Mfuleni, meaning the 'place by the river', is home to about 25 000 people. This township, about 30km from Cape Town, is situated on the east bank of Kuils River.
The street scene below shows some recently built houses but there are still some residents living in informal dwellings. This situation exposes residents to unsanitary living conditions and increases incidence of disease in both adults and children.
Nosiphelo says: ... "it isn't right living in a shack."
One such resident is Nosiphelo Mcaphayi who has been staying in Mfuleni since 2003. She has 2 children, aged 4 years and 19 months. She's waited this long for a home due to delays with another housing project that she joined. Finally now able to join with
Habitat for Humanity, we'll be building a house for her this month. She says that even though she was one of the first to erect a shack in that section of Mfuleni, she'll be the last one on her street to receive a house. Here are a group of volunteers praying for her on the day we went to dig foundations.
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| A picture of the shack Nosiphelo's looking forward to moving out of soon! |
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| Volunteers Maurice and Godfrey - armed with spades and working hard! |
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| Adrian |
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| Heloine |
We'll be building Nosiphelo's house in Mfuleni from the 12th to 16th Sept. If you'd like to volunteer, get your hands dirty and join us Building on Faith, please contact me at
english_tracy@hotmail.com.
Nosiphelo says: ... "it isn't right living in a shack." 
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