500 volunteers prepare for South Africa building blitz

Five hundred Irish volunteers are heading to South Africa this morning to take part in the latest blitz of house-building by the Niall Mellon Township Trust.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2009 - 07:57

Five hundred Irish volunteers are heading to South Africa this morning to take part in the latest blitz of house-building by the Niall Mellon Township Trust.

Over the next week, the group aims to build 75 houses in a township outside Cape Town.

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