South Africans are digging deep to come up with solutions to make it out of this crisis in tact – and Mandela Youth Centre is leading the drive to feed those in need.
Hospitals in affected areas in Durban are running out of food because of the shortages experienced throughout the province, so Mandela Youth Centre got their rolling pins out and turned flour into roti.
The Community-based organisation is based in Chatsworth and focuses on up-skilling youth in the area. On Wednesday, 14 July they were contacted by RK Khan Hospital and the Aryan Benevolent Home (ABH) for the elderly asking for assistance with food – so they rolled up their sleeves and got busy.
“So amid all the doom and gloom today, we got a call from RKKhan Hospital saying there’s no bread and other food line items for patients. And then a call from ABH also appealing for bread for their children’s home and the aged. When they called out: ‘There’s no Bread’.. We said: ‘Let them eat Roti’…” they said in a post on Facebook.
They called in troops from the youth centre, bikers, seasoned roti-makers and other organisations and safely prepared 500 rotis to feed those in need.
Bread is a staple food in South Africa but there is a shortage of yeast and flour. Roti uses far less flour than bread does, and doesn’t require any yeast.
After a day of kneading, rolling and toasting, patients and elderly had a hot meal to eat in the end. They are hoping to keep making rotis to help those in need until the food situation stabilises in Durban.
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