The land that was used to rebuild Yiza Ekhaya Soup Kitchen was previously a productive veggie garden. We rebuilt Yiza Ekhaya with a flat roof on which to establish a vegetable garden. But Mickey has greater plans, she has spoken to all her neighbours about a vacant plot of land adjacent to Yiza Ekhaya. With…
Mickey Winifred Linda is the incredibly inspiring woman behind the Yiza Ekhaya Soup Kitchen and Sewing Project, a community project based in Khayelitsha. Her project feeds 150 children in the neighbourhood and around 20 elderly people who are on medication which requires them to eat so they can take it. Mickey is a 59 year…
Yiza Ekhaya Soup Kitchen and Sewing Project is in Khayelitsha. They run a community garden, grow veggies and feed up to 200 hungry children and elderly people from the community. More about how this wonderful project started and the woman behind it here. GreenHome has been involved with Yiza Ekhaya for a number of years…