It is known that South Africa is one of the countries in the world with the highest inequality rate, with a significant portion of the population living in poverty. The richest portion of the population holds a disproportionate share of the country’s wealth, while large segments of the population struggle with unemployment, low wages, and limited economic opportunities.
While we sit in the comfort homes, we want you to reflect on those in our communities that are living from hand to mouth and not having the basic needs of water, electricity and food. People in our communities are purchasing spoons of coffee and sugar, loose teabags, cups of milk, spoons of fish oil, cups of rice and even slices of bread. Whilst this considered expensive in comparison to the prices of these products, this has become the only way many in impoverished communities are able to live on a daily basis.
With your support we were able to provide a warm meal to 2,500 people yesterday taking the total feeding to date to 181,500 people from the communities of Retreat, Milnerton, Lavender Hill, Khayelitsha, Vrygrond, Parkwood, Hanover Park, Ottery and Lotus River. We thank you for your continuous support not only allowing us to feed these communities from our Ottery kitchen bi-weekly but allowing us to provide ingredients to the Belhar and Lavender Hill communities to feed four to five times per week on a regular basis and assisting Kuilsriver and Samora on an advocacy basis.
We humbly request your support to allow us to continue with our mandate of feeding the impoverished, orphaned and destitute in our communities. With your support we can achieve more.
Below are a few pictures of this weeks feeding:
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