I will live in a modified second-hand tuk-tuk that was acquired from an ice cream vendor for a year as a platform to raise funds to support various charities and gain support for a few personal projects I would like to implement.

 

The idea was born out a conversation with colleagues about the excessive cost of housing in Johannesburg for a single person to get onto the property ladder and how difficult it must be to get out of the rent trap for most people and near impossible for marginalised and excluded communities. This project has been inspired by: the growing tiny house/micro-apartment movement worldwide, inclusive communities and cities, the Minimalists movement and the general reuse, repurpose, preserve culture that is required to achieve a more sustainable lifestyle, I want to explore how I could use these ideals to create a solution for myself and others to empower individual wealth creation. The project has been a spare time passion project and has slowly developed a life of its own.

 

Further inspired by the great Julia Albu that you never to old to go on an adventure, please join me on this journey of self-discovery—to find what home means to me. And I would also like to urge you to donate to my causes so that we can help others on their journey.

 

 

What's in the name?

Tuk-Tuk- Auto Rickshaw

Ekhaya- In Zulu means home, kaya being a "hip" term used

Aya- Japanese female name meaning Design/Beautiful.

In Chemehuevi, Aya means "tortoise"