ABOUT

Ekukhanyeni Relief Project, a community service organization created in 2003, became a registered Section 21 (not-for-profit) organization in 2005. Pilot programmes are operational in Lawley and Finetown, informal settlements forming part of the City of Johannesburg’s Region G.

Ekukhanyeni seeks to contribute to community-owned sustainable development and poverty alleviation through various programmes and income generating projects. Its purpose is to improve the capacity of the communities to achieve and sustain food and nutrition security and to provide effective early childhood care and education services to its beneficiary children and their adult support network in an integrated and holistic manner. Activities such as the development of permaculture food gardens and skills are implemented in conjunction with the local communities and its structures using a cooperative and collaborative support network.

Our target beneficiaries are 600 orphans and impoverished children and their adult care-givers operating in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centers or commonly referred to as "backroom crèches".

We are inspired by the ethos of “Each One, Teach One” as we attempt to strengthen communities in a bottom-up approach. This also underlines our fundamental belief in the importance of community buy-in and participation.