Winter is coming to the Valley of 1000 Hills outside Durban, South
Africa – and these youngsters are trying to build a home the traditional way – with sticks and mud – because they don't have the money for sturdy concrete blocks, cement, wooden doors and window frames and roof sheeting.

But how will this flimsy structure protect them from the icy winds that howl through the Valley and the cold seeping up from a mud floor?
 
Please help if you can. Your gift of R500 [approx. £43 or $65] would buy a hundred concrete blocks ... R325 pays for five bags of cement ... even R100 buys a length of roof sheeting.

Your gift – made online now through our secure credit card system – makes all the difference to poor people who have never found employment or had the opportunity to get on in life. It will make the dream of living in a proper house a reality!

Victoria Nsiyothula is another desperately poor person in urgent need. She lives with her disabled daughter in a wooden shack in imminent danger of collapsing.

"I can pay a little bit if you can help me," says Victoria. "I want to get out of this plank house. Thank you."

Please make your contribution online now. Every donation – large or small – helps. Please let your kindness be part of the foundation for the next house we build! Thank you for caring.