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| March 23, 2008 - Funeral Saving Funds | |||
| Written by Anthony Kim | |||
| I was invited to a funeral a couple of days ago. I was kind of curious, but Wellington and I already had plans, so we declined. It seems like funerals are a fairly common occurrence around here and I have no doubt that one of these days, I will be invited to another one. One of the Self Help Groups that I attended last week actually had a funeral fund. They put a certain amount of money in every month and if any of the members of the group had a funeral, they would take out a certain amount and give it to that member. This is on top of their regular savings program that they do. I don’t know about you and me, but a funeral is the last thing I’m saving for, but the members of that group find it necessary to put money aside every month. It shows what kind of the society that they are living in where death lurks in every corner. Since much of the AIDs epidemic seems to target the working age group, there are a lot of families that take in orphans if they had some kind o... (625 more chars) | |||
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| March 13, 2008 - First Impressions | |||
| Written by Anthony Kim | |||
| I struggled for the past few days on how to accurately describe Zimele in just a couple of paragraphs. There’s so much that I learned in the last couple of days and I’m really excited to share, but it’s difficult to get into words. I finally got to see Zimele in action today. Previously, I’ve only heard bits and pieces about exactly what Zimele does, but the parts that I did hear, made me very excited because it was something that I truly believed in. The whole vision of Zimele is to change people’s mindset from receiving handouts to taking care of themselves. Rosetta told me that it’s very difficult to get people out of poverty in Swayimane and in many parts of South Africa because the community’s culture breeds a sense of reliance on others. Zimele wants to facilitate communities to act on their own accord and take responsibility for their own finances and in the long run, their entire community. That’s the basics of Zimele. Traditi... (2361 more chars) | |||
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