Phyllis Robertson Home hosts potjiekos competition to raise much-needed funds

The Phyllis Robertson Home for Disabled Adults hosted a potjiekos competition on Saturday.

Home manager, Jady Hewitt said the aim of the event was to raise money in order to be able to pay for their daily operations, support people living with disabilities at their care facility and conduct some maintenance to their building.

She said hosting event was an important exercise since they were independent.

“We are an independent home that is not subsidised by the government,” Hewitt told Rekord.

She said their revenue came from individuals and through hosting fundraising events, citing that their income had however, dropped significantly in the last two years owing to Covid-19 pandemic.

“As a results of the pandemic, which prevented us from organising and hosting events, we were unable to generate revenue.”

Hewitt said the potjiekos competition was their first event post-Covid-19 to raise money.

Explaining about the competition, she said it was contested by eight people, who believed they could serve best potjiekos dishes.

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The care facility had two pots of potjiekos, including one of beef and another for chicken.

She said besides having their own pots, contestants had nice pots including, among others meat, impala and pork belly pots.

Several residents from all over Pretoria attended the event and had an opportunity to eat delicious potjiekos meals at a reasonable cost.

Hewitt said their meals were unique as each of the pots had a “secrete recipe”.

Some of the residents who attend the event were also parents of some of the 65 home dwellers, who are living with various disabilities, Hewitt said.

She thanked everyone who attended the event.

“Thank you very much for supporting our full colour life.”

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