A safe, secure home changes so much. Jeanette is a single mother and grandmother who was raising her kids and grandkids by getting piece jobs – short-term contract jobs that often do not pay well. 2 years ago, Ten Thousand Homes partnered with local leaders to ensure that she and her family had proper housing. […]

Joseph is a single father who also took on the care of his nieces when his sister passed away in 2020. Joseph has struggled to make ends meet for his family, as he is battling lung cancer developed from working in the coal mines. As his illness progresses, his primary concern is for his girls. […]

before after

Jeanette and her four children moved to a new community for a better life. Here she could live with her brother, a respected father figure in her life. Together they lived in a house that was little more than a single room with a lean-to on the side.  Life as she knew it was shaken […]

Vuyisile, Sifiso, and their daughter, Lihle, live in Mbonisweni, a township in South Africa. On a typical day, pre-COVID, you would find it bustling with activity. Walking down the main road, you would see people visiting their neighbors, minibus taxis filled with passengers who were going to work or to shop in town, kids gathering […]

In 2015, we ran a year long intern program in South Africa. Combined with classroom teachings, hands-on experience, leadership opportunities, and a trip to other projects in Africa, the interns had a firsthand experience of living as a foreigner in a culture very different than their own. Tom Gregory, a UK resident that interned in […]