you can invest in the next generation.
By supporting Sikunye you can help change the future of South Africa. You will be playing a part in seeing that all children, no matter the family or circumstances, can reach their full potential.
You can be part of Sikunye’s work by making a donation via the online purchase option offered by our parent organisation, Common Good.
Changing the trajectory of young lives
At Common Good, we’re passionate about impacting the very youngest and most vulnerable members of our society by equipping and empowering churches to support mothers, fathers, and caregivers to provide the necessary building block of love, nutrition, stimulation, health and safety during this critical phase of life. Informed by rigorous research, that has subsequently been published, Common Good launched Sikunye to work into this crucial stage of life.
The First Thousand Days offers a unique and invaluable window of opportunity to secure the optimal development of the child, and by extension, the positive developmental trajectory of a country.
Common Good’s Early Life initiative, Sikunye, seeks to inspire, mobilise and equip the church to support parents, caregivers and families to provide nurturing care for their children in the First Thousand Days of life, so that they can thrive and reach their God-given potential.
Sikunye, which means ‘we are together’ in isiXhosa, affirms the collective effort required to nurture young life and the importance of supportive relationships to achieve this.
The first thousand days - an incredible opportunity
Sikunye, works to inspire, mobilise and equip the church to support parents, caregivers and families to provide nurturing care for their children in the First Thousand Days (from conception to two years of life), so that they can thrive and reach their God-given potential.
The church is ideally positioned and equipped to support, strengthen and build into the lives of parents and caregivers. By being the modern-day village around families, the church can use its existing strengths and assets to see that young children get the best start to life.
Sikunye works to inspire churches to commit themselves to intentionally care for families in the stage of the First Thousand Days. They then journey with these churches to equip them, provide information and skills, and connecting them to various service providers to ensure that all families receive enough of the care and support they need for their young child’s flourishing.
With over a million births each year, South Africa has the incredible potential to see these young lives set on a good pathway, marked by flourishing and growth. Within reach of every one of these children is a local church community, positioned and equipped to have a profoundly positive impact on this family. Share the word within your networks for people to join Sikunye’s The Church & Early Life events to find out more.
