is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving living conditions in the South African township of the same name near Cape Town.
We provide straightforward and transparent support for long-term needs as well as wherever help is urgently required. You can learn more about our work here on the blog, as well as on Facebook and Instagram.
In the Xhosa language, Imizamo Yethu means “our united efforts” — in this spirit, we kindly ask for your donations! (IBAN DE87430609677018141700)
At last we’ve found the time to update our blog again. As we’ve both been quite busy with work and family life, the blog and Facebook have unfortunately taken a back seat. To everyone who’s been waiting for updates here, we’d like to offer a big “sorry”. We hope you’ll forgive us. Because, of course,…
At BodyTalk Fitness, you can enjoy sport and exercise all year round. This Christmas, members can now give the children at Imizamo Yethu the same joy, as the Ludwigsburg gym is supporting our Christmas campaign promoting sport and play. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks for this! We will, of course, be reporting…
Everyday life for the children in Imizamo Yethu is hard: living in makeshift huts or on the streets, experiencing violence and illness from a very young age. Help Imizamo Yethu e.V. wants to give the children a break from this daily reality this Christmas. Please support our sports and play projects. Give the children of…
Young children love painting and crafts – including the nursery children at the Noluthando Day Care Centre. However, in everyday life in the township, there is hardly any money left for paper and pens. That is why we have provided the children with stationery packs, including glue sticks, scissors, wax crayons and paper. The little…
As part of our year-long school feeding programme, the Noluthando Day Care Centre has just received its August food supplies. At the wholesaler, we bought staple foods such as sugar, maize flour and rice in 10-kilo sacks. With butternut squash, potatoes, carrots, onions and pears from the greengrocer, our car was finally packed to the…
We are delighted to have found a sponsor to launch a one-year school meals programme at the Noluthando Day Care Centre. With €100 a month, we can now provide food every month for the 45 children who attend this nursery in Imizamo Yethu: – Breakfast consists of porridge, Weetbix or cornmeal with milk – Lunch…
To improve living conditions in Imizamo Yethu, promoting education is essential. However, education in South Africa is not free. Therefore, Help IY has decided to organise school fee sponsorships for children in need. In doing so, we have found a sponsor for a 6-year-old Zimbabwean boy. He and his mum escaped the disastrous situation in…
