News Release

Church Members Work With the Red Cross to Provide Aid in South Africa

Due to recent violence in South Africa, numerous refugees have now chosen to return to their home countries.

Due to recent violence in South Africa, numerous refugees do not have homes they can return to due to fear of violence, and have now chosen to return to their home countries.  The Red Cross is assisting in coordinating buses for those wishing to leave from the three camps established in the Durban-KZN area.  About 60 men, women and children per bus take at least a two-day journey back to their country.  As most only have a few items they can take with them, the Red Cross is supplying needed items, including hygiene kits, to aid them in their trip home.  Although the attacks have stopped, there is still an influx of refugees coming into the camps.

Members of the Durban and Hillcrest Stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently gathered in their various meetinghouses to assemble hygiene kits for the victims of xenophobia living in the refugee camps.  In the Durban Stake, the High Council and Stake Council assembled 300 kits.  In the Hillcrest Stake, 14 youth from the Hillcrest Ward joined together to put 300 additional kits together.

To learn more about the current needs for your area, please visit their website at www.redcross.org.za

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