James House invites you to help us make a difference in the lives of the children of Hout Bay.

You can get involved by volunteering your services, supporting us financially, or donating items such as non-perishable food items, or school supplies such as stationary.   Please see the list below for current needs.

If you would like to volunteer your help, please contact James House direct - we love to hear from you.

Our programmes are varied and immensley valued by the local community - please help us to continue to offer our desperately needed services.  If you would like to make a financial donation, please click on the following link:
http://www.jameshouse.givengain.org 

Our Current Needs are:
Non-perishable food items (for food parcels we distribute across our services as well as for the residential children and Safe Park feeding programme)
suggested items are:  Jam, peanut butter, flour, sugar, tea, coffee, canned food items, beans, sweets, dried milk etc.
We also are in need of bread & meat.

Soup Ingredients - with winter coming we provide hot soup and bread for the Safe Park and residential children.

Educational Supplies - across all our programmes
Stationary - Crayons, pencils, colouring-in books, calculators (regular & scientific), maths sets, rulers, erasers, pencil sharpeners, kokis, highlighters, exercise books,
Reading Books (Xhosa, English & Afrikaans), Encyclopaedias, school bags, lunch boxes
School uniform - Boys & Girls age 6-18 Clothes -  Grey flannel long trousers, School jerseys, white school shirts, socks, shorts, all clothing
School shoes (sizes 2-10 esp 4,5,6), & soccer boots

Toiletries / hygiene toothpaste/ brushes , deodorant, soap, face cloths, toilet paper, shampoo & conditioner, antiseptic creams, bandages, elastoplast

Cleaning supplies - washing powder, dishwashing liquid, amnonia, bleach, dish towels, swabs
Linen - Towels (any colour or size), pillows, foam bunk mattresses, duvets / comforters, single fitted sheets

Kitchen items - Very large cooking pots, forks & spoons, plastic mugs, soup bowls
Furniture - cupboards, shelving -
Residential childrens new study area - educational posters, desks, etc.
Recreation - Educational toys & games, art & craft supplies, soccer boots

Administration - Data projector, computers (esp needed for young people to write up CV's and apply for jobs), laminator
Maintenance - lawnmower, brush cutter, garden tools

Valley Church, Hout Bay have kindly volunteered to collect & store any of the above items on our behalf for which we are very grateful.  Valley Church is conveniently located above Checkers Supermarket

Alternatively, please call Dikeledi on 021 790 5616 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will be happy to collect larger items.