The Johannesburg Children’s will be celebrating its 130th commemorative birthday on the 3rd of December 2022 from 10am – 4pm.The Home will be opening its doors to the public, to help mark this milestone you can help celebrate by purchasing tickets for a day filled with fun for the family. Bring your friends and family to enjoy a picnic on the lawns.

Enjoy a fabulous morning at our market, browsing through our preloved book sale and children’s art exhibition and many food and artisanal stalls. Jumping castles and face painters will entertain the children. A visit from the Classic Motorcycle Club will add vintage excitement.

Stand a chance to win a 1 x 2-night Hotel Lazy Weekend Stay for 2 people at Indaba Hotel Fourways , incl. breakfast daily and 1 “date night dinner for 2” in Bistro if you are one of the first 50 people to book a picnic. Lucky draws for Imvelo hampers and surprise give aways will also take place for all picnic’s ordered . Entry R20 pp (Children U/12 & Pensioners Free)

For bookings please visit https://www.quicket.co.za/events/196852-130th - birthday-celebration/

Entrepreneurs and Vendors are invited to contact Sandra on 011 648 1120 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book a stall. For more information on the 130 yrs. celebratory event contact Fiona 011 648 1120 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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More about the Johannesburg Children's Home

The Johannesburg Children’s Home is one of the oldest children’s Homes in Johannesburg and this December the Home will be celebrating 130 years of service to the community. The Home started in 1892 in Fordsburg, Johannesburg by Mrs Von Brandis. Since it’s early days, the Home has provided much needed care for vulnerable and orphaned children in Johannesburg.

The Home is based in Observatory, Johannesburg and has grown into a professional Child and Youth Care Centre with the addition of an Early Childhood Development Centre - Funda Ngo Thando which currently provides early childhood education for over 50 children between the ages of 2 and 5 years. The Johannesburg Children’s Home cares for 64 children ranging from the age of 3yrs to 21yrs. Providing much needed residential, educational, developmental, and therapeutic care for vulnerable children.

The Home relies on donations and funding from the community and government but has recently identified the need for additional sustainable funding to match the ever-increasing financial needs of providing quality care for the children at the Home.

Implementation of the Social Enterprise Imvelo Experience creates sustainable funding opportunities for the organisation. This has launched the Home into various other markets such as catering and hospitality to help promote the sustainability of the organisation. Annette Brokensha, Director of the Home said “The Johannesburg Children’s Home is a testament to the goodwill of South Africans and their profound generosity to support children in need of care.

We feel honoured to have played a part in caring for orphans and vulnerable children and restoring hope to desperate children and to continue the legacy of care.

The Children’s Home has had to reinvent itself to make ends meet time and again and every time there has been a groundswell of support from the South African community. We truly know what it is like  to be together in hard times and good times. We look forward to celebrating with all our supporters.”

Contact Person: Fiona Duke
Head of Operations
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