KZN Premier hands over houses
The new home was built in the Bhekuzulu area as a joint initiative between the Al-Imdaad Foundation and the municipality
Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Willies Mchunu visited the uThukela District on Sunday. During the visit, the Premier joined the Al-Imdaad Foundation, Operation Sukuma Sakhe and the Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality, to hand over a fully furnished home to senior citizen Fikile Regina Ndlovu.
The new home was built in the Bhekuzulu area as a joint initiative between the Al-Imdaad Foundation and the municipality. It brought great relief to Gogo Ndlovu who had been struggling for years after the death of her husband. The Premier honoured the official handing over of the keys to Gogo Ndlovu along with other local, district and provincial officials and senior Al-Imdaad Foundation figures.
Food parcels were also handed over to Gogo Ndlovu during the event. Al-Imdaad Foundation Local Projects Co-ordinator Waseem Mohamed said: “The foundation built the house from the beginning and to hear the appreciation and joyfulness from Gogo Ndlovu was very emotional for all who were present.”
The Al-Imdaad Foundation supplied building materials and furnishings for the house, as well as regular food hampers for Gogo Ndlovu’s struggling family.
The local municipality and ward councilor provided the labour for the construction. By working together, they had brought great benefit to Gogo Ndlovu and her family. After handing over Gogo Ndlovu’s house, the Premier‘s delegation and the Al-Imdaad Foundation team moved to a second home built by the local municipality in Wembezi C-Section.
Al-Imdaad Foundation partnered with an intervention of electrical supplies, household items and food parcels for the family. The house belonged to Mr Sikhombana Mchunu, who is almost 90 and had been struggling for years in an old mud hut before the house was built.
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Later that afternoon, Premier Mchunu was hosted by the Al-Imdaad Foundation at their head office in Alfred Street. He was also shown the Foundation’s Organic Community Garden Project.
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The Premier showed a lot of interest in the garden project and said he would like to replica the same type of garden to benefit communities elsewhere.
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