Make a Difference

Started in the late 19th century, Adventist mission work today reaches people in over 200 countries and territories. Adventist mission workers seek to preach the gospel, promote health through hospitals and clinics, run development projects to improve living standards, and provide relief in times of calamity.

Meals on Wheels Community Services

The Meals on Wheels Community Services project was founded in 1964 by Doctor Denis Baird. In light of the serious need amongst the ageing community in East London (South Africa), Dr Baird launched a fund-raising project aimed at financing the first ever Meals on Wheels delivery vehicle. He then gathered a few caring ladies, arranged to use a local church kitchen during weekdays, and the rest is history. At that time, Dr Baird and his original team had no idea that they were giving birth to what would become an enormous miracle of mercy.

Annual meals provided: 31 Million Plus
Branches: 182 Countrywide
Service points: 700 Countrywide
Vehicles in service: 280 Plus
Old age homes: 2
Retirement villages: 6
Voluntary Helpers: 1400 Plus
Christmas Dinners Served: 120,000 Plus
Christmas Hampers Distributed: 6,554 Plus

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Be Free Lifestyle

Be Free offers an all-inclusive, structured program of health activities, natural therapies and treatments.The Be Free lifestyle team aims at helping people to achieve optimum wellness with a combination of natural, health promoting therapies and activities for the development of the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being. Programs include: Health Expos, Breathe-Free smoking cessation programs, health evaluation programs, intervention assistance, specialized detoxification, immune system boosting, life skills counseling, and lifestyle training programs. Be Free Lifestyle is a registered non-profit company (registered no: 2005/003337/08) (Addendum A) that has formally committed itself to the objectives of the Health Ministries Department of the Cape Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church. All Be Free programs form part of the Cape Conference evangelism master plan.

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ADRA South Africa

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is an independent humanitarian agency established in 1984 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the specific purposes of individual and community development and disaster relief.

ADRA South Africa seeks to provide humanitarian, development and disaster relief assistance irrespective of culture, gender, origin or religion, and to give the necessary training for services which may include: Primary Health; Economic Development; Disaster Relief; Food Security; Poverty Alleviation and Basic Education.

ADRA South Africa is part of an international network that spans more than 125 countries.

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Helderberg College

Helderberg College of Higher Education (HCHE) has a proud heritage! We are part of the second-largest education system in the world, and are operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. There are 118 Colleges and Universities in 90 countries around the world. The College, which was established in 1893, has been operating for over 126 years. We offer you quality education in South Africa and the SADC region. You can find HCHE in the beautiful town of Somerset West, on the slopes of Helderberg mountain, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. We are a mere twenty minutes’ drive from the airport and 40 minutes from Cape Town.

HCHE is different from many other tertiary institutions because of our educational philosophy and approach, which has an impact on everything we do. Our College has a special mission and a very different philosophy of education. This philosophy recognizes that true education has to do with the well-balanced development of the WHOLE person – HEAD, HEART AND HAND. Helderberg College of Higher Education prepares you thoroughly for all aspects of your life: intellectual, professional, practical, spiritual and social.

Our graduates do not only have the knowledge and skills needed for their chosen profession, but have learnt values, ethics and a love for service.

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