to purchase more seeds.

An established vegetable tunnel.

So far, we have introduced vegetable tunnels to 6 schools in the area. Although some have not prospered, due to adverse weather conditions, or the schools not taking ownership of the project, we have now had many large crops of food; tomatoes and spinach have been particularly successful.

Over the next year, we are hoping to introduce several more, especially in the Mokgolokoeng district.

If you wish to find out about our other projects, please contact us, or download our Company Profile Document.