South Africa: When Hunger Hits, Limpopo Widower Tells Children to Drink Water and Have Faith
[Health-e] In the second part of our Hungry For Change series, Health-e News shares the story of a Limpopo widower who has to feed himself, his three adult children and his two young grandchildren with R50 a day. When food runs out, he advices them to drink water. And to have faith.
In Limpopo, a widower named Sekhwele Mnisi struggles to provide for his family on a daily income of only R50. With his three adult children and two young grandchildren, they share a two-bedroom house with no electricity or running water. When food runs out, Mnisi advises his family to drink water and have faith that God will provide.
His oldest daughter, Karabo, and 19-year-old son, Thoriso, are both unemployed. Karabo has two young children, a two-year-old and an eight-month-old baby. Mnisi's pension and grandchildren's child support grants provide R3460 monthly, but R1500 goes towards food, leaving little for other essentials. Winter brings fear of rape, and the family remains the only one without electricity in their village.
Despite his hardships, Mnisi continues to search for odd jobs to support his family. When hunger hits, he believes in the power of faith and water to sustain them.
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