Lifestraw

The LifeStraw gives children the basic right to clean drinking water. There are many areas of South Africa where water pollution resulting in unsafe drinking water, is causing illness amongst communities. Find out more

Adopt a School

The concept of making school a better place than home is an incredibly easy thing to do. With this there will be a natural migration to school with attendance increasing and more children realizing their short term dreams and finishing Grade 1. Find out more

Friday Flik

For most of us, a trip to the local mall enables us to watch the latest movie on circuit, or take a trip to the DVD store. For others, most have never been to a movie house or seen a movie. Find out more

Enduro Africa

Enduro Africa is a unique and challenging motorcycle adventure in aid of 4 amazing causes – UNICEF, Sentebale – The Princes’ Fund for Lesotho, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and Touch Africa. Find out more

Latest News

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TOUCH AFRICA TEAMS UP WITH GAUTENG BASED NGO AYA

2011-12-11

Non- Profit Organisations African Youth Alive (AYA) and Touch Africa Rehabilitation have joined forces with Red Cherry Media Holdings and SABC 1 to improve the lives of thousands of South ...

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SKY PROJECT GETS ELECTRIFIED FOR XMAS

2011-12-11

The Soweto Kliptown Youth Centre (SKY) was founded in 1987 by a then sixteen year old Bob Nameng. Bob’s mother had been a social worker and taken in literally hundreds ...

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SAPPHIRE ROAD SCHOOL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE

2011-11-10

Let me take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for your wonderful kind donation towards the feeding scheme at the school as well as providing food parcels to 75 ...

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2.7 MILLION SPONSORSHIP FROM KFC ADD HOPE CAMPAIGN

2011-11-02

Every six seconds a child dies as a result of hunger. Hunger and malnutrition are the number one risks to health worldwide – greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. ...

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OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLISTS RAISE R60 000 FOR TRANSKEI SCHOOLS

2011-11-02

Enduro Africa - an international charitable off-road motorcycle event, managed by Red Cherry Adventures in Port Elizabeth raised R60 000 for Touch Africa, a Port Elizabeth based NPO. The event ...

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TRANSKEI SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT

2011-11-02

For the past three years Touch Africa has been a beneficiary of the international off-road motorcycle event, Enduro Africa. The event sees hundreds of riders, mostly from the UK riding ...

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THANK YOU LETTER TO ENDURO AFRICA PARTICIPANTS 2011 - RIDE 2

2011-11-02

Firstly, THANK YOU all for the wonderful contribution you have made to Touch Africa and the lives of hundreds of children at the two schools in the Transkei.

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THANK YOU LETTER TO ENDURO AFRICA PARTICIPANTS 2011 - RIDE 1

2011-11-02

Firstly, THANK YOU all for the wonderful contribution you have made to Touch Africa and the lives of hundreds of children at the two schools in the Transkei.

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TRANSKEI SCHOOL GETS WINDPOWER

2011-08-02

Hundreds of rural schools across the country have no electricity. The majority of schoolchildren have never seen a light bulb burn, an electric kettle boil or seen television. Touch Africa’s ...

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VILLA OF HOPE CHILDRENS HOME NANCEFIELD, GAUTENG

2011-07-26

The Villa of Hope Children’s Home is a social upliftment and development initiative, whose core focus is to provide superior care to those children who have been orphaned or require ...

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ZEST ELECTRICAL SPONSOR A SCIENCE LABORABTORY IN ENNERDALE

2011-07-26

Mathematics and science at school are vital to higher education, skilled jobs, and the national economy. For this reason, Touch Africa has been embarking on the installation of Science Laboratories ...

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RHODES FOOD GROUP INVESTS IN EDUCATION IN DEVLAND

2011-07-26

The education needs in impoverished areas across the country are the core focus of Touch Africa’s business. Our goal is to "make school a better place": with the help and ...

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DEPARTMENT OF EDCUATION PRAISES THE WORK OF TOUCH AFRICA

2011-04-01

Over the past two years Touch Africa has been working with a small school in rural Transkei called Mgcawezulu

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Thanks to Enduro Africa Riders 2010 - Ride One

2010-11-23

Dear Enduro Africa Participants 2010

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Thanks to Enduro Africa Riders 2010 - Ride Two

2010-11-22

Dear Enduro Africa Participants 2010

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TOUCH AFRICA IN THE UK

2010-11-19

We now have a UK charity – School Aid 4 Africa registration number 1137365, trading as Touch Africa.

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Enduro Africa 2010 - Gojela Primary School

2010-11-02

Each year more than 100 international off road riders, predominantly from the UK, participate in an eight day ride through the Eastern Cape, Transkei Wild Coast and KZN.

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DIRT BIKE RIDER SUPPORTS TOUCH AFRICA

2010-11-01

Local Port Elizabeth businessman and avid dirt biker Andrew Meyer is passionate about Touch Africa.

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HINO INVESTS IN TOUCH AFRICA INITIATIVE

2010-11-01

Toyota South Africa has once again come on board with Touch Africa by supplying a Hino Truck. This truck has been fitted out with a mobile workshop and will allow ...

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BUILDERS WAREHOUSE STANDS BEHIND TOUCH AFRICA

2010-07-17

Builders Warehouse employee and avid body builder Jaques Human recently took up the challenge to raise funds for Touch Africa.

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Elmor Primary School – Willomore

2010-07-16

Elmor Primary School – Willomore Situated in the dry and dusty town of Willomore, the Elmor Primary School has an enrolment of 1200 learners.

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Mogotwane Junior Secondary School

2010-06-20

One of the poorest schools that Touch Africa has been privileged to assist, is run by a exemplary headmaster, who has been teaching his charges in appalling conditions for many ...

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Ilitha Educare Centre

2010-06-19

The story of the Ilitha crèche, reads like a fairy tale. From a tiny tin shack without light, heating or equipment, to an entire school, consisting of a classroom, ablution ...

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John Masiza Primary School

2010-06-19

The Grade 7 classrooms at the John Masiza School were crumbling, rusty and a health risk. Their soccer field was in disrepair and the enthusiastic netball players had nowhere to ...

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Mrs PE 2010 finalists raising funds for Touch Africa

2010-06-19

Launched in 2005, by Juanita Smit of RoleModels Pageants, the Mrs Port Elizabeth event, has become a life altering experience for contestants as well as the charities that benefit and ...

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Mgcawezulu School gets electrified

2010-02-26

Nestled at the bottom of a hillside approximately 10 kilometres from the Kob Inn Hotel, lies a tiny six classroom school, which houses at present 187 children from the surrounding ...

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Enduro Africa Funding to Change Lives

2010-02-09

The fourth Enduro Africa off road motorbike charity ride took place in October between the 3rd – 25th.

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Wind Up radios – music to many ears

2010-02-04

We received a donation of wind up radios from Iain Crockart, a 2008 Enduro Africa rider from the UK, who wanted to make a real difference to the children in ...

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Storms River community to receive crèche

2010-02-01

The small community of Storms River has once before received assistance from Touch Africa.