Red Hill, Cape Peninsula
11 February 2008; Today was an important one as the new shacks slowly began to take form in the Red Hill area.
Aided by volunteers the people started putting together the material provided, adding whatever they could find.
One of them was William and his
girlfriend Gladys.“I was very angry, sad and disappointed when I saw my burned down house,” says William. He lost literally everything. “I’m a handyman so I had power tools and other appliances in my house. I would value it at R18 000,” he continues.“Now I have to get loans of up to R7000 to rebuild my house.”
For the last three nights William, Gladys and their child would have had no place to sleep if it wasn’t for a certain Mr. JP van Niekerk. A businessman, for whom Gladys has been working the last 17 years, concerned him over them and booked them into a self catering room. Not everybody is that lucky however.
Many other people have to cram into the already crowded shacks with friends or family. The next day they still have to continue working and somewhere in between find time to rebuild their houses.Mr. van Niekerk was pretty excited over the situation: “I heard the people were going to receive material to rebuild. But what they received will never be enough: something like 6 sheets of corrugated iron a few rafters and a sheet of plastic”.
Even with the little they have some of the old women and widows don’t have the practical know-how or ability to put up a shack. Volunteers therefore will especially focus on these people and help them to rebuild.
nMaterial and man-power is really needed for this and we ask people to please help and distribute the resources they’ve got.
We have therefore assembled a short list of everything that is needed:
Hammers, nails and saws
Building materials:
Wood rafters or beams
Corrugated iron
Doors
Door frames
Window frames
Hinges
Locks
Cutlery
Pots
Pans
Beds
Mattresses
Tables
Chairs
Cupboards
Gas stoves
Small fridges
For questions, comments or queries please contact the All
Nations office which will coordinate all efforts on this number:
0217823704
Banking Details:
Red Hill Relief Fund
Standard Bank
All Nations Cape Town
Acc nr: 073830135
Branc nr: 03600980 (Fish Hoek)
Swift code: sbza za
Accountant’s name and phone number:
Rian Myburgh 0219149493