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Updated on 2009-02-19 by Mzwandile
Mfuleni - Western Cape
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Mfuleni means "The Place by the River"
Mfuleni is a new SAVE & BUILD PROGRAM adopted by the Habitat for Humanity National Board in December 2006. The project is an exciting partnership between Habitat for Humanity South Africa (HFHSA), The People's Housing Process (PHP) of the SA Government and the local community. 250 houses will be built by HFHSA. The families in the community have been saving for close to 8 years. We will use a combination of community savings, government subsidy and donor funding to build these houses.
The build will take place in Mfuleni which is a relatively new township about 40 kilometres from Cape Town, South Africa (about 1 hour by bus). It is a predominantly "Black" (African) township, although there are also some "Coloured" members of the community. [Wikipedia]
The area got its name from the Xhosa word meaning “by the river”. People started to settle there in the 1960s. In the beginning it was a transit area for migrant labourers.The first houses were built in 1976 and most of the dwellings are houses or brick structures with a yard (44%), however, there are also many informal shacks without water and electricity supply (36%).
Today about 25,000 people live in this community; the majority are black Africans (91%) largely from the Eastern Cape with the result that Xhosa is the predominant spoken language (84%), followed by Afrikaans (9%) and English (2%). The community has 2 high schools, 3 primary schools and 8 kindergardens with good attendance and a low drop out rate. Many people in Mfuleni have completed Grade 11 (42%).
The unemployment rate is very high (over 40%) the employment focused in elementary occupations (42%). The average income of an Mfuleni household is in the R0-19,000/year (max. $110 per month).
Other social issues in Mfuleni include HIV/AIDS, gangs, teenage pregnancy
and drugs.
[City of Cape Town Census 2001]
Mfuleni is a new SAVE & BUILD PROGRAM adopted by the Habitat for Humanity National Board in December 2006. The project is an exciting partnership between Habitat for Humanity South Africa (HFHSA), The People's Housing Process (PHP) of the SA Government and the local community. 250 houses will be built by HFHSA. The families in the community have been saving for close to 8 years. We will use a combination of community savings, government subsidy and donor funding to build these houses.
The build will take place in Mfuleni which is a relatively new township about 40 kilometres from Cape Town, South Africa (about 1 hour by bus). It is a predominantly "Black" (African) township, although there are also some "Coloured" members of the community. [Wikipedia]
The area got its name from the Xhosa word meaning “by the river”. People started to settle there in the 1960s. In the beginning it was a transit area for migrant labourers.The first houses were built in 1976 and most of the dwellings are houses or brick structures with a yard (44%), however, there are also many informal shacks without water and electricity supply (36%).
Today about 25,000 people live in this community; the majority are black Africans (91%) largely from the Eastern Cape with the result that Xhosa is the predominant spoken language (84%), followed by Afrikaans (9%) and English (2%). The community has 2 high schools, 3 primary schools and 8 kindergardens with good attendance and a low drop out rate. Many people in Mfuleni have completed Grade 11 (42%).
The unemployment rate is very high (over 40%) the employment focused in elementary occupations (42%). The average income of an Mfuleni household is in the R0-19,000/year (max. $110 per month).
Other social issues in Mfuleni include HIV/AIDS, gangs, teenage pregnancy
and drugs.
[City of Cape Town Census 2001]
http://habitat.givengain.org
