Hunger is a reality in South Africa (SA) and so is unemployment, especially among the youth. Two organisations have partnered to fight these scourges on Nelson Mandela’s birthday on 18 July.
A women’s shelter, a school, an orphanage and an early childhood development centre will be among the recipients of nutrient-dense food bars distributed by E2G FOOD (E2G) in honour of Mandela Day. Included in the recipients were two of Airline Ambassadors orphanages – Maria’s Home and Sinethemba House!
See the delighted faces of the kids !
E2G, a social enterprise that fights hunger worldwide, has partnered with United Way South Africa (UWSA) to deliver spirulina food bars to communities in SA throughout July. E2G produces these high-protein, immunity-boosting bars packed with minerals and vitamins that are designed for communities with limited access to nutritious food.m
The director of UWSA, Queen Mokonoto, says 500 to 800 youth in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, will be among the first recipients of these food bars. They will be distributed on a day that will also feature discussions about challenges the youth face, such as hunger, unemployment and finding ways to earn an income.
“One of the pillars of UWSA is education,” said Mokonoto. “So with our youth empowerment we have a lot of entrepreneurial programmes, educational programmes. We’ll be talking about how to apply for jobs, create CVs, look for employment, as well as how they can become entrepreneurs.”
The global Mandela Day campaign encourages people to spend 67 minutes of their time to support a chosen charity or serve in their local community. The 67 years represent the number of years that Madiba spent in public service.
Nancy Rivard, founder of AAI, is ecstatic about the concept and involving youth worldwide in the effort. “Young people can get a feeling of what it feels like to bring Love into Action, without having to travel to each country when they donate (each bar is onl $2.00) and then each donor gets pictures of the joyful recipents on their phones using the app.”
See below the powerpoint of how it all began:
E2G FOOD 2025The team also delivered food to kids in Haiti and Pete Hendersen, founder of EG2 has contacts or “ambassadors” in many countries around the world are arranging to send food also to Diakonos Orphanage. The Director of the orphanage lost her brother in the earthquake of 2010 while working as a flight attendant for American Eagle! Nancy Rivard said “Haiti means alot to me as Airline Ambassadors brought the first airplanes in after the earthquake.” We had a call to discuss helping Haiti! See first picture below:
Amiracle St Fort, the Ambassador from Haiti shared pics of them packing up bars for dsitriution in July
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