Masizame CHILD development
Free from VIOLENCE, FREE FROM FEAR.
With your help we can change young lives for the better. Every donation helps support vulnerable young children and point their lives in a new and brighter direction.
ABOUT US
HOw It all Started
One afternoon our founder Lesley Myburgh found three children living in a cardboard box on the side of the road…
Read more: Home – MASIZAME CHILD DEVELOPMENTWho we Are
Meet our CEO, The members of our board of directors; and most importantly the incredible men and woman who are on the ground doing life-changing work…
Read more: Home – MASIZAME CHILD DEVELOPMENTWhat we do
Masizame is a registered Child Protection Organisation (CPO) that delivers a comprehensive and synergistic range of PEI services, being Prevention, Early Intervention in addition to our Statutory Care residential programme…
Read more: Home – MASIZAME CHILD DEVELOPMENTGET INVOLVED WHERE IT MATTERS
Connect with us and make a real difference to the lives of our children.
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Interested in coming to visit us in Plettenberg Bay? Read more and get in contact about volunteering opportunities at Masizame.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CAUSES
Our website is full of information about the kind of work we do. Read more to enhance your understanding of Non-profit work in South Africa; particularly in the social sector.
OUR NAME:
MAsizame…
Means ‘let’s try’ in Xhosa. The perfect name for a charity that right from the beginning has tried to help no matter the odds.
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How it came to Be.
Founder Lesley Myburgh told some of the original children of Masizame that they had a week to think of a name for their new home. They came back the next day and told her ‘“we’ve got a name”. And thus Masizame was christened.

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SO FAR WE HAVE HELPED
22
COUNTRIES
5,287
PEOPLE
€3839
RAISED
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