Give money
You can be part of this compassionate work without leaving your chair – make a contribution online through our secure payment facility.
Give time
Join our team of members and volunteers who are ‘the hands and feet’ of Jesus – bringing comfort and relief to suffering people in their communities.
Give later
Leaving a bequest to SSVP is the painless way to give. It costs nothing now –only when you no longer need your money does it pass on to us.
Give useful items
Food, toiletries,second-hand clothing, blankets, household items, fabric, knitting wool, building materials and paint are always needed.
Food parcels prepared with care by our volunteers, ready to bring nourishment, dignity and hope to families facing hunger. Every parcel is a reminder that someone cares.
A little can mean so much
For many people in our communities, hunger is not a once-off hardship. It is a daily reality.
A parent skips a meal so their child can eat. An elderly person stretches what little food they have for one more day. A family opens an empty cupboard and wonders how they will make it through the week.
Together, we have an opportunity to change that.
When we deliver a food parcel, a warm meal or a simple bag of groceries, we are doing more than providing food. We are reminding someone that they matter. That they have not been forgotten. That there is still kindness in the world.
As members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, we are called to see Christ in those who are struggling and to respond with compassion, dignity and love. You can be part of that response.
Your donation will help put food on a table and hope back into a heart.
Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a real difference. It can become nourishing food for a hungry family, a meal for someone who has nothing, or a food parcel that helps a household get through another difficult week.
Please give today and help us turn compassion into food for someone who needs it.
Thank you for sharing what you can. May God bless you and those you love.
Heart of our work
Our core work involves alleviating the worst human suffering in areas of abject poverty – where families live in homes made of cardboard or thin plastic … where unemployment and malnutrition is rife … and where parents are dying and leaving children to care for one another.
We help the hungry, the homeless, the sick, vulnerable children and destitute aged.
And because most of the work is done by volunteers, almost every cent you donate goes directly to helping those in need.
Recent News
Mid-year treat – new school shoes for growing feet!
When your family has very little money, longing for a new pair of shiny shoes to wear to school is a dream that seldom comes true.
Unless, kind donors support our SSVP volunteers … selfless, committed Christians who see Jesus in the face of the poor people they meet.
67 Minutes. Countless Moments of Impact.
Our Vincentian brothers and sisters strive to ‘make every day a Mandela Day’. But even so, Mandela Day brings a special surge of volunteer activity – all aimed at uplifting our less fortunate neighbours.
Thanks for helping bring winter warmth where it’s needed most
As if being poor and hungry is not enough, winter brings an extra level of suffering to those who live in makeshift tin shacks.
However hard you try, the biting wind can always find a way through gaps in the wall and under the roof.
Visit to Frederic Place brings warmth and cheer to vulnerable elders
When you’re old, destitute and all alone in the world, it’s easy to think that you’ve been forgotten. That’s why volunteers from SSVP take time to visit vulnerable elders at Frederic Place, bringing gifts of cake, cold drink, beanies and blankets.
International Day of Vincentian Youth
On 11 July 2026, NWKZN CC Youth celebrated the International Day of Vincentian Youth by donating Morvite Cereal for patients attending Duduza Hospice Care Centre at Mariaratchiz, Dundee.
Vincentian Spirit Alive on Campus: SSVP Visits UJ and VUT ACTS
The purpose of these visits is clear: to encourage young people to serve with humility, compassion, and joy. This mission is deeply rooted in the Society’s origins.
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