"My name is Sibusiso Msibi. I have been here for the past 29 years. I stay with my mom, with my brothers and their children, the whole family. There are 8 of us at the homestead.In my spare time I relax at home, playing soccer, and I love reading book. Novels and magazines, whatever I can get. Actually, mostly I read newspapers. I get knowledge from reading and I try to improve my English".
“There are no opportunities so we normally survive by agriculture and some livestock. Right now it is summer, so I have mostly been working on growing the maize. We use this machine to grind the maize into mealie meal”. (see picture)
"I started a feeding program in 2020. I saw a need because it was during covid. Everyone was sitting, nobody working, and everything was closed. I was just volunteering so it's just like my life since I finished school, I have been volunteering most of my jobs. It's my passion to help.So I had the desire to start something just to give back to my community. A friend of mine, who stays about 18 km from here, said she had food so we can try to feed the children. She gave me some mealie meal and bread and so I mobilized everyone, especially the children. We started to cook 1 or 2 times a week depending on how much we had. We continued and continued up until we used everything that we had. So we started asking for donations because the children were saying “we’re hungry, we’re hungry”.
"My relationship with Abide Well it’s huge now. It’s BOOMING BOOMING BOOMING, Abide Well is a pillar to my projects. I am excited because since they are supporting the feeding program now. It has even changed how I look at things. I can see that God is always using people from all over the world to assist the community. I’m happy, I’m happy I’m happy and I'll forever appreciate your support".
