Who We Are

In 2005, our founders, Jane Payne and Pippa Shaper, envisioned a future where the most vulnerable children of South Africa would not grow up on the streets or in institutional organisations. Instead, they would experience a second chance at a loving family life in foster homes established within their community of origin.

These two visionary women established Home from Home, one of the first non-profit organisations in South Africa to be registered as a Cluster Foster Care Scheme. For two decades, Home from Home has successfully provided supported and supervised community-based foster care to over 200 orphaned, abused, neglected and vulnerable children in 35 foster homes, across 16 communities in South Africa. 

We believe that living in a small family unit with no more than six children and a dedicated foster mother or parents, is the next best place for children whose biological families cannot provide for them.

This model of care, with the crucial foundation of a loving family, enables our children to rise above their early circumstances and become happy and positively engaged young adults in their communities.