GEORGE NEWS - Soup kitchens participating in the George municipal feeding programme continue to serve around 8 000 meals to mostly children and the elderly three times per week.
With the closure of schools on 30 June, following amended alert level 4 regulations, the soup kitchens increased their meals to five days per week again as they had done during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown last year.
Cllr Erica Brown, the deputy chairperson of the community services section 80 committee, recently accompanied officials from the directorate on deliveries of emergency hampers to soup kitchens participating in the George municipal programme.
They visited Rosina Gordon of Aunt Rosina' Soup Kitchen in Pacaltsdorp, who runs one of the biggest nutritional centres that feeds 150 to 250 people per day. Soup products, fresh vegetables and sanitation products were delivered and the councillor saw how the food was prepared and served.
The officials who accompanied Brown include the senior manager at Community Development: Libraries and Sport; Shanold Marillac, a social worker; Janine Adams, a community field worker; Ashley Booysen; and soup kitchen coordinator Veronique Ferndale.
The soup kitchens are monitored on a regular basis, not only to ensure that they are operating optimally, but also to review and check that all Covid-19 safety protocols are being adhered to.
Aunt Rosina has two adults who assist her at the centre to ensure that social distancing, the wearing of masks and cleaning of hands are observed. For enquiries on soup kitchens, phone 044 802 2000.
Children gather for their daily meal at Aunt Rosina’s soup kitchen in Pacaltsdorp.
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