Pick n Pay’s Feed the Nation campaign reaches out to Alberton High
These were said to sustain a household for at least the whole month.
Alberton High School received 20 stacks of relief hampers to the value of R500 on November 19.
The food hampers were presented by Pick n Pay’s newly launched Feed the Nation campaign and it is aimed at supporting parents who have lost their jobs during the lockdown.
The food parcels are said to sustain a household for at least the whole month.
According to Karin Ashley of Pick n Pay, the need to visit schools across the country was inspired by a need to empower underprivileged households.
To date, they have donated thousands of hampers to different schools and to the less fortunate countrywide.
“The need was brought to our attention through the Department of Education and we then stepped up to make a difference. We are going around schools all over the country, where we donate hampers that should feed approximately a family of four for about a month,” said Ashley.
Feed the Nation campaign was reportedly launched to provide food and basic hygiene essentials to the most vulnerable across the country.
Deputy principal of the school Wessel Badenhorst expressed his gratitude for the donations received from Pick n Pay’s Feed the Nation campaign.
“These donations will benefit our learners, whose parents probably lost their jobs during the early days of Covid-19 pandemic and who need relief. We have about 600 to 1 200 parents, some of whom don’t have any income and will be our beneficiaries,” he said.
