Destitute residents in Lutzville, Klawer and Vredendal North received a surprise visit from a group of Cape Flats community workers as they handed out much needed relief.
The organisations have been working hard to collect donations of food and sanitary packs to assist the rural communities outside Cape Town as part of their Covid-19 relief programme.
Requel Nel, founder of The Leaky Shack Foundation, says they partnered with the Ubuntu Global Foundation when they heard of the need in the three communities who received little to no help.
“Faranaaz Gaffoor contacted us about two weeks ago and told us what is happening in those areas where people last received food donations on Mandela Day.
“As we run three feeding schemes in Heideveld we immediately said yes we would like to help.
“In comparison to our communities, the people living in these remote rural communities receive very little so we really wanted to help and gathered just what we could.”
On Saturday the team handed out more than 300 cooked meals, 400 snack packs for children, sanitary packs for more than 300 teens and food parcels to residents over the age of 50.
“It was an amazing and heartbreaking experience to see how destitute the people are,” says Nel.
“We did so much, but at the end of the day we felt bad because we ran out of supplies.
“We also focused on sanitary packs for the teen girls of these areas and hundreds of people just kept coming.
“We have decided to go back in September and help again and now we are calling on Capetonians to support us with donations of food and sanitary items.”
If you would like to help call Nel on 083 575 7599.
monique.duval@inl.co.za