Category: Testimonies
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Church, Respond to Gentrification!
The City that is Here in the city of Cape Town, the effects of poverty are widespread and rancorous. It is centuries old and it feels as though we who are rich have become numb to it. We have normalized what isn’t normal. The spirit of apartheid lingers on here, its last stand. Our city…
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A letter from a beneficiary
Dear Level Ground I want to thank you very much for the house that you bought for us to use. Really appreciate it. You don’t know what it means to us to live in a house. I am 15 years old and I have never lived in a house before. We lived in Joe Slovo…
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Building a wall in Langa
Calling everyone who wants to be part of an exciting day where we will be building a boundary wall around one of the houses we have delivered in Langa. Check our Facebook group for details. UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who helped out with the wall!
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Acquiring houses for Level Ground: – part of our journey so far
In March 2011 Level Ground put in their first offer on a house in Langa. After much drama and many prayers, transfer finally went through in December 2011.Then the real fun and hard work began, as plans were made for alterations, these then had to be submitted to council, and then building began. It was…
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House number 2! – OUR JOURNEY TO A BRICK HOUSE
My Wife and I have been staying in Joe Slovo. We have been staying there since 2002. At that stage we had no children. In 2004 we were blessed with a beautiful girl named Vuyolwethu (Vuyo). In 2006 God blessed us with a son Zingisile (Zingi) and…
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Our first house (“dream home”) delivered – Testimony from the new owner in her own words
I Rosemary Saffi was born in Hout Bay growing up in Mossel Bay with my grandparents from my mother’s side in a house. At the age of 18 I left home and came to live and work in Cape Town. I never could see myself living in…
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Jeremy writes
My involvement with Level Ground began because of all the friends I have in the township. My friends live in appalling conditions. In the winter it is very cold and their homes leak and in the summer their homes are like ovens. Many have electricity which comes via their neighbours and the toilet situation is…
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Moved to do something
As I drove on the N2 freeway from Somerset West to Cape Town after visiting family, I was struck by the stark contrast between the beauty of the surrounding mountains and scenery and the endless scores of shacks alongside the freeway and I decided to measure how far the townships stretched alongside the N2. I…
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A donor’s viewpoint
We know some amazing women who live with their families in unbelievably horrible conditions, but who love God and follow Him with all their hearts. They are part of our church family and it is a complete thrill for us to be part of God’s plan for those women…