World Food Day is on 16 October each year to raise awareness and take action against worldwide hunger and malnutrition. An estimated 27.5% of children in South Africa are stunted due to malnutrition. Eight million children in the country aren’t getting enough nutrition.
Since 2012, HOPE worldwide South Africa, an NGO providing Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes, has been delivering free nutritional support to pre-schools and households with children aged zero to six years in rural, urban and peri-urban communities that are home to highly vulnerable families with young children. It also provides nutritious food to families with young children affected by disasters like floods and shack fires.
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Photo (1) – Reineth receives a monthly food parcel through the support of HOPE worldwide SA and its dedicated donors
Photo (2) – HOPE worldwide SA delivers nutritional support to ECD centres and households with children aged 0 to 6 as well as people with young children who have been affected by disasters
Photo (3) – HOPE worldwide SA recently delivered food to victims of the devastating shack fires in Kameeldrift in Pretoria
Photo (4) – HOPE worldwide SA is the main partner coordinating crucial relief efforts and responding to food insecurity through the far-reaching KFC Add Hope initiative
