Help us feed 64 young children and families

Please help us feed 64 young children and their families in the Overstrand, in South Africa, at this critical time.

These people are starving and have no money for the foreseeable future due to lockdown.

One of my oldest and dearest friends in Cape Town, Kieran Whitely, is in charge of this program and delivers these food packages herself straight to the families, despite the dangers of being attacked by the community as the people are starving.

It costs  just over £30 to feed a family for a month – and this includes a small play pack (valued at R20) to stimulate and bring joy to a child at this time of lockdown. 

Their target is to provide 64 packs twice a month, with a total value of  about £2000 monthly. Please note that these two packs will provide 16 simple yet nutritious main meals over a period of one month to each family. 

We need to please raise this money by 3rd May so that Kieran can purchase these food packs and feed these families for May.

As a community we can help 64 families this month!!! Every little bit helps and pounds can really go far in South Africa.

Imagine how much difference we will make for these children and their families,


Some background:

The current lockdown crisis that we all face requires us, as the Flower Valley Conservation Trust (FVCT), to adjust our work to meet the pressing needs of the most vulnerable, young children aged 0 – 4 years and their families, who participate in our Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme. This comes down to providing simple things like food and continuing to support a stable, playful and caring environment for these young children. 

The majority of young South African children in highly populated and rural areas do not have adequate access to early childhood services. Flower Valley’s home based programme brings ECD services to the home of the child, in a family context. 

We have been delivering an ECD home based service since 2012, in response to a request made by the Department of Social Development (DSD), who is mandated to take care of the interests of children aged 0 - 4 years. The home based service forms part of our existing ECD Programme’s work of the past twenty years. 
mployed, there are still families in need of food and support. 

We are ready to act in the best interests of these young children and their families who are currently going hungry. 


http://www.flowervalley.org.za/early-childhood-development-programmes/