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food for life served 27 000 plates of meals for mandela day
food for life served 27 000 plates of meals for mandela day
Poverty stalks South Africa. It is at the root of malnutrition, stunting, poor educational outcomes, the skills deficit and unemployment, disease and violence. We have to take action against poverty, and we have to work together to do that. Each of us can make every day a Mandela Day by choosing to do something sustainable that will help South Africa eradicate poverty and ensure we each realise the ideal of a dignified life.
The message behind Mandela Day is simple - everyone has the ability and the responsibility to change the world for the better. If each one of us heeds the call to simply do something good every day, we can live Nelson Mandela's legacy and help build the country of our dreams. The baton of leadership has been handed over to us. It is in our hands now to make a positive difference.
On Mandela day, 18 July 2017, volunteers from all around the community gathered from as early as 05:00 am to pay tribute to our countries greatest leader by giving more than 67 minutes of their lives.
Planning for this event had begun many months ago which lead to a great day indeed, with music that kept all our cooks on their feet to "selfies" which had everybody smiling of course. It was an excellent time to spend with family and socialise with the new neighbouring cooks.
The volunteers set alight 108 pots and began preparing meals which fed 27000 underprivileged children of our community .Meals are then distributed in 27 poverty stricken areas. Each pot of breyani feeds 250 children.
This massive task of cooking 108 pots of breyani was completed successfully without any major problems and we look forward to the future cooking. All those that were present enjoyed the experience and promised to be a part of future events.