Friends of Thandolwethu, a non-profit working in the area, set up a Backabuddy that has raised R15,000 this far.
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Friends of Thandolwethu’s Annalisa Contrafatto said their focus was to set up an early development centre (ECD) in the community, but they soon changed focus to help Samora CAN when they saw the need caused by the national lockdown.
“We are really just helping Mzi and his team however we can. They are really doing incredible work. They are heroes for that community.
Volunteers hard at work preparing food (Supplied)
Volunteers preparing food for community (Supplied)
Ndzuzo, a father of two whose daughter just turned nine months, has been working 12 hour days to help feed his community.
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He is joined by volunteers from his youth focused non-profit Ubuntubethu in Samora Machel, and two mothers who said they would like to donate their time.
“The mothers said they had nothing to do, and they saw the need in our community. They just wanted to help however they can,” Ndzuzo said.
Volunteers buying supplies for the soup kitchen (Supplied)
Some of the volunteers of Samora CAN (Supplied)
He said the community is particularly hit by the lockdown with domestic workers and construction workers unable to return to work due to restrictions.
Ndzuzo says he also is concerned about how they will be financially able to sustain the soup kitchen.
“I don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow, but today it’s making me happy to help feed a child. And I am choosing to focus on today.”
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