Klipspruit elders empowered with safety education

Unity@One, an NPO based in Klipspruit, hosted a soup kitchen for the elderly of the community on May 1.

The purpose of the kitchen was to also educate the elderly about different kinds of abuse and to raise awareness of different kinds of illnesses.

Organisations like the South African Redcross Society (SARC), Boxer Stores from Jeppe and Klipspruit made contributions in making the day a success by passing knowledge and donating food.

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The elderly were taught about different kinds of abuse that they may not know fall under abuse and were given the platform to report such if they are victims

Founder of Unity@One Lerato Ntsibande expressed her gratitude to all those who made the day possible.

“Today is all about learning for bo gogo and mkhulu in our community, we have also prepared soup for them, one of our missions is to uplift and give back to our communities. This is thanks to Boxer stores for donating food and the SARC for coming out to the community.’’

Keketso Motloung, acting branch manager of the SARC Soweto branch, added that as an organisation they are focused on home-based care for the elderly.

“We were invited by an organisation that provides the same services that we do, which is to help the elderly.

“We will be focusing on testing for HIV and different illnesses among the elderly and the prevention of elderly abuse.”

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One of the grannies, Maria Morerosaid said she was looking forward to learning about abuse to report it should it happen.

“I am also looking forward to the soup prepared by the Unity@One team. At times we forget our clinic checkup dates and I am glad that we will be tested for different illnesses and how to take care of our health,’’ said Morero.