South Africa is a country filled with extraordinary beauty, resilience, and potential—but many communities continue to face deep hardship due to years of political instability, corruption, unemployment, and struggling infrastructure. Today, South Africa still has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, with the official rate sitting around 40%, while broader unemployment affecting discouraged workers remains above 42%.

Millions of families are living in poverty, with many struggling to access stable food, employment, healthcare, and reliable basic services. Although there have recently been improvements in the country’s electricity crisis, years of load shedding and infrastructure strain have deeply impacted daily life, businesses, schools, and opportunities for growth.

For us, South Africa is deeply personal. It is our home country, and even after leaving, our hearts never disconnected from the people and communities we love.

Living in the United States has allowed for our families to have opportunities that some don’t have the hope to dream of. We want to help.

Rebuild Africa is built by relationships with local partnerships ensuring long-term change that truly restores hope and rebuilds lives.

We aren’t meeting with someone once, but our partners and team are consistently invested in the welfare of the individual and their families.

We partner with churches believing that the church is the hope of the world. Volunteers in South Africa are given the opportunity to serve their communities through Rebuild Africa’s generosity.

Donations support trusted local churches and outreach partners providing food, care, skills training, and hope.

The exchange rate of US dollar is $ 1 to R17. Your dollar is multipled by 17 — your donation to Rebuild Africa makes more of an impact than almost anywhere else in the world.

The exchange rate between the US Dollar (USD) and the South African Rand (ZAR) has a significant impact on everyday life in South Africa. Currently, $1 USD is worth roughly R16–17 South African Rand, meaning the American dollar carries much stronger purchasing power in South Africa.

For many South Africans, this imbalance makes imported goods, fuel, technology, and certain essentials far more expensive, especially as prices are often influenced by global markets priced in USD. While salaries are earned in rand, the cost of living continues to rise, creating increasing financial pressure on families and communities.

At the same time, this exchange rate means that donations made in US dollars can go much further in supporting local communities. A single dollar can provide meaningful practical support—helping supply meals, resources, care, and opportunities to people who need it most. For Rebuild Africa, this creates a powerful opportunity to restore hope in tangible ways through trusted local partnerships.

100% of your donation is tax deductible in the USA. Rebuild Africa is a US 501c3 nonprofit, our EIN 88-1417629. Tax deductible statements will be available on making a donation.

Thank you for your generosity!

Yes - our heart is to serve communities, restore hope, and rebuild lives as modeled and made possible through Jesus Christ. Our local partnerships are housed in churches around the country. Every bit of impact is made through a willing heart give generously knowing that we have much in Christ. All of what we have is a gift from God - meant to be shared.

Scripture: Matthew 16:17-21, Colossians 1:27, Proverbs 11:25, 2 Corinthians 9:6-7, Luke 6:38, Hebrews 13:16

For as little $25 you can feed a family of 5 for a month. Stunting, a form of chronic malnutrition, affects nearly one in three young kids, stunting not just their physical growth but their potential to thrive. As the country grapples with economic recovery post-COVID-19, food insecurity, and systemic poverty, stunting rates have alarmingly ticked upward in recent years.

Stunting occurs when a child’s growth is chronically impaired, physical growth as well as brain development, resulting in low height for their age and slower basic brain functions. It’s not just about being short—it’s a marker of severe, sustained nutritional deprivation during critical early development windows, typically from conception to age two. The biggest harm and effect is that it is irreversible meaning that a infected child, will and can never achieve much. The cycle of uneducated, pour families will just increase and continue.  

In South Africa, stunting is driven by a toxic mix of factors: inadequate access to nutrient-rich foods, unsafe drinking water, frequent infections like diarrhea, and underlying issues such as poverty and HIV/AIDS prevalence. The country’s high Gini coefficient—one of the world’s highest inequality measures—exacerbates this, with rural and low-income households bearing the brunt. Poor complementary feeding practices, limited sanitation, and even climate-related food shortages compound the problem.

The effects of stunting extend far beyond childhood, casting a long shadow over health, education, and economic productivity. Because the first 1,000 days of life (from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday) are a “window of opportunity” for brain development, stunting disrupts neural connections, leading to permanent cognitive deficits. Studies show stunted children score up to 10-15 IQ points lower, face higher dropout rates, and struggle with learning disabilities.

Physically, stunted individuals are more prone to chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension in adulthood—ironically, often alongside obesity in the “double burden” of malnutrition seen in South Africa. Economically, the World Bank estimates that every 1% increase in stunting prevalence can reduce a country’s GDP by up to 2-3% due to a less productive workforce.

What we do is known as the Eat Well Nutrition Porridge program. We use Early Childhood Development centres to distribute the product. For so many children this meal is the only mean of the day and also the reason the parents sends the child to school. For as little $25 you can feed a family of 5 for a month.