Empower South African Women Fighting Child Poverty

Happy New Year from the CHOSA team! We are continuing to carry hope for the children in South Africa into 2021 and beyond. After a year of adapting and adjusting our work to best meet the needs of our partner organizations during these changing times, we are now becoming comfortable with the current realities of our world and are working hard to keep health, safety, and continued support at the forefront of our work.

During the initial COVID-19 lockdown, many of our projects were forced to remain closed due to government restrictions and shelter-in-place mandates. Today, we are happy to note that all of our projects are back up and running again as we enter 2021. Now that we are looking ahead toward more long-term COVID-19 prevention measures, we have adjusted our efforts from emergency relief support to a greater focus on promoting sustainable support for the “new normal” we all find ourselves in. 

In these efforts, we are supporting the additional monthly expenses that projects have accrued in order to keep enough sanitizer and cleaning products on-hand for daily deep cleaning. Additionally, we are helping to support the cost of required COVID compliance officers at schools and children’s homes, and providing supplemental food support to boost children’s immune systems during this time. We believe that prioritizing these needs - which our partner organizations have identified as key areas where CHOSA can go above and beyond our monthly grantmaking and capacity support - will continue to help more children to thrive during these unprecedented times. 

Your continued support of our work has been integral in allowing us to consistently meet the needs of our partner organizations and the children that they serve. Thank you for helping us make this possible, one mask, hand wash, and education pack at a time.