A whopping 4 million rand cash injection was made available for the construction of a multi-purpose children’s center in the heart of Phoenix. That big announcement was made on Saturday at the World Food Day celebrations hosted by the Phoenix Child Welfare. The center is to be built adjacent to the offices at 10 Featherstone, Whetstone, Phoenix. Goldrush KZN CSI manager Neela Reddy, who was also the guest of honor at the event, announced that the Gold Rush Foundation pledges the Phoenix Child Welfare 500,000 ren for the children’s center, which will include a skills development center and charity shop, warehouse, hall, Museum / documentation center and a sperm bank. “We have already donated R25,000 to renovate Sahara, a shelter for abused women and children,” she said. Numerous elementary school children took part in the World Food Day event, who performed a show and tell program. Primary school pupils showed their projects on food sovereignty and food security. Outstanding presentations were given by students from Greenbury, Redfern, Whetstone, Sunford and Brookdale Elementary Schools. The students covered topics such as the importance of World Food Day, environmental protection, climate change, types of fruit and vegetables and their value. With a view to World Food Day, Program Director Pranesh Jugernath put the day in context and thanked all primary schools for participating and participating in the program. Society Chairman Sharm Maharaj said, “The Society has distributed 23,000 baskets to date and is now encouraging every home to have its own food garden. We are proud of our donors and all schools that work closely together so that nobody goes hungry. Next to our offices we will build a children’s center worth 4 million ren and any donation of building materials is welcome. ”The coordinator of the Food Garden project, Dr. Muni Kooblal, stated that Phoenix Child Welfare started its campaign on July 18, 2021 and achieved: 000 seedlings from Ekam Foundation distributed to schools and organizations 3,000 oranges to NK Foundation schools and organizations distributed 2,840 kg of food packages distributed by Do More Foundation Networked with Ministry of Environment and Environment Ministry Networked with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ALSO READ: The nursery celebrates spring by donating trees to the chairman of the Phoenix Environment Forum, Kishore Nundkissore, and Timmy von der EThekwini Congregation showed how to plant seedlings for children. All students received a certificate of recognition. In addition, the students solved a crossword puzzle and the 23 winners received their prizes at a special event. Dr. Kooblal said, “Because the presentations were of such a high standard, we will be putting together a book of the presentations from the children from each school for 2022.” The company also exhibited their products that were harvested from their food garden, namely cabbage, lettuce, Brinjal, cauliflower and Swiss chard. Members of the foundation also demonstrated how to care for rabbits and chickens. The society received messages of support from Professor Vishwas Satgar of the Climate Justice Charter Movement and co-founder. Prof. Satgar said, “The current climate change is about the warming of our planet. The emission of greenhouse gases, especially by rich countries and South Africa, from the continued use of oil, gas and coal creates this problem – our planetary home is on fire. We can stop this and the damage it brings if we act together now. In the Climate Justice Charter, there are human responses to keep the planet cool. Each of us must be custodians of our planet – humans, animals, water and plants so that we can survive. “Raj Ishwalall of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said,” It is a known fact and statistics show that thousands of children live in South Africa , let alone on the entire African continent, go to bed every day without having eaten a meal and therefore suffer from hunger, malnutrition, poor concentration when studying, poverty, disease and other social grievances. However, agriculture can reverse this situation. We would like to encourage every single household, especially our youth, to get involved in agricultural activities, for example: a house, a garden, a school, a garden, a religious organization, a garden etc. Even growing vegetables in a “door-sized” Garden. We as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development KZN are starting an information campaign and visiting interested schools and individuals who want to deal with agriculture and kitchen gardens. We plan to do this with the help of our partners like the Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society, whom we would like to commend for taking the initiative to create this awareness in the community and improve people’s lives. ”Nomalanga Hlophe of the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs noted, “Today is one of the most important days on earth, a day when we are encouraged to secure food, a day when we must all join together to overcome hunger in the world, a day when we will be reminded of the first sustainable development goal that is not poverty. The theme for 2021 is Safe Food Now for a Healthy Tomorrow. That tells us, let’s promote sustainable development, let’s use our natural resources such as water and soil in such a way that our future generation will also have food and enjoyment. “The organization calls on all residents who plant vegetables to earn a living, to contact the company and appear in their database. The Society encourages donors who wish to support the Food Garden Project to contact the Society and speak to Reeva at 031 500-3671. We look forward to donations of yo-yo tank, motor, garden tools, seeds, fruit trees, hose line, water pump, wire fence, sawdust, pallets and other items.
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