Local NPO gives eleven families news homes to mark Mandela Day
July 18 was not just about 67 minutes for Mandela Day but the organisation took three weeks to build the eco panel houses for the families.
An NPO called PUSH gave 11 families homes as part of their Nelson Mandela Day Housing Project in Kliptown.
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July 18 was not just about 67 minutes for Mandela Day but the organisation took three weeks to build the eco panel houses for the families.
The handover was done by the founder of PUSH, Lorna Fisher and her team. PUSH has over the last three years built 16 homes for families who were living in really bad conditions.
The organisation built the eco panel houses in the yards where the families live and Fisher encouraged residents to break down their old shacks and rather start vegetable gardens that would feed their families.
Two overseas sponsors made the building of the houses possible and they were; Soldiers for Jesus who sponsored ten houses and Friends 4 Africa who sponsored one house.
According to Fisher, these houses cost R36 000 each to build and this year is the first time that the organisation built the homes with these eco panels which are said to keep the homes cool in summer and warm during winter.
“Zinc is very expensive and takes longer to build but with the eco panels it very easy to build, we call it ‘a home in a box’.
I am so excited today, there’s nothing better than giving a family a home. I feel like I have achieved my dreams by doing this,” said Fisher.
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One of the beneficiaries of the houses was Miliswa Bedu and her son Sibulelo Bedu.
The mother said she was so grateful to PUSH for giving them their new home as their previous one was no longer okay to live in.
”Mandela use to say ‘stand up and do it yourself. We have created a society where people just want to be given everything.
“Back in my days we worked hard for the things we had and we hope that the beneficiaries will look after their new homes and start their vegetable gardens because we don’t have to go hungry,” added Fisher.
PUSH is hoping that every year their project will keep getting bigger and that they will be able to build many more homes.
“I also hope that the government will also see these homes and fund us so that we can be able to build for more families,” concluded Fisher.
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