Supporting women who do waste picking to support their families. This woman is collecting waste to feed her two children. The children attending school and her husband are unemployed. Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation is supporting this woman by giving her bread and food parcels. The woman showed that she is glad for the support the organization gives to her and her children. Golden Anchor needs donations to help the woman support their families and to end hunger. Please contact at goldenanchor81@gmail.com
Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation team is going strong in feeding the vulnerable on the streets. The team goes out and looking for the people who are hungry and in a need of food. The mission of the team is to feed. They want to make sure that people on the street do not go without food. The challenge is that they do not have enough food or funding to provide food to these people. The people are showing appreciation for the work that the team is doing.
In the below picture the person said to the team they must also give food to her partner. She gave them directions to the place where the team can find her partner. The people on the street are looking at the wellbeing of the others on the street.
Ousie Maria Jeje, a volunteer at Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation, is still feeding the children during this covid-19 pandemic period. The children enjoy the meals and ask when the team will provide the next meal. Children are a wonderful investment in any society.
Woodstock Brewery sponsor soup and bread to Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation. A group of men received soup and bread before going out and looking for a job. One response "thank you for the soup I am getting up 4'clock in the morning to come and look for a job. This will help me get through the day."
Last night, Sunday, May 31, 2020, while I was busy serving some street dwellers and waste pickers with food, I realized that my ways are not God's way. Things happen in my life for a reason. He wants me to serve the vulnerable, and to do that, I have to go through grueling tests in life. I was bitter, but I understand where I must be. The responses I received from those I gave the food was overwhelming. Some responses: "Thanks for the food, I really appreciate it.", "Come as you just said you are hungry and see God provide food for us.", "Thank you very much, please dish for my friend as he is not here but is coming back soon." Two middle-aged men ran after us and asked us to stop as they need food because they heard provide food.
A local feeding scheme called the Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation is hosting a fundraiser so that they can keep on giving food to the homeless.
The 12-member group was started by friends Arlene Louw, 31, and Enrico Sampson, 34, who say they have personally experienced hardships of drug and physical abuse.
The pair who dropped out of university and recently returned to complete their N4 level of Mechanical Engineering: Fitting and Turning, found the need to serve their community when they discovered the “hordes” of homeless people living behind buildings in Observatory.
Arlene is the secretary of the project operating in Observatory, Salt River and Woodstock.
“The project started when homeless people were going door-to-door asking people for food during weekends,” she explains.
“By interviewing them their response was that most of the scrap yards are closed during weekends so they have no way to get money for food.
“We sustain the project through the contributions of our members. We received a once-off vegetable donation from Pick n Pay Observatory.”
SERVING: Arlene Louw, 31. Picture: Supplied
Chairperson Gerald Louw says the project aims to restore lives and give hope to homeless individuals, fight hunger and poverty, provide information about public health and information about the waste management.
“The project’s aim is to feed homeless individuals and show them that there is hope.”
The group will host a gala dinner on 13 December at 7pm at the Youth Centre in Shelley Road, Salt River.
Tickets cost R100.
To book, send an email to goldenanchor81@gmail.com or you can give them a call on076 4317 148. Daily Voice 26/11/2019
Background: Waste picking is not a new phenomenon in South Africa and is becoming increasingly prevalent, with rising numbers of waste pickers operating on landfills and on the streets. Although waste pickers are recognised as making an important contribution to waste management systems in South Africa, they remain at the lowest level of the waste collection and disposal hierarchy. Operating on the fringes of the formal economy with low and generally erratic income, they have limited access to safe and nutritious food. Many waste pickers are therefore prone to micronutrient malnutrition and macronutrient malnutrition. Food insecurity is a constant threat. Few studies have been conducted on this vulnerable group of people, with relatively little known about their eating habits and the impact thereof on their health. The aim of this study was to assess the dietary intake, food (in)security and nutritional status of waste pickers in South Africa, with a specific focus on landfill waste pickers. Study population and design: This constitutes a secondary study which builds on an earlier (primary) study conducted among 409 landfill waste pickers on nine landfill sites in four provinces in South Africa. Data was obtained from a cross-sectional quantitative survey conducted during the primary study which assessed the food (in)security, anthropometric status and dietary intake of waste pickers. In this study, group discussions were also conducted with waste pickers to gain more insight into activities and conditions on the landfill sites.
Come and support the event in aid of feeding the homeless. By taking a ticket you give a chance to a homeless individual to attend the event. UNICEF, StatsSA, SAFoods
Two Northlink students Arlene Louw and Enrico Samson, drived the project to feed the hunger with a sponsor fromPicknPay, job well done Golden Anchor Solid Rock Foundation 10 November 2019. Response: "this is a good thing because on a Sunday most of the scrap yards are close" "it was good to get a Sunday plate" Therefore, Weafer (2005) agreed with the statement that many of the services are closed on a Sunday. "do it more on a Sunday" According to the responses it is clear that the project is needed. The observation from the people who dished out the food was that with their arrival a long Que was waiting on them. In less that 30 minutes they served over 50 needed people. The food was not enough and some left empty handed.
