SA Children's Home / SA Kinderhuis

SA Children's Home / SA Kinderhuis The Children’s Home is a constituted Non-Profit Welfare Organisation.

Our History

The South African Children’s Home was the first welfare institution established in South Africa. Originally known as the ‘Orphan House’ it was founded in 1808 by Mrs Moller, a wealthy Dutch widow, who was assisted in this task by members of the Groote Kerk and the Evangelical Church, two of the oldest churches in South Africa. Mrs Moller dedicated much of her life to establishing the

Children’s Home and upon her death she graciously donated the bulk of her estate to her beloved orphanage. The SA Children’s Home was originally housed on Cape Town’s Long Street before moving to the suburb of Gardens in 1923. Forty-five years later a modern Children’s Home was erected on the same site and this is where the Children’s Home still stands today. Now more than 200 years later, the Children’s Home continues its care for children by providing a secure, friendly, homely environment for its family of 44 boys and girls.

💙 Happy Father’s Day 💙Today, we celebrate and honour all the fathers, grandfathers, uncles, mentors, and male supporters...
21/06/2026

💙 Happy Father’s Day 💙

Today, we celebrate and honour all the fathers, grandfathers, uncles, mentors, and male supporters who make such a meaningful difference in the lives of our children.

Many of our children are blessed to experience the kindness, encouragement, and unwavering support of men who choose to show up, care deeply, and invest in their futures. Whether through your time, generosity, guidance, or simply being a positive role model, you help our children feel safe, valued, and loved.

We are also especially grateful for the wonderful men on our staff. Through their patience, compassion, and daily presence, they provide stability, guidance, and encouragement to the children in our care. They lead by example, celebrate milestones, offer support during difficult moments, and remind our children that they are worthy of love, respect, and every opportunity to thrive. Their influence reaches far beyond their job descriptions, and we are deeply thankful for the difference they make each day.

The impact you all make reaches far beyond what words can express. A listening ear, a warm smile, a word of encouragement, or an act of kindness can help shape a child’s confidence and remind them that they are not alone.

To every man who stands alongside our Home and our children – thank you. Thank you for caring. Thank you for believing in them. Thank you for being part of their journey and for helping to create brighter futures filled with hope.

From all of us at SA Children’s Home, and especially from the children whose lives you touch, we wish you a very Happy Father’s Day. 💙

A heartfelt thank you to Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel and the Alive Foundation South Africa 🧡Some donations meet a prac...
18/06/2026

A heartfelt thank you to Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel and the Alive Foundation South Africa 🧡

Some donations meet a practical need. Others restore something far deeper.

Their gift of sanitary pads carries with it dignity, safety, and quiet relief for our girls 🌿

It means no child must feel anxious about something so natural. It means no missed school days, no shame, and no silent worry carried alone.

For the girls at SA Children’s Home, this is more than support. It is the message that they are seen, valued, and cared for in the most tender and human way 💛

In moments that are often too difficult to put into words, this kind of care speaks loudly: you matter, your comfort matters, your future matters.

To everyone involved, thank you for turning compassion into action and for reminding our girls that they are never alone 🧡

Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel
Alive Foundation South Africa

🎉🌸 Happy Birthday, Barbara K**k! 🌸🎉Today we celebrate you with so much appreciation and warmth 💛Barbara, your kindness, ...
17/06/2026

🎉🌸 Happy Birthday, Barbara K**k! 🌸🎉

Today we celebrate you with so much appreciation and warmth 💛

Barbara, your kindness, patience, and genuine care for the children never go unnoticed. You show up every day with a giving heart, and the love you pour into your work makes a real and lasting difference in the lives of the children and everyone around you 🌿✨

We are truly grateful to have you as part of our SA Children’s Home family. You bring comfort, stability, and compassion into so many moments, and that is something very special 💛

May your birthday be filled with love, laughter, and beautiful memories 🎂🌸
And may the year ahead bring you peace, joy, good health, and everything your heart hopes for 🌼

Thank you for all that you are and all that you do 💛

Hi Friends of SACH 👋 Winter is here and we need your help please ❄️❤️ We are raising funds for essential winter jackets ...
15/06/2026

Hi Friends of SACH 👋

Winter is here and we need your help please ❄️❤️

We are raising funds for essential winter jackets for both our children and our dedicated care staff, and we are still heartbreakingly far from our R90 000 target.

🐎✨ Quiz Night at The Dark Horse The Dark Horse
📅 Wednesday, 29 July
🕢 7:30pm
📍 145 Kloof Street, Gardens
💰 R150 per person (teams of max 6)

Every team booked brings us closer to reaching this goal and making a real difference.

🎁 Amazing prizes up for grabs

RSVP: Nina – 071 679 3136
📧 [email protected]

https://pos.snapchat.com/qr/Quiz_Night

If you cannot attend, please consider donating towards our winter jacket appeal. Every contribution truly helps.

https://pos.snapchat.com/qr/Winter_Jackets_Appeal

💛🌍 World Day Against Child Labour 🌍💛Some children fall asleep tonight with tired eyes, full bellies and the soft safety ...
12/06/2026

💛🌍 World Day Against Child Labour 🌍💛

Some children fall asleep tonight with tired eyes, full bellies and the soft safety of a bed that feels like home.

Others fall asleep with aching bodies.

Not from play. Not from laughter.
But from work they were never meant to do.

They are children who have had childhood taken piece by piece, too quietly for the world to notice, too quickly for them to understand why their days feel heavier than their years. Small hands that should be holding crayons are instead holding tools. Young hearts that should be learning wonder are instead learning survival.

And here in the Western Cape, almost 1 in 5 children aged 15 to 17 are economically active. Behind that number are real lives. Real children. Real names. Each one carrying a story that rarely gets told out loud.

A child should not know what it means to be exhausted before they understand what it means to be free.
A child should not learn responsibility before they have been allowed to learn joy.
A child should not have their innocence traded away for the sake of survival.

At SA Children's Home, we hold onto a belief that feels simple, but is anything but in practice:

Childhood is not something a child earns. It is something every child deserves.

It should look like scraped knees from running too fast outside.
Like sticky fingers after too much cake on a birthday.
Like bedtime stories read twice because the child refuses to let the moment end.
Like the quiet reassurance that no matter what happens outside the door, there is always someone who will say “You are safe here. You are loved. You matter.”

Today, on World Day Against Child Labour, we carry the weight of the children whose laughter has been replaced by labour and whose dreams have been postponed just so they can get through another day.

And we refuse to look away.

Because no child should ever have to earn their right to rest.
No child should ever have to grow up just to survive.
And no small hand should ever be asked to carry the weight of a world that adults failed to protect them from.

What they deserve is not complicated.

A classroom. A playground. A chance.
A childhood.

💛

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💛 To all our incredible SA Children's Home supporters taking on the Comrades Marathon on 14 June 💛🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️We wou...
11/06/2026

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💛 To all our incredible SA Children's Home supporters taking on the Comrades Marathon on 14 June 💛🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

We would like to wish each and every one of you the very best for race day.

The Comrades Marathon is a true test of courage, determination, perseverance, and heart. As you take on this extraordinary challenge, please know that we will be cheering you on every step of the way.

Your dedication, commitment, and resilience inspire us all.

May your legs stay strong, your spirits stay high, and may you enjoy every moment of this remarkable achievement.

Good luck and safe running from all of us at SA Children's Home! 🎉🏅💙

We are so proud of you.

💛 Every Child Belongs 💛Sometimes people ask us why the work of the SA Children's Home matters so much.The answer is simp...
11/06/2026

💛 Every Child Belongs 💛

Sometimes people ask us why the work of the SA Children's Home matters so much.

The answer is simple.

Because every child belongs.

The children who come into our care are placed with us through the Children's Court. They do not choose the circumstances they are born into. They do not choose the neglect, abuse, abandonment, violence, addiction, or trauma that may surround them. They do not choose to lose the safety and security that every child deserves.

Yet so many of our children have endured hardships that no child should ever have to face.

Behind every child who arrives at our doors is a story that would break your heart.

A little one who has gone to bed hungry.

A child who has learned not to cry because no one came when they needed comfort.

A young person who has never known what it feels like to be truly safe.

Children who have experienced more pain in their short lives than many adults will ever know.

And still, despite everything, they arrive carrying something extraordinary.

Hope.

They arrive with dreams of becoming teachers, nurses, artists, mechanics, social workers, and leaders. They arrive wanting what every child wants: to be loved, to be accepted, to laugh, to play, to learn, and to believe that tomorrow can be better than yesterday.

At the SA Children's Home, we see beyond the pain.

We see brave children.

We see resilience.

We see potential.

We see bright futures waiting to unfold.

Every child who walks through our gates deserves the opportunity to heal. They deserve the chance to rediscover childhood. They deserve to know that they are valuable, that they matter, and that what happened to them does not define who they will become.

We cannot erase their past.

But together, we can help write the chapters that come next.

A chapter filled with safety.

A chapter filled with love.

A chapter filled with opportunity.

A chapter filled with hope.

Every warm meal, every school uniform, every winter jacket, every bedtime story, every word of encouragement, and every act of kindness tells a child something powerful:

"You matter."

"You are worthy of love."

"You have a future."

"You belong."

To every person who supports our Home, thank you.

Thank you for helping us give vulnerable children not only a place to stay, but a place where they can heal, grow, dream, and begin to believe in themselves again.

Because every child deserves a second chance.

Because every child deserves to feel safe.

Because every child deserves to know they are loved.

And because every child belongs. 💙🏡

Quiz Night at The Dark Horse 🐎✨📅 Wednesday, 29 July🕢 7:30pm📍 145 Kloof Street, Gardens💰 R150 per person (teams of max 6)...
10/06/2026

Quiz Night at The Dark Horse 🐎✨

📅 Wednesday, 29 July
🕢 7:30pm
📍 145 Kloof Street, Gardens
💰 R150 per person (teams of max 6)

🙏 Please share with friends, family, work groups – every team makes a difference!

All funds raised go towards buying winter jackets for SA Children’s Home ❄️❤️

We are still unfortunately very far away from reaching our target of R90 000 😔 and every single team, ticket, and donation truly counts more than ever right now.

Amazing prizes up for grabs 🎁

RSVP: Nina – 071 679 3136
📧 [email protected]

https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/Quiz_Night

https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/Winter_Jackets_Appeal

OUR BOARD MEMBERS — THE HEART BEHIND EVERY LIFE WE TOUCH 💛Today, we pause with full hearts to say something that is ofte...
10/06/2026

OUR BOARD MEMBERS — THE HEART BEHIND EVERY LIFE WE TOUCH 💛

Today, we pause with full hearts to say something that is often not said loudly enough: thank you ❤️

Behind every child who is supported, every moment of safety created, and every step forward taken by SACH, there are people who choose—again and again—to give their time, their energy, and their hearts to something far bigger than themselves 🌱✨ Our board members carry this responsibility quietly, faithfully, and with unwavering commitment.

We want to express our deepest appreciation to:

🌟 Chairperson & Chair of the Children’s Forum
Riaan De Villiers

🤍 Vice Chairperson
Jalize Uys

📣 Marketing
Izelle Venter

💰 Treasurer
Jannie de Ridder

🏠 Manager of SACH
Dirk Cornelius Van Eeden

🤝 Staff Representative
Barbara Mntuyedwa

🩺 Board Member, Healthcare Professional
Jean-Pierre Hartmann

💛 Board Member
Sybil Chetty

Each of you plays a role that is often unseen, but never unfelt 👣💫 In the lives of children who are learning to trust again, to hope again, to believe again… your work is there. In every decision made with care, every hour given without recognition, every responsibility carried when it feels heavy—you are there 🕊️

There are no words big enough for what it means to be part of this kind of work. Only gratitude. Deep, overwhelming gratitude 🌷

Thank you for showing up when it is hard.
Thank you for caring when it costs something.
Thank you for choosing compassion, again and again 💛

The impact of your service is not written in reports or minutes… it is written in children’s lives, in their healing, and in their future ✨

💛 A Heartfelt Thank You to Hotel Verde 💛Today, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Hotel Verde for their in...
09/06/2026

💛 A Heartfelt Thank You to Hotel Verde 💛

Today, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Hotel Verde for their incredibly generous donation of food parcels to the SA Children's Home.

Acts of kindness like these make a meaningful difference in the lives of the children and families we serve. Your generosity not only provides nourishment but also brings comfort, hope, and the reassurance that our community truly cares.

We are continually humbled by the support we receive from compassionate partners such as Hotel Verde. It is through the kindness of people and organisations like yours that we are able to continue creating a safe, nurturing environment for the children in our care.

Thank you for opening your hearts and helping us make a difference. Your generosity will touch many lives, and for that, we are profoundly grateful.

From all of us at the SA Children's Home, thank you, Hotel Verde, for standing alongside us and helping us care for those who need it most. 💙

Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport

Address

Ivanhoe Street 3, Gardens
Cape Town
8001

Telephone

+27214231328

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