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More about the work we do with teenage mothers Our first encounter with teenage mothers came many years ago, when a 12-year-old and her newborn baby w...
For years, J has depended on others to help him move through the world. Living with cerebral palsy, independent mobility felt out of reach. This week,...
It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our beloved Siya, just days before Christmas. Only 3 years old, he leaves a void no one can fill....
Today we mark World Adoption Day, a day dedicated to shining a light on the millions of children around the world growing up without what every human...
A classroom adventure that's taking over 2025 and we couldn't be more excited. What started as a simple investigation into the difference between inve...
When fire tore through Jika Joe, 164 people lost everything. But in the chaos, we met one man, a 27-year-old paraplegic whose socks were on fire when...
What started as 100 pancakes on a Sunday morning turned into something much bigger. When news broke that the Jika Joe informal settlement had burnt to...
Today is World Adoption Day and today, Thandi House turns ten. We do not take that lightly. Ten years ago, this was nothing more than one borrowed cot...
"Mommy, can you buy me a pony?" — a question we've been hearing on repeat since the Ashburton Pony Club came to visit. What unfolded that day was more...
I would like to thank the founder of RAELA for the wonderful opportunity to share our work The original post can be found here
Yesterday our children experienced the ocean for the very first time and what a day it was. We packed everyone up early and headed to Durban, starting...
Yesterday, a prayer we have been praying for a very long time was answered and it came up our driveway on four brand new wheels. For years we have str...
I have never been very good at receiving awards. Anyone who knows me will tell you that the moment someone starts saying kind things about me in publi...
There are days that become part of a family's story forever. Days that get talked about for years. Days that make everyone smile the moment someone br...
In December 2015, a baby boy was found wrapped in a blanket outside a gate in Pietermaritzburg. A phone call brought him to us. What happened next is...
She was a pregnant teenager turned away by a children's home. Thandi House opened its doors instead. Today she is a mother standing on her own two fee...
Lisa was 14 years old and had stopped hoping. Raped at 12, she had spent two years believing she would never be normal. Then something extraordinary h...