Mamayila has managed to purchase a bed, durable roof thatching, electricity for the home and to construct an out-house and third rondavel. She has also erected a small shop so that the business is no longer operated from a family room. Now things are very different, now my family has choices. Before I joined the SEF we couldn t afford to buy meat, tea or butter for our bread. Now we decide whether we want to buy chicken or beef, if we want milk in our tea and butter our bread well.
Education is yet another now affordable delicacy.
While paying for school fees was once an unmanageable task, which required borrowing money from what ever source was available, this expense is no longer a difficulty. Over the last three years Mamayila has developed as a person. She is now much more confident and holds her head high. She is an outspoken member of her community. I attended a TCP Centre meeting, where Mamayila is one of forty members.