Gift of the Givers to build 80 homes for families affected by #KZNFloods

Gift of the Givers to build 80 homes for families affected by #KZNFloods

The Gift of the Givers says it is going to build 80 new houses for the families whose homes were demolished in the recent storm. 

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The Pietermaritzburg-based group says residents from Durban's BottleBrush Informal Settlement are pleading for a new place to live. 

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The team met with the flood-hit community this week to deliver food and blankets.  

The group's Imtiaz Sooliman says many people were thankful for the donations, but said they had no home to go to. 

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He says they have been speaking to the council to find out where they can start building.

"Once council gets back to us, we have committed to building 80 houses at a cost of R25,000 each. We have already set the money aside and we have spoken to suppliers," said Sooliman.
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