11 Architecture Honors students + a real Client & Community from an informal settlement = the possibility for creative solutions to arise just became a reality.
On this Monday afternoon at about 16h00 we (the students) came together with our Mentors & Nkhensani Masuluke (aka Pastor Wonder).
Nkhensani told us about the organisation that his family and himself take part in; that of the Rehoboth Family & Community Centre which was established in 1999.
He told us how since 1999 they had payed off a lot situated in Mamelodi East and were now (2014) the owners of this piece of land.
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| [The church service] |
This however had not stopped them from establishing a community based range of activities, like a church, kindergarten, adult literacy classes as well as youth development programs. They also host annual and monthly events. Their main focus is the uplifting of their community.
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| [Pastor Wonder in action] |
Their Vision is that of Habakkuk 2:14 - "For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." What they try to achieve through this vision is that the spreading of knowledge will inspire growth and uplifting of the community. Touching the lives of one family, will spread and filter into the rest of the community.
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| [The community] |
Nkhensani and his father, (Pastor James) approached the University of Pretoria as to receiving help with the design of the new Community centre they invisioned (finally moving out of the tent). The University referred them to the Department of Architecture (Boukunde) and that's how our group and Rehoboth came to cross paths.
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