Nelani Cele has been very instrumental in bringing her family to where they are today.

Nelani Cele has been very instrumental in bringing her family to where they are today. Their home is surrounded by vegetables and fruit trees. Nelani says,
“My siblings and I were brought up by our grandmother. Life was very difficult and schooling was a challenge. Most days we would go to school on an empty stomach. Although I finished matric, I didn’t do well enough to qualify for any FET college. ACAT has been of great assistance to me in restoring my dignity as a person. I feel loved and supported. I started this garden with pride, proving to myself that I can also do something with my life, and that laziness shouldn’t be entertained! I have learnt through being in the programme that failing at school is not the end of everything. There are those like me who should be farmers, and make farming as our true occupation. I am now a member of a savings club. I recently loaned some money for transport of my first born son to go to the University of Zululand. I will continue saving for him until he starts working.”