Local volunteers recently assisted in packing over 15 000 meals for donation to those in need.
The meals were packed at Eikestad Mall on 22 October, in support of Rise Against Hunger’s movement to end hunger, according to Andrew Grundlingh, Eikestad Mall’s representative at the event. The meals were packed by over 50 volunteers between 10:00 and 11:00, and again between 11:30 and 12:30, he added.
Rise Against Hunger is an organisation that distributes meals to early childhood development centres (ECDs) across South Africa, according to Dayne Myles, the head of Rise Against Hunger in the Western Cape.
Local volunteers assisted in packing over 15 000 meals at Eikestad Mall on 22 October, according to Andrew Grundlingh, Eikestad Mall’s representative at the event. The meals were packed for a Rise Against Hunger campaign that was organised by the Attacq Foundation (Attacq’s corporate social investment initiative) and the Rise Against Hunger organisation.
Supporting Rise Against Hunger
“Attacq Foundation partnered with Balwin Foundation and Sage Foundation to support Rise Against Hunger,” said Grundlingh. Attacq Foundation is Attacq’s social corporate initiative, he said.
Eikestad Mall was one of the five malls owned by Attacq that hosted a meal-packing initiative, with the others being the Mall of Africa, Glenfair, Garden Route and Mooirivier, according to Shoky Poto, the transformation practitioner at Attacq Foundation.
The Attacq Foundation is one of Rise Against Hunger’s donors, said Myles. “[Attacq Foundation] paid for all the meals [and] provided the venue,” he added.
The meals that were packed at Eikestad Mall contributed to Attacq Foundation’s overall target of providing 90 000 meals to ECDs in each of the communities in which Attacq’s malls are located, said Poto.
“The Rise Against Hunger meals included enriched rice, soy protein, dried vegetables and 20 essential vitamins and nutrients,” said Poto. The meals were designed to provide a comprehensive array of micronutrients, she said.
The Rise Against Hunger meals that were recently packed at Eikestad Mall for donation to early childhood development centres included enriched rice, soy protein, dried vegetables and 20 essential vitamins and nutrients, said Shoky Poto, the transformation practitioner at Attacq Foundation. PHOTO: Tina Ddamulira
Benefitting the community
Two local ECDs that received meals through this project were Stellcare and Love to Give, according to Grundlingh.
“We would like to thank everyone involved most sincerely for this kind donation,” said Jacques Treadway, the dietician and centre manager at Love to Give. “It will go a long way in lessening the burden on our most needy beneficiaries in Kayamandi.”
Leech Noble, a sales manager at Virgin Active in Eikestad Mall, was one of the volunteers who assisted with packing the meals.
“I don’t know who I am helping, but I wanted to do this for a couple of years and now that I have the opportunity, I really feel good,” said Noble. “I urge more people [to help] their community.”
Leech Noble, a sales manager at Virgin Active at Eikestad Mall, was a volunteer who packed meals for the Rise Against Hunger campaign at Eikestad Mall on 22 October.“ I don’t know who I am helping, but I wanted to do this for a couple of years and now that I have the opportunity, I really feel good,” she says. “I urge more people [to help] their community.” PHOTO: Tina Ddamulira