Taxi association reaches out to those in need with food parcels
The Soshanguve Local and Long Distance Taxi Association and businesses have donated food parcels to needy families identified by the community during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The beneficiaries included Lindiwe Chabalala and her four sons, all of whom relied on odd jobs to make ends meet.
Chabalala said she used to get by on washing or cleaning for other families, but due to restrictions of the lockdown, she had been unable to get work or make money.
She said since the start of the lockdown, things had become so bad that her family would sometimes go three to four days without anything to eat.
And when they did manage to scrape together something to eat, Chabalala said they had to skip some days to stretch their basic food supplies.
“We’ve tried to apply for grants time and again but nothing has come of it. We’ve even tried going around to get these food parcels everyone talks about, but they are yet to arrive anywhere close to us, and it’s been months now.
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