Published 06 July 2026
Dignity Through Support & Sanitation
From school sanitation projects to homeless support, see how we're helping create safer communities.
Poverty Alleviation, Welfare, Dignity and Sanitation is one of the key pillars of The Star Foundation. Through this pillar, we support initiatives that help meet basic human needs, creating safer, healthier communities where people can live with dignity. While our work also extends across education, nutrition and health, this pillar focuses on improving wellbeing through safe sanitation and support services for vulnerable communities.
We believe that true community welfare starts with addressing basic human needs. When people have access to safe spaces and proper facilities, it creates a foundation for better health, greater safety, and renewed self-esteem.
Two of our recent collaborations show exactly how this work is happening on the ground:
- Homeless Support: Following a successful partnership with U-turn Homeless Ministries in 2025, The Star Foundation has renewed its support for 2026. Our funding now covers the operational costs of the Strand Service Centre, helping provide meals, hygiene facilities, counselling and pathways to employment for people experiencing homelessness.
- School Sanitation Upgrades: Through funds raised by LottoStar, we have partnered with Breadline Africa to replace unsafe pit toilets with proper, safe dignified sanitation facilities at schools in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. These upgrades directly protect a child's health and safety, giving them the confidence to focus on their education.
Real change comes down to community and collaboration. Whether we are supporting a homeless service centre or replacing dangerous pit toilets with safe sanitation facilities, our goal is simply to help provide the basic safety and dignity that every person deserves.