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I spoke with Gcinisizwe today and I have a good news story to tell you. The wind last week was very very high and as a result the roof was ripped off one of the buildings on Gcinisizwe's family's property. Luckily nobody was hurt and the roof was replaced a few days later.

Had we not have replaced some of the shacks with emergency housing I am 100% sure that these shacks would have fallen down on top of the families inside. If you recall in one case there were two families living in one shack and it was entirely help up by the door which was propped open and unable to close, very dangerous and unsafe.

So there you go, had it not been for you, the people reading this post, the people who supported my work, both with donations (big and small!) and with helping me to spread the word, there are countless families who may have perished in this latest wind storm. This is why we are need in this community, this is why we are already making a huge difference to countless families who rely on us to lift them from chronic poverty.

Thank you again, it is amazing what we have accomplished together!

Catherine

This is the house that we replaced, you can see that it was in serious trouble, ready to fall over at any moment. One man who lives here was saving money to fix it, but due to chronic poverty it would have taken him years to save enough to build something safe.

 This is the new house that we have build for the family.

Gcinisizwe speaks to our friend Nanza, a talanted carpenter who helped us on many projects. Due to the 80% unemployment rate Nanza had a very very difficult time finding work, employment through The Themba Development Project helped him to put food on his family's table.