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lungisani indlela
amaoti township, durban, south africa

Lungisani Indlela (which means 'Prepare the way') is a project involved in several different initiatives in Amaoti, a township in Durban.

The video below explains a bit more about the life skills courses that Lungisani Indlela run for teenagers. These sessions teach young people about sexual heath and personal development in the face of the massive HIV and AIDS crisis...

Project name:

Lungisani Indlela

Project location:

Amaoti Township, North Durban

Who runs the project?

Tich and Joan Smith (founders), Theo Brown (General Manager) and several project coordinators

What is the need?

Amaoti is part of the North Durban community, situated on the border of Phoenix (a largely Indian area). It is the largest informal settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, it is estimated that 80,000 – 100,000 people live in this community. Social problems such as extreme poverty, due to unemployment, and the serious effects of the consequences of HIV/Aids characterize the Amaoti community. As a result there are a large number of orphans, child-headed households and households where the children are looked after by the extended family. Feedback from the local municipality indicates that the greatest number of street children in the city come from this community. Family breakdown, lack of housing, and HIV/Aids has thus led to large numbers of vulnerable people in the Amaoti Community.

What does the project do? 

The vision of Lungisani Indlela is to transform and empower the lives of the people and children of Amaoti, bringing them hope for the future.  In order to do this, their projects include:

• soup kitchens feeding crèches and orphans in school daily
• back-to-school sponsorship
• crèche development and support
• life skills and youth development
• empowerment for employment and tertiary education
• development of the Amaoti Community Church

What difference is being made?

Everyday we witness the difference that God is making in this community. Most importantly people are filled with hope and the presence of God in their lives. The life skills and youth development empowers young teenagers and gives them the tools to make the right decisions in their lives. Back-to-school gives children the chance to go to school, participate in school activities, such as outings and camps and pays for school uniforms.

The Crèche Development Project reaches over 1,000 children in more than 20 local crèches; the teachers receive training, crèches are re-built, renovated and the children benefit daily from the food donations. There are several projects reaching the adults of the community (sewing & beading, woodwork, block making, etc) it gives them the opportunity to improve their skills and often they are able to find paid jobs afterwards.

 

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