Ladysmith Response
Ladysmith Response 21 February 2022 With the support of the FNB Philanthropy Donor Choice Foundation, we were able to provide relief aid to 70 families in Ladysmith that were recently displaced and evacuated from their homes due to the floods earlier this year.We...
Malawi Floods
Flood Response Southern Malawi CityHope Disaster Relief Malawi Floods Cyclone Ana hit parts of Malawi in late January 2022. The resulting loss has been devastating, with the Malawian government reporting 188 000 people displaced from their homes. Together...
CityHill Embo Indali – 29 January 2022
CityHill Embo Indali 29 January 2022 On Saturday, 29 January 2022, CityHope hosted our first Indali in the Embo Community. Our shoppers waited from 5am for our doors to open. Reaching 220 families, this event was filled with favour. Thank you to our amazing team of...
Maphumulo Storm Response
Maphumulo Storm Response 19 January 2022 CityHope was delighted to be able to assist in the Maphumulo community following the heavy floods that ravaged through the village in recent weeks. We blessed 100 families with food and hygiene parcels in partnership with local...
Shanese’s Vision / Knit A Square – 14th December 2021
Shanese’s Vision / Knit A Square 14 December 2021 CityHope Disaster Relief teamed up with @shaneses_vision with their “Gift A Child” project during the course of the festive season, bringing joy to the children and the community. The distribution took...
Dassenhoek House Fire Relief
Dassenhoek House-Fire Relief November 2021 We have been supporting a family in Dassenhoek who recently lost their belongings to a house fire. Should you have any furniture or household supplies to donate to them, please contact us at How we helped...
KZN Unrest Response
KZN Unrest Response July 2021 - October 2021 On the week of 11 July 2021, the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa witnessed the most horrific and terrifying events as local citizens took it upon themselves to cause extreme destruction to property and to empty...
Partnering with Stock-a-Shop – September 2021
Partnering with Stock-a-Shop September 2021 The KZN Response Team was delighted to have the opportunity to work alongside the Stock-a-Shop team in Shaka’s kraal this week. With the financial support of the Latter Day Saints, we were able to provide 15 spaza shop...
SAVE KZN – Food Distribution
Food Distribution September 2021 This was the final week of food distribution under the #SaveKZN project in collaboration with the KZN Response Team. Our team was able to get into the field and share the love in our neighbouring communities. Thank you to The Mr Price...
Phillipi Fires
Phillipi Fires June 2021 CityHope was delighted to be able to mobilise our partners in the Western Cape in response to the hugely destructive fires that tore through the Philippi informal settlement in the early hours of Monday 21st June, 2021. It is with great...
Donation of Textbooks by the Dis-Chem Foundation – June 2021
Donation of Textbooks by the Dis-Chem Foundation Khabazela High School, Embo | June 2021 We would like to thank the Dis-Chem Foundation for supporting Khabazela High School in Embo by donating the necessary textbooks and exercise books to enable the students to excel...
Cato Crest Fire Response
Cato Crest Fire Response April 2021 CityHope Disaster Relief was tasked by the FNB Philanthropy Donor Choice Foundation Trust to distribute aid to the 50 families that were affected by the informal settlement fires that took place on 18th April 2021. Each family...
FNB Hygiene Parcels – November 2020
FNB Hygiene Parcels November 2020 CityHope Disaster Relief was tasked by the FNB Philanthropy Donor Choice Foundation Trust to distribute aid of 1,000 hygiene packs to the elderly, in the vulnerable communities of the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Each hygiene pack...Cato Crest Fire ResponseCato Crest Fire ResponseApril 2021
Cato Crest Fire Response April 2021 CityHope Disaster Relief was tasked by the FNB Philanthropy Donor Choice Foundation Trust to distribute aid to the 50 families that were affected by the informal settlement fires that took place on 18th April 2021. Each family...
#Every Life Matters
#Every Life Matters CityHope Disaster Relief’s mandate is very clear. We respond to disaster situations through the provision of relief aid and disaster recovery. Whether it is a raging flood, a blazing fire or civil unrest – we respond. It is our passion to get...
Somalia 2019
Somalia 2019 It was a seemingly ordinary Wednesday morning when I was asked to prepare an audio visual to highlight the plight of the people of Somalia and the 6 tons of aid being sent up by CityHope Disaster Relief. Somalis have faced drought, hunger and a relentless...
South Sudan Mission
South Sudan Mission Our team visited an area on the outskirts of Juba, the capital city of South Sudan. The people receiving assistance were refugees from an outlying area called Wonduruba, where fighting had forced them to leave their farms, homes, livestock and even...
Somalia
Somalia Somalia, a country synonymous with piracy, kidnappings, terrorism and the ongoing plight of people suffering daily of hunger and the constant need for humanitarian aid. It seems as if Somalis have the ‘deck of cards’ stacked against them, and for the most...
2019 KZN Floods
2019 KZN Floods The floods that hit KZN in April this year brought with them an immeasurable amount of destruction and despair. There were seventy fatalities recorded and no less than 1,000 individuals displaced due to the relentless heavy rains that destroyed their...
2020 Trustees Report
2020 Trustees Report The 2019/20 Fiscal period has seen CityHope Disaster Relief showered with the abundant blessings and provision of God as we continue to put Him and His ways first. During that 12-month period, CityHope was able to positively impact approximately...
Fire in Alexandra township, Gauteng – July 2020
Fire in Alexandra Alexandra, Gauteng | 2nd of July 2020 On 2nd July a fire tore through Alexandra township in Gauteng, where 200 families watched their belongings go up in flames. Thankfully there were no injuries or fatalities from this disaster, but their homes were...
Covid-19 Food Relief – 26th March – 30th June 2020
Covid-19 Food Relief South Africa | 26th March - 30th June 2020 CityHope Disaster Relief partnered with the KZN Response team to bring hope to many during the Covid-19 lockdown period in South Africa. The KZN Disaster Response Team is a network of faith-based...
Fire in Jeppestown, Johannesburg – February 2020
Fire in Jeppestown Jeppestown, Johannesburg | 24th of February 2020 On the 24th of February 2020, we were notified by a teacher at one of our Pebbles nursery schools of a fire that had destroyed people’s shacks near her house in Jeppestown. Although this plea...
Flash Floods Orlando, Soweto – February 2020
Flash Floods in Orlando Orlando, Soweto | 10th of February 2020 On the 10th of February 2020, we were notified of flash floods that had affected people’s homes near the Orlando West Home Affairs. The water had reached around 60/70cm in height in people’s homes,...
Zambia Food Relief – January 2020
Zambia Food Relief Kwa-Zulu Natal | January 2020 Zambia is experiencing its worst drought in a century. Adverse climatic conditions have left more than 2.3 million people in Zambia severely food insecure. That translates to 19% of the total population. Large parts of...
New Hanover Tornado – November 2019
New Hanover Tornado Kwa-Zulu Natal | November 2019 The towns of New Hanover and Mpolweni in inland KZN were flattened in November 2019 when a highly destructive tornado tore through the towns, resulting in entire villages being destroyed and leaving hundreds of...
October 2019 Press Release
Supporting Communities Across South Africa Over the last three months of 2019, Hillcrest based Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) CityHope Disaster Relief has impacted the lives of over 3,300 individuals across South Africa. Read more below. Read More Get Involved or...
Newsletter – 2019 3rd Quarter
2019 3rd Quarter Newsletter The third quarter of 2019 has seen CityHope dive into several new and unique initiatives. The introduction of the new Clothing Kit has made a significant difference to the impact of the relief that we distribute through various communities...
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