The aim of the visit was to deliver Do More nutritional porridge packs to 21 crèches and Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in the Acornhoek area said Hlokomela’s media and marketing manager M.J du Preez.
“Kingsley Holgate, set out with his son Ross on an epic 10 000 km Mzansi Edge quest, tracking the geographical outline of South Africa. During their 70-day trip they are delivering much needed food support to vulnerable young children in remote communities near wildlife areas, areas hit hard by the loss of tourism income during the Covid-19 lockdown,” said du Preez.
He said the highly fortified instant sorghum porridge, produced by RCL Foods, forms part of The Do More Foundation’s strategy of providing nutritious food to those most at risk of hunger in rural communities living on the edge of wildlife areas.
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“This newly-launched ‘blue porridge’, as it is quickly becoming known in wildlife communities, also contain important Covid-19 awareness messaging on the packs. On the day, we were also joined by mountaineer and adventurer Sibusiso Vilane,” said du Preez.
Vilane is a South African adventurer and motivational speaker, marathon runner, mountaineer, expedition leader and the author of the book To the Top from Nowhere.
Du Preez said Vilane was the first known black African to summit Everest, the worlds highest mountain peak in 2013.
“Sibusiso has also summited Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s highest free-standing mountain, an unbelievable 27 times.
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“Having him join us on this mission was an absolute honour. A special mention and big thanks also goes out to Solly Themba and Jeremiah Machavi from SANParks for organising and coordinating the day. Your inputs made this a fantastic day.”
He also thanked BBI Packers for donating kiddie-buffs and #GoodbyeMalaria for their colourful shweshwe facemasks for these 21 schools.
“With second waves of the corona virus now hitting many countries, keeping the spread down locally is now more important than ever if we want to keep our boarders open and get the tourism sector going again. Mask wearing helps to fight the spread,” he said.
