Extreme make-over South African-style

Dries Lombaard and his wife Rethea used YouTube and a popular TV show concept to help their housekeeper Sofia (59). Sofia's husband, Philip (75) was working as a security guard, earning R500 per month. Last year, the elderly couple's shack in Hammanskraal was destroyed by heavy rains. Dries helped Philip by lending him his car to transport building materials for a new home. Next, Dries and his daughter went to Hammanskraal and made an "Extreme Makeover" video, which they placed on YouTube and asked people to help with donations. In the USA, church minister David MacDonald arranged a collection at his church on Christmas Day - R40 000 was collected.