Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Wall collapses on homes











Always needed, Always there
A quite night turned into horror when a Brick wall collapsed in Denver informal settlement. It fell on atleast 10 shacks killing two people injuring many. This could have been caused by Sunday night rain in the area.
As most shacks where destroyed, around 30 people were left homeless and as usual the SA Red Cross Society received a call about the incident. Our volunteers and staff reacted swiftly to the situation, We gave out food parcels and clothing to the survivors.
We are currently looking for help with building materials so that we can help the survivors rebuild their homes. All donations are welcome.



1 comment:

Unknown said...

Humanitarian work never ceases to amaze me. Its awesome what the red cross intervention has set up - growing up I promised myself that I will some day be those heroic men and women who head where no one dares to go and help those whom have been deprived of assistance. Boet is there a RED CROSS volunteering branch in Durban as I am a student originally from JHB but studting in Durban ? Please keeep me informed