Christmas hampers for hungry people

"Abject poverty" (www.vocabulary.com). The absolute worst, most hopeless level of poverty you've ever seen.
About 20% of Johannesburg's residents live in abject poverty. Many of those are found in informal settlements which lack sufficient water, electricity and roads. A further 40% live in inadequate housing, with insufficient municipal services.
Oxfam has calculated that 13-million South Africans go to bed hungry every night. While this huge number of people require food they cannot access, the country shamelessly dumps food valued at almost 4 billion USD!
Pick n Pay CEO Richard Brasher revealed that a staggering third of all the food produced in South Africa is wasted, equal to 2% of South Africa's domestic product! Most of the waste occurs on farms, in storage and in the manufacturing and distribution process. It is not only the hungry who suffer from this massive and costly waste, the environment is also at a loss with water for food production wasted and soils being depleted of nutrients.
With unemployment at a sky high of 30% and a staggering 4500 homeless people trying to survive on the streets it's no wonder local resident Hanneke is doing her best trying to help out those in need.
Hanneke has taken over a soup kitchen which provides food to over 100 hungry people every Friday morning. She uses her own resources to collect food which large supermarkets deem unfit for sale; with the large quantities being thrown away every hour her vehicle can easily be filled up numerous times a day. Her home is usually full with volunteers eager to lend a hand in the worthy cause. Together everyone cleans and prepares the food ready to hand out to people waiting in the long queue every week.
Not only is Hanneke recycling food which stores no longer want to sell, and feeding the hungry, she is spreading the word and bringing awareness to the devastating effect of food waste on the masses. Through her soup kitchen she is educating international volunteers and South Africans on how to conserve, recycle and help. It is fantastic that she is able to feed a hundred people once a week, but the main goal of the project is to spread the word and have others join in her battle against food waste.
Below you can see an interview with Hanneke about her soup kitchen.

INTERVIEW VIDEO:
HOW CAN YOU HELP THESE PEOPLE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?
By giving a donation, large or small, you will be helping Hanneke and her team of volunteers distribute Christmas hampers to those who cannot afford to buy their own Christmas lunch. For the same price as a cup of coffee you will bring a smile to the faces of many.
We will be receiving donations until Wednesday 16th December then handing out the hamper on Friday 18th December. All proceeds will go straight to the hampers, and just to show you how much your donation helped, we will document the Christmas soup kitchen and post it all online.

Find out more:
A website documenting food insecurities in South Africa: http://www.siyakhana.org/WhatWeDo/FoodSecurity.aspx
Online newspaper with an article about food waste: http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2015-09-03-food-waste-south-africas-shameful-secret/#.VmroseKmJf7
Facebook:
One Green Corner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/234821706597128/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Hands On Food Rescue (Let Them Eat Cake): https://www.facebook.com/groups/828924800526214/?ref=br_rs
Contact: hanneke@genlog.co.za

Volunteering with Hanneke:

HelpX: Host nr Host nr 31894 (Our Green Corner)
Wwoofing: Host nr SAH047 (Our Green Corner)
Workaway: Our Green Corner
 
Thank you for your donations towards buying Christmas Hampers for the soup kitchen.
Donate through PAYPAL to: hanneke@genlog.co.za
Or for bank details email Hanneke at: hanneke@genlog.co.za

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