Help needed to assist tornado victims in Tembisa
A Facebook group has been started by two Kempton Park residents to collect materials to rebuild the destroyed homes
A group, called Help Winnie Mandela Section Tembisa, has been created on Facebook by two Kempton Park residents who want to assist families who lost their homes and belongings in Tuesday’s tornado in Tembisa.
The strong wind blew off the roofs of about 200 households in Winnie Mandela, leaving an estimated 400 people displaced. Other areas damaged by the storm include 100 shacks and 20 houses in Hospitalview.
Brenda Smit said her domestic worker could not attend work on Wednesday morning as she had no dry clothes or a house anymore. “All her belongings were taken in the tornado yesterday. They are now cleaning up all the broken pieces from their shacks.
“We have created this group to ask people in and around Kempton Park to assist us with unwanted building materials to rebuild their shacks, for example wood, steel roof sheeting, scrap materials, card boards, big oil tins, food, clothes, blankets and mattresses.
“People can bring it to our house and we will take it to Tembisa, or they are more than welcome to deliver the goods themselves at Winnie Mandela section. These people desperately need our help in any way we can help them,” she said.
Residents are welcome to contact Smit on 062-150-2712 or Malcolm Taylor on 076-701-1292, or email brendas@espa.co.za or malcolmt@espa.co.za
