IMPORTANT: THIS SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICE IS FOR 12-18-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN ONLY.
THIS SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICE IS FOR 12-18-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN ONLY. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: REACH OUT TO YOUR CAMPUS COUNSELLORS, ADULTS: PHONE 0800567567.
If you are a teenager thinking about taking your own life, text 079-6677-034 to receive the number of a counsellor you may WhatsApp text, WhatsApp call, or WhatsApp video call. If you are not suicidal but need support, please email help@sonneblom.org.za.
The Sonneblom Foundation
Light · Hope · Life
FREE 24/7 crisis line for Teenagers
079-6677-034
If you are a teenager thinking about taking your own life, text this number to receive the number of a counsellor you may WhatsApp text, WhatsApp call, or WhatsApp video call. If you are not suicidal but need support, please email help@sonneblom.org.za.
Donate Now
General donations are always welcome. We undertake to allocate those resources to our project with the highest need.
Your donation may be utilised to assist a child in need, cover our monthly operational costs, and build up much-needed reserves that will enable us to act immediately on requests for assistance.
Our directors will always take requests from our beneficiaries into consideration, while at the same time ensuring the stability and operational status of the Sonneblom Foundation to ensure it will continue to serve the teenagers it was brought to life for.
We do appreciate your support.
International Donors
We understand that banking fees are high for international transactions. We encourage you to use the Payfast options we offer below and on our Donations and Sponsors page. It will save you from paying high fees, and we will carry minimal fees on our side.
South African Donors
We recommend you donate in the way that is easiest for you. Some people prefer EFT, some are comfortable with Payfast. If you had a lucky night at the casino or a day at the race course, you are welcome to share your cash winnings with us!
Bank: FNB | Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: 63157202995 | Branch Code: 250655 | SWIFT Code: FIRNZAJJ
Bank: Capitec BUSINESS| Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: 1053982330 | Branch Code: 450105
Reference: “SF-YourName” if you would like us to credit you or your business (please also email us POP and your details at donate@sonneblom.org.za), OR “SF” if you would prefer to stay anonymous.
If you would like to learn more about specific projects and goals you may donate to, please visit our DONATION PAGE.
Please select your donation option from below
You may make ad hoc donations, or assist us on a regular basis with monthly donations.
ONCE-OFF DONATIONS
To donate your own unique amount, please complete the amount below and click on DONATE NOW.
You may also deposit donations directly into our bank accounts:
Bank: FNB | Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: 63157202995 | Branch Code: 250655 | SWIFT Code: FIRNZAJJ
Bank: Capitec BUSINESS| Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: 1053982330 | Branch Code: 450105
Reference: “SF-YourName” if you would like us to credit you or your business (please also email us POP and your details at donate@sonneblom.org.za), OR “SF” if you would prefer to stay anonymous.
Please email riaan@sonneblomfoundation.org with any questions you may have about donations
MONTHLY DONATIONS
To donate your own unique amount each month, please complete the amounts below and click on DONATE NOW.
Please email riaan@sonneblomfoundation.org with any questions you may have about donations.
This is our current and most urgent request - "JOHAN"
Sonneblom Foundation became aware through Johannes C. Wolfaardt from Struggling Stains and United for Change SA about a case of a 17-year-old scholar (to protect the child’s identity, let’s call him “Johan”) from a town in the Northern Cape whose parents, unfortunately, cannot afford the school fees. He is in Grade 10 and hopes to get into a technical field when he finishes school. Computing is probably the way he will go if he can find the resources to study that.
Unfortunately, with many factors contributing, his parents have fallen in arrears with fees since 2018. Amounts before 2021 were handed over to lawyers for debt collection.
The total amounts for each of these years are accumulated to R31700:
| 2021 | R 4 200.00 |
| 2022 | R 5 500.00 |
| 2023 | R 5 500.00 |
| 2024 | R 5 500.00 |
| 2025 | R 5 500.00 |
| 2026 | R 5 500.00 |
| Total | R 31 700.00 |
Amounts due for the remaining two years that “Johan” has to spend at school are estimated at R11000:
| 2027 | R 5 500.00 |
| 2028 | R 5 500.00 |
| Total | R 11 000.00 |
We also would like to pay down the lawyers, to whom amounts were handed over for a total of R10900.
| 2018 | R 1 000.00 |
| 2019 | R 4 400.00 |
| 2020 | R 5 500.00 |
| Total | R 10 900.00 |
Thus, the total amount Sonneblom Foundation, together with Johannes C Wolfaard, would like to cover with your help comes to R53 600.00. This will cover school fees for the current year, the amount in arrears, the future school fees (if no increase), and the amount handed over to lawyers (we may need a little bit more there to cover fees and interest).
Our request to you:
We would love to have all of this covered by middle 2027, which gives us 12 months to work with.
This means:
- We will welcome any single contribution.
- We will welcome any monthly contributions.
If we could receive the following number of monthly contributions for only 12 months, we could assure a better future for “Johan”:
| Number of monthly payments | Amount per month |
| 5 | R 900.00 |
| 10 | R 450.00 |
| 15 | R 300.00 |
| 20 | R 230.00 |
| 25 | R 180.00 |
| 30 | R 150.00 |
We are placing this with the permission of ”Johan’s” mother, and the letter of permission, and statements provided by the school will be made available on request to donors – simply email riaan@sonneblom.org.za. Any surplus amounts will be passed on to the school to cover the needs of other students in arrears with school fees.
You may also donate via Back-a-Buddy and share the Back-a-Buddy page with friends if you wish: https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/cover-school-fees-for-promising-young-man
Our banking details
Bank: FNB | Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: 63157202995 | Branch Code: 250655 | SWIFT Code: FIRNZAJJ
Bank: Capitec Bank | Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: To Follow | Branch Code: 470010 | SWIFT Code: CABLZAJJ
Please use JOHAN & your initials as a reference when making deposits to assist us in meeting this target. If you wish to be credited for your donation on our social media pages, please email riaan@sonneblom.org.za.
Please select your donation option from below
You may make ad hoc donations, or assist us on a regular basis with monthly donations.
ONCE-OFF DONATIONS
To donate your own unique amount, please complete the amount below and click on DONATE NOW.
You may also deposit donations directly into our bank accounts:
Bank: FNB | Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: 63157202995 | Branch Code: 250655 | SWIFT Code: FIRNZAJJ
Bank: Capitec BUSINESS| Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: 1053982330 | Branch Code: 450105
Reference: “SF-YourName” if you would like us to credit you or your business (please also email us POP and your details at donate@sonneblom.org.za), OR “SF” if you would prefer to stay anonymous.
Please email riaan@sonneblomfoundation.org with any questions you may have about donations
MONTHLY DONATIONS
To donate your own unique amount each month, please complete the amounts below and click on DONATE NOW.
Please email riaan@sonneblomfoundation.org with any questions you may have about donations.
Please give us R25 per month
Protect yourself, and help a child survive!
Have a treat - we will pay half!!!
Struggling StainsDocumentary
The book Struggling Stains by Sonneblom Foundation Ambassador, Johannes C. Wolfaardt, will soon be available as a documentary. However, for this to happen, we need your help to cover the production costs. Please deposit your contributions into the following account, with reference “Doccie”:
Bank: FNB | Account Name: SONNEBLOM FOUNDATION NPC | Account Number: 63157202995 | Branch Code: 250655 | SWIFT Code: FIRNZAJJ
Alternatively, you may donate via PayFast using the form below:
If you would like us to give you recognition for your donation on the Struggling Stains website, please email riaan@sonneblom.org.za with your details.
Schools we visited
Our Primary focus is on visiting schools and creating awareness.
In March 2026, we visited two schools with Addict’s Voice to create awareness.
In August 2026, we travelled to the Western Cape and were fortunate to be invited to three schools in Mossel Bay. Upon our return from the Western Cape, we visited a school in Johannesburg.
If you would like us to visit your school and chat with learners from grades 6 to 12, please email riaan@sonneblom.org.za.
Hoërskool Kathu High School
Kathu
Approximately 250 learners and teachers were reached over five sessions.
Lakewood International Academy Ormonde
Johannesburg
Approximately 60 learners and teachers were reached.
Sao Bras High School
Mossel Bay
Approximately 240 learners and teachers were reached.
Hillcrest Secondary School
Mossel Bay
Approximately 870 learners and teachers were reached over two sessions.
Global Academy of Education
Mossel Bay
Approximately 100 learners and teachers were reached.
PEMPS (Pietersburg English Medium Primary School)
Polokwane
Approximately 375 learners and teachers were reached.
Hoërskool Pietersburg
Polokwane
Approximately 1400 learners and teachers were reached.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some of our highly valued donors and sponsors
You are welcome to make donations through your business and contribute to our cause regularly. The companies below regularly assist the Sonneblom Foundation. Thank you!
Accommodation
Sonneblom Foundation in the Media
Sometimes the media approaches us and provides us with some coverage. Thank you!
In both the radio interview with Agape Radio and the online article by Conviction below, we mention the AD Suicide Prevention Group (ADSP) as an institution with which we fully collaborate. Unfortunately, effective 5 February 2026, the ADSP is no longer a beneficiary of the Sonneblom Foundation. We now collaborate with KZN Counselling Services, with Royada Omar at the helm. Royada and her team of registered counsellors man our 24/7/365 WhatsApp crisis line (0796677034) and provide free counselling to children in need, which we appreciate.
