School meals scheme
Whilst education was the initial focal point for SACRED it was soon recognised that a number of children at the schools where we were providing support, often went the whole day without a single meal. On further investigation, it was discovered that some of the children only received a meal once or twice a week and were completely reliant on the very basic feeding schemes at the various schools. Recognising that one cannot study on a empty stomach we embarked on the process in partnership with the school governing bodies, teachers, parents and the existing River Sands Feeding Scheme in Diepsloot township, to enhance the various feeding schemes at the schools.
The idea is that the participating school can grow their own crops to provide an ongoing sustainable supply of food for the scheme. This project has involved the ploughing of a field, erecting fencing , providing basic irrigation and the purchase of seeds. SACRED will also be installing a mobile kitchen at one of the schools which has no kitchen facility at all. In exchange for the technical assistance and support received from the River Sand Feeding Scheme, for which SACRED are extremely grateful, Grundfos South Africa has kindly provided the scheme with a new borehole pump for their irrigation system.
