The calamity that was recently hit Mthatha West hard in particular Decoglyn and Slovo Park, brought solidarity amongst the Africans. This was evidence, when the Ethiopian organization and East African organization founded in South Africa joined hands donated food and other needs to the affected people in Mthatha West. The organizations included African brothers from Ethiopia, Somali and Kenya.
This natural disaster caused havoc and we saw more than 100 people lost their lives whilst others are still missing. A lot of people lost their homes, food and all their belongings.
Melese Wamisho, who was leading the delegation, said they were there to rescue the victims of the disaster. “Some lost their fathers and mothers, and as we speak they are homeless. So, whilst they are crying outside, we are not going to fold our arms and watch, but we are going to cry with them. We give unconditional love in time of the challenge, when you have a problem is our problem, when you cry, we cry and when you want we will come and see your problem, so that we can help you out,” he said.
Meanwhile, Degu Hanford stressed that they will never give-up on their African brothers and sisters, whenever they see them in big trouble like the one that occurred in Mthatha. He said after seeing this disaster they decided to come together and help the victims. “There is no way we can see our brothers and sisters suffering in front of us, that was the reason why we popped out from our own pockets to help them”, he concluded.
