Community builds house for struggling family: "This is so beautiful"

Community builds house for struggling family: "This is so beautiful"

- Butho Vuthela Highly Favoured on Facebook shared a wonderful story of a community coming together to help a family

- According to Butho, the community, with the help of some Facebook users, were able to build a home for a local lady and her children

- Butho shared the heartwarming and inspiring post to the #ImStaying group and Stayers sent in love and support

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South Africa is known for its close-knit communities that would do anything for each other. A post by Butho Vuthela Highly Favoured on Facebook proved just that and showed the amazing spirit of Ubuntu we have in our rainbow nation.

According to Butho, a community with the help and support of Facebook friends and family was able to build a home for a struggling member of the community. They managed to build a sturdy and beautiful home for the lady and her children.

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Butho said it would be the first time the lady and her children would be living in a "decent" home. This definitely shows how Saffas come together for a good cause.

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Butho shared these images of himself and the new family's new home. Source: Butho Vuthela Highly Favoured #ImStaying / Facebook
Source: Facebook

Butho shared this amazing story to the #ImStaying group on Facebook. His full post read:

"#ImStaying because through it all we have managed to build a home for this family #through the support of Facebook family and friends, now this struggling woman will get to enjoy a decent #home with her children for the first time ever in their lives.
"Thanks once again. Loving others even if you don't know them it's the sign of humanity."

Briefly.co.za compiled a few of the responses left under the post.

Nokuthula Thuh Zindela wrote:

"Wow, God bless you man of God, this is great work."

Ann McKee said:

"Great work. May you all stay safe and well. God bless."

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Sir-Nkwali Mbandazayo commented:

"Well done Lusu for the initiative. May God bless you abundantly."

Lynn Moloi added:

"This is so beautiful."

In similar news, Briefly.co.za previously reported on BI Phakathi building a house for a struggling granny. The faceless hero often blesses South Africans, no matter their age, race or backgrounds. Now, his kindness reached to Swaziland.

BI revealed he and his team helped a grandmother who lived in a mud house. More than 84 000 people reacted to the post and they applauded BI Phakathi's kindness in the comment section. He wrote on Facebook:

"Thank you to my team in Swaziland who partnered with us in building an old lady a house, this is the outcome, all glory be to the most High."

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