BBC Newsround reporter Ore Oduba visited our project Tsoga Sechaba
in Soweto in January.
Of his day with Starfish, Ore remembered one child in
particular:
"In Johannesburg, I met 11 year-old Dumisani. He lives in an
area called Soweto, but like many of the areas surrounding South
Africa's big cities, the people have to make do with the bare
minimum - small shack-like houses, no running water and very little
food. The poor conditions mean that disease can spread. As an
only child, Dumisani is the only one to look after his sick mother.
She only has one lung and has to use an oxygen pump to
survive. Dumisani told me that as hard as life is, one day he
wants to be a lawyer or a doctor.
"But there
are some projects out there that help kids like Dumisani. I
joined one called Starfish for the day. They go around the
country offering food parcels to take home as well as giving them
activities to do during the day. Charities like this give the kids
hope that they can achieve something. Someone like Dumisani has
high hopes and I hope that one day he can reach those goals."