We are delighted to have found a sponsor to launch a one-year school meals programme at the Noluthando Day Care Centre. With €100 a month, we can now provide food every month for the 45 children who attend this nursery in Imizamo Yethu:
– Breakfast consists of porridge, Weetbix or cornmeal with milk
– Lunch is a simple but healthy meal
– In the afternoon, there is fruit and toast with jam and peanut butter
To give you an idea of what it takes to feed 45 children for a month, here is our shopping basket and the shopping list from May 2011:
2kg macaroni, 10kg cornmeal, 10kg rice, 10kg flour, 5kg maize flour, 3kg peas, 4kg beans, 5kg rolled oats, 1kg Weetbix (wheat cereal), 10kg sugar, 1kg salt, 2l cooking oil, 1.5kg peanut butter, 1kg jam, 24l milk, 8 tins of sardines, 8 packs of minced beef, 8 packs of minced soya, 10 packs of soups & sauces, toilet paper, washing-up liquid, soap
In addition, the nursery needs fresh fruit and vegetables, which it currently buys with its own limited funds.
School feeding programme for Noluthando
We are very happy to have found a sponsor to launch a one-year school feeding programme at the Noluthando Day Care Centre. With 100 euros each month, Help IY provides the monthly food supplies for 45 children attending this nursery in Imizamo Yethu:
– Breakfast includes oats, Weetbix or maize meal with milk;
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– Lunch is a simple but nutritious meal;
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– A fruit snack and toast with jam or peanut butter in the afternoon;
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To give you an idea of what is needed to feed 45 children for one month, here is our shopping trolley and the shopping list from May 2011:
2kg macaroni, 10kg samp meal, 10kg rice, 10kg flour, 5kg maize meal, 3kg peas, 4kg beans, 5kg oats, 1kg Weetbix, 10kg sugar, 1kg salt, 2l cooking oil, 1.5kg peanut butter, 1kg jam, 24l milk, 8 tins of pilchards, 8 packs of minced beef, 8 packs of minced soya, 10 packs of soups & sauces, toilet paper, washing-up liquid, soap
In addition, they need fresh fruit and vegetables, which they currently buy with their own limited funds.