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How you can help

At Home from Home we rely on the support of our generous donors – and there are so many ways to help:                       

  • Donate furniture and household goods                
  • Donate everyday necessities from our wish list
  • Participate in our Child Sponsorship programme
  • Make a general financial donation
  • Sponsor a child's birthday party
  • Organize your own fundraising event, doing something you love.

Here are more details:

Donate furniture and household goods: As we set up houses and upgrade our existing facilities, there is always a need for your unwanted furniture, bedding, curtains, clothes, appliances, crockery and cutlery, garden tools and toys.  Either drop off the goods at 2 Spindlewood Barn, 58th Avenue, in Wynberg Park, or phone us on 021 761 7251 and we'll arrange collection.

Wish list: our children grow so fast, and with looking after children of such an age range, we are always needing nappies, clothes, nappies, milk formula, nappies, lunch boxes, stationery, nappies, toys and books, oh, and nappies! 

Sponsor a child's birthday party: birthdays are such special events in a child's life, and you can make a little person's dream come true.  We appreciate sponsorship of cooldrinks, chips, sweets, balloons and a present for the birthday child.  You can be as involved as you wish.  Please phone the office  on 021 761 7251 to see who's birthday is next. 

Fundraising event: we are grateful to our wonderful, wacky friends who have so generously organised their own fundraising events and donated the proceedings to us!  Read more about some of their ventures and adventures...

Child Sponsorship programme:  this programme helps to support the children in our houses over the long-term.  It enables us to cover all the usual expenses of a child growing up.  It is also a rich and rewarding experience for a donor!  By sponsoring a child, you agree to make a regular contribution of only R150 per month.  You'll receive full details including a photograph of your sponsored child, plus an update every six months on his / her progress.  If your child’s health changes dramatically, we’ll notify you immediately. 

  • Click here to download a Child Sponsorship form.

General Donation: with help from our general donors we build the homes we need to take care of some of the thousands of abandoned and vulnerable South African children.  Your generous donation will help to provide not only the bricks and mortar… it will also provide the love and comfort of a family life by helping us to cover day-to-day running costs and necessities for our children and house mothers.

  • Click here to download a General donation form.

Donating in other countries: Home from Home is registered as a Charity Organization in the following countries:

United Kingdom
Bank:  Lloyds TSB
Branch: Patchway, Bristol
Sort Code: 30-16-11
Account No: 0145603
Name: Friends of Home from Home UK

Contact Person:  Michael and Margaret Crowley – mjcfin@hotmail.com

Germany (For Child Sponsorships)
Bank: Sparkasse Gengenbach 
Konto-Nr.: 10108        
BLZ: 664 513 46         
Name: Förderverein für aids-kranke Waisenkinder, Kapstadt - Südafrika, e.V. 
 
Contact Person:  Dr Jutta Lenz – email Juttalenz@gmx.net
 
Germany (For Sponsorships and Donations)
Bank: Sparkasse Trier
Account No: 480715
IBAN: DE655855013000004807
Name: Home from Home Germany e.V.

Contact person:  Marlies and Clem Spaubeek – marlies.spaubeek@t-online.de

Austria (For Sponsorships and Donations)
account number: 51 878 288 101
bank code/routing code: 12 000
IBAN: AT83 1200 0518 7828 8101
BIC: BKAUATWW

Contact person:  Klaus-Peter Heimerl – email Klaus-peter.heimerl@volvo.com

USA
Wellspring International is an international organization that is happy to receive donations from people and forward this to us via their bank so if you are a US resident and would like to donate to HFH through a US 501 (c) 3 registered charities, please send all donations to RZIM- Wellspring International.  All gifts are tax-deductible. A receipt will be mailed to the address provided. Please designate all gifts for Home from Home. 100% of your donation will be distributed to Home from Home. Donations can be made online at https://www.rzim.org/about/donations.php.

If you wish to make a donation directly into our bank account in the US, our details are:
Bank: Wachovia Bank, N. A.
Chips Participant # : 0285
SWIFT ID # :   PNBPUS33
Account # : 2000187077598

If you prefer to give by check in the US, please send gifts to:
RZIM
4725 Peachtree Corners Circle
Suite 250
Norcross, GA 30092

Contact person – Naomi Zacharias – email Naomi.Zacharias@wellspringinternational.org 

We thank you for your support - know that you are putting a smile on our children's faces.

Home from Home is registered with the American Fund for Charities, which is a 501(c)3 tax exempt and the UK Fund for Charities. Donations to either are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.