Our vision
Caring, safe, resilient communities where children can grow to their full potential supported by safe, thriving adults.
Our mission
To provide practical care and broad-based support to vulnerable children and those who care for them.​
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About us
Mercy Aids is a Christian-based organisation started in 2004, prior to ARV treatment, primarily to address the needs of children and families impacted by HIV/AIDS. With the increased effectiveness of ARV treatment, our focus broadened to look at all vulnerable children and their families. We registered as NPO in 2014 and PBO with Section 18a in 2016.
Currently we do most of our work in Fisantekraal and Mfuleni.
About our name
Mercy Aids began as a practical, compassionate response to the HIV/AIDS crisis affecting South Africa's children in the early 2000s. Thankfully, HIV is now a chronic, manageable disease so no longer our focus.
Our name is a play on words which reflected both that initial focus and the broader, long-term vision.
Because - MERCY....aids
You can't really know
where you are going
until you know
where you have been
Maya Angelou