Join the Drive to House South Africa in 2008
“A man is not a man until he has a house of his own”
Nelson Mandela
We are calling on you to join us in our mission to house the homeless and eradicate shacks from our landscape. Throughout 2008, we will be holding a series on one day volunteer builds in the Western Cape where you can physically help in our mission to build high quality low cost homes for shack-dwellers.
The Niall Mellon Township Trust is now South Africa’s largest provider of charity housing. The section 21 company was established in 2002 and since then we have built a staggering 6,000 houses in Gauteng and the Western Cape. Through our work, the lives of more than 35,000 disadvantaged people have been changed for the better forever.
You can be part of this too.
We are aiming high this year. We want to build a total of 7,000 homes across South Africa in 2008. We are also hoping to attract 2,008 overseas volunteers to take part in our week long Building Blitz towards the end of this year.
Before then, we are holding at least one volunteer build per month on the following days:
Volunteer Days 2008
Saturday, 13 September - Do it Day build
Corporate Building Days 2008
Early September - Southern Sun exclusive build
Tuesday, 16 September - Saint Gobain exclusive build
Wednesday, 8 October - Gauteng
Thursday, 16 October - Cape Town
We need big-hearted individuals and corporates to join us in our vision of a home for all in South Africa.
See the townships at first hand, experience the realities of shack-life and help make positive change in our world by joining us on one of our volunteer days.
There are three different volunteer packages aimed at:
Corporate
Individual
NGOs
Volunteers are expected to fundraise, in order to buy building materials for the homes they will be building.
If you would like to take part in the Challenge click here to download the 2008 Application Form, or call us on +27 21 426 2540 to receive one by post.
If you can’t come, perhaps you know someone who would be interested.
Donations are always greatly appreciated, and every cent give goes straight to the charity. Administration costs will not be taken from donations made. To make a donation click here
