Floods hit Kosovo informal settlement
12 May 2008

About 1500 people in Kosovo Informal settlement were displaced yesterday (Sunday, 11 May) when heavy rains hit the area, resulting in floods. Mustadafin Foundation, in response to the disaster, has supplied the 1500 displaced people with cooked food yesterday and will be supplying brunch and supper for them today.

According to the city’s Disaster Risk Management, AbuBakr Kippie, Kosovo was the worst hit area. “The people of Kosovo were affected very badly by the floods in comparison to the other informal settlements. Residents have said that they would be residing with family and friends until the flood-water subsides.”

The Foundation appeals to the public for donations in cash or kind to aid the people of Kosovo.

Mustadafin renews its support in Delft
02 April 2008

In light of recent developments on the dire situation at Delft, Mustadafin Foundation will be cooking for the community in Symphony Way and Silversands site for the month of April. Mustadafin has been cooking 2 meals per day for 3000 evictees during March 2008. The same amount of meals will be delivered during April.

Residents in Delft, Symphony walk are becoming restless as promises of a temporary home are not coming to fruition. The City of Cape Town’s rescue plan for the residents of Delft has once again been postponed, and according to Mayoral Committee Member for housing, Dan Plato, the temporary structures will only be available in May.

But residents working with Mustadafin’s Disaster Team to feed about 3000 individuals have reportedly said that it is highly unlikely that they will move into houses within the next 3 months. According to Mustadafin’s Disaster coordinator, Ebrahim Smith, The Foundation has renewed its support to feed the community for a further 14 days into the month of April. In March 2008, the Foundation undertook to provide 2 cooked meals per day, 3 times a week. But according to Smith, it looks as if the Foundation would need to cook for more than just 14 days into April. “We have extended our aid in Delft to a further 14 days but by the looks of things it seems highly unlikely that these evictees will move by then.”

Last week The Anti-Eviction Campaign (AEC), who has been working with the Delft community since the onset of the crisis, reported that the families required urgent basic necessities in addition to the aid they are receiving from NGOs. While Mustadafin will be supplying the residents with hot meals, and other non-perishable food items, The Foundation’s supply has become low. “It is difficult when you have an on-going disaster for very long periods, like the Delft situation, because donors tend to forget about these on-going causes. In the beginning of a disaster we always get in a lot of donations but as the months go by the donations dwindle.”

The Disaster Team has requested donations from the public to support Delft. The Foundation urgently requires the communities help.

Death of a community helper:

On Tuesday, April 1^st, a resident from Delft who has been working closely with Mustadafin on the Delft crisis was killed. According to Smith who was at the scene when the body was being taken away, the helper was killed over a personal row with another resident. No further information was known about the killing.

Shack fire in Gugulethu
23 March 2008

4 people have burnt to death including two youth in a shack fire in Gugulethu at 3am. on the 23 March 2008. 100 shacks have been burnt to the ground displacing 500 people. Mustadafin foundation has responded to the disaster with cooked meals and blankets. The city’s Disaster Management is still in search of a few other missing people. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Mustadafin fed 3000 displaced people in Symphony Way in Delft
11 March 2008

Though the Delft situation has died sown in the media, about 1600 residents are still sleeping on the streets, with no running water or electricity. The Gale force winds that Cape Town experienced at the weekend had left hundreds of people displaced and destitute in the city and the worst hit were the people of Delft in Symphony Way according to the city’s disaster management. These people do not have strong housing structures as they are often made of cardboard and black bag material, among other scrap bits.

As a result of the evictions thousands of people, many Muslims have been suffering. There is no means for them to cook their own meals and bath. Many of the learners who are in school are seen roaming around the area during school time.

As a result of this political mess, a humanitarian crisis has now erupted. The Mustadafin Foundation has been supplying cooked meals for the people of Delft throughout the month of March.

For three days of the week we cook 24 100 liter pots of food. In total we supply brunch and supper for 3000 people per day. We have also been supplying the Delft residents with groceries such as tea-bags, coffee, sugar and milk if funds are received.

The disaster team at Mustadafin has been very hard at work especially since in between the cooking, Mustadafin responds to other disasters within one or two hours. We have been inundated with calls from disaster risk management about informal settlement fires and we respond with food packs and blankets. As a result our doors are always open for donations of non-perishable food-stuff, clothes and other goods.

We appeal to the public to donate in cash or kind to help us help others. Our offices can be contacted on 021 633 0010. Donors can also visit our website at www.mustadafin.com, which are in the process of upgrading. All our latest projects will be on the web soon so all the information people need will be on there in the coming weeks Insha Allah

Fire disaster in Kommetjie
16^th March 2008

30 iron and wood informal structures were destroyed in a fire in the early hours of Sunday, . Mustadafin responded with food parcels, blankets and baby packs

Fire disaster in Kosovo
4 March 2008

On Tuesday, March 4^th, The Mustadafin Foundation responded to yet another fire disaster in the Kosovo Informal settlement in Oliver Thambo Drive, Weltevreden Valley. Six wooden and iron informal structures were burnt to the ground on Monday night at 11:45. One male died in the fire and 24 people have been displaced.  Mustadafin Disaster Relief team responded with blankets and emergency food parcels, containing food to feed a family of six for up to a week. Ebrahim Smith, co-ordinator of Mustadafin Disaster Relief said that the Foundation would be delivering clothing to the area in the coming days.

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