Organisation History

JAM started in 1984 after it's founder, Peter Pretorius, was stranded in an area called Pambarra in Mozambique. Peter was at a food distribution centre for 10 days without food or a change of clothes. There was no food at the centre, only 34 000 starving people. Every day more than 30 people died and he helped bury them in shallow trench graves. Broken by the reality of this suffering, Peter was filled with a resolve to feed and help as many people as possible. Now, more than two decades later, Joint Aid Management is making a difference to hundreds of thousands of lives in 5 African countries: Angola, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa and Sudan.