Projects are live: donors and NPOs, join us to feed, educate and empower
bigfivegroup.africa now has Projects. Donors can fund Big Five Foods™ meals for feeding, educating and empowering projects and follow every gift from payment to delivery on their own dashboard. NPOs and NGOs can list for free, add their projects and receive donated meals, with impact reported automatically.
Fund a project. See every meal.
Why it matters
The challenge we are answering
About 309 million people in Africa faced hunger in 2025, roughly one in five people.
UN SOFI 2026
of South African Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning in any language.
PIRLS 2021
of children in sub-Saharan Africa live in learning poverty.
World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF et al., 2022
South Africa's official unemployment rate is 33.7%, and 63.6% for young people aged 15–24.
Stats SA, QLFS Q3 2026
These are not separate problems. A hungry child learns less.
These are not separate problems. A hungry child learns less. A child who doesn't learn finds it harder to get work, and a family without work struggles to put food on the table. That's why our mission has three parts: Feed · Educate · Empower, so Africa can prosper.
What's new
The next step: Projects
There are three kinds of project:
Feeding projects · 14 November 2026
209 660
meals provided across four projects
On 14 November 2026 the feeding projects page showed 209 660 meals provided across four projects, all counted from paid orders.
UN SDGs, linked automatically
Each project is linked automatically to the relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Educating projects
Educating projects are brand new and open for their first partners.
Donor journey
For donors
Your choice
Fund a specific project, a programme or a whole portfolio. You can also choose where most needed, which sends your gift to the open project with the fewest meals so far.
Your way
Give an amount in rand or a number of meals, once or on a schedule. Pause, skip or stop at any time.
Clear value
Before you pay, you see the packs, the kilograms and the cost per meal.
No extra cost
Big Five Foods™ arranges delivery at no extra cost on your gift.
1 kg of OnePot gives
20
adult meals
35
child meals
1 kg of fortified porridge gives
12
adult meals
15
child meals
How to sign up at bigfivegroup.africa/donors
- 1Create your free donor account
- 2Confirm your email
- 3Build your first gift
NPO & NGO journey
For NPOs & NGOs
Free to list
NPOs, NGOs, PBOs, trusts and foundations are all welcome. Verification is optional.
Your own page
Once reviewed and approved, your organisation appears in the public NGOs & NPOs directory with a page of its own, showing your projects and the meals they have received.
Donated meals
Donors can choose your organisation as the recipient of their gift, and customers and partners can allocate the food they buy to your projects.
Trust built in
“Verified” is shown only after a CIPC or registry check. Your street address, contact details and documents stay private, and maps show your town, never your street.
How to sign up at bigfivegroup.africa/join/organisation
- 1Register with your organisation's email
- 2Complete your profile
- 3Add your programmes and projects
- 4Choose which ones accept donated meals
Proof, not promises
Full transparency, reported automatically
Live donor dashboard: every gift moves through three stages
- Stage 1
Received
It is Received when payment is confirmed.
- Stage 2
Allocated
It is Allocated when it is placed on a named project.
- Stage 3
Delivered
It is Delivered when the project records the delivery.
Proof from the field
Meals ordered, delivered and served, with photos and project manager updates.
Automated reports
Download a PDF impact report, including the cost per meal, at any time.
Strict counting
Only paid orders count, and they appear on the project pages within a minute. A pending, failed or refunded order adds nothing.
Never estimated
Meals come from the price list and the published yields. People are counted as the number each project states.
Dignity first
No names, streets or phone numbers are ever shown.
Get involved
Join us
Feed · Educate · Empower, so Africa can prosper.
Dr Craig R. Muller, Big Five Group
