Giving Back

Giving Back

Starfish was founded in 2002, and thousands of children who grew up in our care are now happy and healthy young adults, working in our centres and making an incredible impact in the communities where they grew up. Giving Back Lebogang’s Story “Starfish has...
Garbage to games

Garbage to games

Early learning for toddlers In rural areas with no early childhood development centres, there was clear need for an innovative response. Careworkers at Starfish partner Thandanani in KwaZulu Natal are running workshops for small groups of women in their own homes to...
Matoma’s story

Matoma’s story

The Starfish Wellness Wagon provided check-ups to 3,265 vulnerable children in rural communities in KwaZulu Natal in 2015. The nurse tests children for HIV and TB as well as monitoring eyesight, hearing, oral hygiene and mineral deficiencies. A staggering 67% of...
Sethani

Sethani

Sethani is a community-based project that provides vital support and gives hope to the escalating number of children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the KwaZulu Natal Province of South Africa. Providing basic necessities and...
Keiskamma

Keiskamma

Keiskamma exists to foster hope and health as well as pride and respect amongst a community that has been deeply affected by the AIDS pandemic. The programme covers an expansive rural community hit hard by the economic realities of the area of the Eastern Cape –...