Workshop on Financial Mangemnet and Savings with the Shongweni Team. “The aim of the workshop was to encourage par ticipants to teach their children about finance and money skills and to instil this further, a session was held with children of Shongweni...

IDDR event On 13 October, Working on Fire joined stakeholders throughout the country to mark International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR). On this important day, stakeholders commit themselves to work together and significantly reduce disaster risks in communities....

KwaZulu-Natal Working on Fire Communications Cluster, in partnership with the KZN Department of Social Development, has conducted the Early Childhood Workshop for educators in the uMngeni Municipality in Howick. The aim of the workshop was to create communities that...

The Maropeng Team, based on the West Rand in Gauteng, received high praise from the Mogale. City Municipality for assisting communities in this town to rebuild homes destroyed by a tornado recently. Ward Councillor Victor Molefe said in a statement that the Maropeng...

As part of his concerted effort to break the cycle of poverty in his family, Samuel Mmolotsi, a firefighter at De Wildt Base, has become a livestock farmer. Two years ago, he bought one cow with his stipend. Mmolotsi says, “I now have six cows and intend buying...

The Working on Fire programme celebrated its 14th anniversary this October. Khomotso Moagi, who is now a Ground Operations Manager (GOM) in Gauteng, is a veteran participant in the programme. Moagi, who hails from Bushbuckridge, recalls that when she was recruited...