Help Me Help Vee!
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Nobahle (Veronica) Mandla is part of my family. She worked as a domestic worker when I was a child and teen and she was with us when I was injured in the terrorist bombing that almost took my life. She was with us for all the recovery and healing, the successes and the struggles. She is family.
Her oldest son Sipho was like a little brother, gathering around the cozy kitchen table and playing in the garden.
When we left South Africa, she was employed by family friends nearby and we've kept in touch over the years.
At the start of the pandemic, she was laid off, and the situation is now dire.
Domestic workers do not have many protections and she needs our help.
I want to do everything I can to help Vee and, with your help, we could make all the difference!
Please please join me in helping Vee. Anything helps, especially considering the exchange rate. These funds will ensure that she and her family are able to afford food and essentials during this pandemic! I worked out the amount by calculating an average living wage in South Africa for a year, since she has been laid off for most of the pandemic.
91.5% of all domestic workers are women and the vast majority of them are from poorer sections of society. It cannot be ignored that the impact of oppressive government regimes in South Africa and the world over has effects that will last for probably centuries even after they are abolished. There is no ignoring the fact that our family was in the incredibly privileged place to be the employers of a domestic worker and as such I believe it is our duty to use this privilege to both draw attention to the plight of someone like Vee and to use our platform to alleviate her struggle that was born from a history of oppression.
Please help me.
-Liv
Her oldest son Sipho was like a little brother, gathering around the cozy kitchen table and playing in the garden.
When we left South Africa, she was employed by family friends nearby and we've kept in touch over the years.
At the start of the pandemic, she was laid off, and the situation is now dire.
Domestic workers do not have many protections and she needs our help.
I want to do everything I can to help Vee and, with your help, we could make all the difference!
Please please join me in helping Vee. Anything helps, especially considering the exchange rate. These funds will ensure that she and her family are able to afford food and essentials during this pandemic! I worked out the amount by calculating an average living wage in South Africa for a year, since she has been laid off for most of the pandemic.
91.5% of all domestic workers are women and the vast majority of them are from poorer sections of society. It cannot be ignored that the impact of oppressive government regimes in South Africa and the world over has effects that will last for probably centuries even after they are abolished. There is no ignoring the fact that our family was in the incredibly privileged place to be the employers of a domestic worker and as such I believe it is our duty to use this privilege to both draw attention to the plight of someone like Vee and to use our platform to alleviate her struggle that was born from a history of oppression.
Please help me.
-Liv
Organizer
Olivia Milner
Organizer
Denver, CO