By Ndileka Xameni | Project Leader
Hello dear friends in America and around the world!
We have had a hard year here at the Second Soup Kitchen which Ndileka has so lovingly created here in Bedford, South Africa in the eastern Cape in the house where Ndileka's mother lived until her death two years ago. Since then almost singlehandedly Ndileka Xameni, who is the founder and director of Siyaphambili Orphans Village outside of Cape Town in the western Cape, has come and recruited volunteers and, with minimal cash, has created a so badly needed soup kitchen in this area.
The kitchen now serves oatmeal to up to 50 school children before school daily, and to another 50 hungry adults, elderly and children daily, and tries to serve a supper of samp and beans or whatever to up to 75-90 people daily. The soup kitchen qualified for free food from the foodbank near Port Elizabeth and volunteers bring that food and use it all. This kitchen is making a big difference for the poorest of the poor.
A fence is much needed to protect the food and the kitchen - estimates show the fence would cost $6,000 and would make a very big difference in food security.
We thank you all and go forward with hope and determination to make this project a full success.
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