3,000 South African Jewish Orphans

Arcadia - the South African Jewish Orphanage - is celebrating its centenary and over its 100 years of existence has taken care of more than 3,000 children in residence in Arcadia and has helped an even greater number who were never in residence.

It is estimated that up to 5 percent of the South African Jewish population would have a direct connection with Arcadia and they or their parents or grandparents would have lived in or received help from Arcadia. Also it is estimated that in earlier days, 50 percent of South African Jewish families would have been financial members of Arcadia.

Arcadia still exists in Johannesburg, taking care of Jewish children in need and is still in need of our financial support.

More than 120 "children" (including many now living in Israel) have recorded their memories of Arcadia in a book 100 Years of ARC Memories and have raised funds to print 4,000 copies, which are on sale in the UK, US, Canada, Israel, Australia and South Africa to raise funds for Arcadia. All proceeds on sale of the book go direct to Arcadia.