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Care facilities for the elderly and frail offer a

Care facilities for the elderly and frail offer a safe refuge to seniors who are unable to care for themselves. They also ensure that vulnerable elderly regularly access nutritious meals that play an important role in their mental and physical well-being.
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By donating to @foodforwardsa, on World Elderly Abuse Awareness Day, you help us deliver nutritious surplus food to 80 aged and frail care facilities across South Africa, enabling us to reach over 30,000 vulnerable elderly people daily.
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Your donation helps these centres use their limited resources to offer, among others, accommodation, healthcare and well-being support to those who desperately need it.
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Follow the link in our bio to donate and help us care for our elders.
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#worldelderlyabuseawarenessday #elderly #elderlycare #elderlycaregiving #elderlypeople #nutritiousfood #surplusfood #food #frailcare #seniors #meal #mentalwellbeing #physicalwellbeing #donate #donation #accommodation #healthcare #worldelderlyabuseawarenessday2021 #volunteering #support #southafrica @oldmutualsa #community #mentalhealth #staffvolunteerfund #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

“With more than 30 million people across the cou

“With more than 30 million people across the country either food insecure or severely at risk, we could be facing a catastrophe much worse than the pandemic…”
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Our MD, Andy Du Plessis, shares his thoughts on increasing food prices and the lack of access to healthy food in his latest blog post.
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What are your thoughts?
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Follow the link in our bio and leave us a comment on the blog post.
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#food #foodinsecure #foodinsecurity #foodloss #foodwaste #foodbank #foodbanking #foodprices #foodpriceincrease #basicgorceries #statssa #bfap #pmbejd #housing #transport #clothing #education #healthcare #communitydevelopment #poverty #foodsecurity #healthyfood #blog #comment #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

THANK YOU!!! . Since 2009, with your help, we’ve

THANK YOU!!!
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Since 2009, with your help, we’ve distributed quality surplus food equivalent to 204,390,00 million meals to vulnerable people, young and old, across South Africa.
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Our network of over 1,000 beneficiary organisations reaches over 500,000 hungry people each day. With your help, we can reach even more.
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For every R255 you donate to @foodforward.sa, you help feed one vulnerable person one nutritious meal a day, for an entire year.
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Follow the link in our bio to donate and join our food recovery journey.
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#thankyou #surplusfood #food #meals #hunger #nutrition #healthyfood #sroi #impact #foodbanking #foodbank #foodbudget #foodfriday #foodsecurity #foodinsecurity #fooddistribution #foodheroes #foodwaste #warehouse #foodstorage #foodloss #help #southafrica #chep #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap @chep_global

Cinderella’s pumpkin transformed into a coach. W

Cinderella’s pumpkin transformed into a coach. What should the cooks at our beneficiary organisations do with the 20 tons of pumpkin we received from a generous farmer in Robertson?
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Our ambassador @jennymorrischef made some yummy spicy bacon and pumpkin fritters:

Ingredients
• 500 g cooked pumpkin mashed roughly
• 1 cup chopped bacon or macon or chopped chicken
• 2 cloves crushed garlic
• 3 Tablespoons chopped coriander
• 2 spring onions with tops chopped
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 Cup self raising flour
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

Garnish
• Icing sugar for dusting (optional)
• Chopped chives

Method
• Stir all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl
• Heat the oil in a large pan and cook a few spoonfuls of the batter at a time
• Fry till golden on both sides
• Drain on paper towel
• Serve warm

Tip: if the batter is too stiff loosen it with a little milk.

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Our very successful food parcel packing events are

Our very successful food parcel packing events are currently on hold due to Covid, however, there are many other ways you can contribute to our hunger relief efforts.
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Hosting a food drive is a quick and easy way to collect non-perishable food items that will help our beneficiary organisations tremendously.
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Thank you, @sodexogroup, @smollan1931 and the American International School of Cape Town, for your amazing food drive contributions!!

🍏 Sodexo did a food drive among their Johannesburg employees and donated 255 kg of food.

🍏 Western Cape Smollan staff handed over 300 kg of food to our team in Cape Town.

🍏 The American International School of Cape Town collected 343 kgs of food.

Together, these contributions will enable us to distribute about 4,000 meals to vulnerable beneficiaries.
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Food drives offer a meaningful way for public and corporate teams to help address hunger in our communities. Follow the llink in our bio to read more about our food drives.
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#sodexosouthernafrica #sodexo #smollan #fooddrive #hunger #covid19 #covid19sa #volunteers #food #thankyou #meals #americaninternationsschoolcapetown #community #charity #foodbanking #fooddistribution #donation #fooddonation #team #school #csi #corporategiving #covid #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #strongertogether #fillthegap

Has anybody figured out how not to cry when choppi

Has anybody figured out how not to cry when chopping onions? The cooks at our beneficiary organisations are going to need it.
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All the way from Limpopo… look at this amazing donation of 22,000 kg of onions we received from @hellochoicesa and @standardbankgrp's OneFarm Share initiative.
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Onions are so versatile. They add flavour and texture to a variety of meals. Just imagine all the meals these onions can be used in, from salads and soups to broths and even on sandwiches.
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@jennymorrischef, @petegw, @bonello.justin, @sarahgrahamfood, @cptjamierowntree and @bryanhabana_, how do you like your onions? Do you have any clever tricks you can share with the cooks at our BOs and our friends on social media on how to make the most of the onions in their cupboards?
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Thank you, HelloChoice and Standard Bank for facilitating this generous donation.
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#onions #onion #limpopo #hellochoice #standardbank #itcanbe #onefarmshare #meal #meals #salad #soup #broth #sandwiches #food #surplusfood #lunch #foodies #foodie #healthyfood #thankyou #chefs #celebritychef #chefslife #share #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

One of our beneficiary organisations, Change Maker

One of our beneficiary organisations, Change Makers Worcester, does amazing work in the Worcester community, whereby they meaningfully reintegrate ex-offenders into society. They provide a platform where young men teach each other various craftwork skills.
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Their beautiful craftwork, which is made from, among others, @nestle and @mondelez_international cereal and chocolate boxes, are beautiful examples of upcycling projects, where the crafts made using recyclable materials are sold to help generate an income.
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Thank you, @nestlesouthafrica_ and Mondelez, and all our donors, for helping us provide regular, quality surplus food to organisations like Change Makers Worcester. Nutritious meals are an integral component of their life-changing skills development programmes.
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When businesses and community organisations work together to help feed those with limited or no access to food, our people and planet can benefit tremendously.
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You can help skills development centres across South Africa create employment opportunities and help save the environment. Follow the link in our bio to donate.
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#worldoceansday #jewellery #sdg8 #sdg11 #sdg2 #sdg14 #sdg15 #sdg17 #foodwaste #changemakers #worchester #skillsdevelopment #craftskills #craftwork #cereal #chocolate #upcycling #surplusfood #nutritiousfood #reducelitter #skillsdevelopmentprogramme #community #feed #food #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

Redistributing safe food is critical to promoting

Redistributing safe food is critical to promoting healthy communities.
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There is no food security without food safety.
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Food safety is a priority at @foodforwardsa. Our branches in Cape Town, Gqeberha, Durban, Johannesburg and Rustenburg follow the strictest standard operating procedures and food handling guidelines that help us provide our beneficiary organisations with within date, quality surplus food that is safe for consumption.
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To ensure that we comply, warehouse and hygiene audits are conducted by our partners such as @foodbanking, @nestle and other independent auditors.
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Follow the link in our bio and visit our website for more information about our food recovery efforts.
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#worldfoodsafetyday #worldfoodsafetyday2021 #fao #un #who #foodsafety #foodsecurity #sustainability #sdgs #sdggoals #food #foodwaste #people #planet #economy #operatingsystems #operatingprocedures #safefood #foodhandling #hygieneaudits #globalfoodbankingnetwork #nestle #fooddistribution #foodbanking #warehouse #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

Soon these beautiful vegetables will make a lot of

Soon these beautiful vegetables will make a lot of hungry people very happy.
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Thank you, @hellochoicesa and @standardbankgrp! We’re honoured to be the recipient of your OneFarm Share initiative which allows farmers to donate their surplus food to us so that we can help feed vulnerable people across South Africa.
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These vegetables will help our beneficiary organisations provide a variety of nutritious meals.
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#onefarmshare #hellochoice #standardbank #itcanbe #thankyou #food #vegetables #freshproduce #freshvegetables #freshfood #oranges #cabbage #potatoes #mielies #corn #souppacks #beans #greanbeans #butternut #pumpkin #squash #feed #healthyfood #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap #chep

Our Food Parcel Programme is going national! . To

Our Food Parcel Programme is going national!
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To reach even more vulnerable families left destitute because of the #Covid19 #pandemic, we’re now also implementing our #FoodParcelProgramme that was launched three months ago in the #WesternCape in the Northern – and #EasternCape as well as Kwa-Zulu Natal, #Gauteng, #Limpopo, the #FreeState and the #NorthWest.
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This enables us to deliver 1800 nutritious food boxes per month to the homes of vulnerable people who are unable to visit @foodforwardsa's beneficiary organisations to access food, as well as people who are suffering from, amongst others, Covid-19, TB, HIV/Aids and other acute and chronic illnesses.
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Thanks to the support of @foodbanking and @picknpay’s @feedthenationsa, through this initiative, we are able to secure #food that helps feed 10,800 people daily.
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Follow the link in our bio to read more about our Food Parcel Programme here.
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#gfn #foodbanking #globalfoodbankingnetwork #covid19sa #foodparcel #northerncape #kzn #foodboxes #tb #hiv #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap #foodsecurity #60millionmeals #feedthenation

Did you know that we produce our own @foodforwards

Did you know that we produce our own @foodforwardsa-labelled tomato jams and - sauces?
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When we receive big donations of surplus tomatoes from donors like Rennie Farms, we allocate those that are a bit riper for distribution to @fruitlips_za in Piketberg where it gets transformed into delicious jams and sauces.
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The children at the aftercare facilities we reach love the jam on their sandwiches and the pasta sauce is perfect for, among others, old-age centres that prepare tomato-based dishes for their residents.
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Isn’t it amazing how far one donation can go? Yours can too. For every R255 you donate, one person gets to enjoy one nutritious meal a day for an entire year! Help us feed someone in need. Follow the link in our bio to donate.
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#donation #tomatoes #tomato #surplustomatoes #surplusfood #renniefarm #renniefarms #fooddistribution #fruitlips #piketberg #jam #tomatojam #tomatosauce #children #sandwiches #pastasauce #nutritiousmeal #nutritiousfood #charity #help #giveback #foodie #foodforwardsa #food #meal #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

Youth unemployment currently stands at 74.7%. . F

Youth unemployment currently stands at 74.7%.
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For many young people, tertiary education is not an option. They often have to start work as soon as they’ve complete school.
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Some, however, find support at community skills development centres where they get, among others, the chance to acquire new life and work skills, enjoy a nutritious meal and receive emotional support.
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When you donate R255 to @foodforwardsa, you help us feed one vulnerable youth one meal per day for an entire year. This could be the support they need to help them build better futures.
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Follow the link in our bio to donate.
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#youth #youthmonth #youthmonth2021 #youthempowerment #youthdevelopment #youthmentoring #youthvoice #skills #unemployment #skillsdevelopment #meal #food #nutritiousfood #feed #education #school #work #community #students #youthday #internationalyouthday #development #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #inthistogether #strongertogether #fillthegap

#Foodheroes in training… . On the first day of #

#Foodheroes in training…
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On the first day of #YouthMonth, it is our great pleasure to introduce you to our new #YouthInternshipProgramme (YIP) participants.
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Tania Job (third from right), from @dqstaffingsolutions, an accredited service provider that helps us manage this programme, helped us welcome Kurt Hartzenberg, Michael Ali, Mujaahid Adams, Laiken Job and Masivuye Jali when they reported for duty at our Cape Town warehouse yesterday.
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They will complete our 6-month @serviceseta-accredited programme that consists of intensive theoretical training and practical training.
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#YIP was launched in May 2019 in an effort to lower the #supplychain entry barrier and help address the growing problem of #youthunemployment in South Africa. Since the programme’s inception two years ago, we have trained 16 interns and absorbed six into various positions at @foodforwardsa.
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Thanks to the support of @woolworths_sa, the @idcsouthafrica and our donors, our #Youth Internship Programme enables us to work towards the @unitednations’ Sustainable Development Goal for quality #education (#SDG4).
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We’ll ask our #interns to share more about their journey with us on social media.
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#youthmonth2021 #youthinternship #setaaccredited #supplychain #youthunemployment #foodforwardsa #fillthegap #wooliesforthefuture

If you’re contributing to our food recovery effo

If you’re contributing to our food recovery efforts, these thank you letters are meant for you too.
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Just look at some of the feedback we received from beneficiaries of our Food Parcel Programme. Launched on 29 January 2021, the initiative is enabling us to deliver 800-1000 food parcels per month to the homes of immune-compromised patients that the Western Cape Department of Health has identified as requiring additional nutritional support.
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Sponsored by @picknpay’s @feedthenationsa, each food parcel contains enough non-perishable grocery items, staple food products as well as fresh vegetables to feed a family of four to six people for a period of two to four weeks.
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#mondaymotivation #gratefulheart #foodrecovery #foodsecurity #thankyou #thankyouletters #letters #feedback #foodparcelprogramme #food #foodparcel #foodparcels #immunecompromisedpatience #patients #westerncapehealth #health #picknpay #feedthenation #doh #groceryitems #freshproduce #nutritiousfood #foodrelieve #fooddelivery #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fiilthegap

Today is World Hunger Day and people around the wo

Today is World Hunger Day and people around the world will be highlighting the importance of access to nutritious food. You can help too, by sharing this post.
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Each day, millions of people go hungry while a third of the food produced in South Africa ends in landfill. This is unacceptable.
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@foodforwardsa recovers surplus food from farmers, growers, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers and distributes it to over 1,000 registered and vetted beneficiary organisations that offer important social and community development services.
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You are part of the solution.
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By supporting foodbanking initiatives, you help our most vulnerable communities grow and prosper.
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Join our food recovery journey by following the link in our bio and donate.
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#worldhungerday #accessendshunger #worldhungerday2021 #worldhunger #nutritiousfood #food #share #hunger #surplusfood #farmers #manufacturers #growers #wholesalers #retailers #distribution #foodwaste #foodloss #foodrecovery #fooddistribution #bethesolution #foodbanks #foodbanking #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #strongertogether #inthistogether #fillthegap

Grant Jacobs and Sakhile Mthembu from @hellochoice

Grant Jacobs and Sakhile Mthembu from @hellochoicesa visited our Cape Town warehouse today to look at our infrastructure and especially our cold storage facilities. Soon our Cape Town branch will also be receiving nutritious fruits and vegetables through their OneFarm Share initiative with @standardbankgrp.
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We’re excited about their plans to distribute to the Western Cape too and will share more information about this in the near future.
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#hellochoice #onefarmshare #capetown #warehouse #infrastructure #coldstorage #coldstoragefacilities #nutritiousfood #nutritiousvegetables #fruit #vegetables #nutritious #foodsecurity #standardbank #itcanbe #distribution #fooddistribution #farming #food #future #share #farmers #agriculture #agribusiness #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

Our #thankfulthursday shout-out goes to our board

Our #thankfulthursday shout-out goes to our board of directors who visited our Cape Town warehouse today to meet with senior management.
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Except for our Managing Director, Andy Du Plessis, who manages our organisation, our non-executive directors contribute their time on a voluntary basis. They are responsible for advising on our strategic plan and for ensuring legal and fiduciary compliance.
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Pictured here, from left to right, are Andy du Plessis, Namhla Skweyiya-Gatya, John Lucas, Crispin Sonn and Tshepo Modise-Harvey. Mpho Letlape and Ray Singh who are also part of our board of directors will be visiting our team in the near future.
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#boardofdirectors #boardmembers #seniormanagement #md #managingdirector #nonexecutivedirectors #volunteers #strategicplanning #legal #fiduciarycompliance #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

FoodForward SA proudly supports skills training ce

FoodForward SA proudly supports skills training centres that create viable employment opportunities for youth.
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This group of students from @raymhlaba_stc in Gqeberha prepared lunch for the students who visit the centre each day for training in, amongst others, hospitality, beauty and caregiving.
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They used the donation of potatoes we received from @hellochoicesa and @standardbankgrp through the OneFarm Share initiative to create some delicious meals to serve to the other students.
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When you donate to @foodforwardsa, you help us create better futures for our youth. Follow the link in ourbio to donate.
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#foodforfuture #food #students #raymhlabaskillstrainingcentre #skillstraining #skillsdevelopment #skills #skillsfuture #trainingcentre #gqeberha #hospitality #beauty #caregiving #potatoes #hellochoice #standardbank #itcanbe #onefarmshare #meals #vegetables #vegetablestew #buildabetterfuture #youth #foodforwardsa #donate #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

We’re almost halfway there! . By the end of Feb

We’re almost halfway there!
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By the end of February 2022, we’re hoping to have Mobile Rural Depots (MRD) in 35 rural communities across South Africa, to help more vulnerable people access nutritious food.
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Ladysmith, about 240 km from our Durban branch, is our 16th Mobile Rural Dept (MRD). Yesterday, four beneficiary organisations joined us at the newly launched MRD to collect the first of their monthly food hampers.
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@foodforwardsa’s Mobile Rural Depot programme, launched in June 2019, now reaches approximately 72, 200 people residing in rural communities.
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Thank you, @engen.sa, for generously covering our fuel expenses so that thousands can benefit from monthly food provisions.
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You can help us reach more rural communities. Follow the link in our bio to donate.
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#tradepoort #onefarmshare #unitrans #mrd #mobileruraldepot #foodhamper #launch #surplusfood #food #ladysmith #durban #kwazulunatal #foodprovisions #foodbanking #foodrescue #foodbank #fooddonation #fooddelivery #foodie #feed #africa #southafrica #fooddistribution #foodsecurity #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

Jabulile Mkhomazi is the Receiving and Despatch Cl

Jabulile Mkhomazi is the Receiving and Despatch Clerk at our Johannesburg branch. One of her responsibilities is to help check that the @chep_global pallets are packed with the correct amount and type of food (we call this process “picking”) before our beneficiary organisations collect their monthly food provision.
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Jabulile and our other 8 team members in Gauteng help 308 registered and vetted beneficiary organisations (BOs) in Gauteng collectively #feed about 135,000 people, daily. They also ensure that surplus food is distributed to our beneficiary organisations in Limpopo and Mpumalanga, via inter-branch transfers to our branches there.
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Thank you, to our #food donors who regularly donate to our Jhb branch: @rclfoodssouthafrica, #Parmalat, #OneFarmShare, @hellochoicesa, @standardbankgrp, #TigerBrands, #PrideMillingCompany, @premierfmcg, #Chep, @kelloggs_za, @nestlesouthafrica_, @picknpay, @mondelez_international, @krispykreme_za, #massmart and #AVILimited.
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📸 Neil Weideman #receiving #dispatchclerk #johannesburg #picking #foodprovisions #gauteng #fooddistribution #limpopo #mpumalanga #rclfoods #hellochoice #standardbank #nestle #picknpay #nondelez #krispykreme #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

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