Buckets of Hope

Fighting Child Hunger

Fighting child hunger in Nelson Mandela Bay this festive season.

Hunger doesn’t take a holiday.

When schools close in December, thousands of children lose access to their only reliable meal.
This festive season, you can help make hunger wait.

Donate to Feed a Family

Any amount helps.

Why This Matters

Child malnutrition in Nelson Mandela Bay has reached alarming levels.

Recent testimony to the South African Human Rights Commission confirmed that this metro now records some of the highest rates in the Eastern Cape.

Buckets of Nutrition campaign GIF with the message ‘Hunger Doesn’t Take a Holiday’ — Hunger doesn’t take a holiday. Help us Fill the Buckets and Fill the Bellies this December.

Listen to what the campaign is about!

What is Buckets of hope?

Buckets of Hope is the third annual festive-season campaign by Daily Maverick and SA Harvest to protect children from holiday hunger.

We do this by delivering nutritionally dense food parcels through trusted holiday programmes that already keep children safe and fed during the school break.

🎯 2025 Target: 2,000 Buckets
💛 Cost per bucket: R1,000
🪣 Any contribution helps

Contributors do not need to fund a full bucket.

Why We Work Through Holiday Programmes

Children are safest when support comes through people they already trust.

Why SA Harvest partners with trusted holiday programmes to deliver Buckets of Hope — We partner with organisations already running holiday programmes because they know their communities, protect children daily, and ensure safe, dignified distribution.

This approach strengthens what already works, instead of replacing it.

What’s in the Bucket?

Each bucket is packed with purpose:

Standard Bucket Contents

Maize meal (10kg )
Rice (5kg)
Samp (2kg)
Macaroni (500g)
Soup mix – dry good (500g)
Tinned beans (2 × 410g)
Baked beans (400g)
Pilchards (400g)
Soya mince (500g)
Peanut butter (400g)
Instant milk powder (500g)
Tinned mixed veg (2 × 400g)
Potatoes/ butternut (1kg )
Morvite/ FutureLife (econ pack)
Cooking oil (750ml)
Sugar (1kg)
Stock cubes (1×12-pack)
Salt (500g)
Soup powder pack (500g)
Mixed sweets value bag (400g)
Family biscuits (1 pack)
Jelly powder (2 packs)
Dishwashing liquid (750ml)
Laundry Soap (1 bar)
Bottle bleach/ detergent (small)

“Proper nutrition is the foundation of a child’s physical and mental wellbeing, and access to it should not stop when schools close for the year.”
— Jillian Green, Editor-in-Chief, Daily Maverick

“When we place a bucket in a caregiver’s hands, we’re saying: your struggle matters, your children matter, and you are not alone.”
— Ozzy Nel, CEO, SA Harvest

This Campaign Works

Every bucket tells a story, of courage, care, and community.
Buckets of Hope has supported families through multiple festive seasons, helping thousands of households bridge the hunger gap when schools close.

Help Make Hunger Wait This December

A single bucket can carry a family through the hardest weeks of the year.
Your support today can make that possible.

To Make Payment:

SA Harvest
FNB Business Platinum Account
Account: 626 934 90478
Branch: 255 955
SWIFT: FIRNZAJJ

Reference: Name + Surname + DM
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