EduLift helps to uplift community
LONEHILL – EduLift began their own food relief initiative, Meals for Life after seeing the need for social and food relief grown during lockdown.
Crawford College Lonehill’s registered public benefit organisation EduLift SA has assisted with food relief in disadvantaged communities during the nationwide lockdown.
EduLift SA is run by Crawford College Lonehill alumnus Justin Carlse and focuses primarily on the education of learners from underprivileged communities in Johannesburg.
Carlse explained that since the start of the nationwide lockdown, they have been unable to run their weekly Saturday school classes due to gazetted regulations around social distancing.
As the lockdown continued, they saw the need for social and food relief grow.
EduLift began their own food relief initiative, Meals for Life. They began collecting food parcels at the beginning of May and, with the assistance of the Crawford College Lonehill community outreach team, they have since distributed more than 15 000 sandwiches and fruits as part of their #BreadAndSpread campaign.
They also supported the Christway Safe Haven Soup Kitchen, which feeds more than 500 people daily supplying more than two tons of soup and vegetables.
Meals for Life’s biggest feat thus far has been the distribution of their food parcels – called survival boxes – which aim to feed a family of three for two weeks.
Carlse said, “EduLift and Crawford Lonehill have managed to distribute over 1 100 survival boxes in Gauteng, Durban and Cape Town with many more on the way. We would like to thank all who have donated and helped us in making Meals for Life a success.”
