Starfish Profile

Starfish Greathearts Foundation was founded in 2001 by a group of South Africans living in the UK. They recognised the plight of being children left orphaned or vulnerable (OVC) through the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and inspired by the Starfish parable realised that they could help make a difference. Through their network of friends and colleagues, they began to raise funds and in 2003 established Starfish Greathearts Foundation as a registered NGO in South Africa. Motivated by the founding parable, The Star Thrower, Starfish believes that each of us can make a difference to the lives of South African children- one child at a time.

Starfish supports over 12 000 children orphaned or vulnerable in South Africa by working in partnership with 29 Community Centres through two key programmes,1a) The Starfish Wellness Programme, which focuses on the health and wellbeing of children and the 2b) Capacity Development Programme which aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of CBOs to better manage health, education and child protection service.

Every step counts. Join the Starfish Greathearts Foundation team and make a difference to the children of South Africa.

Run for Starfish in the 2017 Comrades Marathon and make a difference to the children in South Africa. Register with Comrades - Race for Charity and choose to run in support of Starfish. Raise 5000 by the 2nd of May 2017. Claim your goodie bag, including the awesome Starfish branded running vest and be part of the c charity batch! Contact Starfish: lmoyo@starfish.za.org or Tel: 010 226 8377 to find out more.

Starfish storie to Inspire

- RUN FOR STARFISH IN THE 2017 COMRADES MARATHON AND ADD A SMILE TO A CHILD’S LIFE!

- RUN FOR STARFISH IN THE 2017 COMRADES MARATHON!