stan engelbrecht

mrs. monatsi (in red), her younger sister and grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nyanga township , cape town, south africa

it makes no sense to me that we live in a country where there is no government aid for women like mrs. monatsi. she, like many other grandmothers, has to take care of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren that have either been abandoned by their mothers and fathers or orphaned, often by H.I.V.

mrs. monatsi has no income other than her very small pension, and no-one in her family has steady work. the children all need to go to school, be clothed and fed on mrs. monatsi’s small pension. they go hungry more often than not.

there is one organization trying to make a difference for these women - african solutions for african problems (www.africansolutions.org).

please have a look at their website