Winning this award is confir-

mation that we are on the

right track to improve our

communications and that we

have donors, sponsors and

volunteers who are passion-

ate and committed to the

mission to eradicate poverty

housing and who are willing

to give on-line donations

when appeals are launched.

Thank you for the support of

our programme, thank you

for taking the time to read of

our work and we hope to see

you on site building houses

in the not too distant future.

To donate online to HFHSA,

please Click Here

In April 2010, HFHSA

launched the new look

HFHSA web site and shortly

afterwards linked the site to

social media pages, Face

Book, Twitter, Flickr and

others.

Our goal has been to provide

multiple media channels

through which we can share

what is happening in the

various projects around the

country and provide feed-

back on what happens with

the funding raised by our

donors and sponsors. In addi-

tion, e-news updates and e-

newsletters provide informa-

tion on building opportuni-

ties for our many volunteers

who participate in builds and

national events. HFHSA is

extremely proud to announce

that our web site was se-

lected at the recent SAN-

GONeT conference 2010

„Fundraising in The Digital

World‟ as a winner in this

years competition category

„Best Use of Website for

Online Fundraising‟.

HFHSA Wins SANGONeT Web

Awards Competition

Coming in November! National Corporate Blitz Build

2010

Quarterly Newsletter

J u l y — S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 0 I s s u e 1

Building houses with

HFHSA in October

Capquest

Petroleum agency SA

Protea Valley Church

Merchants SA

Elspeth McKenzie

Rob Serne GV Team

Eon Consulting

IDC

Arcelor Mitall

Mercedes-Benz Fi-

nance

Millward Brown

Ernst &Young

Foskor RB

Semester at Sea

Click here to

read the 2011

HFHI Shelter

Report

The report is an

initiative by HFHI

in recognition of

World Habitat Day

(October 4th) to

advocate the link

between Health

and Housing.

“Shelter plays a

critical role not

only in the health

of individual fami-

lies but in the well-

being of communi-

ties and ultimately

our larger global

connection,” says

Jonathan Reck-

ford , CEO HFHI

It‟s again that time of the year when many volunteers put away their laptops, leave the filing and

switch off the cell phones. November is National Corporate Blitz Build time and teams from com-

panies around South Africa will instead of working at the office, be donning their overalls, work

boots, gloves and hard hats to instead build houses for families currently living in poverty housing.

The event will be hosted from 22—26 November and houses will be built in three provinces simulta-

neously.

With Christmas around the corner, some teams choose to have a Habitat build instead of the usual

Christmas party and they elect to use the money set aside for a party to provide a roof over the heads

of a family in need...what a blessing!

So, if you and your work colleagues would like to join in the Corporate Blitz Build 2010, all the infor-

mation on the event including costs, can be accessed through the following link National Corporate

Blitz Build 2010. Download the flyer and share with friends and work colleagues. To book a place

for your teams please email Peter Francis peter@habitat.org.za

Interested in helping raise

funds for HFHSA?

Take Action and

become a Habitat

Activist Today!

Click here for details

Habitat for Humanity embraces the vision of “A world in which every person has

a decent place to live”.

P a g e 2

Desmond Tutu Building on Faith Event

Beneficiary Focus DTBOF2010

Focus on Umgababa—KZN The Umgababa project is situ-

ated along the South Coast

stretching from near Mariann

Hill in Pinetown right down

the South Coast to Umgababa.

Road access to the construc-

tion sites is typically a mixture

of dirt and basic tar roads.

During 2006/2007 a number

of families living in the

Umgababa area approached

Habitat for Humanity South

Africa requesting housing

assistance. The families were

typically low income-earners

who under the project selec-

tion criteria process would

generally qualify for housing

based on HFHSA‟s Enhanced

Peoples Housing Process

model, (the previous Save &

Build model). After consulta-

tion with the families advising

them on the Save & Build

model and its methodology,

HFHSA achieved a resound-

ing „buy-in‟ from the commu-

nity.

In 2007, the eThekwini Mu-

nicipality approached HFHSA

to request assistance in pro-

viding housing solutions for

vulnerable groups living in

inadequate shelter in the rural

wards of their municipal ar-

eas. The municipality was

rolling out expanded public

works programmes in 10 rural

wards of the municipality and

wanted the HFHSA housing

programme to form part of

their integrated development

plans for the areas. The first

ward, where the municipal

programme has been rolled

out was Ward 99 which en-

compasses the Umnini/

Umkomaas/Umgababa area.

To date, a total of 70 houses

have been constructed in

wards 98, 99 & 100.

Q u a r t e r l y N e w s l e t t e r

Bringing Hope

Mr. Bethway Wiso Tokwe is a 47 year old man who lives with his wife, Lindelwa Tokwe in

Mfuleni. The couple have been married since 1997. They have a daughter Mandisa, who stays in

the Eastern Cape with the rest of their family. Mandisa is 24 years old.

Mr. Tokwe is unemployed but his wife, Lindelwa is working as a waitress in a restaurant in Cape

Town. The couple were extremely excited when they heard they had been selected to participate

by building their new home as part of the Desmond Tutu Building on Faith event. Mr Tokwe said,

“Owning our very own home will indeed be such a blessing for us and we want to thank all the

volunteers who have made our dream possible. Also thank you to the staff from Habitat for Hu-

manity who have worked so hard to bring hope to so many families in Mfuleni”.

At the conclusion of our annual DTBOF 2010 event, hosted in September, we once again

bore witness to the power of God working through ordinary people to transform and change

lives. Not only were the lives of our new homeowners changed, for the first time having a

decent place to call home, but also those of the volunteers whose hearts were irrevocably

changed.

The power of giving should never be underestimated. Many volunteers attested to the fact

that they went away being more blessed and having received much more than they gave.

HFHSA salutes our donors and volunteers who partner with us to help us in our vision of

changing and transforming lives and restoring the hope and dignity of those who have been

trapped and imprisoned by poverty. But ultimate glory goes to God without whom we are

unable to function and be all that we can be. To His glory, during the build 11 families were

housed as local and international Christian groups worked together as a team to demonstrate

the love of Christ to these poverty stricken communities. We continue to work towards a

world where every person has a decent place to live and we hope next year you will join us!

Habitat Volunteers Down Tools to Put Out Shack Fire

P a g e 3 I s s u e 1

It was day one of the Desmond Tutu

Building on Faith (DTBOF) event,

Monday 13th September and the

ambitious energy was palpable

throughout the Mfuleni community

in Cape Town. It turned out that a

team of students and their most

radical and enthusiastic chaplain,

“Jules” from Trinity College Dub-

lin, joined forces with volunteers

from St James Church Kenilworth,

to build a house together.

This magnificent team of young

blood from Ireland were an inspir-

ing force to be reckoned with as

they battled a shack fire. To read

more, please click here

alities who left their indelible foot-

print on our society, ranging from

politicians, celebrities, authors and

actors, to models, including Antjie

Krog, David Kramer, Patricia De

Lille and several others. Appropri-

ately, the photographs will show-

case the feet of these influential

individuals.

The opening night (29 October

2010) will see an auction whereby

the photographs of Archbishop

Emeritus Tutu will be given to the

highest bidder in support of Habi-

tat for Humanity South Africa.

The rest of the photographs will

also be available to the public at

pre-determined prices. To read

more, click here

The who‟s who in South Africa

will be featured in French Photog-

rapher Amélie Debray's project

during October/November 2010.

Award winning French photogra-

pher Amélie Debray is showcasing

her photographic project, Foot-

prints, at the Wessel Snyman Gal-

lery (Cape Town) from 29 Octo-

ber to 27 November 2010.

The exhibition will consist of pho-

tographs of South African person-

Footprint Exhibition By Award Winning French

Photographer Amélie Debray In Support of HFHSA

World Habitat Day October 4th

Building houses

with HFHSA in

November

Allan Gray

Santam

Nedbank Homeloans

Auto & General

Werksmans

Incorporating

Coronation

Price Waterhouse

Coopers

Nedgroup

Investments

RCS

GE Money (UK)

Sanlam Inv. Mgrs

Managers

Shack Fires claim

hundreds of lives

each year in South

Africa. Loss of shel-

ter, belongings and

important docu-

ments add to the

trauma and loss.

The United Nations designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat

Day. The idea is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right of all, to

adequate shelter. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for

the future of the human habitat.

The United Nations chose the theme Better City, Better Life to highlight our collective

vision of a sustainable urban world that harnesses the potential and possibilities, mitigates

inequalities and disparities, and provides a home for people of all cultures and ages, both

rich and poor.

To read or download the World Habitat 2010 brochure and handbook, please click here

With new homes built, our work

continues. With sincere apprecia-

tion HFHSA would like to ac-

knowledge all donations received

during the first quarter of our

new financial year (July—Sept).

For the complete donor acknowl-

edgement list, please click here

Please Take Action Today!

If you would like to make a do-

nation to help more families cur-

rently living in poverty housing,

please click here and read the

various options available.

The work and mission of

Habitat for Humanity would

not be possible without the

donations, sponsorships and

volunteer labour of our many

supporters both in South Af-

rica and overseas.

There can be nothing more

moving than handing over the

keys for a new home and a

new future to a family who

have spent their lives living

in poverty housing. I don‟t

believe we can begin to com-

prehend the power of the

love, caring and compassion

you have shown in serving

HFHSA beneficiaries.

Make an online donation at: www.habitat.org.za or

a direct deposit into our Bank Account

Account Name: Habitat for Humanity

Bank: First National Bank

Branch: 63 Main Street,

Johannesburg

Account Type: Call Account

Account No: 620 246 93211

Branch code: 251705

Contact us;

Habitat for Humanity South Africa, Suite GO 110,

Mariendahl House, Newlands on Main, Main Road,

Newlands, 7700

P O Box Claremont, Newlands, 7700

Tel: 021 657 5640 or email info@habitat.org.za

THANK YOU!