Pfunanane
Children in Duiwelskloof

We provide opportunity for teams, and missionaries to work along side us, volunteers, as well as paid staff and teachers. Pfunanane Ministries is a outreach ministry, South Africa, Limpopo Province, Christian school and children's village in Modjadjiskloof, ministering to the local community and the families of our sponsored children.

Here at Pfunanane Ministries, we are helping the orphaned and neglected children of South Africa by creating a safe and loving environment in which they can thrive. Located on in the town of Modjadjiskloof, Pfunanane Academy provides children from nearby townships a quality Christian education, compassionate care, and the daily provision of basic needs. Adjacent to the school is our Children’s Homes, a community where orphaned and vulnerable children live with our missionaries in a family setting. As Pfunanane grows, we seek to add more Children’s Homes, expand Pfunanane Academy and develop a curriculum of training programs aimed at taking our children successfully into adulthood. In order to accomplish this, though, we need supporters like you to help us make it a reality. Five hours northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa, Pfunanane Ministries helps create new lives and brighter futures for the impoverished communities which surround the small village of Modjadjiskloof. In 1997, a local woman named Engela DeVilliers began Pfunanane Ministries with a heart and passion to establish a place where underprivileged children would be provided with quality Christian education, and where the orphaned and vulnerable would find a loving home. Beginning with only 5 children, Engela established Pfunanane on her own property, using a portion of her farm as the starting place for the school and a potential site for Children’s Homes. As the ministry took root, Pfunanane began to steadily grow, adding a new grade each year. During this time, Engela sought out both paying children and simultaneously looked for children in need to sponsor. In 2007, just as the ministry was beginning bear fruit, Engela tragically died, leaving the community in mourning for the woman who impacted so many lives. To complicate the matter, the property was sold and the future of the ministry was thrown into chaos. Able to stay on the farm as renters, there was a constant worry that the new owner would sell the property out from under us and ministry would be forced to close its doors. But this period of difficulty also brought with it new hope. Starting with only one child, Sarah began taking in children from all walks of life. Some orphaned, some ill, some needing a safer environment. Her two bedroom cottage began to fill with children hoping for a better future. With the process of the property purchase underway, the Children’s Home was able to move into a much larger home on the property, leaving space for more missionaries to come. Soon after this, a group of children were identified and Erin MacLean, another missionary living on the property, became our second house mother to three brothers in need. With the future of Pfunanane finally secured, and the ability to build on the property, our small ministry has grown to what it is today. With God’s blessing, we have become a known name in the community as a place where students thrive, economic barriers being torn down and children from all walks of life are shown the tremendous hope of the Gospel of Jesus.