Volunteers tackle food insecurity at FoodForward celebration event

HUNDREDS of volunteers made their mark at the FoodForward SA (FFSA) packing event held at the Durban International Convention Centre on Friday.

- ZAINUL DAWOOD

The Mandela Day initiative met the target of packing 500 tonnes of food, the equivalent of two million meals for the FFSA network consisting of over 2 500 beneficiary organisations.

This, in turn, would feed more than 935 000 food-insecure individuals daily.

These include orphans, vulnerable women and children, the elderly and frail, those suffering from disabilities and chronic diseases, at-risk youth and the homeless and indigent.

Sunday Tribune partnered with FFSA for the Mandela Day activation. Some of the food packs will go towards one of the Daily News Milk Fund beneficiaries.

In honour of Nelson Mandela, volunteers joined hands to help FFSA pack food items simultaneously at Nasrec in Johannesburg and Century City in Cape Town.

FFSA will distribute the items during winter to their network of beneficiary organisations that not only offer meals but also life-changing social support.