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Inner City Mission for Children · NPO 119-476 · Cape Town

No child should go to bed hungry.

"Every child is your child."

We feed and educate indigent children across Cape Town's townships and low-income communities — currently reaching around 10,000 children every week.

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10,000

children reached weekly

R500k

funding goal

2-in-1

feeding + education

No child should choose between learning and eating.

A hungry child cannot learn, cannot play, cannot dream. Everything we hope for them begins with a meal — and continues with an education.

Hunger Steals Childhood

In too many homes across our city, the end of the month and school holidays mean empty plates. Children carry that quietly.

Learning Needs a Full Stomach

Food insecurity undermines concentration and participation. A child who is fed can sit, listen and learn.

Consistency Builds Trust

We return to the same streets, schools and halls week after week — so children and families know we are not a once-off visit.

Inner City Mission volunteers with plated meals ready to serve

A plate, then a future.

The Inner City Mission for Children is a registered non-profit (NPO 119-476) committed to supporting vulnerable and indigent children through practical interventions that promote nutrition, education and dignity.

We take hot, nourishing meals into townships and low-income communities — and pair that with the learning materials children need to thrive. For many of the children we serve, this is the one full meal they can count on that day.

We don't feed statistics. We feed children — by name, by face, by plate.

01

Food & Nutrition

Providing meals and food assistance to children in need — rice, samp, stew, pap — often cooked before dawn.

02

Educational Support

Providing learning materials, stationery and resources that support children's education.

03

Community Delivery

Coordinating distribution into schoolyards, church halls, streets and homes across the city.

04

Child-Focused Care

Prioritising dignity, wellbeing and practical assistance for vulnerable children — always.

From the field

Ordinary days, ordinary plates, extraordinary joy.

Children seated and enjoying a hot plate of food
Children with lunchboxes after being served
A church hall filled with children eating together
Children outside a school holding containers of food
Dozens of meals dished up and ready to be handed out
An evening outreach where children are served a warm meal
A full hall of children seated with plates on their laps

Where your partnership goes

We place the largest share of every rand directly into programme activities. Here is how a R500,000 partnership is allocated.

Food & nutrition support R300,000 · 60%

Meals, food parcels and essential food supplies for beneficiaries.

Educational materials R125,000 · 25%

Learning resources, stationery and educational support materials.

Programme logistics R50,000 · 10%

Transport, distribution and programme delivery expenses.

Monitoring & administration R25,000 · 5%

Programme monitoring, reporting and accountability.

60%

straight to food

95%

to programme delivery

5%

admin overhead

Why partner with us?

A funding partnership with the Inner City Mission for Children offers a measurable contribution to children's wellbeing — with the transparency and reporting to match.

  • 1

    Increased access to nutritious food support for vulnerable children.

  • 2

    Improved availability of educational and learning materials.

  • 3

    More consistent programme delivery to the children we reach.

  • 4

    Documentation of activities, beneficiaries and use of grant resources.

  • 5

    A stronger foundation for sustainable partnerships supporting children over time.

Accountability, in writing

We recognise that funding partners require transparency and evidence of impact. We maintain records relating to the use of funds and programme implementation.

Where required, we provide supporting documentation, expenditure records, programme updates and a narrative report on activities and outcomes.

Ways to partner

Whether once-off or long-term, there is a place for your partnership.

Once-off Grant

Make a one-time contribution toward food, education or the programme as a whole.

Contribute once →

Monthly Partnership

Give consistently so we can keep returning to the same streets, schools and halls.

Give monthly →

Sponsor a Category

Fund a specific budget line — food, educational materials or programme logistics.

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Inner City Mission — every child is your child

Every child is your child

Thousands of children across Cape Town have been fed and educated because ordinary people gave what they had. Will you be one of them?

Become a Partner

Tell us how you'd like to get involved and our team will be in touch.

Thank you, !

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Need to reach us now? Email info@cect.co.za.

Give directly via EFT

Use your initial & surname and "InnerCity Missions" as the reference.

Account nameChrist Embassy Cape Town
Account number62895772864
BankFNB
Branch code250655
ReferenceSurname + InnerCity

Proof of payment: email deposits@cect.co.za

Contact the team

  • 3 Port Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001
  • 021 447 2004
  • General: info@cect.co.za