WITH a few crucial weeks looming for the class of 2024, the Domino Foundation appeals to the community to donate peanut butter to fuel the learners.
Domino’s communications officer, Rowan Phillips, said the run-up to the first matric exams is a testing time for all those squeezing in hour after hour of revision, and for many in township schools, finding a quiet corner at home where they can study effectively is a great challenge.
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Leader of Domino’s nutrition programme in Amanzimtoti Cheryl Dann said, “In the best of circumstances, this is a very stressful time for Grade 12 learners. Many of the young people our programme has contact with have added issues to deal with, and we want to relieve some of the burden by ensuring they have some high-protein food each day through the exam period.”
The nutrition programme will be delivering sandwiches to Siyabonga Secondary in Illovo Township, Umbelebele Secondary in Umlazi, Mcothoyi Secondary in Umgababa and Zuzumqhele Secondary School in KwaMakhutha.
The sandwiches will be delivered each Friday for the weekend study time as the Grade 12s are at school all day Saturday and Sunday.
The non-profit organisation is therefore appealing for donations of peanut butter so that each of the matrics can get some ‘brain food’.
“Compounds found in peanuts increase blood flow to the part of the brain involved in learning and recall. Comprehension is improved, general mood is enhanced and the chance of depression reduced; all great plusses for learners dealing with exam pressure,” said Dann.
In the regular course of operations through the year, the nutrition programme’s kitchen at Kingsway Church International provides thousands of sandwiches to schools, vitamin-packed porridge to early childhood development centres and food hampers to families in crisis.
For more information or to donate, contact nutritiontoti@domino.org.za or 086 762 0376.
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