Aerial, Tsoga environmentl center: founder Thobeka Thamage greets a town elder; Langa, Cape Town. South Africa

Women @ Tsoga Environmentl Resource Center leave after working on bead jewelry; Langa, Cape Town. South Africa

Tsoga Environmntl Resource Center founder Thobeka Thamage meets friends at HQ; Langa, Cape Town. South Africa

Women tend carrot garden at Tsoga Environmental Resource Center w/ founder Thobeka Thamage;Langa South Africa

Founder Thobeka Thamage tends carrots at Tsoga Environmental Resource Centr; Langa, Cape Town South Africa

George 'Dikela' Celu works at Tsoga Environmental Resource Center as gardener; Langa, Cape Town. South Africa

Woman hoes cabbage sprouts at Tsoga Environmental Resource Center as volunteer; Langa, Cape Town. South Africa

Thobeka Thamage of Tsoga environmentl centr plants tree as girl shovels; Salvation Army, Langa. South Africa

Five-yr-old Kwezi, Xhosa for star or hope, holds cabbage sprout @ Tsoga environmentl cntr; Langa South Africa

Director Mbuyiselo Kona cavorts with two boys hanging out at Tsoga environmental centr; Langa South Africa

Herbalists plant garden as man shows medicinal leaf to colleague @ Tsoga Environmentl Centr;Langa South Africa

Herbalist erupts in song & dance with rake & wand after planting @ Tsoga Environmentl Centr;Langa South Africa

Three women at the Tsoga Environmental Resource Centr make bead jewelry sold thru co-op; Langa. South Africa

Handmade bead jewelry is sold thru co-op at Tsoga Environmental Resource Centr; Langa, Cape Town South Africa

Students plant tree @ high school in effort to green up the poor township of Langa; Cape Town. South Africa

Girl cups peach leaves in hands in schoolyard planted with trees to green Langa township;CapeTown South Africa

Students pick up trash at Langa H.S. in learning to clean up the poor township of Langa; CapeTown South Africa

Town elder Alfred Zondani poses by saplings planted near painted dead trees to 'reforest' Langa. South Africa

Woman has blood pressure taken at outdoor play on tuberculosis, common illness in Langa township South Africa

Rows of shacks occupied by poor blacks line the fringes of the township of Guguletu; Cape Town. South Africa

Woman w/ white facial mask walks past shacks and trash in poorest area of Langa township;Cape Town South Africa

Woman watches neighbor sew outside her humble shack in poorest area of Langa township;Cape Town South Africa

Young couple stands at the door of their humble shack in poorest area of Langa township;Cape Town South Africa

Mother & kids sit outside shack as woman pushing shopping cart pauses; Langa township/Cape Town South Africa

Woman in 'Enjoy Cape Town' shirt stands near kids outside shack in Langa township; Cape Town. South Africa

Woman stands outside shack as neightbor sits on floor in hut with pot of food; Langa, Cape Town. South Africa

Young man sits outside a brightly painted shack in poor black township of Langa; Cape Town. South Africa

Vendor pushes his shopping cart full of produce along street past shacks in Langa; Cape Town. South Africa

Singing trio belts a song to tune from blind man's accordion at commuter train station; Langa. South Africa

Girls walk home in school uniforms singing together on sidewalk in poor black township of Langa. South Africa

Women toting babies on their backs pause by 'Viva ANC Women' sign in poor township of Langa. South Africa

Woman w/ baby on her back & young daughter beside her walks home in poor black township of Langa. South Africa

Two cats walk amid rubble & clotheslines in poor hostel area of township of Langa; Cape Town. South Africa

Mother & kids sit outside brick hostel buildings in afternoon in township of Langa; Cape Town. South Africa

Couple stands near 'One Settler One Bullet' sign on side of truck; Langa township, Cape Town South Africa

Kids light up with smiles at having their picture taken as they walk in poor township of Langa. South Africa

Man posed against blue sky and wispy clouds looks down as butcher works in background; Langa. South Africa

George 'Dikela' Celu poses in 2-bed, 1-room apartment which he shares with another family;Langa South Africa

Big Boy Mankayi, of Jungle Walk St, w/pass-book photo shot before being blinded @ gas compny;Langa South Africa

Big Boy Mankayi's scarred hand holds pass-book photo shot before being blinded @ gas compny;Langa South Africa