Walking with Eldoradopark — meal by meal, week by week.
Eldoradopark is the township in southern Johannesburg where this work lives — shared by neighbours, volunteers and partners. Since 2021 more than 75,000 hot meals have been served here, alongside relationships that long outlast any single plate.
The picture of Eldoradopark today
Youth unemployment in the broader Eldoradopark / southern Johannesburg corridor sits at around 63%. The drug burden is one of Gauteng's heaviest. Grants don't stretch to month-end.
The need is real — and so is the resilience. Eldoradopark is full of grandmothers raising grandchildren on a pension, neighbours who share what little they have, and young people who refuse to give up on the block they grew up on.
What's happening in Eldoradopark
- Weekly Tuesday feeding scheme — 300 hot meals for children and elders, 48 weeks a year.
- Winter blanket drive — warmer nights for households that need them.
- Christmas box drive — a gift and a meal for children at year-end.
- School shoe drive — every January, so no child starts barefoot.
- Nappy and sanitary pad drives — quiet, practical dignity.
Ways to take part
Every Rand stays close to home. Contribute once or monthly, sponsor an upcoming drive, or join as a corporate CSI / BBBEE / ESD partner — what you give lands in Eldoradopark within days, not quarters.