The leaders of this project and their “Fountain of Hope” organisation have been involved in the community of Mthombothemba since 2000. Their main mission is to combat the spread and reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS on orphans, vulnerable children, women, and the community at large through the provision of orphan care services, HIV/AIDS workshops and community-based development projects. The leaders try to ensure that orphans and vulnerable children are in school. Currently they pay school fees for 21 children. They also run a daily feeding programme for orphans and vulnerable children from Mthombothemba. They aim to reduce poverty in the community by training and running income generating projects like Foundations for Farming, gardening, livestock management, goat and chicken loan programmes, chicken layers/egg production etc.
Psycho-social support camps are run during each school holiday period as well as free counselling services and life skills training. Community development and leadership training is given to pastors and church leaders, to challenge the church to be a vehicle of transformation of their communities.
