by DevOps | Jun 13, 2019 | Stories
Msizi began attending the after school programme in January at our partner to receive help with his homework after his mom heard about the learning support he could access. Msizi has continued to attend and over the past year, he has developed a love of learning and a...
by DevOps | Jun 13, 2019 | Stories
“I asked the local municipality for some land to start a child care centre and they gave me a dump site.” Thandi Khanyile recalls the inauspicious start to what is today a thriving centre in Sebokeng that assists 450 orphaned and vulnerable children from the local...
by DevOps | Jun 13, 2019 | Stories
*Thandazile Gumede, a 7 year old girl at Thy Kingdom Care Centre, was abandoned by her mother after birth and raised by her grandmother. Thandazile’s grandmother struggled to enrol her at school as she did not have a birth certificate. With Starfish’s help, Thy...
by DevOps | Jun 13, 2019 | Stories
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...
by DevOps | Jun 13, 2019 | Stories
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...
