My story starts in March 2006. My mother discarded me in a field, a towel wrapped around my tiny body being my only shelter. In my own small way, my prayer for salvation was answered, and a passer by took me in his arms to the nearest police station. The police placed me in a hospital where I was taken care of and nurtured back to health. After 12 days my mother could not be traced, so on the 13th day of my innocent little life, a compassionate social worker took me to Ubuntu House. I was saved by these kind-hearted people who gave me food, shelter and unconditional care.

Today I belong to new parents, who I know as my own. To the angels who rescued and watched over me at Ubuntu House, I will always be grateful. I can honestly say that the people who support Ubuntu House and the uMephi Project to give babies like me a chance at life, are sent from the Heavens. The scars in my heart have healed and been replaced with peace and pure unselfish love thanks to these incredible care-givers.

Feel free to contact us. We would love to meet you, show you around, introduce you to our children and explain in detail our passion and mission. Any donations are warmly welcomed.

• Contact: +27829636861 / +27215920610
• E-mail: info@ubuntuhouse.co.za
• Physical Address: 23 Holland Street, Goodwood West, Cape Town, 7460, South Africa
• Website: www.umephi.org
• WO No. 11 02 0059
• NPO 000-762

Ubuntu House is a part of the greater uMephi Project and is a place of safety / halfway house for newborn babies. These children have al been given up by their mothers, saved from abortions or are sometimes simply discarded after birth.

We are registered to take care of 12 babies at a time. Since the opening of the house in September 2003, we have cared for 224 babies, placed 215 with adoptive parents, and reunited some with their biological mothers. Our aim is to secure a home for these babies before they reach the age of 5 months old.

Our umbrella organization, the uMephi Project, has 1 such baby halfway houses under its wing. We also have 29 satellite houses, where older children have a home and a loving family – nurturing and equipping them for life. uMephi also has 5 “special needs” homes, where the sick and dying are cared for. There are 11 foster homes where HIV positive children are placed with a family who will make their lives as bright, happy and as healthy as possible up until their final days.