When the state can’t come, the community sends the ambulance.
The Community Ambulance Fund is built, administered and dispatched by Homeland Security SA — for the community, by the community. When a life-threatening emergency strikes and no state ambulance can come, this fund sends a private ambulance instead. Every rand is accounted for publicly on this page. Medical response by our partner ALS Paramedics.
1 ambulance is ready right now. The next is 3 contributions away — R800 completes it.
Fund the next callout
Your contribution can help save the life of a community member in desperate need. When minutes matter and no state ambulance can come, this fund is the difference.
- Qualified paramedic crew dispatched with a fully equipped emergency ambulance
- On-scene emergency care — airway, oxygen, bleeding control, wound dressing, splinting and immobilisation
- Emergency medication administered on scene according to treatment protocols
- Cardiac monitoring and defibrillation where the patient’s condition requires it
- Stabilisation and transport to the nearest appropriate hospital
- Full handover of the patient to the hospital emergency unit
Make a contribution
Only your first name (or “Anonymous”) and suburb appear publicly. Your full details stay with Homeland Security SA and are never shared — POPIA compliant. You’ll enter payment details securely on the next screen.
Contributions are voluntary donations to the Community Ambulance Fund, not payments for services, and are non-refundable except where made in error or duplicated. Refund requests: info@homelandsa.co.za within 7 days.
Prefer a direct EFT? Bank details
Beware of scams: we will never message you about “changed” bank details. If you receive anything like that, phone us on 087 238 2900 before paying.
Other ways to help: set a monthly debit of R350 and add one contribution every month, or have your business sponsor a full R3,500 callout — email us to arrange either.
Wall of Honour
How the fund is run
- Ring-fenced. Held separately from Homeland operating revenue; used only for emergency dispatch in the fund zone.
- Victims only, without exception. The fund pays for emergency response to victims of crime, accidents and medical emergencies. It is never used to fund private medical response for any person reasonably believed by the control room to have been injured in the course of committing a crime. In those cases, state emergency services are notified in the normal way — no one is denied medical care, but this community’s money is reserved for the people it was raised to protect.
- Fixed rate, zero admin fee. ALS Paramedics bills a fixed contracted rate of R3,500 per callout — exactly what one green block represents. 100% of contributions go to dispatches.
- Privacy protected. First names or Anonymous only. Patient details never published. POPIA compliant.
- Fully logged. Every dispatch carries an incident reference, timestamp and authorising operator. Not tax-deductible.
The call comes in
087 238 2900 — the Homeland control room answers 24/7, every day of the year.
Criteria checked
All four dispatch conditions are verified in minutes by the authorising operator.
ALS dispatched
The ambulance rolls, paid from this fund. No bill ever reaches the patient.
Published here
The incident, amount and outcome are posted to the public ledger below.
Strict criteria. One zone. No grey areas.
Life-threatening emergency
Immediate risk to life — serious trauma, unresponsiveness, severe bleeding, or paediatric emergency.
State response unavailable
A public ambulance has been requested and is unavailable, or the confirmed ETA presents an unacceptable risk to the patient.
Inside the fund zone
The incident falls within the geofenced boundary shown on the map — Manor Gardens, Glenwood, Umbilo and the surrounding suburbs inside the boundary roads.
Control room authorised
Dispatch authorised by the Homeland 24/7 control room and logged with time, incident reference and operator.
Geofenced along the boundary roads: King Dinuzulu Rd to the north, Sydney Rd along the harbour side, Solomon Mahlangu Dr (M7) to the south, then around Carrington Heights and up Mary Thiphe St and Rick Turner Rd (M10) to the west. Explore the map or switch to satellite view. The Homeland control room in Westridge sits inside the zone. As the fund grows, the community can vote to extend it.
Every rand, accounted for
Each time the fund pays for a dispatch, the incident is published here with a photo, a summary, and the exact amount deducted. Patient identities are always protected.
Dispatch Report #2 — Umbilo Park
Dispatch Report #1 — Umbilo Park
On 29 July 2026 at approximately 17:00, the Homeland Security SA Control Room dispatched ALS Paramedics to a shooting incident at Umbilo Park after a man was reportedly held up at gunpoint. The patient sustained multiple gunshot wounds, was stabilised on scene and transported to hospital for further treatment. Out of respect for the patient and their family, no further details will be shared.
This incident met the Community Ambulance Fund Dispatch Criteria and the callout was covered in full by the Community Ambulance Fund — R1,500, paid directly to ALS Paramedics. It is the first dispatch funded by this community.
To every resident, business and stakeholder who has contributed: this is what your support makes possible. When every second counts, it ensures a paramedic can be on scene without anyone stopping to ask who pays.
Fund Accountability
This dispatch was reviewed and confirmed to meet the Community Ambulance Fund Dispatch Criteria in accordance with the Fund Terms & Conditions. This report forms part of the Fund's public transparency ledger.
Why Homeland built this
Homeland Security SA was founded in July 2021, in the aftermath of the Durban unrest — four neighbours who started as community volunteers and never stopped. Everything we have built since runs on one principle: the community protecting its own.
Today that means a 24/7 control room in Westridge, over 300 cameras watching the zone, and response vehicles that receive alarm signals the same second the control room does. The Community Ambulance Fund extends that exact system to medical emergencies — same control room, same discipline, same community.
Read our story →Before you ask
Is my donation tax-deductible?
What happens if the fund runs out?
Who decides when the fund is used?
I live outside the zone. Can I still contribute?
Will the patient ever get a bill?
Why R3,500? I paid less for an ambulance last year.
Why not a monthly household scheme instead?
How do I appear on the Wall of Honour - or stay anonymous?
You may never need this ambulance. Your neighbour might.
It takes ten contributions of R350 to fund one callout. Ten neighbours, and an ambulance stands ready for the child, the parent, the stranger in Manor Gardens, Glenwood or Umbilo who needs it most.
