CHOC - Childhood Cancer Foundation - South Africa

Brad Roets a Clifton Nottingham Road teacher has set his 2012 fundraising target for CHOC (Childhood Cancer Assoc. of SA) of R100,000 to honour his good friend Craig Bainbridge who died from cancer in 2011.   Brad can be followed on Twitter or Facebook, but most importantly please donate and change a child's life.

Umthombo Street Children - Durban South Africa

South Africa, like many other countries, is grappling with the fact that, due to various socio-economic situations, groups of children find themselves living on the streets, largely fending for themselves in order to survive.  Umthombo is an organisation based in Durban, South Africa that empowers street children and aims to change the way that society perceives and treats them. Umthombo’s Durban model is pioneering the idea of providing alternatives to street life through engagement and therapeutic interventions and focuses on addressing the traumas associated with the children’s experiences. Umthombo’s team is a fusion of social working professionals and trained former street children who have a unique understanding of the realities of the street child experience and an incredible relationship of trust and respect with the children.  Granny Mouse Country House & Spa have become one of the founding group of KZN based restaurants that have adopted the "Food 4 Thought" programme in an effort to contributed to the phenominal work done by the Umthombo organisation.

Umthombo is a fully registered section 21 company and non-profit organisation. It was founded in 1998 and formerly called the Durban Street Team. In 2005 it was renamed Umthombo Street Children.