Friends of Ntshongweni

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Every gift is directed, named, and reported back. Friends of Ntshongweni Mission, Inc. is now recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity; contributions are tax-deductible under IRC Section 170.

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Friends of Ntshongweni Mission, Inc. is now an IRS-recognized tax-exempt public charity. Your gifts are tax-deductible under IRC Section 170.

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Children gathered with welcome signs outside the Ntshongweni church compoundA laughing girl in a pink dress hugging a friend of the missionA gogo, mother, baby and older brother inside a Ntshongweni homeA friend holding a Ntshongweni toddler with the hillside behind themA friend walking arm in arm with a child on a dirt road in Ntshongweni
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Care for Vulnerable Children & Families

Home visits, uniforms, emergency food — the steady presence of someone who knows their name.

Ntshongweni primary schoolboys running toward the camera at break timeCrèche teachers and staff in a full classroom of children in maroon uniformsBackpacks and school supplies being handed to teachers in NtshongweniA friend of the mission reading a book aloud beside a smiling boyA morning assembly at Ntshongweni Primary School
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Education & Vocational Training

Crèche through trade school — tutoring, uniforms, backpacks, and scholarships that reach a first paying job.

A Ntshongweni gogo peeling potatoes on her kitchen floor during a home visitTwo friends cradling a Ntshongweni baby together during a family visit
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Health Support Services

Clinic transport, chronic-care companionship, and home-based care — small, faithful work that keeps people alive and known.

A basket of freshly harvested greens from the Ntshongweni gardenRows of kale and onions in a mulched community garden bedA productive hillside garden in NtshongweniTwo mission friends holding a fresh carrot harvestA friend of the mission carrying a bag of maize meal on her head
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Agriculture & Food Security

Household gardens, community-garden inputs, and food parcels bought, packed, and delivered by hand.

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Care for Vulnerable Children & Families
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Care for Vulnerable Children & Families

Direct support for orphans and the relatives raising them — home visits, school uniforms, emergency food, and the steady presence of someone who knows their name.

  • $25 covers a child's school uniform
  • $60 funds a monthly food parcel for a household
  • $150 sponsors a child for one school term
Education, Skills & Vocational Training
A laughing young boy sitting on a friend's shoulders in a shop aisle during an outing
Education also looks like confidence, laughter, and being known.
A long-time friend of the mission kneeling to greet Lalelani Primary School children
A welcome at the Lalelani Primary School gate — one of the schools at the heart of the work.
A friend of the mission with children in a bright crèche classroom
Education begins in rooms filled with welcome.
Ntshongweni Crèche children waving around a craft table
A crèche boy shaping play-dough letters
A crèche student smiling while forming play-dough letters
Crèche children laughing against a classroom window
A visitor teaching a classroom of uniformed crèche children
Story and song time side by side.
A visitor praying over three young children at the crèche
Crèche teachers and caregivers together in the classroom
A large group of crèche children and teachers waving
A small boy smiling on the crèche patio
A crèche girl laughing at a small toy
A young student holding up colorful building blocks
A young girl counting on her fingers with a friend's help
A friend reading a book aloud beside a smiling boy
A friend surrounded by Ntshongweni primary students
Arrivals at the schoolyard — hundreds of children, one by one, loved in His name.
Morning assembly at Ntshongweni Primary School
Backpacks and school supplies handed to teachers
Friends with the Ntshongweni school cook
Primary schoolboys running in the schoolyard
Why every uniform and workbook matters.
Children working through puzzle books on a roadside curb
High school students singing in a packed assembly hall
A pastor speaking from Scripture to high school students
Laughing toddlers in a crèche hallway
Small crèche girls lining up hand-on-shoulder
Ntshongweni students praying before the school day
Wide view of students gathered for assembly
Children building with colorful linking toys
Two children smiling on playground swings
A teacher leading a youth lesson in a community hall
Crèche staff and mission friends in a full classroom
Students in a wide circle in the schoolyard
Smiling schoolboys leaning on wooden desks
Crèche children laughing and waving in the courtyard
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Education, Skills & Vocational Training

Tutoring, scholarships, and trade training that translate into livelihoods. We invest in the long arc — from primary school through a first paying job.

  • $45 buys a stack of textbooks and supplies
  • $200 funds a month of vocational training
  • $1,200 sponsors a full year of trade school
Health Support Services
Kids love to have fun no matter where they are in the world.
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Health Support Services

Clinic transport, chronic-care companionship, and home-based care for the elderly and bedridden — the small, faithful work that keeps people alive and known.

  • $15 covers a round-trip to the clinic
  • $80 funds a month of home-based care visits
  • $300 stocks a community first-aid station
Agriculture & Food Security
A productive hillside garden in Ntshongweni with squash, greens, and maize growing together
Garden work: planting, soil-building, composting, and tending crops season after season.
Neat rows of kale and onions growing in a mulched community garden bed
A ripe eggplant growing on the plant in a mulched garden plot
A large compost structure built from garden materials to enrich future planting beds
Two mission friends smiling in the garden while holding a fresh carrot harvest
Harvest days are shared celebrations.
Food security in action: gardens, parcels, and the people who make the work possible.
The team filling shopping carts with eggs, maize meal, and staples at the wholesaler before a food-parcel run
A friend of the mission packing individual food parcels in the church before distribution
Four mission friends smiling with carts full of potatoes and staples while shopping for food-parcel supplies at the wholesaler
Flatbed carts loaded with rice, cooking oil, onions, sugar, and pantry staples lined up at the wholesaler before delivery day
Two long-time mission friends joking together in the wholesale aisle while shopping for bulk food-parcel supplies
Food parcels lined up down the center aisle of the church as friends prepare for delivery day
A friend of the mission carrying a heavy bag of maize meal balanced on her head as the team walks parcels to a waiting family
A grinning Ntshongweni boy balancing a full bag of food on his head, proud to help carry his family's parcel
A long-time mission friend laughing as she balances a 10 kg maize meal bag on her head
The last mile is on foot — carried on heads and shoulders, side by side.
The team carrying packed food parcels past the wall of a Ntshongweni family home during a delivery
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Agriculture & Food Security

Household gardens, seed and livestock support, and a shared community garden whose surplus funds the next planting. Dignified food, grown by the people who eat it.

  • $30 plants a household vegetable garden
  • $120 buys a pair of laying hens for a widow
  • $500 funds one season of community-garden inputs

What Care Looks Like

Small moments, lasting presence.

The work is not only budgets and projects. It is walking a child home, making room for joy, and staying close enough to know which family needs help next.

A schoolgirl holding a bright tennis ball and leaning into a woman in blue
Children & families
A visiting friend walking arm in arm with a child along a dirt road
Health companionship
Children and teens gathered during an outing to uShaka
Joy and belonging
A small boy laughing close to a kneeling friend beside the public pool
A poolside afternoon
A delighted boy standing in the bright turquoise pool
First swim
Two children grinning with soft-serve cones in the team van
Ice cream on the way home
A young girl beaming in the bright blue pool
Joy in the water
Three children splashing and laughing together in the pool
A day to play
A Ntshongweni gogo peeling potatoes during a home visit
A kitchen visit
Two friends cradling a Ntshongweni baby together during a family visit
Held close
A mission friend receiving a full-body hug from a little boy
Known and loved
A laughing little girl hugging a mission friend
Joy in the classroom
A mission friend coloring with two small boys outside
Coloring together
A visiting friend holding a small toddler with a lollipop
A hillside hello
A friend laughing with two boys holding tennis balls
Water and tennis balls
Children crouched over sidewalk chalk drawings
Play on the pavement
A small girl in a heart sweatshirt standing in the crèche yard
A quiet moment at the crèche
A friend holding the hand of a little girl outside the crèche
Hand in hand
A joyful selfie of a friend with a schoolboy by a JoJo tank
By the JoJo tank
Friends sitting on a pickup truck loaded with food supplies
Loaded up for delivery
Children and families gathered with welcome signs outside the church
A welcome in the church yard
Three generations sitting together inside their home
Three generations under one roof
A mother laughing cheek to cheek with her son
Love one another
A rare day of joy and freedom
The ride home after a day of play
Walking further into the hills

How to Give

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Friends of Ntshongweni Mission, Inc. is a Florida nonprofit corporation with EIN 42-3267759. The IRS has recognized the organization as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3); contributions made on or after June 3, 2026 are tax-deductible under IRC Section 170 to the extent allowed by law.

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Friends-of structure. Gifts made to Friends of Ntshongweni Mission, Inc., a Florida nonprofit corporation (EIN 42-3267759), will be used to support the charitable, educational, and religious programs of the Ntshongweni mission in South Africa. The South African mission is not itself a U.S. 501(c)(3) organization.

Tax deductibility. Friends of Ntshongweni Mission, Inc. has been determined exempt from federal income tax under IRC Section 501(c)(3) and classified as a public charity under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi), with an effective date of exemption of June 3, 2026 (IRS determination letter dated August 17, 2026). Contributions made on or after that date are deductible under IRC Section 170 to the extent allowed by law. The organization is also qualified to receive tax-deductible bequests, devises, transfers, or gifts under Sections 2055, 2106, or 2522. This statement is not legal or tax advice; donors should consult their own advisors.

No goods or services. No goods or services will be provided in exchange for any donation. All gifts will be final and non-refundable once transmitted to the field. We report back with names, photos, and stories so supporters can see the impact of their giving.

State registration. We are registered to solicit charitable contributions in Florida, our state of incorporation, and are in the process of completing any required registrations in other states before broadly soliciting the public where such registration is required.

Friends of Ntshongweni Mission, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity; contributions are tax-deductible under IRC Section 170. Download the IRS determination letter (PDF).