Mama Afrika helps her community overcome challenges
Clover Mama Afrika's Feziwe Gambo uses her skills to help her community overcome poverty by creating jobs and imparting her skills to the people around her.
AS South Africa battles significant unemployment, failing infrastructure and poor service delivery to impoverished communities, one woman has made it her mission to make a difference.
Clover Mama Afrika’s Feziwe Gambo of House-Kids Educare Centre in Ezimbokodweni, just outside of Amanzimtoti, is one of many ‘mamas’ in the country who empowers her community to navigate difficult scenarios. However, they each face their own set of challenges and struggles in their communities, which are not always easy to navigate.
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Feziwe said, “The challenges that I face in my community are unemployment and poverty, which sadly result in child abuse and family violence. We all do what we can to be part of the solution and ease the challenges. Prof Elain Vlok, Clover manager of Clover Mama Afrika Trust, is leading by example by giving us love that overflows down to our communities. She supplies us with the equipment and skills that we transfer to our communities.”
“The skills that I receive include cooking and baking, sewing and mosaic. I employ people on a full-time basis and some on a volunteer basis, but they all manage to put bread on the table for their families,” she said, adding that, sometimes, they receive food parcels and Clover dairy products which they also share with the community.
Vlok said their mamas work very hard and put so much heart and passion into the work they do.
“They want to make a difference in their communities and lift those around them out of poverty if they are able to. They are beacons of hope, and many people look up to them, knowing that if one person can rise, then it’s possible for others to also rise out of challenging situations and make something great out of themselves. What these mamas do is not easy, and in many cases, they carry their community on their shoulders. We commend and salute them for wanting only the best for their communities,” she said.
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