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Target of a thousand meals for Parow community

MATTHEW PETERSEN matthew.petersen@inl.co.za

IN HONOUR of World Hunger Day, Meals on Wheels Community Services (Mowcs) and PepsiCo have partnered to help the community of Parow by making 1 000 meals for the day.

They were, however, unable to proceed with a planned feeding day in Atlantis.

Mowcs aims to provide anyone, from the youngest child to the oldest person, with a hearty, nutritious meal in an attempt to alleviate poverty and food security available throughout South Africa. They operate in the sphere of promoting food security and self-sustainability of communities.

Meals on Wheels regional director Jeremy Vlotman gave insight into the 1000-meals-a-day event.

“Through our community-based network, MOWCS Western Cape serves close to 1 million meals every month. The 1 000 meals-a-day event is linked to our exciting team-building event called MOWCS Cook-a-thon. This offers donors, partners or groups the opportunity of entering our space and experiencing the joy of service,” Vlotman said.

PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa has partnered with MOWCS in the past, through product donations and finanacial grants, when PepsiCo ran the “Covid millions of meals” programme in 2020 and 2021. MOWCS were also the chosen partner to help support the impacted communities during the KZN riots, according to Devendri Adari, PepsiCo Foundation Lead for sub-Saharan Africa.

Adari said they recognised the importance of food security in SA and wanted to play an active part in helping find solutions.

“As the PepsiCo Foundation we have made a global Food-for-Good commitment to help with food security. As a caring and responsible corporation, we aim to increase nutrition and food access for 50 million people by 2030 as part of our PepsiCo Positive journey. Working with trusted NGOs like Meals on Wheels enables us to work towards delivering on this goal and really making a positive social impact,” she said.

MOWCS will continue to provide communities in need with meals, and programmes that will benefit children, youths and the elderly.

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