Complementing the Food Kitchen and the Food Parcel activities taking place in Makers Valley is an emerging Edible Gardening initiative.
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Makers Valley Partnership’s C-19 Food Security programme is a demonstration of the generosity of the human spirit – especially in times of adversity. We have decided to share some of these inspirational stories with our Facebook followers.
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Today’s inspirational story emerging from our Food Security programme is about Lassie Ndalele, aka Lasman da Stuntman. Lassie is Makers Valley’s famous stilt-walker, educator and entertainer of children. His base is at Timbuktu in the Valley, from where he also moves around to various ECD organisations in the neighbourhood and beyond on a specially-adapted bicycle that includes a large trailer packed with educational toys.
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Makers Valley Partnership’s Food Security programme is based on miraculous Change Making partnerships. This story is about one of our key partners, MASKS4GOOD, founded as a Social Enterprise by Kathy Berman. Kathy says that all her life she has worked at the ‘nexus of culture and community’, so when COVID-19 hit South Africa she realised that there would be a great need for protection against transmission, especially in crowded communities. MASKS4GOOD is a classic social enterprise: community seamstresses and tailors are paid to make masks which are sold to those who can afford to pay for them. For every mask sold, MASKS4GOOD donates one or more masks to people unable to pay.
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This Food Security story is about the passion for cooking of the two wonderful women who are the chefs at Makers Valley Food Kitchen. It is also about the healing power of giving. Mpho Phalane and Nonhlanhla Godole come from different backgrounds and have had differing life experiences. They probably have different cooking styles too, but what they have in common is their passionate devotion to the joy and restorative power of food..
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This Food Security story is about the innovative Food Parcel initiatives, and the Change Maker teams dedicated to their success. Community consultation is a vital ingredient: in order to discover where hunger exists in the neighbourhood, the first step team members take is ‘door to door’ visits. Based on these visits, they compile a database of vulnerable families who benefit from the parcels. Families on the lists are notified by SMS when a food parcel is available for collection, thus avoiding crowding and preserving the dignity of recipients.
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This story acknowledges the wonderful work of Mam Desiree Beukes. ‘Mam Des’, as she is affectionately known, was already very busy in the community before COVID-19 came along, being an active member of the Bertrams Residents’ Movement, and of Boys and Girls Club at the Bertrams Community Centre. Mam Des also assists wherever possible at the local old age home.
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The additional, and no less vital food parcel initiative, is managed by Sandra van Oostenbruge and her enthusiastic team members Nathan Edropia, Thula Ndema and Thato Masondo.
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Timbuktu in the Valley is the evolving creation of photographer and social worker Lungile Hlatshwayo and journalist Victoria Schneider, later joined by stiltwalker Lassie Ndalela, otherwise known as ‘Lasman da Stuntman’.
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94 Colours is a unique youth mobilisation project established by Sibusiso Calvin Zulu and Mogau Hector Mgiba. The key aim is to inspire positive mindsets and associated entrepreneurial activity among young people.
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