Safe. Known. Loved.
Daybreak House for Vulnerable Babies is a registered Place of Safety in Pretoria, nurturing babies who need safe arms while they wait for their forever home.
It Takes a Village to Hold the Vulnerable
Caring for vulnerable babies from Pretoria and surrounding areas, since 2023.
We believe every child deserves to feel safe, loved and known.
Together We Can Rewrite Their Stories
Donate
Every rand makes a difference in a baby’s life. Your donation helps us provide food, clothing, medical care and love for the vulnerable babies entrusted to our care.
Volunteer
Give your time and your heart. Our volunteers are the beating heart of Daybreak House, showing up every day to hold, feed and love vulnerable babies.
Wish List
Browse our wish list and pick something our babies need. From nappies and formula to clothing and cleaning products, every purchase makes a real difference.
What is Happening at Daybreak?
Kleur die Lig In
A morning of leather, colour and connection with Alsuli Creative. Design your own genuine leather handbag on Thursday 10 September. Spaces are limited.
The Radiant Collection
Every month, artist Esté Jones paints an original work inspired by the babies in our care. This month’s piece, The Hands That Love, is a tribute to every mother, caregiver and volunteer who chooses to show up.
Our Impact In Numbers
24
Precious babies lovingly cared for since June 2023
151
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Visitor Groups welcomed through our doors
53
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Active volunteers giving their time and hearts to vulnerable babies
*Based on operational averages since June 2023
One Community. One Commitment. Every Child Matters.
Daybreak House for Vulnerable Babies opened its doors in June 2023 with one simple but profound conviction: that every baby deserves to feel safe, loved and known.
We are a registered Place of Safety in Pretoria, operated by The Grové Schoombee Foundation NPC. We care for babies from birth until they are reunified with family, placed in foster care or adopted into their forever home.
We believe this is not just our calling. It is yours too.
"He will take delight in you with gladness. With His love, He will calm all your fears."
Zephaniah 3:17
From the Daybreak Journal
Design Your Own Leather Handbag, and Buy Us a Day
Forty women, one morning, a room full of leather and colour. Once the materials are paid for, what remains cover roughly one day of running Daybreak House. This is a piece about what one day actually holds, and why forty new people knowing our name matters as much as the money.
The Hands That Love
A woman’s arms. A baby’s head resting against her shoulder. The second painting in The Radiant Collection is a tribute to every pair of hands that has ever held a Daybreak baby.
The Difference Love Can Make
Self-Reflection – Experience at The Grové Schoombee Foundation Before I started my internship at The Grové Schoombee Foundation, I had a general understanding that there
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Every Baby Needs a Village. Will You Be Part of Ours?
Every baby that comes through our doors arrives vulnerable and leaves loved. You make that possible. Will you join our village today?
