RESTORING DIGNITY TO EVERY CHILD

ABOUT US 

ISIDIMA (ORIGINALLY DERIVED FROM AFRICAN LANGUAGE MEANING DIGNITY) CHILDREN’S VILLAGE IS A REGISTERED NPC REG. NO. 2022/507024/08 

HUNGER, APARTHEID, POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INEQUALITY ARE ONLY SOME OF THE SOCIAL CHALLENGES THAT MOST SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN FACE. THE CYCLE OF POVERTY STARTS WHEN A CHILD IS BORN INTO A FAMILY THAT IS NOT EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE FOR THE CHILD'S BASIC NEEDS.  MANY CHILDREN END UP ABANDONED, ORPHANED, OR ABUSED AND FIND THEMSELVES IN DIRE SITUATIONS

THE ISIDIMA CHILDRENS VILLAGE IDENTIFIED VARIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE WESTERN CAPE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FEEDING SCHEMES ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN.  THE REALITY IS THAT THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNITIES FACE BEING HUNGRY DUE TO NO ACCESS TO FOOD  ON A DAILY BASIS. 3 OUT OF 4 CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA GO HUNGRY EVERY DAY, FAINT IN CLASS BECAUSE THEY ARE WEAK AND HUNGRY, MAKING LEARNING A CHALLENGE, AND SOMETIMES OUT OF REAL DESPERATION, ASK THEIR TEACHERS FOR FOOD.

HERE AT ISIDIMA WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITON AND THE BENEFITS ON THE OVERALL WELLBEING OF PERSONS. WE BELEIVE EDUCATION CAN BREAK THE CYCLE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND DECREASE OUR HUNGER, APARTHEID, POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, INEQUALITY, AND THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC. THEREFORE WE AIM TO PROVIDE DAILY NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO ALL AFFECTED AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE OVERBERG.