Children at Cuddles and Care ECD during their activity time in the Western Cape, South Africa. ForAfrika:Rebecca Navega

South Africa’s urgent need: Sustaining school feeding in the Western Cape

Our School Feeding Programme in the Western Cape, South Africa, is at risk of closing. In 2025, the programme supported 346 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres across South Africa, providing fortified porridge to vulnerable children and serving more than 1 million nutritious meals throughout the year.

A single solarised water pump transforming learning, health and nutrition

A sip of water once came with risk for children at Agok Primary School in Gogrial West County, South Sudan. The water they drank, cooked with, and used to clean their plates came from a dugout well shared by the school and surrounding community.
Learners at St. Joseph Primary School enjoying a meal with cassava that they planted in the school garden

A garden that brought learners back to class

Pupils at St. Joseph Primary School, recently tasted the fruits of their hard work when they harvested cassava they had planted, weeded and cared for themselves. The cassava was served alongside food supplied through ForArika’s School Feeding Programme funded by World Food Programme.

Laurinda Muhombo, the little Dream seller of Issombo

In the quiet rural community of Issombo, in the Municipality of Bocoio, Angola, 12-year-old Laurinda Muhombo is enrolled in the third grade at Issombo Primary School and is a beneficiary of the school feeding programme supported by ForAfrika. Despite her young age, Laurinda has long had to navigate the tension between survival and her right to simply be a child.
Ribbon cutting moment

A fresh start for Khulani Pre-School in Thaba Nchu

Khulani Pre-School in Thaba Nchu, Free State Province, South Africa, underwent a much-needed makeover to revamp the facility to better meet the needs of its learners.
Inauguration-Lucite-classrooms

ForAfrika builds a stronger learning foundation in Lucite, Angola

Ten years ago, no one in the Lucite community could have foreseen the remarkable transformation that would take place at Lucite Primary School.
Students in Viendi Primary School, Angola

International Day of Education 2026 

This year’s International Day of Education invites us to reflect on a crucial question: How can we meaningfully enable children across Africa to invoke their fundamental right to receive an education?

We Never Left: How School Feeding Is Transforming Angola’s Future 

Reaching villages like Viendi and Kalupuca is not easy. After driving 70 kilometres from Benguela, we leave the paved roads behind and slowly make our way across rough terrain for hours, determined to reach the people who need us most. How do we reach them? We never left. ForAfrika stays when everyone else leaves, and we continue delivering life-saving support to the most vulnerable families in Angola.
School learners attend the sensitisation workshop.

“Let’s talk about periods” – Sensitisation for schoolgirls 

“Hello everyone. I’m here today to talk to you about something that happens to me, to you, and to every woman and girl: growing up.” That is how Aunt Ermelinda, as the girls like to call her, begins her workshop in Viendi Primary School, a small village in central Angola.

Growing hope at Khulani: Woolworths and ForAfrika nurture young minds in the Free State

Bongiwe is the kind of educator parents dream of. She’s caring, energetic, and deeply committed to her community. With a university diploma in teaching, she stepped into the role of principal after the passing of her mother, who founded the school.