We’ve been working closely with Khumbulani in the Khayelitsha township for a number of years now. Khumbulani is a centre for kids between the age of 0 to about 13 years, managed by a remarkable lady called Gloria Bebeza. Run out of a two roomed house, Gloria cares for about 160 HIV infected or affected children daily. In addition to this, Gloria runs a soup kitchen for the local community feeding up to 350 people a day!
Through our association with Nhlayisa, we have formulated a special porridge and we assist in running an annual fundraiser to continue this support.
Most recently however, we have helped Gloria by buying this property next door to Khumbulani for R80,000! We went to go and see it today and we think you’ll agree that it’s not the best bit of real estate investment ever…
But we have a plan! We’d like to expand Khumbulani by knocking down the wall between the properties and building two new classrooms for the kids. At the moment we’re just trying to work out how to go about it. We’re talking to builders and trying to find out how much it will cost to really turn Khumbalani into something special. These kids need it so much and we’re going to make it happen.
We’re working on a couple of ideas for fund raisers, so if you have any bright ideas or would like to get involved, then please get in touch – we’d love to hear from you. You can e-mail Terence (terence(at)rhinoafrica.com) for more information.
In the words of Nelson Mandela “To heal a nation you must first feed and educate her children” and it is in this spirit that we embrace our involvement with Khumbulani.
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