More help for last year’s shack fire victims

Humanitarian support continues to flow in for the victims of last year’s shack fire at Greenville squatter camp near Alex.

Residents of more than 500 shacks were left homeless by the devastating inferno in December. They received help from several companies, non-profit organisations and individuals who provided them with various items to rebuild their shacks.

The support continued on 18 December when the Alexandra Bikers Club and Elizabeth Mokwena of Kidz Clinic donated blankets and groceries. This was followed up on 21 January with support from the United Democratic Movement party’s Thando Nontenja, a proportional representative councillor in the city council, and members of the Youth Vanguard. They donated school shoes to the affected children and groceries to the families. In a statement, the party said the gesture was one way of them attending to the needs of communities.

More support is still anticipated with hair grooming company Wahl committing at a recent charity event to assess the circumstances of affected children who attend Ekukhanyisweni Primary School.

“We are collating the information on the child victims and will decide how to help them,” said Pat Night of the company after donating various school items to poor children at the school.

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