Township Stories and Realities - Six Years Ago

 

Six years ago, Thandeka queued for a plate at a feeding scheme after school. Today, she's in her second year of nursing college.

“I used to think that pot of food was just getting me through the week,” she says. “Now I understand it was buying me time — time to actually focus on school instead of worrying about whether we'd eat that night.”

Thandeka still comes back most weekends. Not for a meal this time, but to help serve one, alongside the same community kitchen that once fed her. “I want the kids in that queue to know it's not the end of their story. It's just one part of it.”

Stories like Thandeka's are the reason we track every meal, every rand, every volunteer hour — because the goal was never just today's plate. It's what that plate makes possible next.

 

Call to Action

 If you'd like to help make more stories like Thandeka's possible, the link to support our programmes is https://www.clrfoundation.com/donate-1

 And another video to watch - 

 

#SocialImpact #SouthAfrica #FoodSecurity #CommunityImpact #EndHunger💙

 

Township Stories & Realities - Calls to Action & Mobilisation

 

Winter isn't finished with us yet — and neither are the blankets we still need to hand out.💚

Temperatures are still dropping below 5°C some nights, and we have 87 households on our list still waiting for a blanket. Most are elderly residents living alone, or families with newborns.   💕

R120 covers one thick, warm blanket, delivered directly to a household on our list this week. R350 covers a full winter care pack — blanket, socks, and a hot water bottle.  

💕 We're not asking anyone to solve winter. We're asking for help getting through the next two weeks.

Click the link in   https://www.clrfoundation.com/donate-1   to sponsor a blanket

 #WinterAppeal #StayWarm #CommunitySupport #ActiveCitizenship

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Township Stories & Realities - Ms. Zanele

 

Ms. Zanele has taught grade 3 for eleven years. She says she can tell within the first hour of the school day which of her students had breakfast.

Before her school joined the feeding program, she'd see it every morning — kids putting their heads down on the desk by 9am, unable to concentrate, some falling asleep in class.

Six months since the program started, her classroom looks different. “They're asking questions now,” she says. “They're arguing about the answers. That's what a full stomach gives you back — attention, curiosity, a chance to actually be a kid at school.”

It's not just her class. Across the three primary schools we support, teachers are reporting the same shift.

Call to Action

R15 covers one school meal. If you'd like to help keep the program running in more classrooms, the link is https://www.clrfoundation.com/donate-1

Here is a video about townships - 

#TownshipStories #SchoolFeeding #FoodSecurity #EducationMatters #Ubuntu