Keeping the hunger pangs at bay for 100 more families
100 beneficiaries receive groceries.
Not so long ago the Meadowlands South African Drugs and AIDS Council (SADAAC) endowed its first 100 beneficiaries with grocery parcels in order to ensure that families are fed.
This humanitarian act was repeated on February 3 when 100 more beneficiaries also received groceries.
The recipients, who are from all walks of life, have one thing in common, which is that they are unable to meet their different families’ needs as a direct result of being unemployed.
Banele Mazibuko from Meadowlands Zone Seven is grateful for the groceries she received at SADAAC and said that it would help her to use the money she receives from the social grant for her family’s other needs.
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According to Mazibuko, SADAAC caregivers visited her home and saw the responsibility that she is faced with.
She said, “I live with my grandmother and five children who are all studying.
“Our family survives on a social grant which is not enough to assist us with our everyday needs. That money is used for educational things and also to pay for transport that ferries my grandmother to the clinic for her regular check-ups.”
Mazibuko said that the job that SADAAC is doing for the community is very good and added that she wished they could do more for other families who face similar struggles.
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Partially blind Patrick Ramasedi from Meadowlands Zone Three is not only grateful for the groceries he received, but for all the things that SADAAC has helped him with.
He said, “I was told about SADAAC by someone who knew about my problem. After our conversation, I visited the SADAAC offices in Zone Nine.
“I am partially blind and not working. SADAAC not only helped me with food, but they also helped me with receiving a social grant,” he said.
Ramasedi started receiving food parcels three years ago. Rose Mangane, another beneficiary, started visiting SADAAC in order to seek help for the orphan who lives with her.
Mangani is not working and is responsible for the well-being of five children and three grandchildren.
According to Mangane, SADAAC is currently also helping her with the process of receiving the foster care social grant.
Mangane survives with the rent money she receives from her shacks. SADAAC public relations officer, Adelaide Sello said that they would continue donating food parcels to Meadowlands families who need our help.
