The 28th of November 2023 was Giving Tuesday, a global movement of generosity. The last few years Ten Thousand Homes has focused our efforts on this day to raise a large portion of our feeding programs’ yearly budget. Lafo Ndlovu, a TTH staff member in South Africa, was visiting one of our partner programs this […]

Joseph is a single father who also took on the care of his nieces when his sister passed away in 2020. Joseph has struggled to make ends meet for his family, as he is battling lung cancer developed from working in the coal mines. As his illness progresses, his primary concern is for his girls. […]

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Across Africa, maize meal is a staple food. Although called by many names and prepared in a variety of ways through different regions, porridge made from ground corn is generally accompanied by a vegetable or meat stew. We’d like to invite you to join Lafo, one of our team members, as she learns how to prepare […]

Jeanette and her four children moved to a new community for a better life. Here she could live with her brother, a respected father figure in her life. Together they lived in a house that was little more than a single room with a lean-to on the side.  Life as she knew it was shaken […]

This year, 2020, has been one for the history books. The impact of this pandemic has reached people from every walk of life and every part of the world. COVID-19 has touched all of our lives, impacting us to varying degrees. Some have lost loved ones, jobs, homes. We feel like the fortunate ones. We […]