FORAFRICA

FORAFRICA

ForAFRICA

South Africa

 

 

JAM South Africa reached about 100 000 beneficiaries through its key programming pillars as elucidated below. Through school feeding undertaken across affiliated Early Childhood Development centres, we partnered with several organisations to serve over 70 000 beneficiaries. This was achieved despite the various barriers which emerged during the course of the year.

The ramifications of the riots in July continued into the fourth quarter with our emergency food hamper distribution continuing to 27 212 families in need, thanks to the help of partners ABSA, Capitec, AECI, Shoprite, the LEGO Foundation as well as a number of churches and local foundations working at the community level. These partners facilitated the emergency response by identifying food parcel recipients, providing food distribution points, or offering financial support.

We continue to address the nutritional and educational needs of children in the Western Cape, where JAM has partnered with the Foundation for Community Work (FCW) to target children in the communities of Klapmuts, Paarl and Oudtshoorn. These communities, in addition to not having access to ECD centres, reportedly have high rates of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders (FASD).

While JAM SA provides a nutritious breakfast meal to 1 200 children across these three communities, FCW facilitates educational activities. This intervention is also likely to have prevented the children from being recruited into gangsterism by providing a safe haven where they can learn and play.

JAM’s activities toward promoting community agriculture continue around the country with many school gardens being able to harvest vegetables and we continue to carry out WASH programming interventions at ECD centres, reaching both children and teachers.

 

Q4 2021 reporting

The world continues to grapple with complex humanitarian challenges, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. In this context, JAM remains focused on alleviating the suffering of vulnerable families and communities across the African continent in dignified and sustainable ways.

Throughout the past quarter, we continued to impact many lives, despite some challenging contexts. JAM administered vital assistance to 919 680 beneficiaries across seven countries in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa during this period. This was an increase from our third quarter number of about 840 000.

Overall, in 2021 we have impacted close to 3-million lives through our interventions in the following programming areas: Emergency Response, Health and Nutrition, Education, Economic Empowerment, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Food Security and Livelihoods

We are looking to implement a fully integrated site in KZN

 

Beneficiaries Reached

 

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