Preschool kids from school enjoying their time playing and sharing what they learnt at school as they make their way home. These kids are full of laughter as they share the different stories their teachers shared with them at school. 

Neighbouring Care Points (NCP) in the communities allows kids from the ages of 2 – 5 years old to come to the Care Point, cook food for them and also have educational games and learn through play. 

Going to the Care Points makes the kids happy as they learn new skills every day, playing games using the utensils available around them. These kids from Edlangeni Community enjoying going to the Care Point and are excited to start in Primary level education. 

Their favourite activities is collecting stones and making them different sets, helping themselves in the skill of counting. Playing on the swings and making new friends in the communities is their daily activity as they interact with the community members.

Name of the Individual/ Community:  Mrs. Thandazile Dlamini
Location: eNjeni KaNdinda Chiefdom.
Thematic Area: Ntontozi Constituency- Manzini Region

Thandazile Dlamini widower of 39 years, started to live at KaNdinda when she got married in 2008. “When I came in to the area the standard of living was very poor such that most of the homesteads inclusive of my own did not have any sanitation facilities. The issue of collecting water was a different story as we used to walk almost two kilometres to and from collecting water, such that the issue of hygiene was not that much emphasised as water was used very sparely. 

A thousand thanks to GRb and the donor Voss Foundation, as our lives has greatly improved, we spent less time in collecting water than we used to, thus we are able to dedicate the time into other activities which have led to the improvement of standard of living. Even the children now has more time to focus into their studies and they no longer absent themselves on regular basis as a result of frequently unwell.

Sewing business (designer)

Teresa started her business before the Kutimela project was started, and offered Gone Rural Artisans training around the importance of saving and saving schemes. She used to patch clothes for customers in her community, so she had a good start to her business. 

She would use the money she earned and buy material and sew different designs of clothing, such as aprons and school uniforms around Hhukwini. She now has big orders every year to deliver uniforms for Dlangeni Primary school and Mdzimba High school.

She started with a cash flow off R250 to buy the material and cotton treads. She then joined the Kutimela saving group and took a loan of R500 to boost her business.
Teresa’s business is now doing well as she is selling uniforms to different schools. There is a lot of progress as she makes enough profit, in addition to her Gone Rural income, to feed and keep her busy.