Hotel Hope based in Melville in JHB
We are proud supporters of Hotel Hope based in Melville in JHB and the incredible work they do!
We believe it’s important to support those supporting others. When it comes to the outstanding work and service that the Hotel Hope Ministries are providing the community, we could not think of a more worthy charity to support and shine the light on!
Who are Hotel Hope Ministries
Hotel Hope Ministries is a fully registered South African non-profit organisation established with the aim of ensuring that each and every child is brought up in a safe, happy and healthy home so that they can grow up and develop into responsible and positive adults. Although children are their main focus, they have a holistic approach to the problem of orphaned and abandoned children. “We realise that we need to focus on the cause of the problem too and not only on the symptoms. So we have projects to focus on assisting Mothers and Fathers so that they can look after themselves and their children”.
They group their projects under three focus areas:
BABIES IN NEED
Incorporates a family-style Child and Youth Care Centre (CYCC) as well as a registered foster home with a total capacity of 24 children. Advocating for adoption and encouraging more South African families to adopt.
Hotel Hope Ministries is for families, we want every child to know the love and security of being part of a family. Ideally, we aim for orphaned and abandoned children to be placed in their adoptive forever families as soon as possible and so we work with social workers and child protection agencies to make this possible where we can. However, it is a process that takes time and sadly there are many more children seeking adoptive families than willing families and so in the interim, we raise them as our own in family-style homes. We do not want children to feel like a number in an institution, but rather a special little person in our loving family.
MOTHERS IN CRISIS
Providing young mothers facing unplanned pregnancies with counselling, guidance and practical support.
Our experience has taught us that more often than not the mothers want to keep their children but do not have adequate support or guidance; as a result, they opt for giving up their children. We believe that by assisting the mothers, we are able to in some cases prevent them from giving up their children. Our interventions range from providing professional counselling, assistance with applying for identity documents, food parcels, clothes, nappies for their children, career guidance, CV compilation, job/learnership application as well as life skills. We also provide advice on caring for their children and encourage them to be the best parents they can be.
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
All of our social enterprise activities perform a dual role of generating income for the organisation, but importantly, also uplift the community in a meaningful way – in the form of skills development and job creation. We currently run three charity shops in Melville as well as partner with a wood workshop in Henley.
Fight unemployment and poverty and find some amazing items at real bargain prices at the same time.
To read more about the above projects CLICK HERE
Add an extra bottle of peanut butter or tin of tuna to your trolley and donate it to their foster home. Or perhaps you are able to arrange a donation from a manufacturer of some of their monthly requirements.
Below is what they call their ‘Needs list’. It might vary from time to time, but most of the items are consistently on the list, as they are ongoing monthly needs. Please contact them directly should you wish to fulfil some of these needs or to request a current ‘needs list’ to see if there are any once-off items they may need.
HOW CAN YOU HELP
Needs list (on-going):
- Formula: Pelargon (suitable for HIV+ babies) / NAN 1 & 2
- Nappies: Nappies (small / medium / large) / baby wipes
- Food for the children: Long life milk, tins of tuna/veggies/beans, Rooibos tea, rice cakes, peanut butter, pasta, Marie biscuits, oats, mielie meal, other non-perishable foods (preferably no sweets and chocolates)
- Household materials: Washing Powder (Automatic), Fabric softener, Toilet Cleaner, Tile cleaner, Dishwashing liquid, Disinfectant (Domestos), black bin liners, air freshner, paper towel
- Toiletries: Vaseline, baby oil, aqueous cream, baby shampoo, bum cream, anti-bacterial liquid hand soap, waterless hand sanitiser
- Clothes: Gently worn baby & children’s clothes for newborns to 4 years old
- For our Mothers in Crisis: Mealie meal, long-life milk, tinned food, cooking oil, 2nd Hand Maternity Wear
Needs list (once-off):
- A 4-door car for our social worker to transport children to the clinic and when necessary to court for adoption proceedings.
- Sponsorship of car maintenance for our Hyundai H1 Bus and truck
- School fees sponsorship
- Installation of solar solution for lighting in our 2 homes for during load shedding
DONATE YOUR UNWANTED GOODS
We can accept almost anything you no longer want and make good use of it – clothing, furniture, appliances, shoes, glassware… anything. Donations are first screened to see if they can be used in our foster home or to assist the Mothers that we help, if not suitable for either of those projects they are sold in our charity shop.
Our charity shops have established themselves as a community project in their own right. We have been able to create 6 full-time jobs, enabling previously unemployed people to be financially independent. The shop also serves the community, as the vast majority of our customers are coming from low-income groups and through the shop are able to afford high-quality items at low prices, as the majority of items have been donated by corporates, individuals, churches and the like. Through the charity shops, HHM can fund 100% of the administrative costs (including office expenses, admin staff salaries, etc.) of the ministry, thereby ensuring that all donations received directly benefit the Babies and need and Mothers in crisis.
They collect – Book a collection on our WhatsApp number: 066 1144 122 or submit a contact form with your name, phone number, address, items to be collected and time availability – they will phone you to confirm when they will next be in your area to collect.
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Source: https://hotelhopeministries.org/
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