Officials from Gauteng, Johannesburg City Council and Disaster Management, all official partners to Gift of the Givers, review the Alex Housing Project in preparation for an official Presidential opening and handover in September 2013. The project was launched in honour of Mandela Day. Thus far, 50 houses are complete, 19 more to go; a kitchen facility, ablution block, water provision, tarred road, cemented pathway, vegetable and flower garden are all in the process of development by a 72 person team on site; various aspects of the infrastructure has been supported by the government departments mentioned. Some of the houses have been sponsored by Vodacom, SA Post Office, Spectron, Air Liquid and Women's Cultural Group.