However, the ANC Canadian mission came to the rescue with materials and a duplicating machine. The La Gumas acted as a conduit for the distribution of ANC publications and information to countries in the region. They had an expanding mailing list for Sechaba and the African Communist. Alex La Guma was a member of the World Peace Council and Secretary of the Afro-Asian Writers Association which provided him the opportunity to publicise South Africa and to distribute ANC material. A regular Cuban experience is the Brigade.
Sympathetic individuals go to Cuba for the harvest in a group to pick oranges for example.
The ANC representative would speak to the brigade about South Africa and apartheid. The mission was a centre for students and visitors to come to when they had problems which were many. During school holidays students would arrive and would be given room in the mission. A major problem occurred when a girl became pregnant. Abortion was 'on demand' in Cuba.