Huis Maerua Children’s Home provides a safe, stable, and loving environment for children who have been removed from parental care due to circumstances such as abuse, neglect, abandonment, and maltreatment. Beyond providing a home, the organisation focuses on helping each child heal, develop, and rediscover the security and joy of childhood through dedicated care, education, therapy, and ongoing support.

Teruza was chosen to reshape Huis Maerua’s digital presence around that mission. We developed a modern, responsive website that communicates the organisation’s story with sensitivity while making it easier for supporters to understand its needs, explore fundraising initiatives, contribute financially, and become part of the community supporting the children in its care.

The platform was designed to balance warmth with clarity — giving Huis Maerua a professional digital presence without losing the personal character at the heart of the organisation. Clear navigation, accessible content, mobile-friendly layouts, and prominent pathways to support ensure that donors, businesses, volunteers, and members of the public can quickly understand where their contribution can make a difference.

The result is a digital platform that gives Huis Maerua’s work the visibility it deserves while strengthening its ability to connect with the wider community. More than simply presenting information, the website helps turn awareness into action — supporting an organisation whose work is ultimately about giving vulnerable children something fundamental: a place where they can feel safe, valued, and at home.

“For an organisation like Huis Maerua, technology should never get in the way of the human story. Our job was to build a platform that makes their mission clear, their needs visible, and supporting their work as simple as possible.”
— Ardi Coetzee, CTO, Teruza