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# Grow Great

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## Posts
- [A Comparative Look at Food Security in Party Manifestos](https://growgreat.co.za/food-security/): RISE Mzansi also offers a multifaceted approach to enhancing food security, including government income grants, food discount vouchers, land allocation and support for small-scale farming.
- [A Mom’s Journey with Flourish Postnatal Classes](https://growgreat.co.za/a-moms-journey-with-flourish-postnatal-classes/): This success story highlights the impact of the Flourish postnatal classes, as one mom shares her experience of receiving continued support after pregnancy. Her story shows how Flourish creates a supportive space for moms as they navigate the postnatal journey and the early months of motherhood.
- [Eastern Cape Takes Action Against Child Stunting](https://growgreat.co.za/eastern-cape-child-stunting-partnership/): East London, Eastern Cape – The Eastern Cape Department of Health, Grow Great, and a coalition of partners launched a landmark provincial partnership to change the story of child nutrition in the province. The ambition is clear and shared: that the Eastern Cape stops being named in headlines about children dying of hunger and becomes a province where no child dies of hunger and childhood stunting ends.
- [Grow Great Campaigns](https://growgreat.co.za/the-grow-great-campaign/): Grow Great and the DG Murray Trust challenge government, manufacturers and retailers to fight child hunger through its recently launched billboard campaign.
- [South African Early Childhood Review 2024](https://growgreat.co.za/early-childhood/): This is according to the South African Early Childhood Review 2024, which tracks data on the status of children under six years, and is jointly published by Ilifa Labantwana; the Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town; the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency; the Department of Basic Education; the Grow Great Campaign; and DataDrive2030. 
- [The Malnutrition Crisis: Prioritising The Health And Well-Being Of Future Generations](https://growgreat.co.za/malnutrition/): As the dust settles on the recent elections, it is time for the new administration to confront a silent catastrophe that has plagued our nation for far too long - the malnutrition crisis. The haunting statistics reveal a grim reality: over 1.5 million children in South Africa suffer from stunted growth, a reflection of the chronic lack of proper nutrition and care during their crucial early years.
- [Grow Great Campaign Celebrates Community Health Worker Day](https://growgreat.co.za/health-worker-day/): Bridgette Memela, a Community Health Worker from Diepkloof Clinic in Region D, Johannesburg, shared her heartfelt experience at the Grow Great Champions Community Health Worker Day. "It is great to be here today, celebrating each other and the important work that we do in our communities," she expressed. Bridgette joined the program in April 2021 and expressed her joy at being present to celebrate the impactful work done in their communities. In 2023, she proudly held the title of the top Community Health Worker in the City of Johannesburg for Region D.
- [The superpowers of Omega 3](https://growgreat.co.za/omega-3/): Mpho used to work as a cleaner and had built a wonderful friendship with a manager whose office she used to clean. They fell pregnant at the same time and the of two of them decided they would remind each other to take their pregnancy supplements every morning at work. Mpho got her supplements for free from her local government clinic, while her friend bought hers every month from her local pharmacy. Mpho noticed some differences between her supplements and her friend’s, for one, Mpho didn’t have the clear capsules that are filled with a golden liquid inside. She asked her friend about the capsules and the friend told her they were called omega 3 capsules and that they are a super brain supplement that was helping her baby’s brain develop well in the womb. She also told Mpho they are also chewable omega 3 tablets that she buys for her 2-year-old daughter, and she believed that’s why her daughter was so clever. Mpho wanted to also start buying them, but when she heard about the price, she was sad because it was too expensive for her already stretched budget.
- [Study reveals power of income support in fighting maternal hunger, poor mental health](https://growgreat.co.za/mental-health/): Digital food vouchers offered to South African women during pregnancy have been found to have a statistically significant positive impact on levels of hunger among expectant mothers, their children and on mental health.
- [‘GGC awards brought us together’](https://growgreat.co.za/community-health-worker/): When asked what he planned to do with the prizes he won, which included cash and a scale, Nkomazi’s top-performing Community Health Worker (CHW), Nhlanhla Mkhonza from the Ntunda team said he didn’t know yet.
- [Youth is key to growing great communities](https://growgreat.co.za/youth-is-key-to-growing-great-communities/): *This article is from our 2020 edition of our On The Field CHW magazine and has been edited for brevity.
- [Going the extra mile pays off](https://growgreat.co.za/caring-deeply-for-children/): The dedication of Champions for Children such as Mabunda is what zero stunting by 2030 requires. We salute her for caring deeply for children and mothers in her community.
- [Sibongile’s strategy for success](https://growgreat.co.za/sibongile-novunga/): When Sibongile Novunga took over the leadership of a former Grow Great Champions (GGC) coach’s club, she had no idea that she would accomplish so much with her group of dedicated community health workers (CHWs).
- [How teamwork made Dikeledi a Champion](https://growgreat.co.za/how-teamwork-made-dikeledi-a-champion/): Work as a unit and focus on supporting and caring for each other as colleagues. That is the advice of the winning Community Health Worker (CHW) in the 2021 Super League, Dikeledi Sehlabane, to all other CHWs in the Grow Great Champions (GGC) network.
- [A dream deferred, not denied](https://growgreat.co.za/a-dream-deferred-not-denied/): "Winning this award means a lot to me because I now see myself as the nurse of my community," remarked Cyndi Mnisi as we caught up with her at the end of the Grow Great Champions (GGC) ceremony, where she was named Community Health Worker (CHW) of the year.
- [Sowing the seeds of change](https://growgreat.co.za/sowing-the-seeds-of-change/): It can be easy to forget that you are in Johannesburg’s inner city when you enter the Bertrams Inner City Farm. The farm is not far from the famous Ponte Tower in Hillbrow, and just a few blocks away from the Ellis Park Stadium, and many people would find it hard to believe that food is grown in this busy part of the city. But urban farmer Refiloe Molefe (60) could always see potential in her project before it was even established in 2006.
- [Dream big, even if you start small](https://growgreat.co.za/dream-big-even-if-you-start-small/): Motivated by the passion to bring change to her community, Rirhandzu Patience Myenze has grown a small food patch into the large front yard garden it is today in just 11 years. Not only does it feed her family, relatives and neighbours, it brings her income as well as she sells some of the food that she grows.
- [Perseverance pays off](https://growgreat.co.za/perseverance-pays-off/): *Told by Mentor Mother Programme Manager Nomzamo Matodlana
- [Beating the blues](https://growgreat.co.za/beating-the-blues/): Like any young mother-to-be, 14-year-old Tintswalo Chauke* was terrified when she found out she was pregnant.
- [Talk to someone and save a life](https://growgreat.co.za/talk-to-someone-and-save-a-life/): Opening up about one’s mental health challenges can be among the hardest thing to do in life, but Sarah Mashaba (34), a community health worker (CHW) based at Thomo Clinic, Giyani, believes that talking can not only improve one’s mental health, but save lives.
- [A cup of tea with Sister B](https://growgreat.co.za/a-cup-of-tea-with-sister-b/): Grow Great Champions (GGC) Master Trainer Bernardette Robertson had always wanted to make a difference in people’s lives since she was a teenager. Her desire to care for others, especially in times of need, would see her move from her hometown of Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast to Johannesburg after matriculating.
- [Victory for Vusi!](https://growgreat.co.za/victory-for-vusi/): Born in Phiva at Mpumalanga, Vusimuzi Msibi, always knew that he was destined to care for those around him. The first of four siblings, Vusi had to take on the responsibilities of his parents after they passed away.
- [2021 National Nutrition Week – It’s not just about food](https://growgreat.co.za/2021-national-nutrition-week-its-not-just-about-food/): Today marks the end of South Africa’s National Nutrition Week, an annual nutrition awareness campaign aimed at educating the public on healthy nutrition. Sadly, despite us commemorating National Nutrition week dutifully year in and year out, not enough has changed in terms of the nutritional outcomes of young children, particularly stunting from chronic malnutrition.
- [A team united against stunting](https://growgreat.co.za/a-team-united-against-stunting/): Within seconds of walking into the room where the 14 members of the Bashise Ndlondlo Grow Great Champions (GGC) club are sitting, one can almost sense the spirit of togetherness in the air. All wearing their GGC T-shirts, their faces beam with pride as they explain how the club got its name.
- [Putting their community first](https://growgreat.co.za/putting-their-community-first/): The Reaphedisa Grow Great Champions CHW Club, which comprised Nicolene Mohale, Mavis Selotole and Elsinah Mohale achieved a feat that some would consider nearly impossible last year .
- [Doing it for the children](https://growgreat.co.za/doing-it-for-the-children/): When she started working at Seapole Clinic years ago, Nicolene Mohale had no idea that she would accomplish what she has so far.
- [Knowledge, the key to success](https://growgreat.co.za/knowledge-the-key-to-success/): Rose Mpika, of the Siyakhulisa GGC team of CHWs, was elated when she found out that she was named Mpumalanga’s top performing CHW.
- [Grow Great releases 2021 Worcester Stunting Report](https://growgreat.co.za/grow-great-releases-worcester-report-2021/): On 13 May 2021, Grow Great released the findings of a study conducted with Stellenbosch on the nutritional status of children under five in Worcester, Breede Valley (Western Cape).
- [2021 Grow Great Journalist of the Year submissions now open](https://growgreat.co.za/2021-grow-great-journalist-of-the-year-submissions-now-open/): Grow Great, a campaign with the aim to galvanise South Africa towards a national commitment to achieving zero stunting by 2030, is calling for submissions for its annual Grow Great journalist of the year awards. The competition that is now running for the third year seeks to honour journalists who have written on issues of stunting and malnutrition in the previous year.
- [Grow Great CoCare Maternal Support Study Webinar](https://growgreat.co.za/grow-great-cocare-maternal-support-study-webinar/): On 18 March 2021, Grow Great and its partners from CoCare, Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading, Embrace and Amandla.mobi held an interactive virtual conference on the findings of the CoCare Report.
- [Grow Great releases CoCare Maternal Support Study](https://growgreat.co.za/grow-great-releases-cocare-maternal-support-study/): Grow Great released findings of a study conducted on the impact of COVID-19 on the nutrition and mental health of pregnant women in Cape Town on Thursday, 18 March 2021.
- [Maternal Support Grant Petition](https://growgreat.co.za/maternal-support-grant-petition/): Prior to COVID-19, many South African households were already burdened with high levels of malnutrition. But then the pandemic came, and things got worse — lockdown restrictions left many families without income, some without access to social relief support, increasing the number of people not receiving safe, sufficient and nutritious food.
- [2020 Grow Great Journalist of the Year submissions now open](https://growgreat.co.za/2020-grow-great-journalist-of-the-year-submissions-now-open/): Grow Great, a campaign with the aim to galvanise South Africa towards a national commitment to achieving zero stunting by 2030, is calling for submissions for its annual Grow Great Journalist of the Year awards. The competition that is now running for the 2nd year seeks to honour journalists who have written on issues of stunting and malnutrition between October 2019 and October 2020.
- [Flourish Mom – Patricia Stoffels](https://growgreat.co.za/flourish-mom-patricia-stoffels/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onPDO68uUoI
- [Our Heroes From The Field: Sheila Khoza](https://growgreat.co.za/our-heroes-from-the-field-sheila-khoza-chw-magudu-nkomazi/): “Asiyibambeni singayi yekeli, size sifike ekugcineni. Ngithi asiyeni phambili!” (let’s persevere until the end, let’s move forward).
- [Sabelo Magagula wins the 2020 Grow Great Dads! Challenge](https://growgreat.co.za/sabelo-magagula-wins-the-2020-grow-great-dads-challenge/): Sabelo Magagula won the Grow Great Dads Challenge that was aired on YFM from 2- 23 June 2020. Magagula won every single week’s challenge and the R10 000 grand prize. The Grow Great team caught up with the 24-year-old father to find out how he managed to win the competition and here’s what he had to say.
- [COVID19 FAQs for mothers](https://growgreat.co.za/covid19-faqs-for-mothers/): The symptoms and signs of COVID-19 are the same in pregnant women as the general public. Everyone should take care to avoid infection or infecting others. You help protect yourself by:
- [Reflecting on Flourish](https://growgreat.co.za/reflecting-on-flourish/): This mother’s month, I have been reflecting on how exceptionally fortunate I am to be part of the Flourish community, a network of women committed to supporting, empowering and celebrating one another through the first thousand days of their children’s lives. In my role as a Flourish coach I am privileged not only to benefit from the stories of the women who raised me, my grandmothers, mother, aunts and sisters but also the stories of so many of South Africa’s incredible mothers.
- [Grow Great calls on food manufacturers, wholesalers & retailers to ramp up the affordability of a “Solidarity Basket” of nutritious foods.](https://growgreat.co.za/grow-great-calls-on-food-manufacturers-wholesalers-retailers-to-ramp-up-affordability-of-a-solidarity-basket-of-nutritious-foods/): The Grow Great campaign commends the president for taking bold & decisive action to address the widespread hunger witnessed across South Africa as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic lockdown.
- [With no nutritional reserves, Covid-19 will push people over the edge](https://growgreat.co.za/with-no-nutritional-reserves-covid-19-will-push-people-over-the-edge/): Even before the lockdown, the nutritional status of a large proportion of South African families was very fragile. A quarter of South Africa’s children under five suffer from stunting as a result of chronic malnutrition, which is an underlying contributory factor in at least two-thirds of child deaths in South Africa. A quarter of pregnant women report going hungry and 25% of households live below the food poverty line. Quite literally, a vast number of families have been living on the edge.
- [Bill Gates shines the spotlight on stunting](https://growgreat.co.za/bill-gates-shines-the-spotlight-on-stunting/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBRn1LfRdYk
- [Grow Great Executive Director Dr Kopano Matlwa Mabaso discusses stunting on eNCA](https://growgreat.co.za/grow-great-executive-director-dr-kopano-matlwa-mabaso-discusses-stunting-on-enca/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXu0wwhaNZg
- [Grow Great joins other NGOs to support mothers during COVID 19](https://growgreat.co.za/grow-great-joins-other-ngos-to-support-mothers-during-covid-19/): NGO collective and the national department of health’s under 5 Side by Side campaign launches Messages for Mothers (M4M), an initiative that creates and distributes simple messages that answer the questions mothers have about COVID-19 and its effect on the physical and mental well-being of themselves and their families. 
- [FREE RESOURCE: Social media graphics with helpline numbers for COVID-19 (English and Afrikaans)](https://growgreat.co.za/helpline-numbers-free-social-media-graphics/): We have created these social media graphics with useful helpline numbers across a variety of topics. Please share on your social media networks as they may help someone. English and Afrikaans versions available for now.
- [Mindfulness exercise for mothers: Noticing and breathing](https://growgreat.co.za/breathing-and-noticing/): Welcome to this noticing and breathing exercise.
- [Mindfulness exercise for mothers: 2 minutes of breathing](https://growgreat.co.za/mindfulness-exercise-for-mothers-2-minutes-of-breathing/): Listen to this article:
- [Mindfulness exercise for mothers: Intro to breathing](https://growgreat.co.za/mindfulness-exercise-for-mothers-intro-to-breathing/): Listen to this article:
- [Hantering van gesinsgeweld tydens COVID-19](https://growgreat.co.za/family-violence-afrikaans/): Listen to this article in Afrikaans:
- [Die hantering van stres as moeder tydens COVID-19](https://growgreat.co.za/die-hantering-van-stres-as-moeder-tydens-covid-19/): As 'n moeder sorg jy nie net vir jouself nie; jy sorg ook vir jou kinders en ook ander mense in die huis. Jy kan dus baie spanning en bekommernisse ervaar tydens COVID-19.
- [Die Hantering van depressie, angs en verslawing tydens COVID-19](https://growgreat.co.za/die-hantering-van-depressie-angs-en-verslawing-tydens-covid-19/): Listen to this article in Afrikaans:

## Pages
- [Grow Great Summit – Day 2](https://growgreat.co.za/grow-great-summit-day-2/): The conversation will explore how South Africa’s national mission to end stunting by 2030 can translate into coordinated action for families in the First 1,000 Days, including lessons from Indonesia and reflections on implementation with Dr Riri.
- [First 1000 Days Summit Confirmation](https://growgreat.co.za/first-1000-days-summit-confirmation/): Thank you for confirming your attendance at the First 1,000 Days Summit 2026. 09:00 - 17:30 28 October Sandton Hotel
- [Sitemap](https://growgreat.co.za/sitemap/)
- [First 1000 Days](https://growgreat.co.za/first-1000-days/): The Summit convenes the organisations and individuals working across the First 1000 Days ecosystem to strengthen connections, share learning and, above all, agree practical joint action towards ending childhood stunting in South Africa.
- [Maternal Support Grant Petition](https://growgreat.co.za/maternal-support-grant-petition/): Prior to COVID-19, many South African households were already burdened with high levels of malnutrition. But then the pandemic came, and things got worse - lockdown restrictions left many families without income, some without access to social relief support, increasing the number of people not receiving safe, sufficient and nutritious food.
- [Let’s close the food gap](https://growgreat.co.za/lets-close-the-food-gap/): The right to sufficient food is enshrined in South Africa’s Constitution, which also guarantees children the right to basic nutrition. Although we live in a country that produces enough food, high levels of poverty and inequality coupled with the rising cost of food mean far too many people are experiencing hunger and suffering the consequences of child malnutrition.
- [Resources](https://growgreat.co.za/resources-2/): Side by Side Breastfeeding in the workplace guide booklet
- [Statistics](https://growgreat.co.za/statistics/)
- [Donate](https://growgreat.co.za/donate/): Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy, strong and supported. Yet nearly 1 in 3 children under 2 in South Africa are stunted - too short for their age and falling behind developmentally due to chronic undernutrition in the first 1 000 days of life.
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- [Resources](https://growgreat.co.za/resources/): Here you’ll find free, practical resources to support healthy pregnancies, thriving moms and babies and strong communities.
- [Contact](https://growgreat.co.za/contact-grow-great/): The Grow Great Address
- [Partners](https://growgreat.co.za/early-childhood-development/): Grow Great supports South Africa’s goals to give every child a strongstart. Our work aligns with the National Development Plan, the Department of Health’s maternal and child health priorities, the National Strategy to Accelerate Action for Children and the National Integrated Early Childhood Development Policy.
- [About](https://growgreat.co.za/childhood-stunting/): Childhood Stunting is a sign of chronic malnutrition, showing up as children being too short for their age. But it’s not just about height. It’s about missed potential in health, learning and life. And it holds our country back, too.
- [Moms](https://growgreat.co.za/moms/): These free, practical videos are made for for busy moms and other caregivers. Explore or download them anytime. No sign-up needed.
- [Health Care Workers](https://growgreat.co.za/health-care-workers/): As a Community Health Care Workers (CHW), you play a vital role in helping families grow great.
- [Articles](https://growgreat.co.za/articles/)
- [Homepage](https://growgreat.co.za/): From pregnancy to age two, we reach momsand their babies with practical, life-changingsupport that prevents stunted growth andkeeps body and brain development on track.

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