There are partnerships that feel transactional and then there are partnerships that begin to feel like family.
This year, Breadline Africa is celebrating something truly special - five years of being part of the PNA Funky Socks Day campaign as one of the beneficiaries alongside Rally to Read and Matla a Bana.
What started as…
By Lene Øverland, Warren Povey and Nyaradzo Muthana
Every day in South Africa, more than a million young children arrive at Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres that lack clean water, safe toilets or adequate shelter. This is not just an education problem. It is a health crisis, an economic failure and a choice, one we…
South Africa, it’s time to pull up your funkiest socks and make history! With just two days left until PNA Funky Socks Day on Friday, 12 September, the campaign has already raised an incredible R1.5 million. But there’s still a big goal on the horizon: raising the final R1 million to reach a life-changing R2.5…
Breadline Africa, one of South Africa’s leading non-profit organisations dedicated to early childhood development, is once again stepping into the spotlight as a key beneficiary of PNA Funky Socks Day 2025. The nationwide fundraiser—now in its fourth year—has set its sights on raising R2.5 million by 12 September 2025, and Breadline Africa will use its…
PNA is proud to announce the return of PNA Funky Socks Day 2025, its annual nationwide fundraiser designed to uplift South African and Namibian communities, one funky sock at a time.
Now in its fourth year, PNA Funky Socks Day brings together customers, schools, and businesses to support four vital non-profit organisations: Breadline Africa, CHOC-Childhood Cancer…
PNA, Breadline Africa and Sock Doctor would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to every individual, school, family, and business that joined hands (and donned funky socks) to support the 2024 Funky Socks Day campaign. Thanks to you, this year’s campaign was more vibrant, impactful, and inspiring than ever before!
A nation united for…
Breadline Africa and PNA have teamed up once again for an unforgettable Funky Socks Day campaign, aiming to make a lasting impact on early childhood development and transform pre-schools in vulnerable communities across the country.
Breadline Africa, a non-profit organisation dedicated to enhancing early childhood development (ECD) in South Africa's most vulnerable communities, is thrilled…
In the month of love, GrandWest showed their heart for early childhood development by donating over R312 000 to meet the needs of young children in Khayelitsha and Nyanga, making a positive impact on the lives of young children in these communities.
In Khayelitsha, GrandWest partnered with Breadline Africa to provide a new classroom and infrastructure…
Each November, the Breadline Africa team downs their tools to take children on an outing of a lifetime. While their everyday work consists of providing educational infrastructure, Breadline Africa recognises that a first-time experience of the beach for pre-school children can be a life-changer. This year's Seaside Initiative saw 200 children from 8 disadvantaged pre-schools share…
The Yibanathi Educare Centre, a pre-school in Monwabisi Park in Khayelitsha, started in 2004 and today looks after 135 young children with ages ranging from birth to five years old.
To become registered with the Department of Basic Education, the school must provide safe and secure infrastructure. The principal, Phindeka Ndaza was hoping to have…