Outreach partners
Our strategy
We aim to achieve our mission through three streams:
Urban gleaning
Urban missionaries
Mercy & Justice conversations
Ward 35 Development Forum
We encourage you to read up on the exciting work of Ward 35 Development Forum. This network of bodies and organisations include PEDI, Abalimi Bezekhaya (concerned with urban farming, employment, food security), the forum team itself (concerned with overall care for the Ward and disaster relief), the Ward council office is actively involved, various ECDs, soup kitchens, LEAN (Local Ecumenical Network) churches and so much more all pulling together to care for their communities.
Thabo Mbeki Community
Who they are
Thabo Mbeki informal settlement is a community located in the Lower Crossroads area of Cape Town. One of the leaders, Buzwe Kali as part of Ward 35 Development Forum is a community consultant to Lerato's Hope.
How we’re involved
Lerato’s Hope has grown its relationship with this community, focusing on assisting the leadership in providing children with stationery for the new school year, and as of 2021 supporting a working group of community members and leaders seeking to become a formalised NPO.
Masifundisane Family and Children's Ministry
Who they are
'Creating a foundation for future African leaders'.
Founded by a young leader, Siphelele Bushule, who saw the need for reading skills among the young children in his community. This is an expanding after-school program for children of the Phillipi East community. It is now a registered NPO, visit the website on the left.
How we’re involved
Lerato’s Hope maintains a relationship with this organisation for various needs from mentorship to funding of certain projects.
Abahlobo Creche
Who they are
Abahlobo Crèche is an Early Childhood Development Center in Barcalona township. Abahlobo crèche has started out of the home of a compassionate lady, Nomahomba Sixoka affectionately known as Mama Beauty, who saw the need for a safe space for the children in her community. Abahlobo crèche provides two meals per day as well as early childhood development for 35-70 children between the ages of 0-6 years old.
How we’re involved
Lerato’s Hope has an eight year relationship with Abahlobo Crèche which has seen us rebuild the crèche with precast cement panels after it was burnt to the ground, installation of electricity and establishment of play surfaces for the children. Lerato’s Hope has built and equipped a kitchen and provides weekly food parcels that enable Mama Beauty to create two nutritious meals every day for the children attending Abahlobo crèche.
Beautiful Gate South Africa
Who they are
Beautiful Gate has been around for more than 25 years serving the community of Philippi East in areas of child health, education support and family strengthening.
How we’re involved
A number of people in our church community are part of the Beautiful Gate team and we work together to move resources from Pinelands to Philippi, and build relationships across the two communities.
Ward 67 - Capricorn Community
Who they are
Capricorn - a sub area of Vrygrond, Muizenberg. Two women with assistants who started soup kitchens in their area of their own initiative having seen the great need in their area. Feeding upwords of 200 people five days a week tirelessly, Marilyn and Precious are Capricorn heroes. Our board member, Ps Bernadette and her church Capricorn Community Church keep us connected.
How we’re involved
We have partnership through our board member, Bernadette who serves as Pastor at Capricorn Community Church, located in Vrygrond, Muizenberg. During late 2020, as part of COVID-19 relief efforts, Lerato's Hope helped fund groceries and gas for these two soup kitchens twice a month. If you would like to donate or get involved specifically with this project please let us know.
Pinelands Community Action Network
Who they are
Pinelands Community Action Network (CAN) was formed in 2020 by a group of residents in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This network has continued to grow in projects and currently focus on Support to Elderly, Reponse to Homeless, & mask-making. From this network groups such as: NETwork, Renew the Elsieskraal have emerged.
How we’re involved
Pinelands CAN has been instrumental in alerting the local Pinelands residents and organisations to needs in the are and neighbouring areas of Factreton or Maitland.
