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Tuesday, 23 January, 2024

StreetSmart SA to close after raising R14 million for children’s charities

StreetSmart South Africa is to close its doors at the end of January, but not before disbursing a final R500 000 to children’s charities.

Friday, 24 March, 2023

StreetSmart SA launches Circle of Diamonds online fundraiser

Support StreetSmart SA’s Circle of Diamonds raffle to raise funds to help vulnerable children, especially those living on the streets.

Wednesday, 18 January, 2023

An exciting 2023 with StreetSmart SA

A new year means a new chapter. Our wish to you is that 2023 will be an incredible part of your story and we hope StreetSmart will be part of it too.

Wednesday, 9 November, 2022

StreetSmart SA summer news | #wineforgood

Find out how you can help StreetSmart South Africa support vulnerable children across South Africa this summer.

Tuesday, 31 May, 2022

Wine, dine, and raise money for StreetSmart SA with The Silo Hotel

The Granary Café at The Silo Hotel in Cape Town is hosting two fundraising dinners this weekend in aid of StreetSmart SA.

Friday, 20 May, 2022

Register to bid at the StreetSmart Online Auction and support children in need

Register to bid at StreetSmart SA's Online Auction from 25 May to 2 June to support of vulnerable children in need.

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Monday, 25 April, 2022

StreetSmart changes the lives of children in Gauteng | #wineforgood

Donating to StreetSmart where you eat, sleep, taste, and enjoy is a responsible way of changing the lives of children in Gauteng.

Friday, 22 April, 2022

Weekend Cape Camino in aid of StreetSmart SA

Put on your hiking boots and join a Weekend Cape Camino walking through farmlands in the Boland in aid of StreetSmart SA from 6-8 May 2022.

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Thursday, 14 April, 2022

StreetSmart digs deep to change the lives of children in the Cape Winelands | #wineforgood

Donating to StreetSmart where you eat, sleep, taste, and enjoy is a responsible way of changing the lives of children in the Cape Winelands.

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Friday, 1 April, 2022

It is time for more good news stories for #wineforgood

It has been 6 years since the launch of our wineforgood.co.za website and since then we've shared 400 good news stories from the Cape Winelands. We invite you to join us this April as we celebrate Freedom Month.

wine.co.za, Judy Brower

Tuesday, 15 March, 2022

StreetSmart digs deep to change lives – one child at a time

StreetSmart changes the lives of SA's most vulnerable children and their efforts have seen many benefiting from their fundraising efforts since 2005.

Friday, 10 December, 2021

Wellington hotelier cycles 8000km in aid of StreetSmart

Seasoned hotelier Angelo Casu makes every kilometer count on his mountain bike racing for kids at StreetSmart.

Tuesday, 24 August, 2021

StreetSmart SA: Stationery Drive

If the cost of new stationery is making you raise an eyebrow at the start of each new school year, you're not alone.

Friday, 18 June, 2021

Two-day hike in the Swartland in aid of StreetSmart SA

Put on your hiking boots and join Cape Camino on a two-day hike through the Swartland in aid of StreetSmart SA from Friday, 16 to Sunday, 18 July.

Thursday, 29 April, 2021

Labia supports StreetSmart with new Camino de Santiago film

A new film set on the famous Camino de Santiago in Spain, which draws people from across the globe on an epic annual pilgrimage, will be screened over four showings in aid of StreetSmart SA at Cape Town’s iconic Labia Theatre on Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 2 May 2021.

Tuesday, 13 April, 2021

Seasoned hospitality professional takes the helm at StreetSmart SA

StreetSmart SA, an organisation dedicated to helping vulnerable children rebuild their lives, welcomes Zaid Adams, a seasoned professional with over 30 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, as its new chairman.

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Friday, 9 April, 2021

WINEFORGOOD - StreetSmart defies relentless challenges in support of vulnerable children

StreetSmart SA, an organisation dedicated to changing street children’s lives by supporting intervention programmes through donations from hospitality venues in the Western Cape, Garden Route and Gauteng, has managed to forge ahead in spite of the nationwide lockdown freezing the bulk of its income during 2020.

Tuesday, 25 August, 2020

SecretEATS virtual food & wine experience in aid of StreetSmart

Support StreetSmart and keep up social distancing while sampling gourmet food and premium wines from the Constantia region delivered straight to your door.Guests will be wined and dined in the first of three Cape Town virtual experiences hosted by SecretEATS on Thursday, 10 September.

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Tuesday, 7 April, 2020

#WINEFORGOOD: Lives changed, R5 at a time

StreetSmart South Africa raises funds for street children projects through participating restaurants, accommodation establishments and wine tasting centres. Launched in 2005, they have been changing the lives of children, R5 at a time, for fifteen years with many good news stories from beneficiaries to share.

Wednesday, 12 February, 2020

StreetSmart flies sky high with Very High Tea on Table Mountain

Get on top of the world with StreetSmart with a sparkling High Tea on Table Mountain, the world’s most iconic landmark, on Thursday, 27 February.

Friday, 7 February, 2020

StreetSmart celebrates 15 years of changing children’s lives R5 at a time

StreetSmartSA, an organisation dedicated to helping South Africa’s most vulnerable children, celebrates its 15th anniversary of changing children’s lives R5 at a time.

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Thursday, 6 February, 2020

A #wineforgood April: Raising the image of the South African wine industry

In the month of April, we share positive stories about the SA wine industry every day as part of our #wineforgood campaign.

wine.co.za, Trudie Webb

Thursday, 1 August, 2019

How to help responsibly, an important warning from StreetSmartSA

A word from StreetsmartSA on the issue of vulnerable and street children...

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Tuesday, 4 June, 2019

Pilgrim with a purpose making a difference one step at a time

Melanie Burke, the Chairman of StreetSmart SA, is undertaking a 120 km pilgrimage on the Camino Francés in Northern Spain this month, in an effort to raise awareness and R50 000 for the upliftment of homeless children in South Africa.

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Thursday, 25 April, 2019

#wineforgood: StreetSmart, normalising the lives of vulnerable children, R5 at a time

What can you do with R5? Not much. It can't buy you a bread, a litre of petrol or even a cup of coffee. But R5 can change the life of a vulnerable child. Through donations of R5 at a time R1,695 million was raised in 2018 to support vulnerable children within the community where the donations were collected.

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Friday, 7 December, 2018

Out and About with wine.co.za: Benguela Cove MCC launch I Year-End Function at Middelvlei I StreetSmart Handover

Wineries are gearing up for the festive season and our team got to wine down a bit with our annual staff party at Middelvlei. Just in time for the season, Benguela Cove launched their stylish new Cuvee58 MCC and it's always special to be part of a StreetSmart Handover and seeing their impact in the winelands.

Friday, 23 November, 2018

StreetSmart hands over R1 million in aid of Cape Town’s vulnerable children

StreetSmart SA, an organisation dedicated to helping street children rebuild their lives through donations from restaurants, accommodation establishments and wine tasting venues in the Western Cape, Garden Route, Gauteng and KZN, has handed over R1,05 million to their Cape Town beneficiaries for 2019.

Thursday, 5 April, 2018

StreetSmart SA Expands to Help Even More Children

Making a difference to the lives of vulnerable children R5 at a time just got easier with the expansion of the StreetSmart initiative into accommodation and wine tasting establishments.

Reinette Retief

Friday, 24 November, 2017

StreetSmart raises R150 000 for vulnerable children in Franschhoek

The Kusasa Project, a Franschhoek NGO addressing educational needs of disadvantaged children, has received R150 000 raised through local StreetSmart partners to boost community upliftment in the area.

Monday, 28 November, 2016

StreetSmart diners raise R600 000 in Cape Town

StreetSmart SA, an organisation dedicated to helping street children rebuild their lives through donations from restaurants in the Western Cape, Garden Route and Gauteng.

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