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 - 

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Township Stories & Realities - A Setswana Proverb

 

“Kgomo ya moshate e jewa ke sechaba.” A Setswana proverb: what belongs to the community feeds the whole community.

Today, somewhere across our townships, volunteers are sorting blankets, mamas are stretching a pot to feed one more mouth, and a teenager is walking someone's granny to the clinic. None of them are waiting to be thanked. They're just doing what needs doing.

That's the quiet, steady kind of strength that keeps a community standing through a hard winter. Not one dramatic rescue — a thousand ordinary Saturdays like this one.

Call to Action

If someone in your community shows up like this, without needing recognition for it, tell us about them in the comments.

 If you'd like to help keep the programme running in more classrooms, the link is https://www.clrfoundation.com/donate-1

#Ubuntu #WeekendReflection #CommunityStrength #DailyHope #TogetherWeCan

 

Township Stories & Realities - 2,180 hot meals

 

2,180 hot meals served this week, across four townships.

 Behind that number: 34 volunteers who showed up before sunrise to cook, pack, and deliver. Three community kitchens that opened their doors and their pots to neighbours. And a school feeding programme that meant over 600 children didn't sit through a maths lesson on an empty stomach.

We track every meal because our donors and partners deserve to know exactly where their support lands — not in a spreadsheet somewhere, but on a plate, in a specific kitchen, in front of a specific person.

This week, that was 2,180 people. Next week, we start again.

Call to Action

Thank you to every volunteer, kitchen, and donor who made this week's meals possible. If you'd like to help us keep the pots full, the link to donate is - https://www.clrfoundation.com/donate-1

 Watch our video about the food shortage - 

 

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