Welcome to Zithulele, a special village situated on the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
This part of the world has been populated for centuries, but the village itself - sitting at the intersection of Ginyintsimbi and Xwangu traditional locations, became a locus of activity after the 1920s, when Sea View trading store was established, and more so after 1956, when missionaries started the first clinic, hospital and church.
Today, Zithulele is a remarkable microcosm of what is possible in our country as people from all walks of life join together to bring hope and opportunity to a community which was historically neglected under apartheid South Africa, and still remains on the periphery of development in the democratic era.
We invite you to explore the different organisations who are working together in our village, by following the links on this site. Better yet, we invite you to come and visit, and meet the people who make up Zithulele.
This part of the world has been populated for centuries, but the village itself - sitting at the intersection of Ginyintsimbi and Xwangu traditional locations, became a locus of activity after the 1920s, when Sea View trading store was established, and more so after 1956, when missionaries started the first clinic, hospital and church.
Today, Zithulele is a remarkable microcosm of what is possible in our country as people from all walks of life join together to bring hope and opportunity to a community which was historically neglected under apartheid South Africa, and still remains on the periphery of development in the democratic era.
We invite you to explore the different organisations who are working together in our village, by following the links on this site. Better yet, we invite you to come and visit, and meet the people who make up Zithulele.
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Originally a mission hospital, and maintaining much of that ethos, Zithulele Hospital is a government-run district hospital with a multi-disciplinary clinical team working to provide comprehensive primary care services to a large catchment area.
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Jabulani aims to bring hope and positive change through development work, believing that all people have value and innate potential and that humanity is at its best when working together towards transformation
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Axium Education believes that there are vast amounts of untapped potential in every rural student, teacher, community and school and have a vision to see that potential realised so that every rural student leaves school with purpose, agency and options.
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Grace Vision works to restore sight by providing comprehensive eye care including cataract surgery (done at Zithulele Hospital) and the provision of spectacles to people with refractive errors.
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Sihamba Sonke aims to “walk together” with youth to give them courage to rise above difficult circumstances, restoring broken relationships in all areas of their lives and community, and start a restoration movement, living value-driven and purposeful lives.
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Intshisakalo Yolutsha is a community based organisation hoping to inspire and awaken agency from the youth of our village, to take on their problems and find their own solutions, while working in collaboration with others
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The Zithulele Independent School is a unique non-profit school with a vision to be a school of hope - rooted in our community, yet with wide horizons - offering a well-rounded, high-quality education that values diversity, multilingualism, empathy and independent thinking.
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For more information on any of these NGOs, or the Hospital, please click on the logos to visit the home page of the organisation. Or as we said, come and visit: