BOLTON’S FOOD FOR LIFE/EDEN DISTRICT DISASTER FUND After last week’s floods in the Southern Cape, which are the worst in 20 years, volunteers, Cathy Dippnall and Heather Mitchell, of the Bolton Food for Life Foundation have taken on the task of raising funds for disaster relief for the region, which is being co-ordinated by the Eden District Disaster Management Committee and the Red Cross. Many people have been made homeless on the Garden Route after floods washed through their homes, either wrecking them or causing irreparable damage. In other areas whole communities have been cut off through rising flood waters. Those from the poorer communities who have lost their homes have been evacuated to community halls, churches and schools. They are living on food parcels supplied by the disaster management team and will have little Christmas cheer this year. As this is the season of goodwill and many of us have been fortunate enough to escape the disaster, we are asking that you dig a little deeper into your pockets and help make sure that those who are dependent on emergency food parcels, will be assured that food and water donations do not run. Cilla Bolton, founder and president of the Bolton Food for Life foundation is distributing Zadza, a meal in a tin (Pap and vleis – maize and meat) which has been approved by the South African Bureau of Standards and is also endorsed by the Greek NGO World Pharmacists, who have donated over 5 000 tins this year as a supplementary food for HIV/Aids patients in George receiving antiretroviral drugs. The tins of Zadza have a shelf life of three years, so the food will not go off. Each tin costs R6 and can feed one adult or two children for a day. What is R6? A daily newspaper costs R4.50, you can’t buy a litre of milk and a loaf of bread for R6. Whether it is R6, R60 or R100 join us in this e-mail campaign to reach as many people as quickly as possible so that tins of Zadza and bottled water can be donated to the Eden Disaster Management team this week. Let’s help to avoid sicknesses that often accompany floods, like dysentery and cholera, by donating even a few rand to the Bolton Food for Life Foundation who can then donate the necessary nutritional food and water to the Disaster Management Committee. Drop off your cash donations at: So Delicious Deli (opposite Jimmy’s) in the Golden Harvest Centre, Cradock Street, George, to Heather or Alan Mitchell, or deposit directly into: Bolton Food for Life Foundation, Standard Bank, George, Branch Code 051001, Account number: 062 481 053, using the reference: Flood relief. If you would like confirmation of your donation fax the deposit slip with your contact details, (fax, e-mail or postal address to: 086 628 4757 (marked: Flood disaster relief). The Bolton Food for Life Foundation is a registered NGO. Every donation, however small will be greatly appreciated.
November 28, 2007...10:21 am
Bolton Food for Life Foundation/Eden District disaster fund
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