One of our responsibilities in the Area Office is to promote Helping Hands all over Southeast Africa, to provide materials and information to all our National Directors and Public Affairs Couples and to attend some of the bigger events. The Africa people are so willing to help others, even when they really need help themselves. Hundreds of groups all over Africa turn out in large numbers for these events. Below are some photos that we took or were sent to us of their projects in 2014 that were to be finished by August 16th. The following are just a few of those projects.
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| Phoenix Branch women |
Phoenix Branch - Sahari Women's Shelters and Organizers MHH asked for donated toiletry items and put together packets for each woman at the shelter.
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| Kwakwa ward in Johannesburg Stake |
Mormon Helping Hands group cleaned up the community by picking up trash and debri and carrying it away.
In Harare Zimbabwe, MHH helped refurbish the outside of one the State House, a government building that was in desperate need of repair.
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| State House Harare, Zimbabwe Helping Hands |
They also scrubbed the front of the building and hosed off the front steps
In Ethiopia the Awassa Branch, Bekulobet Branch and the Megeaagna Branch had good turn outs to clean up communities and pickup trash, as well as plant trees in certain areas.
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| Ethiopia, Awassa Branch Helping Hands |
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| Malawi Helping Hands |
In Malawi volunteers cleaned up the hillside and other areas of the city.
Other photos and projects can be found on the MormonNewsroom.org We had great participation and lots of hard work. The bridge in Swaziland continues to be built by MHH in that area. Almost all areas have a problem with garbage on their streets, so many of the projects were to clean up the trash along the roadways. Everyone is so happy to do it and the people who live there thank God for His help.
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