It is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands now.
We all know that in South Africa Nelson Mandela is a hero, legend, inspirational icon, but the love this man brings to the country on just one day alone is truly inspiring. Nelson Mandela asks that on his birthday everyone does 67 minutes of community service to commemorate the 67 years that he worked to make not only South Africa but the whole world a better place.
So, in honour of this man everyone at African Impact, St Lucia spent 67 (African) minutes at a GoGo’s (grannies) house in Khula Village. This GoGo only has one leg and lives with some of her family in a small concrete block house. However on this special day over 200 people came together to help this lady. Another volunteer group built her another 2 rooms to include a huge shower, toilet and sink, which was then painted by the CWP (Community Work Program), along with all of this building work her garden was completely overhauled of all weeds, rubbish and then made ready for a vegetable plot.
We helped in any way we could working with the local community to make this ladies life an easier one. A local company donated over 10 bags of food, including, rice, fresh vegetables and tins of food. GoGo was overwhelmed, with a camera crew at her house and around 200 people staring at her she could no longer contain her delight and tears came flooding.
Such a moving experience and I really felt like the community had come together in true spirit.
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