COVID-19 Overberg Food Relief and Security

Winter is here! Would you please stand with us for food relief in the heart of the Western Cape, the COVID-19 epicenter of the African continent?

Please join us in support of StanFood Relief, a partnership platform based in the town of Stanford, with a mission of food relief and a vision for food security in the Overberg. Food distribution is made possible by a network of NGOs as well as public and private entities and individuals. Since the start of lockdown on 27 March 2020, hunger, poverty, and desperation have grown daily. In Stanford alone, soup kitchens have been providing compassionate food relief for up to 2300 children and adults, daily.

Gansbaai-based pastor Johan du Toit, who helps to coordinate StanFood Relief, is representing SHARE on the StanFood Relief platform.

Your generosity would enable us to help with:

1. The purchasing of a fridge and chest freezer for storage of perishable ingredients for the soup kitchens,

2. providing urgently needed ingredients for daily food preparation and provisioning,

3. covering logistical and running costs in these difficult times,

4. preparing for the cold winter months ahead, especially as the weather turns,

5. improving holistic disaster relief in our region as we work for better food security in the Overberg.

This campaign in support of StanFood Relief, via SHARE, was requested by Pastor Johan's daughter, Emma du Toit (a French national), so that she could share the urgency of the situation with her friends and family as well.

Emma's message:

Depuis maintenant plusieurs mois, mon père et moi travaillons avec Stanfood Relief, qui réunit la municipalité, le Rotary et des ONG telles que Food4Thought, pour nourrir les gens démunis des bidonvilles de Stanford, Afrique du Sud, ou je suis actuellement. Du au confinement, toujours en place ici, leurs moyens de subsistance, souvent gagnés dans le secteur informel, ont été sévèrement réduits. Ils sont nombreux à avoir faim.

Grace a Stanfood Relief, depuis le début du confinement, jusqu’à 2300 repas sont servis tous les jours aux enfants et aux adultes, et c’est parfois leur seul repas de la journée. La nourriture est cuisinée quotidiennement sur place, par des femmes locales, dans de grandes marmites sur des réchauds à gaz.

Le matin, nous distribuons les ingrédients aux différents endroits et assez de masques et de gants pour les bénévoles. À l’heure du déjeuner, nous aidons à nettoyer les mains des gens avec gel hydro-alcoolique et à servir les repas. En fin de journée, nous calculons les chiffres pour les rapports quotidiens.

Même si cela est un bon début, le taux de personnes atteintes du Covid-19 ne cesse d'augmenter. Nous avons donc créé une cagnotte pour collecter des fonds. 

Chaque contribution, chaque centime, fera une différence. Les fonds seront versés directement sur le compte de notre association S.H.A.R.E.

Merci de votre aide, et n’hésitez pas a partager un maximum <3

[English Version]

Like many towns in South Africa, beautiful Stanford is bordered with townships and squatter settlements where people live in very precarious conditions. Their livelihoods, often earned in the informal sector, have been severely hit by confinement, still in place in South Africa. Many are hungry.

My father and I have been working with StanFood Relief, a disaster relief platform that brings together the municipality, Stanford Rotary, and NGOs such as Food4Thought and SHARE. The food is cooked daily on the spot by local women, in big pots over gas stoves. Since the beginning of lock-down, up to 2300 meals are served daily to children and adults, and it is sometimes their only meal of the day.

In the morning we distribute the food ingredients to the various soup kitchens as well as make sure there are enough masks and gloves available for the volunteers. At lunchtime, we assist with spraying people’s hands with sanitizer and serving meals. In the afternoon we tally up the numbers for the daily reports.

Though this is a good start, the COVID-19 infection rate is growing quickly in Africa's hotspot.

Every contribution, every cent, will make a difference. The funds will be directly paid into the NPO S.H.A.R.E’s account for StanFood Relief.

Thanks for your help in feeding the hungry, please share this with as many people as possible <3

Donate here or directly to S.H.A.R.E.

S.H.A.R.E.

Nedbank  Hermanus

Branch code - 134512

Account number - 1127769731

Reference - your name