The Caretaker's Flat
The Preschool and the Caretaker's Flat
Fifty previously unemployed and unskilled local men and women have been trained in construction skills. Over the last four years, about half this number have found employment as plumbers, bricklayers and carpenters in the formal construction sector. The rest of the builders are now part of subcontracting teams who tender for piecework on the building in progress. In this way, the builders are being prepared for life in the construction industry when the Centre is complete. The surounding walls, preschool, caretaker's flat and Mothers and Infants centre are all in use. Work is progressing well on the Kitchen and Dining Complex. Etafeni is, as far as we know, the only community-built centre in the Western Cape.
The Caretaker's Flat
The Preschool and the Caretaker's Flat
The Preschool and Playground
Cutting Bricks
Beginning of the Mothers and Infants Centre
Mothers and Infants Centre in progress
Women builders making blocks on site
Moving the blocks from where they are made to where they are needed
Mzoxolo Menyo, our Stores Manager, explaining the plans to the builders
Plastering the caretaker's flat with Table Mountain in the background
Site Progress
The completed Mothers and Infants Centre viewed from Zwelitsha Drive
The completed Mothers and Infants Centre viewed over the food garden with the Caretaker's Flat in the background