World Hunger Month (October) is just around the corner and Africa Food For Thought (AFFT) continues to work tirelessly to provide food for underprivileged schools.
AFFT is a community-based NGO based in Florida. It helps to provide food security to more than 18 0000 children to the west of Johannesburg, providing regular meals for children to enable them to concentrate in class and study well. It supports 15 schools, 24 crèches, 3 community projects and 125 orphaned and vulnerable children.
AFFT provides essential nutrition to children at centres such as Rekaone Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) in the Soul City informal settlement in Krugersdorp. Here the community lives under critically constrained conditions. For the past few months this poverty-stricken settlement has had to survive without electricity, running water, waterborne sanitation and refuse collection.
Janet Doran Fourie, AFFT Team Leader: OVC Programme, said despite these trying conditions, the community’s children are radiant beacons of life, which she believes is symbolic of the hope that continues to keep communities like this going. “There are visible signs of hardship all around, yet upon entering Soul City informal settlement you immediately encounter smiles from every corner, a friendly greeting and the invariably crowding around of the schools’ curious little toddlers. Here the centre’s preschool ‘mamas’ provide a safe and happy environment, teaching and caring for the children.”
According to Thabisa Mkhwanazi, the KFC Public Affairs Director for Africa, and Add Hope champion, KFC is not afraid of putting its money where its mouth is and has raised over R499 million for Add Hope since 2009. Thabisa said, “This shows incredible support from our customers. But we believe that there is still a long way to go to help turn the tide on hunger. By encouraging and partnering with our customers to provide support for centres like Rekaone ECD Centre, we are well on track.”
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