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The Niall Mellon Township Trust

Facts and Figures

 
The Niall Mellon Township Trust was established in 2002 with the aim of providing quality social housing for the impoverished communities in the townships of South Africa.  In the first year 150 homes were completed, over the next six years the volunteers have completed 11,000 homes in total, 5,000 were built in 2008.

This success has been possible because of the generosity and support we receive from Volunteers, the general public, and the Irish and South African governments.

Building through partnership has been the objective from the beginning of the Niall Mellon Township Trust , Volunteers, community and government.  It is the enthusiasm of the Volunteers that has created the awareness of our mission, generated the funding, and brought social housing development to the fore of overseas development work.

Each year since the charity started, the Trust have brought Irish Volunteers to South Africa to participate in a week long “Building Blitz”.  In 2008, 2,000 Volunteers travelled from 13 countries to take part in the 7th Building Blitz, during this week an incredible 253 homes were built.  This brings to a total of 5,000 volunteers who have participated in the building blitzes to date.

The Niall Mellon Township Trust in figures
 
Year of creation 2002
Houses completed on first year 150
7th Blitz
March 2009		 500 volunteers
300 were women, it is the first time the charity had a female majority
78 homes were built for 900 beneficiaries
Funds needed to be raised At least 5,000 Euros per volunteer
   
   
Townships in figures
 		  
Number of Township involved 23 (13 in the Western Cape and 10 in Gauteg)
Number of inhabitants can be more than one Million people
Unemployment can be more than 50%
Size can run over number of kilometres
 

     

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