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Mkwela Juma of Jullard Creations

reconciliation

After the reintegration something has been kicking in my heart saying we must unite but i was thinking on how , it took me days and sleepless nights thinking how are we going to unite. in september 2008 i attended lucca leadership course which really gave me the drive to go to the community and speak to the people then i came out with a plan of having a project .

it only took me a short time to engage youth to come to the project eventually we started with 40 creative and talented youth .
we do our class every day and we teach them ART'S & CRAFT , EDUCATION , HIV & AIDS , SPORTS & CULTURE . RECYCLING
by doing these we try and keep the youth off the streets , reduce crime, bringing peace into the community , creating employment and reducing poverty.

we are asking for any help with second hand tools .--- old textbooks , old computer boxes , old tyres , wire & beads .

by collecting these materials  it will help us run the project in a proper way.

thank you for reading the post we will be happy to receive your donations.

juma.

Update: Thanks to all who helped!

Desmond Tutu Hall was considerably less overcrowded today, as refugees decamped congested quarters to take full advantage of favorable weather. Coordination between organizations are steadily improving in the Hall. Ikamvanites worked closely with government representatives from the Department of Housing and Mustadafin Foundation to ensure purchased food and toiletries are securely stored in an office, and efficiently disseminated to Hall occupants through the weekend. Recent highlights include:

*Purchased two days worth of chicken, sausages, vegetables, margarine, soaps, lotions, etc. for Hall occupants
* Purchased 150 new mattresses for Hall occupants, as a substitute to the cold concrete floors previously utilized
* Generated a preliminary questionnaire to assess occupant needs, living conditions, and future plans
*Updated database with new data recording additional illnesses and decreasing Hall numbers

Ikamva will continue its partnership with local organizations to provide necessary services and identify remedies to the existing crisis.

Juma's script

Well it only started like fire coming down from the sky when foreigners where attacked by some of the S.A nationals. Property, goods, belongings were stolen we were left with tears.
But if it wasn't lkamvaYouth who provided us with love, kind care and support e.g. money for rent, mattress, stoves, ean, heaters and groceries e.tc some of us would have been dead by now. We really appreciated that.

Yes they did take our staff but not skills and knowledge but what made them griddy l think its poverty, but how can we kill this poverty which leads to xenophobia, crime, drugs abuse and rape. We as lDP we decided it will be good to forgive them and come out with a solution of working together sharing knowledge and skills.
So we decided to do project e.g. art and craft

Update Re: Desmond tutu Hall

WELL LIFE IN DESMOND TUTU SEEMS TO BE BETTER BECAUSE WITHOUT IKAMVA YOUTH & TAC
SOME OF US WOULD HAVE LONG COMMITED SUICIDE BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATED IKAMVA'S PROMISES AS THEY PROMISED TO PROVIDE MONEY FOR RENT AND FOF REINTERGRATION.
ON 08/07/08 OUR PROMISES WERE FULFILLED BY IKAMVA AS 11 FAMILIES WERE GIVEN MONEY FOR RENT AND READY TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR TAC AS THEY PROMISED TO PROVIDE GROCERIES.
IT WAS AROUND 4PM ON 09/07/08 WHEN A GROUP OF SO CALLED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PASTOR AND A COUPLE OF POLICEMAN CAME AND FORCED AND WERE TREATENING PEOPLE TO MOVE OUT OF DESMOND TUTU TO SOLOMON MAHLANGU HALL WE TRIED TO RESIST BUT THE THREATENING WAS TOO MUCH AS THEY PROMISED TO BRING GANGS DURING THE NIGHT AND KILL PEOPLE. SO WE DECIDE TO MOVE TO SOLOMON MAHLANGU AND THATS WERE WE ARE OVER CROWDED IN A SMALL HALL.

THE PEOPLE IN SOLOMON M WERE 86 SO ALL TOGETHER WE ARE 239 BUT THOSE 11 PEOPLE MANAGED TO MOVE OUT ON THE 10/07/08 .WE ALSO GAVE IKAMVA ANOTHER LIST OF PEOPLE WILLING TO MOVE OUT. ON 12/07/08 SOME SECURITY THREW TEARGAS INTO THE HALL WHILST WE WERE SLEEPING AS RESULTS OF THAT 8 PEOPLE FAINTED AND WERE RUSHED TO THE CLINICS BUT THEY WERE NOT RESPONDED AS EMERGERCY AND SOME WERE GIVEN WRONG TREATMENT, THEN ON THE 14/07/08 A MEETING WAS SET WITH THE SO CALLED ''COMMUNITY MEMBERS'' AND THEIR AGENDA WAS TO PUT THE 25/07/08 AS THE DEAD LINE FOR CLOSING ALL THE HALLS BUT THEY NEVER HAD A SOLUTION ON HOW TO REINTEGRATE THEM.

SO PEOPLE ARE PRAYING THEY CAN ALL GET MONEY FOR RENT AND STUFF SO AS TO END ALL THIS CONFLICTS.

A small but useful hand-up

IkamvaYouth is using the rest of the funding it has received (almost R80 000!) from its friends and supporters for the displaced people in the Desmond Tutu hall to cover the costs of one month's rent for families who wish to be re-integrated into the community, but lack the financial means to cover rent.

So far, 11 families have moved back into their homes, and IkamvaYouth has paid the rent directly to the landlords. The TAC provided transport and food parcels.

This seems to be the only sustainable solution to this problem, and we hope to be able to help more families to return, re-integrate and re-build their lives.