
Though housing issues are on the top of their list, they decide that achieving change in this department would be almost futile and extremely time-consuming and long-term. Therefore they choose to rather spend their time and resources on something that they deem more viable, which are income generating activities. Baking, sewing, a vegetable garden; all sorts of activities are deliberated. Eventually, as two of the women have extensive experience in sewing, they decide to set up an official sewing project with which they hope to gain an additional income. And to start of the project on a good note, they agree to all invest 200 ZAR (14 EUR) per person. This to me is remarkable as they only get 1400 ZAR per month on their Care Dependency Grant from the government. Let’s hope that their investments will go a long way in achieving change!