Food hampers bring relief to community of Moffat View
The community of Moffat View arrived in numbers when Time to Care from Midrand donated hundreds of food hampers.
Community leader Lanchia Jasson, together with Ward 57 Clr Faeeza Chame, welcomed the guests, which included MEC of Social Development Faith Mazibuko.
The food parcels for the vulnerable were donated in conjunction with Food Funding.
Also present was the secretary general of Horizon Educational Trust, Mustafa Eroglu, who is the founder of Time to Care.
Huseyin Kublay, director of Time of Care, discussed what they do and the purpose of the visit.
“We work with Horizon Educational Trust, and we are based in Midrand. We operate in Gauteng and are operational in different fields.
“This includes humanitarian aid, where we distribute food, bread, clothing, stationery packs, school shoes, hoodies and blankets for winter.
“We are also involved in skill development courses, especially for ladies. We offer baking, sewing and art classes.”
Chame thanked the community for the warm welcome. “Thank you to the important people who visited our ward. It is not every day that an MEC visits you. We appreciate one of our community leaders, Lanchia. In our community, we have wonderful people assisting like her.
“Thank you to Time of Care for considering our community in Moffat View. Our ward suffers from unemployment; people need jobs and assistance. We rely on people like yourselves for help.
“To the MEC, thank you for coming out here. We are humbled by your presence. You are one of the MECs that don’t pull punches. You are always on the ground and trying to assist; that is what we do in government. We are here to serve, and we don’t look at colour, race or religion; we look at people in need.”
Mazibuko said, “When Lanchia sent out an SOS for help, I told her she mustn’t worry because we have people who are always ready to offer a helping hand.
“I contacted Mustafa and his team. They said they are ready. They are always ready to help where there’s a need or disasters.
“We hope the packages that we are giving you will help.
“We must also profile families so that, as a government, we not only give you a once-off, but we give you food for about three months. We also need to identify NPOs that are involved in skills development so that we can fund them.
“Youngsters need to register with Harambe, which will set them up for job opportunities.”
