Hope House Children’s Home was born out of a desperate need to provide a warm and loving home for abandoned, abused and neglected children in the greater Harrismith area. Our mission is to provide the home that we believe every child deserves, and to guide and provide for our children in order for them to reach their full potential as contributing members of society, and in this way also enable them to break the cycle of poverty in our area.

Hope House envisages itself as the vehicle through which a real and positive change can be made to the future by equipping our wards with the necessary foundations, life skills, sense of value, ethics and education to become the epitome of what a role model should be to the next generation of South Africans.

We run several projects each year to improve the lives of our children.

The big question of course is what does it cost me to donate?

And the answer is simple: At the end of the day, nothing.

Allow me to quote from an article that was published on NGO Pulse (http://www.ngopulse.org) on 14 December 2004:

“South African non-profit organisations (NPOs) struggle to encourage philanthropy amongst private individuals and companies. In addressing this problem, Section 18A of the Income Tax Act provides local NPOs with the opportunity to give private individuals and companies a tangible incentive to make donations by making the donation tax deductible, within certain limits”

Donations of cash and goods given in kind qualify. There are only a few exceptions to the Tax deductibility clause, such as payment for the rental of premises, donation of fuel (petrol, diesel), water and electricity given for free in exchange for a Section 18A receipt. There is, however, no such restriction on donating cash to pay for goods that do not directly qualify for exemption.