Surfers Not Street Children

Founded in 1998, Surfers Not Street Children is a charity based in Durban, South Africa working on children & youth, education, housing & homelessness +2 more.

Surfers Not Street Children is a charity founded in Durban, South Africa, in 1998 as the Durban Street Team. It uses surfing, mentorship, care, nutrition and education to help street-connected and at-risk children and young people build safer futures, with an increasing focus on preventing children from reaching the streets. Its Durban programme runs from the Surf Club at New Pier beach and the Surfhouse, which serves as headquarters, a daytime safe space and an emergency care facility for girls. The Girls Surf Too programme targets at-risk girls in Durban's Point area, and the Tofo Surf Club in Mozambique, opened in 2018 with Scholas Occurrentes, offers diversion and empowerment for vulnerable children in Tofo Village. The organisation also advocates for the rights of street children and accepts donations of surfing and household equipment, skills, volunteer time and employment or training opportunities. It is registered in South Africa as a non-profit organisation and in Mozambique as an association.