About Us
Putting Christ First. Serving People with Love.
Christ First Foundation is a Christian non-profit organisation dedicated to transforming lives through faith, compassion, and community service. We believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ brings lasting hope, and we demonstrate that hope by serving people with dignity, kindness, and practical support.
Our mission is to share the love of Christ through outreach programmes, youth development, food and clothing donations, prayer, and community partnerships. Every project we undertake is rooted in our commitment to glorify God and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve.
We believe that real change happens when faith is put into action. Whether we are supporting families in need, encouraging young people, or praying with individuals facing difficult circumstances, our goal is to reflect the heart of Jesus Christ in everything we do.
Our Journey
Christ First Foundation was established with one clear vision: to see lives transformed through the love of Jesus Christ and practical acts of service.
What began as a small group of passionate youth volunteers has grown into a community-driven ministry committed to reaching people where they are. Through consistent outreach, prayer, and acts of compassion, we continue to impact communities while sharing the message of salvation.
As we grow, our commitment remains unchanged: to put Christ first, serve others with humility, and inspire hope in every community we reach.
A debt of kindness, paid forward
Christ First Foundation was founded by Thabiso Bhengu. In 2008 he lost his father, and watched a whole community arrive to carry the family through. They were returning years of quiet generosity that his father had never kept a record of. The Foundation grew out of that week.
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The kindness that came back
Thabiso's father passed away. In the days that followed, people came from everywhere. Neighbours, friends and strangers his father had quietly helped over the years all arrived to carry the family through the loss.
His father never kept a record of who he helped. The community kept it for him, and gave all of it back at once. Thabiso saw what a lifetime of generosity had built, and it lit a beacon he could not put down.
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Giving, quietly
Thabiso started giving on his own. He gave to people he met in the streets and along the roads, and to families he visited at home. There was no name on it and no organisation behind it.
For five years the work stayed personal and unannounced, funded out of his own pocket and carried in his own time. Nobody was asked to notice.
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Help, and a message
Giving alone had a ceiling. Thabiso saw that partnering with established organisations and brands could reach far more people than one man ever could, and that the giving was meant to carry something with it.
Help on its own was not enough. It had to be a sermon too, a beacon of hope that draws people closer to Christ. That conviction gave the Foundation its name. Christ first, and everything else in service of that.
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Building the team
Preparations began in earnest. Thabiso brought together people who shared the conviction and put the groundwork in place, including the structure, the plan and the hands to carry it.
What one person had done privately for five years was rebuilt as something a team could sustain, account for and grow.
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Christ First Foundation opens its doors
The Foundation is registered and ready. We serve where we can, starting with youth, elders and children, and we point every person we meet toward Jesus Christ.
Eighteen years after a community showed up for one family, the same kindness is going back out. Every meal served, every conversation and every prayer carries it forward.
Christ First Foundation was founded by Thabiso Bhengu and serves wherever the need takes us.