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Unchain Our Children Operatives Team Brought Child Labour Trafficked Victim To Safety In the mire of child trafficking statistics, saving one victim at a time is progress.  Such was the case when a joint operation between UOC and SAVETHEM operatives ...

Give and take, normally creates great balance.  However, Give and Give, seems to be the epitome of abundance.  Such was the case when Unchain Our Children was blessed with a bakkie-load of baby formula from New BeginningZ recently. Wayne van ...

Another in-depth conversation was conducted this morning by Harties FM Presenter, Esther Groenewald, with Amy, the counter-human trafficking operative of UOC. Harties FM Radio’s initiative to roll out an awareness campaign to educate their listeners about the dangers of human ...

Block Buster Movie, Sound Of Freedom Private Screening In Aid Of Unchain Our Children’s Cause Well Attended In Hyde Park Nu Metro An incredible initiative of three ladies, Barbara Keys, Denise Groenewald, and Tracey Schmidt led to successful negotiations with ...

In less than a week, of being reported missing by the biological mother, a missing 14-year-old child was found unharmed by an emergency intervention by UOC Operatives who went many extra miles to establish the child’s location. After following up ...

The Heart of Stella Foundation Donated Baby Shower Gifts to UOC and Place of Safety for Babies Callyn Bowler, Mum-to-Be, Philanthropist, Founder and Managing Director of The Heart of Stella Foundation initiated and hosted numerous baby shower drives with other ...

Morgan Kruger, Founder and Director of Shekinah 911 Emergency Medical and also an advanced medic, introduced ZMED Emergency Medical Services to the work Unchain Our Children does.  ZMED has now announced that they, together with Shekinah 911, will also support ...

Unchain Our Children celebrated a long-standing relationship with SAPS in supporting their efforts to curb social crimes by not only work in solidarity to identify and combat gender-based violence, domestic violence, and human trafficking, but also, thanks to the generosity ...

Morgan Kruger, advanced medic and driving force behind Shekinah 911, is one of Unchain Our Children’s most treasured partners when it comes to being on the scene as it happens.  Quick and efficient care, dedicated, and going the extra mile ...

Unchain Our Children’s Founder and Executive Director, Wayne van Onselen received a generous donation of much needed warm blankets from a loyal supporter who prefer to remain anonymous. In the recent freezing temperatures this great gift is most welcome and ...

Unchain Our Children recently watched children play their mud games, running around and exhibiting pure joy.  Their mother, a long-time Friend and Supporter of UOC, who often contributes to the cause, confirms her boys’ love for the outdoors. These pictures ...

July 2023 is probably one of the coldest months in in years!  Many vulnerable citizens are exposed to the elements without the necessary warm apparel or blankies.  Thanks to a huge blanket donation by an anonymous donor and a vitamin ...

A recent spotting of an Unchain Our Children Battle Angel sticker on a supporter’s car in South Korea, indicates UOC’s reach across the globe. The Battle Angel, a symbol of protection and certainly the war against human trafficking and other ...

Donors who prefer to remain anonymous, donated a mountain of blankets for the vulnerable individuals, families, and children in the communities Unchain Our Children serves.  Wayne van Onselen, Founder and Executive Director expresses his joy and gratitude towards the donors ...

It was during hard lockdown that the UOC Team set out to investigate severe neglect of a two-year-old and assisted his grandmother with the necessary processes to have him brought to safety. Today, the suffering has been replaced by daily ...

“Drug Identification Services provide the necessary tools and expertise to help identify specific drugs by analysing their packaging and physical appearance. This service can be particularly helpful in preventing drug abuse and addiction, as it enables individuals to identify potentially ...

Unchain Our Children’s motto is teamwork.  The little Minions Project is a great example of several companies, NPOs/NPCs, volunteers, and individuals who reached out to The Little Minions in Rayton to brighten up their facility so the children could enjoy ...

Octodec, sister company of City Property, donated 150 dignity bags for abused women and children today to Unchain Our Children.  Four ladies from the Johannesburg branch visited Unchain to bring the bags stacked with high quality items.  In the bags ...

Olivia Jasriel, Founder of The Jasriel Foundation and Unchain Our Children’s fellow warrior combatting abuse against women and children spoke at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in London recently where hearings took place on violence in ...

Survivor, Activist and Founder of The Jasriel Foundation – Athletes against Child Abuse (AACA) Unchain Our Children is immensely privileged to announce the partnership with The Jasriel Foundation in order to combat sexual abuse against children as a joint effort ...

Survivor, Activist and Founder of The Jasriel Foundation – Athletes against Child Abuse (AACA) Unchain Our Children is immensely privileged to announce the partnership with The Jasriel Foundation in order to combat sexual abuse against children as a joint effort ...

Wayne van Onselen, Unchain’s Founder and Executive Director expressed his gratitude for 11 KIDS CARE bags, stacked with soft toys, clothing, colouring in books and crayons, sweeties, cooldrink, books and other comforting items, together with matching warm blankets.  A special ...

To serve, is not only the highest honour, but also one of the strongest character-building tools for our country’s young adults.  Wayne van Onselen, Executive Director of Unchain Our Children announced the Junior Battle Angel project recently during Unchain’s first ...

Callyn Bowler, Managing Director of The Heart of Stella Foundation recently donated adult clothes, brand-new books, school stationary packs and a special gift in the form of a book by Philip Frankel with the title Human Trafficking in South Africa, for ...

Wayne van Onselen, Executive Director of Unchain Our Children, would like to thank each and every person, company, group, and fellow NPO/NPC for their continuous support, either in goods or in financial contribution which enable the UOC Team to work ...

Two separate interventions were successfully executed late last night when Unchain Our Children and Shekinah 911 Emergency Services responded to a family regarding substance abuse and later to another family regarding gender-based violence. Assessment of the incidents and victims were ...

As an ongoing project to uplift, support and equip The Little Minions, a collaborative effort, initiated by Callyn Bowler of The Heart of Stella Foundation in cooperation with Unchain Our Children, another goal was reached with the valuable sponsorship of ...

In the beginning of 2023, during a meeting with Callyn Bowler, Managing Director and Founder of The Heart of Stella Foundation, Unchain Our Children experienced her passion for unity among NPOs and NPCs in order to serve children in the ...

Unchain Our Children celebrates another huge food donation from Wings of Inspiration, a Christian based NPC in Roodepoort, whose motto is to be generous and kind and together with fellow NPCs, like UOC, making a difference in the lives of ...

Promoting unity among like-minded NPOs and NPCs is close to Unchain Our Children’s heart.  It is in teamwork, sharing of resources and many times sharing of food donations, that the goal of serving the vulnerable communities comes together. Teamwork between ...

Breaking News Another South African citizen was recently rescued from a Chinese labor trafficking syndicate and returned to South Africa, thanks to the heroic and highly professional intervention of one of Unchain Our Children’s most treasured associates, PRIVADECT, who brilliantly ...

It is with huge gratitude that Wayne van Onselen, Founder and Executive Director of Unchain our Children recently received yet another trailer-load of milk from a much-treasured Corporate Donor, dedicated to UOC’s cause! With every long-life milk donation, Unchain Our ...

Wayne van Onselen, Founder and Executive Director of Unchain Our Children facilitated a much-needed chair donation with Dinah Bronkhorst, Executive Head of Afrikaanse Toekomstrust (ATTSA) for Geseënde Hande, a NPO in Danville serving their community in Daspoort and Danville.  Weekly, ...

Due to their good working relations, with Dinah Bronkhorst, Founder of CPI (Care Protect Invest SA), Unchain Our Children recently facilitated a donation of Emergency Medical and First Aid items for Shekinah 911 Emergency Medical Services, a main role player ...

Recently, Unchain Our Children received a lovely donation from Wings of Inspiration Care Centre when Wayne and Nicky collected different types of porridge, Purity, juice, and a variety of other baby food.  The donation was divided and paid forward to ...

A recent milk donation from Unchain Our Children was actually an answer to prayer for the recipient.  At the time it was unknown to UOC that their donation had come at exactly the right time to meet that need.  When ...

Unchain Our Children together with like-minded individuals, joined an initiative for establishing a temporary place of safety in Pretoria for mothers who are victims of gender-based violence.  Together with a team of sponsors, donors and generous individuals, planning for the ...

Working in tandem with organizations like Geseënde Hande, is witnessing the monumental task Ester Malan and her Team is daily accomplishing among their community, especially with regards to feeding the community and being there for the new-borns. When there are ...

Ianthe Froneman, Unchain Our Children Ambassador and Mrs Universe South Africa 2019, paid a special goodwill visit today to Geseënde Hande in Danville to commend Esther Malan, Founder and Director and staff for the huge community service they rendered by ...

During a church outreach in Pretoria North Ianthe Froneman, UOC Ambassador came across a destitute lady living with her friend in squalor with no running water or electricity which made personal hygiene impossible.  For food they dug into rubbish bins ...