Bricks Project Alleviates Poverty in Maubelo

Onalenna Motlogelwa (left) showing their sand bricks to Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Nonofo Molefhi PIC: LEBOGANG BAINGAPI
Onalenna Motlogelwa (left) showing their sand bricks to Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Nonofo Molefhi PIC: LEBOGANG BAINGAPI

MAUBELO: About 10km from Tsabong in the Kgalagadi District, is a small village of Maubelo, where the Kgalagadi Sand Building Blocks project is located. The community project has employed 20 people who are mostly the youth to produce bricks out of their own home sand.

The project, which is under the poverty eradication programme, started in 2007 to create employment for locals in a district which is poverty stricken.

The Kgalagadi District Council public relations officer, Pearl Mogobe explained that the beneficiaries were identified by the social workers through an assessment exercise. She said the project aims to create employment using the available resources in the district, that is the Kgalagadi river sand to make bricks. She said the sand is mixed with cement and fly ash from Morupule to make it hard and strong to use.

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