Feed the Babies Fund

General information

Feed the Babies Fund has been addressing the issue of food security and specifically malnutrition, among orphans and vulnerable children since 1957, by providing fortified cereals to the most destitute and marginalised group in society; babies and children. We provide meals to over 9000 children on a daily basis. Our service to our beneficiaries is essential and life changing. Feed the Babies Fund has been a voice for the poor and hungry for over 55 years.
Today we support approximately 300 crèches in Kwazulu-Natal, providing cereal, foodstuffs and other resources, improving their administrative processes, training them in Early Childhood Development, basic hygiene and first aid, assisting them where possible in becoming self-sustaining and supporting them in registering their organisations with the Department of Social Development.
In our support of crèches, Feed the Babies Fund focuses on two areas. Firstly, through the Amandla kwi Zingane Project, we focus on child development with emphasis on nutrition, education, safety and hygiene; and secondly, through the Adopt-A-Crèche Project, we endeavour to improve the conditions of the crèches.

Amandla kwi Zingane
The Amandla kwi Zingane project is our core project focusing on child development. The key elements of this project are food security and training and development. Through this project we provide a nutritious balanced meal to our beneficiaries daily and arrange training in health, hygiene, first aid, administration and Early Childhood Development for the caregivers in the care centres.

Adopt-A-Crèche Project
Our Adopt-A-Crèche campaign is a project aimed at the renovation and maintenance of crèches and is a very popular initiative amongst local businesses, enabling them to get involved in enhancing the lives of children in the crèches.