A whanau I am working with only had a small pie warmer balancing on a broken small table in their living area as heating. The house is sparsely furnished. They had been turning the main oven on to try and stay warm but their power bill was too big.
The whare was freezing, and the 8 year old boy was hardly at school, one reason was he was so cold at night to sleep.
Firewood got delivered yesterday. I called in to see the whanau. They were so excited as had the fire burning and the old pie warmer was on the front step discarded. The 8 year old boy was at school!We had a cold storm blow through last night but the whanau said they had the fire burning and they snuggled up in front of it.
They are now busy clearing their back section so they can stack the wood safely in the back shed.
Thank you so much for all you do and for the donations; they do make such a difference! We see it in the faces of the people.
