Helping themselves and the community

A new project in Knysna will see street children and youngsters at risk constructing homes for elderly residents living in dilapidated shacks on the Garden Route. The project will help youngsters who attend the Sinethemba Youth Centre in Khayalethu, Knysna, develop skills. They receive carpentry lessons from local pastor Faan Muller and have already built workbenches and a workroom at Sinethemba. The organisation, From US with Love, has donated cash and equipment. Brian Hatton, whose idea it was to build homes for the elderly, is raising funds in the UK for the project. Brian is a UK resident who has visited South Africa on holidays. Sinethemba aims to rehabilitate children at risk, and provides meals and lessons in numeracy, literacy and life skills.