Starfish is responding to Covid 19

LIFE  |  HOPE  |  OPPORTUNITY

 

 We have partnered with the Department of Health

in South Africa to provide testing and PPE 

We are providing food parcels to impoverished families,

setting up sanitation facilities &

educating communities

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“Children are our greatest treasure. They are our future.”
– Nelson Mandela

Starfish Greathearts Foundation exists to change the lives of orphaned or vulnerable children in communities affected by both HIV and AIDS, and poverty in South Africa. 

WE EDUCATE

Education changes destiny. Starfish believes in the importance of education, particularly in the child’s first 1000 days. 18,000 children have benefitted from education in early childhood development centres.

WE CARE

We ensure impoverished communities have access to primary health services via our Wellness Wagon programme. 25,000 children have received health care services and 62,000 people anti retro-virals and adherence support through our mobile clinic.

WE PROTECT

We identify, monitor and protect vulnerable children from abuse.  Adolescents are empowered through education to resist gender-based violence and  protect themselves from HIV/AIDS.

WE NOURISH

We provide proper nutrition to impoverished children, ensuring improved childhood growth, development and health.

92,000 children have received nutritional support

Virtual Pinkster Gin Tasting

Thank you for joining us to discover new tastes and combinations. 

We hope you had fun in your bubbles whilst raising funds to support our COVID-19 emergency response work, reaching vulnerable children across South Africa. 

 

 

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Royal Parks Half Marathon for Starfish

Postponed to April 2021

Royal Parks Half Marathon is one of the world’s biggest half marathons and with 16,000 runners taking part in the 13.1 mile run, it will be an exciting event for everyone involved.

Starting in Hyde Park, the route will take you on closed roads through four of London’s eight Royal Parks – Hyde Park, The Green Park, St James Park and Kensington Gardens.

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Prudential Ride London

Cycle for Starfish on 16th August 2021

Celebrating the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 starts in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, then follows a 100-mile route on closed roads through the capital and into Surrey’s stunning countryside. With leg-testing climbs and a route recently made famous by the world’s best cyclists, this promises to be a truly spectacular event for all involved.

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Tippy Tap Journey at Wozo Moya

Tippy Taps (TT) were first introduced to the community 6 years ago, in order to improve access to clean water for washing. Ufafa Valley is a water-scarce area, especially in the dry winter months. There is no formal water supply or sanitation. 

Faced with Covid-19, never has there been more need for them.

We focus on schools and communal meeting places and spent time educating people on the importance of washing hands, thoroughly and frequently.

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Our teams are supplying emergency relief to children in need

COVID 19 has compounded existing difficulties for the children we care for. Zizise has been delivering emergency food parcels and sharing public health messages

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Mpilo's Story

Mpilo and her little brother, Bongani, live with their ailing mother. Theirs is one of the poorest households in an indigent community, with a total income of £44.37 per month recieved from two Child Support government grants. There are no work opportunities in this remote village, so Mpilo's Mum has sought the help of a local Starfish Programme for her children, that helps them receive an education, health care, food parcels and school uniforms. Mpilo has proved to be musically gifted and will soon take her Grade 6 music examination on the clarinet. What a wonderful achievement from a child living in a remote, impoverisched and deprived community!

The Wellness Wagon

On visiting a remote rural village, the nurse of the Wellness Wagon mobile clinic examined a young boy who was suffering from sores all over  his body and swollen feet. He was found to have a severe lung infection and was hospitalised for a week. His mother had not realised the severity of his condition and he would not have received this life-saving treatment had the Wellness Wagon not attended his village.

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Starfish Greathearts Foundation. Registered charity in England and Wales no. 1093862.