South Africans must develop to sustain themselves
By Edwin Tshivhidzo, tel: (012) 314-2454
Johannesburg – South Africans need to be taught how to sustain themselves to address poverty in communities, says Operation Hunger Deputy Chair, Dr Selma Browde.
Addressing the media in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Operation Hunger Deputy Chair, Dr Selma Browde, said people needed to be encouraged to have their own gardens to sustain themselves.
“We need to harness the energies of everyone to assist in one way or another,” she said.
Since its establishment in 1978, Operation Hunger has a 30-year track record in the field of hunger relief and development.
“We need to recognise the warning signs of rising food prices, continuing unemployment, water scarcity and displacement of families from farms and rural areas are pushing poor households to the brink,” Dr Browde said.
He acknowledged government’s grants saying this was really assisting in addressing poverty and hunger in South Africa.
However, he said in some instances people eligible for grants could not access them because of lack of proper documentation such as IDs and birth certificates.
Operation Hunger has various income-generating projects to help make life easier in communities.
By making bricks, harvesting rain water in large tanks, training people to maintain boreholes, growing vegetables among others communities can make a living for themselves.
Apart from providing food relief, the Operation Hunger is also involved with wellness programmes providing trauma counselling and assisting with stress management.
Currently, Operation Hunger provides direct feeding to about 4 000 people daily and assist another 2 500 through development projects including household and community food production. - BuaNews
Johannesburg – South Africans need to be taught how to sustain themselves to address poverty in communities, says Operation Hunger Deputy Chair, Dr Selma Browde.
Addressing the media in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Operation Hunger Deputy Chair, Dr Selma Browde, said people needed to be encouraged to have their own gardens to sustain themselves.
“We need to harness the energies of everyone to assist in one way or another,” she said.
Since its establishment in 1978, Operation Hunger has a 30-year track record in the field of hunger relief and development.
“We need to recognise the warning signs of rising food prices, continuing unemployment, water scarcity and displacement of families from farms and rural areas are pushing poor households to the brink,” Dr Browde said.
He acknowledged government’s grants saying this was really assisting in addressing poverty and hunger in South Africa.
However, he said in some instances people eligible for grants could not access them because of lack of proper documentation such as IDs and birth certificates.
Operation Hunger has various income-generating projects to help make life easier in communities.
By making bricks, harvesting rain water in large tanks, training people to maintain boreholes, growing vegetables among others communities can make a living for themselves.
Apart from providing food relief, the Operation Hunger is also involved with wellness programmes providing trauma counselling and assisting with stress management.
Currently, Operation Hunger provides direct feeding to about 4 000 people daily and assist another 2 500 through development projects including household and community food production. - BuaNews
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