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Goal
To build as many family houses as possible at CHF 5,000 and single room houses at CHF 2,500 to give them back their dignity. People deserve to live in decent, warm and dry homes so that we can help them get back into the mainstream of society.
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Challenge
Replacing dilapidated and unsafe housing with new bungalow-style houses made from sustainable local materials. This is an ongoing project and we need to build as many houses as possible. Family home @ 5,500 CHF, Single room @ 2,500 CHF.
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Need for Action
Families with young children and elderly people currently live in small, cold and often mould infested sheds. This poses a serious risk to their physical health and plays a major role in their mental health.
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Measures
Swiss4Afrika has a working relationship with a reputable manufacturer of sustainable bungalow homes in South Africa. Wendy Lane has built for us before and understands our requirements and the need for speed of construction.
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Cooperation Partner
We work with Wendy Lane to build our homes.
https://wozawendylane.co.za/
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Impact
We move families and the elderly from shacks into proper homes. This has a huge impact on their physical and mental health. We see the change in the children when they have a room of their own where they can just be children.
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Special Quality of the Project; Suitability of the Organization
Moving a homeless person into a home is an experience to behold. We are the only NPO in Switzerland that cares for minority groups in South Africa and we work in South Africa because we know the country and the people very well.
