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On the 28th December Mtentu Lodge main entertainment area caught fire and burnt down. We lost everything that makes the lodge run including the kitchen, bar, seating area, office, store room and workshop. However no guests or staff were harmed in the blaze and for that we are eternally grateful.

Mtentu Lodge is a community partnership lodge. The ACCODA Trust (Organisation that represents the people from the local community) own the land and all the buildings on the land. Over more than 10 years the lodge has become a successful tourism business supporting over 13 staff and many local spin off businesses. The lodge is central in the fight against proposed exploitative titanium mining in the area. Without the lodge there is no strong keystone of tourism in the area. This means that there is no alternative to mining for the community and so the lodges success is important in the fight against the destruction that the mining will bring.

In order to get the Lodge back up and running we need to rebuild the main lapa area and restock it with everything needed to run the lodge again. Our first focus is to raise enough money to rebuild the lapa. We need to buy timber and building materials. All our tools and nearly all of our equipment was lost in the fire and it will all need to be bought again.

In order for the lodge to have a chance of survival and for our staff and community to regain their livelihoods we need your help!

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