There were also houses built with cement blocks such as retail shops that were also destroyed. Over 350 hectares of arable land were ruined and the cost of preparing the damaged land is estimated at about two million eight hundred rands. The estimated cost of livestock killed is about three hundred thousand rands. Locations for Proposed Response Intervention by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa in co-operation with the Lutheran World Federation Department for World Service is targeted at the villages of Lugelweni, Lubalasi, Bonga, Dotyini, Siphundu and Mnceba in Mount Ayliff and Tabankulu districts. The Methodist Church and the South African Council of Churches are already rendering assistance in the form of food, temporary shelter and blankets.
Food is cooked communally.
The security situation in the disaster area is the same as in other rural areas of South Africa. The project aim is to render assistance in the rebuilding of communities affected by storms in the Eastern Cape Province. The project will target assistance towards poor households, especially those headed by women, the aged and the unemployed or under-employed, in the affected rural villages. Criteria to be Used in Beneficiary Selection Beneficiaries will be selected on the basis of need and vulnerability. Traditional leaders local government authorities, the department of social work and churches will be consulted in the selection of beneficiaries.