Walking with Eldoradopark — meal by meal, week by week.
Eldoradopark is the township in southern Johannesburg where HopeWorks Foundation lives, serves and listens. Since 2021 we've shared more than 75,000 hot meals here, and built relationships that long outlast any single plate.
The picture of Eldoradopark today
Eldoradopark sits inside one of South Africa's hardest-hit corridors. 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 hardship is real — but 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 we do in Eldoradopark
- Weekly Tuesday feeding scheme — 300 hot meals for children and elders, 48 weeks a year.
- Winter blanket drive — warm bodies on the coldest nights.
- Christmas box drive — a gift and a meal for children who'd otherwise get neither.
- School shoe drive — every January, no child barefoot at the gate.
- Nappy and sanitary pad drives — quiet dignity for new mothers and teen girls.
How you can help Eldoradopark
Every Rand stays close to home. Donate once or monthly, sponsor an upcoming drive, or partner with us as a corporate CSI / BBBEE / ESD partner — your support lands in Eldoradopark within days, not quarters.