From the Director’s Desk

I would like to wish you a blessed and productive 2025. We are so incredibly grateful to each and every one who supported The Johannesburg Children’s Home in 2024.

You enabled us to keep our promise to provide a safe, healthy and nurturing environment for 64 vulnerable children in our care. This simply would not have been possible without your donations, both in kind and financial.

Despite the challenges of the global financial strain, our income generating initiatives continue to grow, helping us to create legacy projects for the future sustainability of the home.

Among the initiatives implemented in 2024 are:
• 55 000 litre water storage tanks, connected to the children’s cottages and vegetable gardens.
• Fully equipped skills centre where children interested in artisanal skills can learn carpentry and upholstery.
• Our ‘garden to plate’ organic vegetable garden now spans over a thousand square metres and provides 70% of fresh produce needed by the children.
• In-house maintenance to decrease operating costs. I am eternally grateful to every staff member at JCH, whose dedication and passion makes all this possible.

As a team we believe in an ancient Japanese philosophy of Kaizen – no matter how well something works, there is always room for improvement.

To the board of governors, thank you for your continued support and strategic guidance.

May 2025 herald a global economic upturn and a new era of peace.