It was a month of celebration at Fairhavens as our babies and toddlers got VIP treatment from Wow Wow parties over the festive season. Both kitchens are also up are running after a break for the holidays …
Volunteers make all the difference
Volunteers are as much a part of the Indlela community as the children and families that they feed and care for. All of Indlela’s projects would suffer without the time and effort generously given in support of Indlela… Fairhavens Babies Home Every term, a team of doctors from Big Shoes pays a visit to Fairhavens [...]
A new kitchen for Amaoti feeding scheme
In February 2010, my brother, Jonathan Erskine, returned home from 20 years in the UK. He happened to do a tour of Indlela’s activities, both in the Durban North and Amaoti areas, and was struck by the difficult conditions a group of grannies were facing. What particularly struck him were the difficult conditions a group [...]
Indlela Learning for Life programme
Indlela’s Learning for Life programme empowers disadvantaged school children to make wise life choices, instilling a sense of self-worth and purpose based on Christian values, and offering them hope for their future. As a result of unemployment, poverty, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic many South African children grow up vulnerable to abuse and prone to risk-taking [...]
Indlela Feeding Programme – reaching out to the poor
Even though Indlela’s Fairhavens Babies Home is the cause that I feel most connected to, Indlela reaches out to the community in a multitude of ways, one of which is through their wonderful Feeding Programme. I thought I would share some background about this project which does so much good. Indlela’s Feeding Programme reaches out [...]
Indlela – Caring for our community
Indlela is my charity of choice, and not just because my heart is moved by the plight of vulnerable children. I thought I would provide some background on the good work that Indlela is doing in KwaZulu-Natal – the reason I’ve gotten behind their cause… The name ‘Indlela’ means ‘the way’ in isiZulu, and it [...]






