Our Multidimensional Program Approach
Our Programmes
Health & Nutrition
Through our health and nutrition pillar, ACFS is changing the trajectory of children’s early development and ensuring they are set up on a path of good health and nutrition that aids in their overall social and educational achievements.
Learning & Development
Through our learning and development pillar ACFS supports the cognitive and age-appropriate development needs of children. We target the early years through to matric on a continuum of care.
Food Security
Through our sustainable good gardens, we mitigate against household level hunger and malnutrition, by skilling the community in good practices. The creation of sustainable thriving food secure communities remains an urgent priority.
Sustainable Livelihoods:through inclusive Youth-led economic development
Driven under our Social Enterprise development strategy, our aim is to transform local township economies so that they include youth participation along the local economic ecosystem.
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Ours was the original “peanut butter sandwich and milk” feeding scheme and this humble meal remains at the core of our existence. ACFS has grown and developed to provide a holistic programme aimed at enabling all children to reach their potential.
Impact of Poverty
Poverty has an ability to perpetuate itself. The cycle often begins in childhood, creating a vicious cycle that persists for generations. Children born into impoverished households face numerous challenges that hinder their development and opportunities, making it extremely difficult to break free from the cycle.
2,600 Meals served per day to children in our Centres
22,822 Children reached by ACFS
2,422 children reached through Community Outreach
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Latest News
Reimagining Early Learning Access: How ACFS “Resource Hubs” Are turning Community Grit into Gold
Co-authored by the DO MORE FOUNDATION and ACFS In many parts of South Africa, the earliest years of a child’s life unfold in spaces full of love but short on support. For families living in under-resourced communities, access to quality early learning isn’t just...
Beyond Promises: What It Really Takes to Start Something That Lasts
Starting something meaningful doesn’t begin with a ribbon-cutting. It begins with listening, showing up, and staying when others don’t. In Boksburg, where poverty sits in plain sight and young children are often invisible in policy and service delivery, we’ve had...
Scoping for Impact: Uncovering What Boksburg Needs
Before we act, we listen. That’s the ethos behind the ‘Everyone Gets to PLAY’ model’s scoping process, a community-led journey that ensures real needs shape real solutions. In Boksburg, our implementing partner ACFS Community Education took this to heart, leading a...