Best Human Services Charities in South Africa 2026

Discover the top-rated human services charities ranked by trust score and transparency in South Africa.

1

Thusanang Trust

ZA Data: 40%

To provide opportunities for building capacities in communities to support and improve the lives of young children and their families

2

Hoedspruit Training Trust

ZA Trust: 65/100 Data: 47%

To create a culture of caring that empowers all, & to provide quality, all-inclusive health care to everyone in the Kruger2Canyons Biosphere Region.

3

Takalani Childrens Home

ZA Trust: 60/100 Data: 40%

Our Mission TCH is committed to provide services to children for the fulfillment of their physical, spiritual, emotional, social and intellectual needs Our Vision Takalani …

4

Healing Hands Community Project

ZA Trust: 60/100 Data: 40%

What is the Healing Hands Community Project: The Healing Hands Foundation is located in Central in Nelson Mandela Bay, Port Elizabeth, and is a registered …

5

Nelson Mandela Children's Fund

ZA Trust: 60/100 Data: 40%

The Fund was established by Nelson R. Mandela in 1995 to address challenges faced by children and youth in South Africa. He donated a third …

6

Woodside Sanctuary

ZA Trust: 60/100 Data: 40%

To offer the highest standards of holistic nursing care for our residents with service models designed to deliver a tailored package of care to each …

7

United Way South Africa

ZA Trust: 60/100 Data: 40%

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world.

8

Reach For A Dream Foundation

ZA Trust: 60/100 Data: 33%

We believe in the power of dreams We encourage children to use their dreams to fight life-threatening illnesses and we seek as far as possible …

9

Eyes of Africa

ZA Trust: 60/100 Data: 33%

Our mission is to ensure that the children of today can see their future.

10

Lawyers for Human Rights

ZA Trust: 60/100 Data: 33%

Our mission is to protect and promote human rights, and to strengthen constitutional democracy in South Africa as part of a broader civil society movement. …

11

CHoiCe Trust

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 47%

The organisation works to engage and collaborate with vulnerable communities and key stakeholders in Limpopo Province to identify well-being needs in rural villages and to …

12

TLC Ministries

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 47%

To lead and inspire community cohesion which enables a lifelong sense of belonging and safety in every child, beginning with building a loving family.

13

MDNtv

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 42%

MDNtv You have been ranked as one of South Africa's Top Gender Empowered Companies in your sector. As a Top Gender Empowered Company you actively …

14

Graceworld

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 42%

Life is a Church that Loves God and People. We are a dynamic and passionate community at GraceWorld, committed to living out our faith through …

15

VUSA Rugby & Learning Academy

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

To create social upliftment for children from underprivileged communities, through structured academic, sporting and extra mural programmes.

16

Sew Bee Cause Foundation Npc

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

Our Mission Sew Bee-Cause is dedicated to creating a sustainable and impactful solution by upcycling pre-used fabrics to produce clothing and women's sanitary pads for …

17

K2011127140 trading as PSI Projects

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

The Paardeberg Sustainability Initiative (later known as PSI) was conceived in 2001, in recognition of threats to the biodiversity and natural resources of the Paardeberg, …

18

Izibalo NPC

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

Our mission is to increase the percentage of learners who write the final pure Mathematics exam in Grade 12 in South Africa to 60%. These …

19

Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund Npc

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

Jumping Kids supplies and maintains quality prosthetic equipment for children.

20

Thabang Children's Home Trust

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

To provide centres for the reception, care and development for orphans, vulnerable children and youth; To empower the children in our care by providing educational …

21

Fikelela Aids Project

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

To mobilize churches to make a sustained positive contribution to the reduction of the number of new HIV infections, to drive education and care, and …

22

First Love Childrens Foundation

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

First Love Foundation's mission is to safeguard the welfare of children, especially those from poor and/or vulnerable backgrounds, including but not limited to, facilitating their …

23

Lesedi la Batho

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

Making South Africa a beacon of hope by providing our youth and community with the opportunities and skills to realize their full potential and purpose. …

24

Sport for Social Change Network Southern Africa

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

To grow, support and strengthen sport for sustainable development across Africa.

25

Tshepong Centre for the disabled

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

Tshepong Centre exists to provide a safe, developmentally appropriate environment for children and adults with intellectual disabilities by giving each mental health care user, emotional, …

26

Headstart Kids NPC

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 40%

The mission for Headstart Kids is to create an optimal health solution to eradicate the impact of malnourishment for children in the first 5-years of …

27

Ncinci One's Montessori

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 33%

Accommodation listing and news for the Wild Coast of South Africa. Faceted search for accommodation by place, type, facilities, activities and services. Comprehensive list of …

28

Sijonge Kuwe Youth Development Project

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 33%

Provide art/cultural skills to the unemployed youth Provide basic business skills training to unemployed youth Provide computer skills training Promote enviroment Provide HIV/Aids awareness to …

29

Prochorus Community Development NPC

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 33%

We serve disadvantaged communities according to the guidelines of need-assessment studies, and the accessibility of resources. Our focus is directed towards Early Childhood Development, Youth …

30

Rays of Hope Alexandra

ZA Trust: 55/100 Data: 33%

Building mutually transforming relationships to realise individual potential, creating opportunities for development to independence, through partnership with the previously disadvantaged people of Alexandra township, on …

31

Hearts of Hope

ZA Trust: 42/100 Data: 45%

All vulnerable children in need of care and protection, are given a turning point opportunity of personal and individualised nurturing care in a safe and …

32

African Angels

ZA Trust: 42/100 Data: 45%

To provide quality education to orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa who would not otherwise be able to afford it.

33

Ubuntu Partners Trust

ZA Trust: 39/100 Data: 45%

Ubuntu Partners Trust exists to promote a community of reconciliation and resource sharing in the Uthukela District of Kwa Zulu Natal.. The Trust provides fiscal …

34

Future Families

ZA Trust: 39/100 Data: 45%

Future Families is a non-profit organisation rendering quality services to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa. …

35

Greensleeves Children's Trust

ZA Trust: 39/100 Data: 45%

Greensleeves exists to provide a home, a family and a future to children who have been abandoned, abused or orphaned. We aim to care for …

36

Health Opportunity Partnership and Empowerment in Africa

ZA Trust: 39/100 Data: 45%

To promote and implement a social development programme for the Anglican Church in Southern Africa for the improvement of the Spiritual, Physical and Emotional Well …

37

Keep The Dream196

ZA Trust: 39/100 Data: 45%

KEEP THE DREAM 196 Our new VISION: "Our vision is to create a South Africa where children, women and families have access to the resources …