Disaster Relief

Piece by piece
people rebuild their lives

Within the first week in January the Mustadafin Foundation, an NPO in partnership with the city’s disaster management, was running up and down in the early hours of the morning through late nights providing relief to those who lost their belongings in fire. A total of over 5000 structures in the city of Cape Town were damaged or destroyed by fires between Jan and Dec, affecting 14374 people and claiming the lives of 97 people.

We need your help

Funds, Clothing, Food and Toys are needed for the communities.

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We need your time, love and expertise.

Project: gel stoves

In partnership with CPUT the foundation introduced  the gel stove in the township of Kosovo as an intervention to reduce the amount of fire incidents that are caused by paraffin stove.150 cost effective, healthier and safer stoves were issued to the Blankets,

WE SUPPLY RELIEF IN: Cooked Meals, Vanity Packs, Baby Packs, Food Parcels, Matrasses, Clothing residents

What we do


Disaster Relief

Madrassa

Isibindi

Health Prgrammes

Education & Feeding

Helping Communities

Poverty
Alleviation

Youth Development

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Blaze kills 2, leaves 4 000 homeless (01 December 2015)

A FIRE wreaked havoc, leaving a trail of destruction through Masiphumelele, near Kommetjie, in the early hours yesterday, killing two people, destroying about 800 structures and leaving more than 4 000 people homeless.

Firefighters, who struggled for five hours to extinguish the blaze because the houses were built too closely together, could not save Xolisani Ketse and his girlfriend, Thembisa Jerry, both of whom were trapped inside their wooden structure.

Two single-storey formal houses, as well as a double-storey formal house, were also badly damaged.

Firefighters, using 14 fire-fighting vehicles, finally brought the blaze under control at mid-morning yesterday.

Bukelwa Gaca, whose house adjoined the one in which Ketse and Jerry lived, said she had lost everything, including her clothing, furniture and money.

Gaca said she was concerned about the welfare of her five-year-old daughter Zubenathi and her nephew Sibusiso, also five – although she was extremely relieved that they had escaped the blaze unscathed.

She said her plans to spend her holidays in the Eastern Cape with family had been ruined.

“I woke Xolisani and his girlfriend and I thought they had left the house. I was shocked when their bodies were discovered inside the structure. What happened is sad,” she said.

Nkosinathi Khuba, 40, who suffered minor burn wounds on his arms, said he managed to save some clothing and furniture. He said it was the second time in two months that he had become a victim of a fire in the settlement.

On October 21, his house was partially damaged in a blaze that also damaged or destroyed 300 other houses.

“Every now and then this place experiences a fire. It’s like it is cursed,” he said.

After the fire, Pick n Pay announced that it had placed donation trolleys in its stores at Long Beach Mall, in Tokai and in Constantia Village for those who wished to donate non-perishable food and clothing to the fire victims.

Pick n Pay said it had also donated R20 000 towards disaster relief and was working with City Disaster Management.

Police spokesperson Frederick van Wyk confirmed the deaths of Ketse and Jerry. He said an inquest docket had been opened.

Social Development MEC Albert Fritz said the fire was one of the worst in the province this year. “Of great concern is the rise in the number and severity of incidents of fires at informal settlements.”

This past weekend alone there had been three other fire incidents. A total of 56 houses were destroyed by a fire in Nkanini in Khayelitsha.

In Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa, a 41-year-old died and 125 houses were destroyed, leaving about 500 people homeless. In Bloekombos in Kraaifontein, a fire destroyed one house.

Anyone who would like to help can contact Social Development NGO partner Merci Net at 072 345 3939. The contact person is Marti. The hotline is 0800 220 250.

The Mustadafin Foundation can be contacted at |021 633 0010/633 0060

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Winter Relief

Help Those In The Cold In Winter!!!

Imagine 80% rain at low degrees celsius, fighting a losing battle with buckets as you try to keep water out of your home, this is the story of every winter for many in the informal settlements. Last year’s rain affected about many people across the cape flats and informal settlements as severe weather conditions hit the city leaving homes flooded. Families in the Cape experienced flooding of their homes while informal settlements residents donned plastic sheets as they braved heavy downpours. The team of Mustadafin Foundation did not hesitate to navigate their way through water-logged streets to supply relief to victims.

Distribution

in 2019 0ver 4000 people from underprivileged communities in the Western Cape benefited from the Foundation’s distribution. Every year we visit rural areas to help prepare for the approaching cold

Currently our winter campaigns include:

Suurbraak

Worcester

Ceres

Zoar

Tousrivier

Montague

Atlantis

Beaufort West

Chatsworth

Malmesbury

Ikhaya Covers

A hundred Egoli informal settlement families in Schaapkraal received 100 Ikhaya (home) covers. The cover is made of PVC which is much more durable and heat resistant. This provides waterproofing for shacks against leaks from heavy rains. We do the fitting and make sure the covers, which won’t blow away or tear, are securely fitted onto the shack.

Let’s build a supportive community where everyone thrives.
Operating since 1986, The Mustadafin Foundation is an accredited South African non-profit and public benefit organisation. Section 18A Tax Certificates are available.
NPO number: 025-752
PBO number: 930028645 * VAT number: 4210261345

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