Do More Foundation takes care of ECDs by providing proper nutritional food

To help alleviate hunger and raise the profile of early childhood development (ECD) as a vital element of social investment, the Do More Foundation is partnering with the Kingsley Holgate Foundation to provide packs of highly fortified instant sorghum porridge to vulnerable communities.

Produced by RCL Foods for donation purposes only through its Do More Foundation, the newly launched porridge with its distinctive blue branded pack has become known and loved in wildlife communities as the blue porridge.

Do More Foundation executive and trustee Warren Farrer said they are excited to be providing the Kingsley Holgate Foundation with their Do More sorghum porridge for distribution at ECD centres across eight provinces.

“It is significant that the Kingsley Holgate Foundation has chosen early childhood nutrition and the distribution of early learning materials as the humanitarian focus of its latest expedition. It is a reflection of the dire need that exists nationally both in and out of Covid-19 to create better tomorrows for young children,” Farrer said.

Farrer explained with 90 per cent of brain growth taking place before the age of five, early childhood is the most important phase of human development.

Chronic malnutrition during this period has a significant and lasting impact on a child’s future, severely affecting their health and their ability to learn. Alarmingly, an unacceptable 27 per cent of South African children under the age of five are stunted.

“With 2.5 million children already living below the food poverty line before the pandemic, one can only imagine how stunting among young children will increase going forward with a host of long-term negative health and social consequences. There’s an urgent need for concerted action to address both the causes and effects of the problem. This is where we, with other civil society organisations and government, are working to make a difference,” said Farrer.

According to Farrer, partnering with the Kingsley Holgate Foundation in the Mzansi Edge expedition is not just about bringing food relief to those most in need, it is about showing the plight of remote communities that are often forgotten, listening to their stories and giving a voice to young children who are unable to speak for themselves.

“If we want to arrest the poverty cycle and give children the future they deserve, we need to #DoMore to ensure those at risk have access to proper nutrition and other essential services,” said Farrer.

For more information on Do More Foundation or to donate towards its #2020 Challenge, visit the Do More Foundation’s website at www.domore.org.za

Press release by: Tayla Gibson (Say Watt Marketing Communications)

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