The Holy Cross Church community supports various charities in different ways, according to their needs.

The House of Obras Don Orion takes care of handicapped orphans. There is a visiting nurse and a practical teacher to teach basic domestic skills.

The Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa Sisters) run an orphanage for young children, and provide medical support in the community. They built the first HIV/AIDS hospice in the country, and it brings hope and peace to many sufferers and their families.

The Dom Bosco Sisters run a school in their compound for residents and non-residents where other training for boys is given. Some of the advanced students are either sent to high school, or when the conditions at home have been normalised, they return there. They also engage the boys in farming activities.

The Mafalala home for the aged is run by volunteer group called the Conferência da Sociedade São Vincente de Paul, part of the parish of Santa Ana de Munhuana. Currently there are no elderly being cared for, and the group is looking for a suitable place to care for them.

The Casa da Criança Madre Maria Clara is run by the Congregação  das Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras Imaculada Conceição.