Identifying Need

Lunchbox Fund’s long-term goal is to reach every child in South Africa that does not have access to school nutrition programs. We collate online applications, word of mouth referrals, and credible South African statistics to develop priority target areas. This data represents a range of indicators for children’s vulnerability to hunger and food insecurity.

Partner education-focused non-profit organizations and provincial fieldworkers assist us in identifying where our in-school feeding will have the most impact. 

This approach together with on-the-ground evaluation ensures the most effective and efficient utilisation of resources. 

Where We Work

Tremendous social and economic inequalities in South Africa yield  local-level variations in children’s hunger and vulnerability. Identifying beneficiaries always involves community mapping, funder and stakeholder liaison and program monitoring and evaluation.

The Lunchbox Fund is a  national organization working in urban, per-urban and rural settings in all nine South African provinces.

Northern Cape

Children: 1 900 Meals: 387 920

Limpopo

Children: 5 844 Meals: 1 142 267

North West Province

Children: 2 960 Meals: 606 160

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Free State

Children: 4 405 Meals: 813 415

Mpumalanga

Children: 10 430 Meals: 1 953 655

Western Cape

Children: 9 823 Meals: 2 029 449

Eastern Cape

Children: 19 493 Meals: 3 999 229

Kwazulu-Natal

Children: 19 745 Meals: 3 818 280

Eastern Cape

Children: 19 593
Schools: 423
Meals: 3 999 229

Free State

Children: 4 405
Schools: 322
Meals: 813 415

Gauteng

Children: 14 961
Schools: 229
Meals: 3 160 473

KwaZulu-Natal

Children: 19 745
Schools: 531
Meals: 3 818 280

Limpopo

Children: 5 844
Schools: 129
Meals: 1 142 267

Mpumulanga

Children: 10 430
Schools: 115
Meals: 1 953 655

Northern Cape

Children: 1 900
Schools: 41
Meals: 387 920

North West Province

Children: 2 960
Schools: 55
Meals: 606 160

Lesotho

Children: 50
Schools: 1
Meals: 18 250

Western Cape

Children: 9 823
Schools: 125
Meals: 2 029 449