Breadline Africa

General information

Breadline Africa is a non-profit organisation based in Cape Town and also registered with the UK Charities Commission. This international organisation was established in 1993 and has focused on poverty alleviation ever since. Originally, Breadline Africa recognised that a great deal of grassroots development had to take place as a part of South Africa’s nation-building process, and that government structures would not be in a position to provide all of the resources to facilitate this process. Attention was given to the needs of the community-based organisations and Breadline Africa raised and distributed in excess of R117-million to more than 330 organisations over 21 years. More recently, Breadline Africa has focused its attention on infrastructure projects benefiting early childhood development (ECD – providing educational support to children between the ages of one and six years), and children and youth in literacy.
The focus is clustered into three main areas - early childhood development (ECD), libraries and a range of similar container projects to uplift communities. In July 2015, Breadline Africa changed its logo, not only because it was time for a facelift after 21 years but also to reflect how the child is brought into the centre of everything they do.