GEORGE NEWS - The management of Meals on Wheals Community Services (MOWCS) enjoyed an extra special Spring Day yesterday, with a visit from the Director-General of the Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town, David Yintso Lin, and Assistant Director Douglas Chang.
The small delegation met at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Loerie Park from where the George branch cooks daily meals and provides food parcels for three schools, 120 elderly beneficiaries, 40 crèches and several institutions such as the George Night Shelter and children's homes.
The consulate made a recent donation of R45 000 ($3 000) to Meals on Wheels George, supporting the provision of food security. Their planned visit to George had to be postponed a few times due to the pandemic. Management of Meals on Wheels George had a great time yesterday showing their donators how the organisation is run and how their donation helped to provide 40 000 meals in that particular month.
Lin said there is a good connection between MOWCS and the Taipei consulate. "It's an honour for me to make this connection and help people in need. We are like-minded people when it comes to human rights."
Meals on Wheels George meets Taipei: from left are MOWCS Regional Director Jeremy Vlotman, Marie Potgieter, George Mayor Leon van Wyk, MOWCS George branch manager Cora Fourie, Director -General of the Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town David Yintso Lin and MOWCS National Director Mxolisi Ncube.
Branch Manager Cora Fourie is most excited that the visit from the Taipei consulate took place just before the 20-year anniversary of Meals on Wheels George, coming up in October.
Fourie said she will never forget the day that they received their own NPO number for the George branch. Contact Meals on Wheels George on 044 874 3989 or send an e-mail to mowgeorge@gmail.com.
Chief Whip Marlene Barnardt and Director-General of the Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town David Yintso Lin make themselves useful in the Meals on Wheels kitchen. Photos: Michelle Pienaar
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