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  • Update on Zamuxolo Orphanage, Khayelisha, Cape Town, South Africa
    Update January 2010 - Latest photos showing the building of the orphanage for kids affected by HIV/AIDS in Khayletisha, Cape Town. Its progressing fast from rusty shack to smart new building with mod cons!
    16/02/2010
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    Arrival of the digger
    This project is moving on apace. Take a look at the pictures. The first ones show the rusty shack Abigail was using to house hoardes of AIDS orphaned kids before that chance encounter with Nadia and Yolanda and through them to the Mercury Phoenix Trust.
       
    The first step was to get allocated land by the South African Government, but the whole rigmarole took so long, and the Government wanted them to buy the land (with what?). So, as by this time Abigail was desperate for decent premises, it was decided to put up a prefab which, in extremis, could always be taken down and moved (like the chattle houses in the Caribbean Island of Barbados). After that with funding from the Mercury Phoenix Trust in place, things moved really fast and the photos keep rolling in!
     
    Here is the next stage:- the arrival of the DIGGER, preparing and laying the foundations and fencing off the area. Its all happening really fast!!
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